May 1, 2025 • 22 mins
With 8 teams left in the NBA playoffs, Covino & Rich give their reason of who to root for, whether or not your team is still in the running. And as we head into Cinco de Mayo weekend, the Fatal Fury fight card is all the buzz. Covino breaks down all of the fights, and who will come out victorious for the fight fans
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Man do Alive. Welcome to our Bonus Pop episode ninety
of CNRS over Promised the ideas and discussions we over
promise on our Fox Sports radio show two to four
on the West, five to seven pm on the East,
or anytime if you follow our podcast, our regular podcast,
(00:26):
not the Bonus Show. Just search Covino and Rich wherever
you stream or search over promised. I got to thank
you guys. You have the Yankees hat to match every
shirt you own, dam right, I do because I'm a fan.
Like I don't know, did you have more Cavalricci's in
the nineties or Yankees hats in the twenty twenties. It's
funny you ask. I had thirty five pair of Cavalriccies.
Those are the pants like those MC hammer looking pants
(00:47):
with the white label on it. See Cavalricci. Did they
make thirty five different styles? I'll tell you, because I
was a spoiled, rotten asshole. Yeah, and now I probably
have sixty five different colored Yankee hats. But look, they
got tradition and pinstripes. They don't have city connects. I
gotta mix it up a little bit to match my fit,
you know. So thanks for the driplement maazing. I got
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a lot to talk about. I'm sure you do as well.
It's a big fight weekend. We're gonna get to that.
And it's an anniversary of one of the pair cartoons.
I have that pair that is like the stonewashed that ones.
I guarantee you had those. Yeah, well, let's get into it.
Episode ninety Oh. By the way, what are we doing
for episode one hundred? Taco party? Gonna hire a magician
or something. It's strippers but okay, yeah, pa oh strippers
(01:32):
Episode one hundred coming soon. Will be celebrating here. And
remember before we dive into this, like Jacques Cousteau, like
Greg lugainis, don't hit your head on the diving board.
We have a big party coming up, and you're invited
for real June twentieth, twenty first and twenty second in Vegas.
Details coming soon, but book your flight. We'll see you there. CRC.
The Coven Owners Convention June twentieth, twenty first, twenty second.
(01:55):
All right, now, last night sort of somber out here
in LA because there was that sense of maybe the
Lakers can make a run Lebron, if anyone's gonna turn
it around, him and Luca and Austin Reeves. They fell flat.
There was no Gusto in the fourth quarter again, like
so after the game, it's like a dud An fight.
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I thought for sure they'd win last night in l
A and maybe lose away, but couldn't even pull it
out yesterday, ran out of gas. Lebron went out for
a glass of wine with his friends while Anthony Edwards
did a lap around Crypto and everyone's talking about this
and I'll tell you what so the fun Yo, that's
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even cooler than when Wade Box rode the horse around
the Stadium's he's taking it in. Man, that's really cool,
really cool. And if he keeps this run going, he's
the face of the NBA, whether he wants to be
or not, because he's taken down some legends. So I
ask you, wouldn't you make when you take a lamp
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around if you just took down Luca Lebron and the Lakers. Absolutely,
And everyone was saying Lakers and five. When the Lakers
sounded hit in the bad it was like, oh, we've
been seven, No, how about Tea Wolves in five? So
they played big. You know, look around the NBA, what's
left and what is your rooting interest as a casual
fan or shit, if your team's out of it, who
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are you pulling for. I've taken a look at all
the teams left, and I'm making a case for each
one of them. And you tell me where you think
that rooting interest lies. All right, Okay, let's start with
the te Wolves. Never won an NBA title. You saw
Anthony Edwards arguably one of the faces of the NBA.
Are you down with the Tea Wolves? Well, like you said,
when your team's out of it, and if anything, I
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was pulling for the Lakers or the Knicks. Right. We
live out here in LA fifteen plus years, but we're
from the East coast. Now, I'm like, hmmm, do I
care that much about the Timberwolves? Not really, but our
boss does. So that's another thing you have to think about.
Who's it gonna make happy? And I'm not kissing My
dad told me, hey stop kisnas So I'm not kissing ass,
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but I'd like to see our boss happy. He's a
cool dude. That's his team. Also, small market team, proving that, hey,
you don't need to be LA or New York cool
story to win, right, So, and there's a new face Minnesota,
Anthony Edwards. That's number one. How about not the Lakers,
the other LA team that's the red headed stepchild? Can
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you say that anymore of the NBA? The Clippers, Kawhi,
James Harden, they're still trying the o'doyles of the NBA.
I mean, what if the little orphan Annie's of the NBA?
What if the Clippers find the way to come back
and win? Would you be down for a Clippers run? Well,
like I said, you gotta go with your friend's rooting interest.
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What's gonna make them happy? What you're closest to me personally,
I'm not counting them out because I think that'd be cool. Man.
They're the little brother nobody cares about team of LA.
We're out here. It'd be cool to see them pull
it out. Or if you'll somewhere for Clip and MONSI yeah, exactly,
but again for the excitement out here for us personally,
But it'd be cool to see Kawhi show that he
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still got it right, Like you remember how dominant he
was at worse he's back a little bit. That'd be
a cool story. San Antonio, Toronto, it'd be a great story.
Because would be three organizations he won with. Someone told
me out here, one of the moms at the school,
we played this shit out of that one of the
moms that cool last laugh, told my daughter because my
daughter asked, like, what's cool the Lakers are Clippers, and
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she said, in the eighties it was cool to say
it's not cool to clip, Like that's like saying, what's cooler?
Transformers or go bust? Everybody knows. So to see the
Little Brother, the Little Ugly Stuff Brother, the Little Brother
Team of LA come through. Yeah, there's a cool storyline
there for sure. Now I feel like this one doesn't
have as much interest. I'm going through the West first
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because this series is still going on to prove that
the Joker really is a generational guy. If Denver somehow
won another one, it would just prove like, not only
has he won multiple MVPs, but everyone in the league.
When they do those player surveys, everyone talks about. No, no,
you don't realize how dominant yokiches. He's still not the
greatest big man of all time. He wouldn't beat me
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one on one. Yeah, but I don't know. Yeah, you're right.
Solidifies his legacy as a big man. But I don't
doubt it or deny it to be honest, but that
could be arguably a little boring. Doesn't excite me. I
have my own spin on what excites me the most personally.
This exciting? I think this way you're going? How about
to the Bay Area and Golden State? I'm counting out.
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By the way, the only team I haven't included my
list is Houston because I feel like, even though they
did win last night, I can't see the Warriors losing
in Game six and seven. So I'm going Warriors with
Jimmy Buckets. Now, you know, you hit the nail on
the head with Jimmy Buckets, because if it's not Jimmy
Buckets boring or you could say, oh cool, Steph's still
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pushing forward without Clay right, so hey, that's kind of cool.
They're still doing it together him and Draymond Green. But
if your team's out of it or you're looking for
rooting interest, my take isn't, well, who's my friend rooting for?
What's the closest city or whatever it's? Are there players
that I really like still in it and playoff. Jimmy
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is my dude. I love that guy. I love his heart.
I love how he turns it on. I didn't like
how he left his last team, to be honest, but
he found himself in a greater position and they've been
unstoppable since. I've always liked Jimmy Butler, so I think
when your team's out of it, you root for players.
I'm not necessarily rooting for the Golden State Warriors. I
have no connection or affiliation to them at all, and
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they've won enough. But when it comes to Jimmy Butler,
here's a guy that's been playing his ass off in
the postseason. Every time he's in it, you just pull it.
Chris Collinsworth, here's a guy. Here's the guy that I
could get behind and root for personally because I like
him personally. I'd like to see him when I like
that storyline. And do you know the backstory of a
Jimmy Butler. He is a guy that bounced around from
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house to house. He had no that was present. His
mom kicked him out because she didn't like his face
or the look of him. And you know, a beautiful
woman and family took him in and he's never looked back.
He doesn't want sympathy, He just wants to kick ass,
and I'm rooting for something in common with Jimmy Butler.
We both love a nice cup of cool fi. What
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I'm saying is Jimmy Butler is a guy that went
from nothing to something. He has a really great story
and he doesn't lean on that story all the time,
but he does look it up to see him win.
And you know, he has such great fight and he's
a cool dude. I root for players at this point,
not teams. You said this about shoe Hey, you said
it about Mahomes. You think people sometimes root against greatness
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when they should be rooting four greatness, Steph. If Steph
wins another NBA title, that would be five. You know what.
That puts him in the same category as Tim Duncan,
Kobe Bryant, and a lot of those guys that have five.
Like the five is the number man, because Jordan's six. No,
I don't know if anyone's getting there right, but five
is attainable, not impossible for that Warriors team. Let's keep
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it rolling here. Now. You would say, why wouldn't you
say this is the right answer? Because SGA Oklahoma City
best team in the league. They look like they're going
to cruise all the way. Is that just the obvious
answer and at the end of the day, this is
what it'll be. Again, I think if you're a young dude,
a younger dude than us, and you're jumping on the
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hype train, you're always rooting for the young guys, the young, young,
hungry players, and that's cool for me. I like seeing
these older dudes overcome, or the guys who've been around Alexander.
It might be the obvious answer, like it's say, it's
the usual suspects, every been there all year. It might
be them at the end of the day. So you know,
it's just not my personal answer, but I understand a
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storyline like they have been the team to be all year.
Every great every Hall of Famer has to win that
first one. What if this is year one and then
you know, maybe a decade from now, we're like, yo, SGA,
he has three. Remember the first one back in twenty
twenty five, So let's not count that out at all.
In fact, that's probably likely. All right to the East. Now,
the Cleveland Cavaliers. Is it fun to watch them win
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one without Lebron or is it like, yeah, they got
there one with Lebron who Donovan Mitchell nice guy, but
I don't know. I'm not This is not a storyline
I care another dominant team. I don't care much about it.
But I'm sure people in Cleveland do. All right. Halliburton
after his dad got on the court. Indiana, Indiana, the Pacers,
they think of how many times they got close in
the nineties and Michael Jordan or the Nick someone took
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them down. Sir Patrick Ewing got in their way. You know,
for all the Reggie Miller fans out there, that might
be kind of cool to finally get one. I like
that storyline. I didn't like the father getting on the
court storyline. Poor Tyree. Let's go to our old stopping grounds,
New York City. Nothing's better than Madison Square Garden. When
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the garden's popping. Jalen Brunson, Tracy Morgan threw up on
the court this year. You know you got Spike Lee.
It's still the Garden. It's still the Knicks, and we
forget that they haven't won one in like fifty plus years.
It's not like yesterday. The Knicks team got stopped every
step of the way of the last time. Second for
the Knicks, like steven A. Smith. That's my team. They're
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second to the Jimmy Butler story for me because we're
from the East Coast, New Jersey, we worked in New York,
all that good stuff. But it's like big market teams
sometimes when they win, it's great for the sport. But
the Knicks are on top of the game again and
they win, it's just great for basketball. Boston. It's an
exciting market, is an exciting team, and Jalen Brunson is
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the guy. So how could you not love that? Like
I said, it's just great for the NBA. Boston against
the Nuggets would be the storyline that bores me the most.
But you gotta throw I mean, Boston defending champions, Like,
how could you ever count out defending champions? What do
the networks want? I think Warriors, Knicks might, but you
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get to the coast to coast, Golden State, Bay Area
and New York City, it's probably it. That's probably the one,
or yeah, now that's it. That's the one. So for me,
it's players. If your team's out of it, if your
team's in it, hey congrats, enjoy is the best basketball
you're going to see. But I pose the question I
think the number one answer that you're saying, Butler, I
(12:09):
think after watching what just root for players at this point?
To me? And it's not kissing ass because we have
our busses from Minnesota. I really think that Anthony Edwards
has become the that would be a cool storyline. The
t Wolves have never won. Anthony Edwards is a likable guy,
A young star in the league doesn't necessarily want the spotlight.
But young man, you're gonna get it, all right, So
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what's your rooting interest? What's the greatest storyline the NBA postseason?
Hit us up at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. Now, yeah,
it's Uno de mayo. If you're listening in the future,
it doesn't. But it means we're four days away from
the big Fiesta, all right, and made the fourth be
with these three days? Yeah, right, a lot of fun
(12:51):
going on. The weather's breaking in the fiesta start and
I'm hearing some greet thos in the background, all right,
and that means some great fights this weekend, okay. And
if you don't care about the fights, you're a wimp
and you're a punk, and we shouldn't be friends. Remember
that you gotta be tuning into these fights. And here's
why we got some great matchups. Man, I'm not gonna
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give you the tail the tape. They're all around the
same size, one hundred and forty one hundred and forty
seven pounds. But we got three of the four Kings
fighting on this card. By three of the four Kings,
I mean Ryan Garcia, Tafimo Lopez, Devin Haney, who's missing,
Tank Davis's missing. You said three of the four Kings.
I thought you meant Harley Race, Haku and the matro King. No,
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this card is one for the ages guys, and it's
taking place Times Square. Now. It's not like open to
the public though, that's a misconception. This whole fight is
all about the visual and they're leaving like ten million
dollars on the table as far as ticket sales and
things like that, just for the viewership of the people
at home. Because you're gonna have the backdrop of Times Square.
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That's gonna be pretty cool. It's gonna be really cool.
And again it's a Friday fight, so ay, there's another
fight on Saturday I'll tell you about. But are they
doing this if you know New York City. I'm guessing,
is this gonna be a spot our producer guy? Is
this gonna be in that TKTS area where they've selled
Broadway tickets like that? Are they've already started putting it
(14:15):
out as far as I know, it's gonna be the
dead center of Times Square. Yeah, Like, if you've ever
been to New York City, I mean we'd live there.
But if you've ever visited that red TKTS booth where
they sell Broadway tickets and that staircase right there where
the ball drop, and there's gonna be like two three
hundred people special invites, I don't know, VIPs instead of
card girls. Had I heard they have the naked cowboy
naked cowboys and one of the ring guys. But before
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we get to the main events here, there's two fights,
a featherweight fight and a heavyweight fight, and then it
kicks in. Okay, you got t Fimo Lopez, one of
my absolute favorites. Dude, I love this show him in Vegas. Yeah,
he's a great fighter if and when he's healthy. Tia
Fimo Lopez versus Arnold Borbosa. Now Barbosa is undefeated thirty
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two and oh he's no punk. And they're fighting for
the WBO one forty belt. So they're fighting at one forty.
I got to tell you it's just because I'm such
a fan. My heart in my head says Tiafimo has
this and he's gonna be doing backflips when he wins
in victory. And he's the guy who's trying to prove
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to everybody that of everyone fighting, I'm the most legit boxer.
These guys are all the same weight class, which is amazing.
I think he's the best showman of all of them.
Tia Femo, you got him winning, give you the next one.
Barbosa's gonna put up a good fight. He's no chump,
he's no punk. Right, So you got tia Fimo, then
go on. It gets even better because you got Devin Haney,
who hasn't fought since he got embarrassed by Ryan Garcia.
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You know, he's waited over a year to get in
the ring again. But he's not getting in the ring
with some chump. This isn't like a warm up fight.
He's fighting Jose Ramirez, who we've interviewed when he was champion.
Jose Ramirez is a former champ and he's a fopto
local forever, and he's got that hook just like Ryan
Garcia had. So he's got that punch. Devin Haney's got
that name, he's got that that style, that smooth, slick boxer,
(16:06):
that jab yep, that could put him over the top.
Should put him over the top. But here's the deal,
My head says Hani, because Ramirez he's been through some battles.
He's older and he's not as slick. He gets hit
a lot. But my heart says fotos little goes for Avercar.
Now where you gonna see good to my own weekend,
Give me a tick. My head says Hany. My heart
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is rooting for Ramirez, So Hani with the wind. But man,
I'm rooting for Ramirez. He's like the best dude. He
does all this stuff for farmers and everything. He's like
the nicest guy. He's the quietest of all of them.
But remember, Devin Haney has a lot to prove here, man,
Ryan Garcia, Rolando Romero, Roly Romeiro. How great is this fight?
Two smack talkers? You know, Roly Romero? How does he
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keep getting these great fights? He started boxing at seventeen,
But some people question why does he get these big things?
Because he could sell him. He's a great personality, he's funny,
he's charming, and he's a solid puncher. So is he
the most elite fighter? No, everybody on this car, in
every boxing fan will tell you he's not as elite
as these other guys. But he can knock you out.
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And it was eight years ago, rich but Roly Romero
beat Ryan Garcia in a camp in a sparring contest.
But they're so young, but is it the teenage camp? Well,
they've had, you know, they know each other really well.
And it's kind of funny because Roly Romero goes, Ryan,
you can't do anything to me. He's like, I know
you better than you know yourself. And Rian's like kind
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of sounds like you love me? What are you obsessed
with me? He's like, I know Ryan Garcia so well,
there's no way he's gonna own me the way he
owned hand. Didn't do me a favorite. I'm looking at
the odds at DraftKings, right, Yeah, Unfortunately you picked the
three big favorites now of all the fights. Let me
give you the not the tail the tape. Let me
give you the Vegas odds. The biggest favorite. Devin Haney
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minus twelve hundred. Jose Ramirez a quarter to Vegas, stands
no chance. Ryan Garcia almost as big a favorite minus
eleven hundred, So Ryan Garcia a huge favorite. The closest
fight is tia Fimo's minus two to fifty. Barboza is
plus two hundred. Remember tia Fimo fighting at one forty
Hani Ramirez fighting at one forty seven, Garcia Romero. They're
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fighting for that regular welterweight title. So pick one underdog
to make the bet fun. Ramirez definitely, Yeah, he'sini dude.
He's got a hook. It's what got Haini the last
time when he fough Garcia. And he's a former champion.
Let me give you the state he was. He was
no joke. He's just older. Now. If you go, if
you go Tiafimo, Lopez, Jose Ramirez and Ryan Garcia parlay
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one hundred bucks, pays eleven to fifty. I'll put money
on it to make it fun. But now here's the thing.
You're betting against the biggest favorite. Need to put money
on that card to appreciate what's going on. This is
like Hagler, Hearns, and Leonard all on the same card,
and I don't know. Roberto Durant was just hanging out right.
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Three of the four Kings are fighting. Three of the
four Kings of our generation that we've seen their come
up rich. We've interviewed every one of these guys. We've
seen their entire career. We're telling you tune in and
enjoy your Friday night. Get some pizza, invite some friends over. Well,
if they don't come, they're weak, and get other friends.
I have a question about Friday night, and then we'll
(19:25):
let everyone continue with their Thursday. Get on with their night. Well,
hold on because there's another fight. Now, get you help.
That's what I want to ask you about Friday. Is
this right after work and we go to your house
because I I feel like I need a little bit
of an official invite you. I get you a Friday.
I've worked with this guy for over twenty years. I've
known him for even longer. He needs an official A lot?
Are you? What are we doing? Top official? What do
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you want me to do? Send you an invite? I
wouldn get you a card? Come by? Oh do you
say card? Or you're sending me a car so I
could drink. That's fantastic. I could save the date, but
Friday night after work on the West coast, pizza will
get some drinks. Man, this is great, guys. This is
again if you've been sleeping on boxing, this is the one.
Can I bring my son in kinetic sands and slime
(20:06):
and all that you don't, but don't bring your dogs
and shit. I leave them at home. When I see
your dogs, I don't mean your friends. I don't mean
your Vato friends. I mean like your actual dog. There's
another fight, guys. Let's hear about it on Treste Mao
Canelo soul Canelo al versus William Skull. This Cuban dude
(20:29):
who's undefeated twenty three and oh with nine KOs. Dude,
that's the I'd be a superweight super middleweight champ. And
he's no punk either man. And what he said was respectfully.
Of course he plans on eating Canelo. Like, what do
you mean by that? He's like, I mean it respectfully,
but I'm gonna eat him. By the way. This this fight,
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this in Saudi Arabia, that's on Saturday. This fight, the
odds are disgusting. Canelo minus three thousand, Canello sixty two
to two and two. This is like a warm up
fight for I don't know, Terrence Crawford or something. I
went to add it to your parlay just for fun. Yeah,
and you are. There's no point If you bet on
Canelo as well, you get being twenty five dollars more.
I was about to say this would be the biggest
(21:13):
upset ever if Skull pulled this out, but again, everybody
has a puncher's chance. Canelos the WBC and WBO super
middleweight champ and a favorite. To give you an extra
extra what extra spice, a little extra double, a little
extra lemon to get you excited. Bonghia Himymonia is also
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on this card, and you guys may know him because
he also fought Canelo. But he's a great fighter. So
that's Saturday. Enjoy the fights, enjoy your single on my
own weekend, and remember those vocals forever. Hey, enjoy your
Thursday night. We'll see you back on Fox Sports Radio tomorrow.
Until then, baby, see you in the over Promised land later. Goodbye,
Man do Alive. Welcome to our Bonus Pop episode ninety
of CNRS over Promised the ideas and discussions we over
promise on our Fox Sports radio show two to four
on the West, five to seven pm on the East,
or anytime if you follow our podcast, our regular podcast,
(00:26):
not the Bonus Show. Just search Covino and Rich wherever
you stream or search over promised. I got to thank
you guys. You have the Yankees hat to match every
shirt you own, dam right, I do because I'm a fan.
Like I don't know, did you have more Cavalricci's in
the nineties or Yankees hats in the twenty twenties. It's
funny you ask. I had thirty five pair of Cavalriccies.
Those are the pants like those MC hammer looking pants
(00:47):
with the white label on it. See Cavalricci. Did they
make thirty five different styles? I'll tell you, because I
was a spoiled, rotten asshole. Yeah, and now I probably
have sixty five different colored Yankee hats. But look, they
got tradition and pinstripes. They don't have city connects. I
gotta mix it up a little bit to match my fit,
you know. So thanks for the driplement maazing. I got
(01:09):
a lot to talk about. I'm sure you do as well.
It's a big fight weekend. We're gonna get to that.
And it's an anniversary of one of the pair cartoons.
I have that pair that is like the stonewashed that ones.
I guarantee you had those. Yeah, well, let's get into it.
Episode ninety Oh. By the way, what are we doing
for episode one hundred? Taco party? Gonna hire a magician
or something. It's strippers but okay, yeah, pa oh strippers
(01:32):
Episode one hundred coming soon. Will be celebrating here. And
remember before we dive into this, like Jacques Cousteau, like
Greg lugainis, don't hit your head on the diving board.
We have a big party coming up, and you're invited
for real June twentieth, twenty first and twenty second in Vegas.
Details coming soon, but book your flight. We'll see you there. CRC.
The Coven Owners Convention June twentieth, twenty first, twenty second.
(01:55):
All right, now, last night sort of somber out here
in LA because there was that sense of maybe the
Lakers can make a run Lebron, if anyone's gonna turn
it around, him and Luca and Austin Reeves. They fell flat.
There was no Gusto in the fourth quarter again, like
so after the game, it's like a dud An fight.
(02:15):
I thought for sure they'd win last night in l
A and maybe lose away, but couldn't even pull it
out yesterday, ran out of gas. Lebron went out for
a glass of wine with his friends while Anthony Edwards
did a lap around Crypto and everyone's talking about this
and I'll tell you what so the fun Yo, that's
(02:38):
even cooler than when Wade Box rode the horse around
the Stadium's he's taking it in. Man, that's really cool,
really cool. And if he keeps this run going, he's
the face of the NBA, whether he wants to be
or not, because he's taken down some legends. So I
ask you, wouldn't you make when you take a lamp
(03:01):
around if you just took down Luca Lebron and the Lakers. Absolutely,
And everyone was saying Lakers and five. When the Lakers
sounded hit in the bad it was like, oh, we've
been seven, No, how about Tea Wolves in five? So
they played big. You know, look around the NBA, what's
left and what is your rooting interest as a casual
fan or shit, if your team's out of it, who
(03:21):
are you pulling for. I've taken a look at all
the teams left, and I'm making a case for each
one of them. And you tell me where you think
that rooting interest lies. All right, Okay, let's start with
the te Wolves. Never won an NBA title. You saw
Anthony Edwards arguably one of the faces of the NBA.
Are you down with the Tea Wolves? Well, like you said,
when your team's out of it, and if anything, I
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was pulling for the Lakers or the Knicks. Right. We
live out here in LA fifteen plus years, but we're
from the East coast. Now, I'm like, hmmm, do I
care that much about the Timberwolves? Not really, but our
boss does. So that's another thing you have to think about.
Who's it gonna make happy? And I'm not kissing My
dad told me, hey stop kisnas So I'm not kissing ass,
(04:04):
but I'd like to see our boss happy. He's a
cool dude. That's his team. Also, small market team, proving that, hey,
you don't need to be LA or New York cool
story to win, right, So, and there's a new face Minnesota,
Anthony Edwards. That's number one. How about not the Lakers,
the other LA team that's the red headed stepchild? Can
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you say that anymore of the NBA? The Clippers, Kawhi,
James Harden, they're still trying the o'doyles of the NBA.
I mean, what if the little orphan Annie's of the NBA?
What if the Clippers find the way to come back
and win? Would you be down for a Clippers run? Well,
like I said, you gotta go with your friend's rooting interest.
(04:45):
What's gonna make them happy? What you're closest to me personally,
I'm not counting them out because I think that'd be cool. Man.
They're the little brother nobody cares about team of LA.
We're out here. It'd be cool to see them pull
it out. Or if you'll somewhere for Clip and MONSI yeah, exactly,
but again for the excitement out here for us personally,
But it'd be cool to see Kawhi show that he
(05:07):
still got it right, Like you remember how dominant he
was at worse he's back a little bit. That'd be
a cool story. San Antonio, Toronto, it'd be a great story.
Because would be three organizations he won with. Someone told
me out here, one of the moms at the school,
we played this shit out of that one of the
moms that cool last laugh, told my daughter because my
daughter asked, like, what's cool the Lakers are Clippers, and
(05:30):
she said, in the eighties it was cool to say
it's not cool to clip, Like that's like saying, what's cooler?
Transformers or go bust? Everybody knows. So to see the
Little Brother, the Little Ugly Stuff Brother, the Little Brother
Team of LA come through. Yeah, there's a cool storyline
there for sure. Now I feel like this one doesn't
have as much interest. I'm going through the West first
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because this series is still going on to prove that
the Joker really is a generational guy. If Denver somehow
won another one, it would just prove like, not only
has he won multiple MVPs, but everyone in the league.
When they do those player surveys, everyone talks about. No, no,
you don't realize how dominant yokiches. He's still not the
greatest big man of all time. He wouldn't beat me
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one on one. Yeah, but I don't know. Yeah, you're right.
Solidifies his legacy as a big man. But I don't
doubt it or deny it to be honest, but that
could be arguably a little boring. Doesn't excite me. I
have my own spin on what excites me the most personally.
This exciting? I think this way you're going? How about
to the Bay Area and Golden State? I'm counting out.
(06:34):
By the way, the only team I haven't included my
list is Houston because I feel like, even though they
did win last night, I can't see the Warriors losing
in Game six and seven. So I'm going Warriors with
Jimmy Buckets. Now, you know, you hit the nail on
the head with Jimmy Buckets, because if it's not Jimmy
Buckets boring or you could say, oh cool, Steph's still
(06:54):
pushing forward without Clay right, so hey, that's kind of cool.
They're still doing it together him and Draymond Green. But
if your team's out of it or you're looking for
rooting interest, my take isn't, well, who's my friend rooting for?
What's the closest city or whatever it's? Are there players
that I really like still in it and playoff. Jimmy
(07:15):
is my dude. I love that guy. I love his heart.
I love how he turns it on. I didn't like
how he left his last team, to be honest, but
he found himself in a greater position and they've been
unstoppable since. I've always liked Jimmy Butler, so I think
when your team's out of it, you root for players.
I'm not necessarily rooting for the Golden State Warriors. I
have no connection or affiliation to them at all, and
(07:37):
they've won enough. But when it comes to Jimmy Butler,
here's a guy that's been playing his ass off in
the postseason. Every time he's in it, you just pull it.
Chris Collinsworth, here's a guy. Here's the guy that I
could get behind and root for personally because I like
him personally. I'd like to see him when I like
that storyline. And do you know the backstory of a
Jimmy Butler. He is a guy that bounced around from
(07:58):
house to house. He had no that was present. His
mom kicked him out because she didn't like his face
or the look of him. And you know, a beautiful
woman and family took him in and he's never looked back.
He doesn't want sympathy, He just wants to kick ass,
and I'm rooting for something in common with Jimmy Butler.
We both love a nice cup of cool fi. What
(08:19):
I'm saying is Jimmy Butler is a guy that went
from nothing to something. He has a really great story
and he doesn't lean on that story all the time,
but he does look it up to see him win.
And you know, he has such great fight and he's
a cool dude. I root for players at this point,
not teams. You said this about shoe Hey, you said
it about Mahomes. You think people sometimes root against greatness
(08:40):
when they should be rooting four greatness, Steph. If Steph
wins another NBA title, that would be five. You know what.
That puts him in the same category as Tim Duncan,
Kobe Bryant, and a lot of those guys that have five.
Like the five is the number man, because Jordan's six. No,
I don't know if anyone's getting there right, but five
is attainable, not impossible for that Warriors team. Let's keep
(09:00):
it rolling here. Now. You would say, why wouldn't you
say this is the right answer? Because SGA Oklahoma City
best team in the league. They look like they're going
to cruise all the way. Is that just the obvious
answer and at the end of the day, this is
what it'll be. Again, I think if you're a young dude,
a younger dude than us, and you're jumping on the
(09:20):
hype train, you're always rooting for the young guys, the young, young,
hungry players, and that's cool for me. I like seeing
these older dudes overcome, or the guys who've been around Alexander.
It might be the obvious answer, like it's say, it's
the usual suspects, every been there all year. It might
be them at the end of the day. So you know,
it's just not my personal answer, but I understand a
(09:41):
storyline like they have been the team to be all year.
Every great every Hall of Famer has to win that
first one. What if this is year one and then
you know, maybe a decade from now, we're like, yo, SGA,
he has three. Remember the first one back in twenty
twenty five, So let's not count that out at all.
In fact, that's probably likely. All right to the East. Now,
the Cleveland Cavaliers. Is it fun to watch them win
(10:04):
one without Lebron or is it like, yeah, they got
there one with Lebron who Donovan Mitchell nice guy, but
I don't know. I'm not This is not a storyline
I care another dominant team. I don't care much about it.
But I'm sure people in Cleveland do. All right. Halliburton
after his dad got on the court. Indiana, Indiana, the Pacers,
they think of how many times they got close in
the nineties and Michael Jordan or the Nick someone took
(10:25):
them down. Sir Patrick Ewing got in their way. You know,
for all the Reggie Miller fans out there, that might
be kind of cool to finally get one. I like
that storyline. I didn't like the father getting on the
court storyline. Poor Tyree. Let's go to our old stopping grounds,
New York City. Nothing's better than Madison Square Garden. When
(10:45):
the garden's popping. Jalen Brunson, Tracy Morgan threw up on
the court this year. You know you got Spike Lee.
It's still the Garden. It's still the Knicks, and we
forget that they haven't won one in like fifty plus years.
It's not like yesterday. The Knicks team got stopped every
step of the way of the last time. Second for
the Knicks, like steven A. Smith. That's my team. They're
(11:08):
second to the Jimmy Butler story for me because we're
from the East Coast, New Jersey, we worked in New York,
all that good stuff. But it's like big market teams
sometimes when they win, it's great for the sport. But
the Knicks are on top of the game again and
they win, it's just great for basketball. Boston. It's an
exciting market, is an exciting team, and Jalen Brunson is
(11:28):
the guy. So how could you not love that? Like
I said, it's just great for the NBA. Boston against
the Nuggets would be the storyline that bores me the most.
But you gotta throw I mean, Boston defending champions, Like,
how could you ever count out defending champions? What do
the networks want? I think Warriors, Knicks might, but you
(11:49):
get to the coast to coast, Golden State, Bay Area
and New York City, it's probably it. That's probably the one,
or yeah, now that's it. That's the one. So for me,
it's players. If your team's out of it, if your
team's in it, hey congrats, enjoy is the best basketball
you're going to see. But I pose the question I
think the number one answer that you're saying, Butler, I
(12:09):
think after watching what just root for players at this point?
To me? And it's not kissing ass because we have
our busses from Minnesota. I really think that Anthony Edwards
has become the that would be a cool storyline. The
t Wolves have never won. Anthony Edwards is a likable guy,
A young star in the league doesn't necessarily want the spotlight.
But young man, you're gonna get it, all right, So
(12:30):
what's your rooting interest? What's the greatest storyline the NBA postseason?
Hit us up at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. Now, yeah,
it's Uno de mayo. If you're listening in the future,
it doesn't. But it means we're four days away from
the big Fiesta, all right, and made the fourth be
with these three days? Yeah, right, a lot of fun
(12:51):
going on. The weather's breaking in the fiesta start and
I'm hearing some greet thos in the background, all right,
and that means some great fights this weekend, okay. And
if you don't care about the fights, you're a wimp
and you're a punk, and we shouldn't be friends. Remember
that you gotta be tuning into these fights. And here's
why we got some great matchups. Man, I'm not gonna
(13:13):
give you the tail the tape. They're all around the
same size, one hundred and forty one hundred and forty
seven pounds. But we got three of the four Kings
fighting on this card. By three of the four Kings,
I mean Ryan Garcia, Tafimo Lopez, Devin Haney, who's missing,
Tank Davis's missing. You said three of the four Kings.
I thought you meant Harley Race, Haku and the matro King. No,
(13:34):
this card is one for the ages guys, and it's
taking place Times Square. Now. It's not like open to
the public though, that's a misconception. This whole fight is
all about the visual and they're leaving like ten million
dollars on the table as far as ticket sales and
things like that, just for the viewership of the people
at home. Because you're gonna have the backdrop of Times Square.
(13:55):
That's gonna be pretty cool. It's gonna be really cool.
And again it's a Friday fight, so ay, there's another
fight on Saturday I'll tell you about. But are they
doing this if you know New York City. I'm guessing,
is this gonna be a spot our producer guy? Is
this gonna be in that TKTS area where they've selled
Broadway tickets like that? Are they've already started putting it
(14:15):
out as far as I know, it's gonna be the
dead center of Times Square. Yeah, Like, if you've ever
been to New York City, I mean we'd live there.
But if you've ever visited that red TKTS booth where
they sell Broadway tickets and that staircase right there where
the ball drop, and there's gonna be like two three
hundred people special invites, I don't know, VIPs instead of
card girls. Had I heard they have the naked cowboy
naked cowboys and one of the ring guys. But before
(14:39):
we get to the main events here, there's two fights,
a featherweight fight and a heavyweight fight, and then it
kicks in. Okay, you got t Fimo Lopez, one of
my absolute favorites. Dude, I love this show him in Vegas. Yeah,
he's a great fighter if and when he's healthy. Tia
Fimo Lopez versus Arnold Borbosa. Now Barbosa is undefeated thirty
(15:01):
two and oh he's no punk. And they're fighting for
the WBO one forty belt. So they're fighting at one forty.
I got to tell you it's just because I'm such
a fan. My heart in my head says Tiafimo has
this and he's gonna be doing backflips when he wins
in victory. And he's the guy who's trying to prove
(15:21):
to everybody that of everyone fighting, I'm the most legit boxer.
These guys are all the same weight class, which is amazing.
I think he's the best showman of all of them.
Tia Femo, you got him winning, give you the next one.
Barbosa's gonna put up a good fight. He's no chump,
he's no punk. Right, So you got tia Fimo, then
go on. It gets even better because you got Devin Haney,
who hasn't fought since he got embarrassed by Ryan Garcia.
(15:42):
You know, he's waited over a year to get in
the ring again. But he's not getting in the ring
with some chump. This isn't like a warm up fight.
He's fighting Jose Ramirez, who we've interviewed when he was champion.
Jose Ramirez is a former champ and he's a fopto
local forever, and he's got that hook just like Ryan
Garcia had. So he's got that punch. Devin Haney's got
that name, he's got that that style, that smooth, slick boxer,
(16:06):
that jab yep, that could put him over the top.
Should put him over the top. But here's the deal,
My head says Hani, because Ramirez he's been through some battles.
He's older and he's not as slick. He gets hit
a lot. But my heart says fotos little goes for Avercar.
Now where you gonna see good to my own weekend,
Give me a tick. My head says Hany. My heart
(16:28):
is rooting for Ramirez, So Hani with the wind. But man,
I'm rooting for Ramirez. He's like the best dude. He
does all this stuff for farmers and everything. He's like
the nicest guy. He's the quietest of all of them.
But remember, Devin Haney has a lot to prove here, man,
Ryan Garcia, Rolando Romero, Roly Romeiro. How great is this fight?
Two smack talkers? You know, Roly Romero? How does he
(16:52):
keep getting these great fights? He started boxing at seventeen,
But some people question why does he get these big things?
Because he could sell him. He's a great personality, he's funny,
he's charming, and he's a solid puncher. So is he
the most elite fighter? No, everybody on this car, in
every boxing fan will tell you he's not as elite
as these other guys. But he can knock you out.
(17:12):
And it was eight years ago, rich but Roly Romero
beat Ryan Garcia in a camp in a sparring contest.
But they're so young, but is it the teenage camp? Well,
they've had, you know, they know each other really well.
And it's kind of funny because Roly Romero goes, Ryan,
you can't do anything to me. He's like, I know
you better than you know yourself. And Rian's like kind
(17:35):
of sounds like you love me? What are you obsessed
with me? He's like, I know Ryan Garcia so well,
there's no way he's gonna own me the way he
owned hand. Didn't do me a favorite. I'm looking at
the odds at DraftKings, right, Yeah, Unfortunately you picked the
three big favorites now of all the fights. Let me
give you the not the tail the tape. Let me
give you the Vegas odds. The biggest favorite. Devin Haney
(17:57):
minus twelve hundred. Jose Ramirez a quarter to Vegas, stands
no chance. Ryan Garcia almost as big a favorite minus
eleven hundred, So Ryan Garcia a huge favorite. The closest
fight is tia Fimo's minus two to fifty. Barboza is
plus two hundred. Remember tia Fimo fighting at one forty
Hani Ramirez fighting at one forty seven, Garcia Romero. They're
(18:20):
fighting for that regular welterweight title. So pick one underdog
to make the bet fun. Ramirez definitely, Yeah, he'sini dude.
He's got a hook. It's what got Haini the last
time when he fough Garcia. And he's a former champion.
Let me give you the state he was. He was
no joke. He's just older. Now. If you go, if
you go Tiafimo, Lopez, Jose Ramirez and Ryan Garcia parlay
(18:43):
one hundred bucks, pays eleven to fifty. I'll put money
on it to make it fun. But now here's the thing.
You're betting against the biggest favorite. Need to put money
on that card to appreciate what's going on. This is
like Hagler, Hearns, and Leonard all on the same card,
and I don't know. Roberto Durant was just hanging out right.
(19:04):
Three of the four Kings are fighting. Three of the
four Kings of our generation that we've seen their come
up rich. We've interviewed every one of these guys. We've
seen their entire career. We're telling you tune in and
enjoy your Friday night. Get some pizza, invite some friends over. Well,
if they don't come, they're weak, and get other friends.
I have a question about Friday night, and then we'll
(19:25):
let everyone continue with their Thursday. Get on with their night. Well,
hold on because there's another fight. Now, get you help.
That's what I want to ask you about Friday. Is
this right after work and we go to your house
because I I feel like I need a little bit
of an official invite you. I get you a Friday.
I've worked with this guy for over twenty years. I've
known him for even longer. He needs an official A lot?
Are you? What are we doing? Top official? What do
(19:46):
you want me to do? Send you an invite? I
wouldn get you a card? Come by? Oh do you
say card? Or you're sending me a car so I
could drink. That's fantastic. I could save the date, but
Friday night after work on the West coast, pizza will
get some drinks. Man, this is great, guys. This is
again if you've been sleeping on boxing, this is the one.
Can I bring my son in kinetic sands and slime
(20:06):
and all that you don't, but don't bring your dogs
and shit. I leave them at home. When I see
your dogs, I don't mean your friends. I don't mean
your Vato friends. I mean like your actual dog. There's
another fight, guys. Let's hear about it on Treste Mao
Canelo soul Canelo al versus William Skull. This Cuban dude
(20:29):
who's undefeated twenty three and oh with nine KOs. Dude,
that's the I'd be a superweight super middleweight champ. And
he's no punk either man. And what he said was respectfully.
Of course he plans on eating Canelo. Like, what do
you mean by that? He's like, I mean it respectfully,
but I'm gonna eat him. By the way. This this fight,
(20:51):
this in Saudi Arabia, that's on Saturday. This fight, the
odds are disgusting. Canelo minus three thousand, Canello sixty two
to two and two. This is like a warm up
fight for I don't know, Terrence Crawford or something. I
went to add it to your parlay just for fun. Yeah,
and you are. There's no point If you bet on
Canelo as well, you get being twenty five dollars more.
I was about to say this would be the biggest
(21:13):
upset ever if Skull pulled this out, but again, everybody
has a puncher's chance. Canelos the WBC and WBO super
middleweight champ and a favorite. To give you an extra
extra what extra spice, a little extra double, a little
extra lemon to get you excited. Bonghia Himymonia is also
(21:34):
on this card, and you guys may know him because
he also fought Canelo. But he's a great fighter. So
that's Saturday. Enjoy the fights, enjoy your single on my
own weekend, and remember those vocals forever. Hey, enjoy your
Thursday night. We'll see you back on Fox Sports Radio tomorrow.
Until then, baby, see you in the over Promised land later. Goodbye,
Hosts And Creators
Rich Davis
Steve Covino
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