THE W.A.D.E. Concept - WEEK IN REVIEW - Conor McGregor LEAKED, Usyk Vs Dubois MADNESS, Misfits return AND MORE... - The Herd with Colin Cowherd

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today, I am doing a video that, quite frankly, I
can't even believe is something that I'm going to talk
about on this channel. I told myself I wouldn't, but
it's just too insane to ignore it because Connor McGregor
just exposed himself. And I don't mean it in a
clickbaity YouTube kind of way. I mean, Connor McGregor just
exposed himself the mcammer Minie Connor, apparently the reason he

(00:22):
calls himself musclemack these days. What do I mean? I'm
telling you what I mean. Connor McGregor just sent himself
an unsolicited nude picture in the DMS of Azalea Banks.
This is real, and again, believe it or not, it's
just a piece not like that of the crazy week
that Connor McGregor has had this week, and I just

(00:44):
feel like we have to talk about it. I don't
even know if I want to. We have to talk
about it because I have been blessed with the burden
of covering combat sports, and I guess that means we
have to talk about it. What do I mean the breakdown?
Let's go all right, so let's just I can I
believe this is a story, but at the same time
I can all right, so as everybody else did. Today,
I woke up to see Conor MacGregor's piece on the Internet.

(01:05):
I mean, let's just be honest, that's what happened. He's
got a couple of different pictures that he sent to
singer songwriter Azelia Banks. Now number one, probably the worst
person you would want to send DM to is Azelia
Banks for those of you that don't know her, And
quite frankly, I'm not a massive fan of Azelia Banks

(01:25):
or know a ton of her music. I know she's
very popular, or at least was at one time, but
what I do know her for is being a bit
of a loose cannon, controversial to say the least. Her Twitter,
which we are not going to show because well, Conor
MacGregor's privates arena is laced with a ton of controversial
statements and just being off the wall crazy and she

(01:45):
talks about everything from political statements to calling people out
to I guess, posting Connor McGregor's dick on Twitter. But regardless,
if you were gonna do something like this, the one
thing you wouldn't do is send it to someone with
a massive following. And that really didn't give a f
And I want to reiterate how stupid this really was.
Connor not only sent this picture to Alia Banks, actually

(02:09):
two pictures of his member to Azelia Banks, one of
which this is not a joke, this actually happened, has
a dumb bell hanging off of it to show its strength.
I guess there's a reason why I'm talking about this,
Please bear with me. And both these pictures had their
own caption. The one without the weight says something to
the effect of don't be a rat because rats get caught,

(02:32):
which clearly shows me that Connor McGregor knew that Azelia
Banks is crazy and will absolutely post a dick pic
of his on the internet. And still he decided to
send it to her, which told me that Connor knew
Azlia Banks was crazy and that he probably guess you
would put it out on the internet, which makes me think,
is this some big Kim Kardashian publicity stunt thing? I

(02:53):
don't know? And two, the one with the weight attached
to it just said lifting weights, lifting weights? The is
wrong with this guy? Man? What is wrong with this dude? Bro?
I'm laughing because I don't really know what else to do.
This is awkward as it's weird, and the fact that
I even am talking about it is completely insane. But

(03:14):
it is what it is, man, it is what it is,
and here we are. And Connor has since offered a
birthday message to himself in the midst of all the controversy.
But you know what, I think this from some things
that happened earlier this week, I think that this is
Connor McGregor taking a victory lap on doing whatever he wants.
And let's be honest, at this point, Connor McGregor has
lost all self respect, he's lost all semblance of a brain,

(03:39):
and he's lost the people of Ireland. He keeps talking
about doing some presidential run. I think right now the
only thing he could be president of is a Kinks
Without Shame club where a bunch of degenerate Neanderthal freaks
show up and do all the crazy shit that's probably illegal.
Speaking of illegal, I'm pretty sure what Azelia Banks just
did and posted that on Twitter is illegal. And she
since come out and said that her and Connor have

(04:00):
been sending each other solicited naked pictures for years. I
think she was bullshitting. I have no idea. The whole
situation's weird. But this isn't just another one of the
long laundry list of things Connor McGregor's done that disappoints
pretty much everyone. This one, this one goes past that.
This one's a little different, but it's it's textbook Connor McGregor.
It's I'm just gonna do whatever I want and y'all

(04:21):
gonna have to see it. And why I think this
this whole thing is spiraled starting this week. Was earlier
this week when I was in New York, Connor was
in Florida promoting BKFC, and he showed up to that
press conference on more cain than an old man with
a broken hit. That dude was s Norton freaking double

(04:43):
black diamond slopes. I mean, I just have to imagine,
because this is, in one hand one of the greatest
promos I've ever seen, and in the other is completely
deranged and psychotic.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
I mean, well, you can see beside me and in
front of me some of the baddest men and women
toever grace planet.

Speaker 3 (05:07):
There.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
This is what we're about here at Paranockle Fighting Championship,
the Alien of Combat Sports, and may we rise about
the night.

Speaker 1 (05:16):
Sky and rain down blows, rain down. Watch listen, BKFC
can rain down the blows talking about punches, but Connor
already had to blow rained down on him by the
cocaine guys. Jesus, he looks like Pablo Escobar. He can't
even get through his sentence without taking heavy breaths. He's
screaming into that microphone and sweating, turning more red than

(05:38):
the kool Aid man before he jumps through your wall.

Speaker 2 (05:41):
Dude, all are deniers and announce here today that par
knuckle left Sea has no love for.

Speaker 1 (05:48):
The big glove.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
So let's get comb parannuckle. Let's go Florida and let's
announce some incredible matchups, some shock signings, and the most
lucrative tournaments in all of combat sports. Or a week
crown in an open weight the baddest man.

Speaker 1 (06:05):
On the planet.

Speaker 2 (06:06):
Let's go give it up.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
Come on, So what he's talking about there, by the way,
I can't even lie. It's a good promo. That's a
better promo than companies would pay for. That's a better
promo than any fighter, WWE, wrestler, actor, anybody could cut.
Connor is just He's one of one with a microphone
at his head. Jesus. But that that little bit right there,
And there's more because not only was he feeling himself

(06:29):
as promoter for the BKFC, he was also in his
bag as fighter because Mike Perry called him out at
the same press conference, and this is what he had
to say.

Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yeah, you're welcome back because I welcomed you back. October
eleventh is your date, and you'll dance for me, You'll
dance for the owner and then we can talk. But
your date is October eleventh, Michael Perry, the return of Platinum,
and we've got some hell of an announcement for an
opponent for you. One of the battest men to have
a grace, The Ultimate Fighting Championship comes to Bare Knuckle

(07:00):
and he's gonna troll down with you in front of
me for my view and pleasure, and then I'll decide
if you're wordy.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
Jesus, man, he's so good, but he's so cracked up
on cocaine. But again, you're seeing the theme of this
press conference in the mind state that Connor McGregor has
been in this last week. And I'm probably a lot
more than just the last week, because God only knows,
but I'm willing to assume if this is how Connor's
operating off a little snorts of the cocaina and he's
out in foreign land him. By the way, he also

(07:27):
stepped out on d Devlin once again while out in
the United States, kissing up on another lady on some beach,
which was plain to see without it, Connor wasn't trying
to hide it at all. You can kind of see
where I'm going with this. It's definitely not his first
time snorting any of the blow probably not the first
time he sent a DM like this unsolicited to a woman.
I guess he fancied. Regardless, he is very comfortable with

(07:51):
what he's doing and what he's saying. That is kind
of the point I'm getting at. Connor has become comfortable
answering to nobody for anything ever, Whether this was always
in Connor's character or it's just something that's come out
of him making shit tons of money and having no
one to tell him no, this is who he is now,
and in the same token, tomorrow he'll be on Twitter

(08:12):
talking about Praise be to God, thank you so much,
people of Ireland. I want to be your next president.
I'm here to save the people. I don't know if
he's bipolar. I don't know if it even matters. I
don't know if he even understands what the fuck is
the difference between that person who's the wanna be president,
loving father, family man and the snorton cocaine off strippers

(08:32):
buttholes Connor and doing dong raises with a dumbbell attached
to it for strength and conditioning. And what I think
is because you look at these these view counts of
these videos, Connor got a lot of attention for this
press conference. Honestly, if I wasn't in New York, I
would have made a video on it. Because when Connor
does come out and he's in the limelight, you can't

(08:53):
tell me he doesn't love that feeling, you know, the dawn. Yeah, mate,
I'm not fucking down around here'll. He loves that persona
about himself, and that changed somewhere. It used to be
Connor McGregor would talk truth. I talk truth, not talk
sh right. That was his thing. I I speak the truth,
and when I speak the truth, it happens. He got

(09:14):
away from that when the money came in, and truly,
when when that boxing match happened with Floyd. He made
that hundred million, then he came back and got flat
out embarrassed by Habib. Somewhere in that in those two fights,
Connor change is a person. He changed, whether it was
Habib taking his soul from him that night in Vegas
or if it was just the money that he made
it compounded into more money that he made off the

(09:36):
Floyd Mayweather fight. Something about him completely changed. And I
think he likes it. I'm gonna be honest, I think
he likes it, or at least part of him does,
the part that's not the family man staying at home
dad thing. It's like Doctor Jekyll and Mister High. When
mister Hyde comes out, Connor is on a rampage of
attention of dopamine. I don't know. Something that gets him

(09:57):
in this this, I mean, cocaine gets him in the
high state where he's just like, yeah, y'all, can't tell
me nothing, y'all. I'm gonna do whatever the guy want.
And I mean, yeah, it's if you take a step
back and you remove yourself from the comedy aspect of
this whole thing, it is pretty sad to see because, yeah,
I mean, how many times. Am I gonna get on
YouTube and talk about how I used to look up
to Connor McGregor and and thought that the things he

(10:17):
practiced and what he preached about self belief, about willing
things into existence. His run throughout the UFC was all inspired.
Connor still draws headlines. He is still you saw it there,
a great promoter, the best talker in combat sports, point
blank period. Maybe ever we're watching now because of the training.
We're watching the drunk uncle at the party, wondering if

(10:38):
and when he's gonna piss on himself and fall asleep.
Like that's the entertainment value of Connor McGregor right now. Sure,
it's entertaining. He's a psychopath and he's clearly on some
sort of paraphernalia, but the decisions he makes are just deplorable.
They are or just idiotic. I don't just mean that
Connor exposed himself by hopping in Azalea Banks's DMS and

(10:58):
hanging more hog than a butcher shot. But what I
really mean is that I am starting to believe when
we talk about all, you know, he broke him, the
Floyd fight broke him. I'm kinda also in the same
mind going. No, Connor is exposing that maybe this is
who he always was, he didn't have the means to
be that person. Maybe he wasn't meant for this kind
of lifestyle, for this kind of money, or he isn't

(11:19):
left in check, and no one can really say anything
to him because these are the things he does when
he hasn't. Regardless, it's it's just an insane thing that
Connor continues to do. I mean, listen, I said it
a second ago. Could this be a Kim Kardashian style
publicity stunt?

Speaker 4 (11:34):
Maybe?

Speaker 1 (11:34):
What do they say, all press is good press? But
I think he should have pressed to lead on all
those pictures before he ever sent him out, because now
you even have my personal uncle Chail so befuddled in
his video that he can't think of anything else throughout
his day. Here's Chail. I can't quit staring at Connor's dick.
I can't and a kid like this is the side
of the conversation you have to go to because it's

(11:56):
so fucking silly that, yeah, you can sit here and
be the oh man. Cow much of a disappointment Connor
McGregor is, and wow, look at what a fall from grace,
But then you have this side of it that's like, yeah, bro,
this is this is hilarious.

Speaker 3 (12:09):
I sent Connor's dick to my partner Ryan, who opened
it on his computer right as his wife was coming
to the background, and then we have to explain what's
happening here.

Speaker 1 (12:22):
But I can't stop looking. I've stared at this dick
for the last two hours. Now. I'm not going to
go into detail on the physical layout of things and
the dimensions of said things, And I can assure you
that in no world did I stare at that picture
for two hours. But it's Uncle Jaelvialt different. Dude. This

(12:44):
this train wreck that Connor McGregor has involved himself in,
it's going to a bad place. I don't know where,
but it's not gonna end up well. At some point,
this kind of behavior is going to catch up to him.
I know that they're still ongoing stuff with the sexual
assault allegation. I don't know what happens with that, but
at some point point Connor is gonna land himself and
his family and the people around him in such a terrible,

(13:04):
terrible spot because of his actions. And we will have
all seen it coming like that but the point is
today is a little bit of a whackier one with
Connor's nudes getting leaked that for most people would be mortified.
For Connor McGregor, just another day. That's the fucking problem. Yeah,
it's gonna ENDU It's gonna end bad, way worse than
just some nudes being leaked, which again would be the

(13:26):
worst for most people. For Connor, not so much. I
got no other words. All I'll say is Connor probably
needs to fight sometime soon, because when he doesn't have fighting,
when he doesn't have things to keep him occupied, he
clearly has an issue keeping himself together. So either I
hope he fights, maybe that UFC White House card, or
he gets his shit together, which is is completely unlikely.

(13:49):
But either way, that's a story for today. I don't
even know if this video is gonna be any good,
but Connor McGregor just exposed himself in more ways than
one or two, and the weight of this situation is
enough to hang your hat on. I'm done. I'll see
you guys in the next one. I don't have any
other words. By the craziest thing that I saw this

(14:12):
week was the fact that ks I was on Chunks's show,
which I didn't know that Chunks had a podcast, but
it's called The Chunk Show. And he was talking about
his purse from the Tommy Fury fight, and folks, this
is genuinely insane what he says. Forget the caption, let's
just listen to what he had to say with.

Speaker 5 (14:28):
My lost fight with Tommy Fury. My whole purse, my
whole purse. I gave it to my trainers. I was like,
bo cool, Like I didn't. I didn't. I didn't. No, wait, wait, wait,
wait what what Region zero's boat seven figures?

Speaker 1 (14:49):
Okay, so are we for real? First off, before I
before I blow a gasket, let's just say this, that's
a pretty cool thing for KOs I to do, right,
That's really cool to say. You know what, I have
a ton of money. Money is not why I do this. Here.
You go for training me and preparing me for this fight.
I get that. That's dope, right, Would I ever do

(15:10):
that out of your mind? No shot to put in
the amount of work that he had to put in
for that fight, to take the time away from other stuff.
I'm getting my bread now. I'm not in the same
financial category, probably never will be. As mister bordering on
billionaire over there. But how in the world do you
give now it says ten mil on the on the caption,

(15:32):
and I kind of got baited with that. He says
seven figures, whatever the number was. How do you get
brainwashed into thinking that that head coaching team deserved seven
figures after we find out that, you know, months down
the line. They're running him ragged in the gym, sometimes
training him twice a day, five days, sparring him, injecting

(15:54):
his hands with anesthetic for him to spark, like some
of the dumbest decisions you can make for a guy
like KSI, a cash cow, clearly like k I to
then go here's here's seven figures. Fucking crazy and listen,
everybody can do whatever they want with their money, right.
I would never look at somebody and be like, unless
they were like family or you know, a close friend,

(16:16):
and be like, hey, you're probably you probably shouldn't be
spending as much money as you're spending on X Y Z. Yes,
I can do whatever he wants his money, But this
is genuinely like stupid to do, because what it does
is incentivizes the way he's being trained, the way they
are pushing him and honestly the brainwashing that's taking place
because think about it this way. First off, yes, the
hand was injured for the Tommy Fury fight. I have

(16:38):
no problem with Kasi going through with the Tommy Fury
fight with a hand injury. Things happen. You got to
push through off the back of it. To continue trying
to push through it after you give it a couple
of weeks of rest or a month of rest, and
continue to push and push and push. I think is
a direct cause and effect situation from the ten milli,
seven milli, one milli whatever the seven figures was that

(16:59):
he gave the trainers. They went shit, If he's gonna
give us this kind of money just to every time
he fights, why not just keep having him fight? Why
not just push him through whatever? The kurts, who cares.
We gotta make our seven million, we gotta make our
five million whatever. I could be completely wrong, This could
be nothing even close to the situation. And I'm sure

(17:20):
his coaches care about him. But you can't tell me
that there's no money involved. And I'm hearing this kind
of stuff. You can't tell me there might not be
alternate ulterior motives when this kind of money is involved.
Like I said, I think it incentivizes this whole thing.
And if you are JJ, you don't know any better.
That's another thing too, you don't know any better. And
this is why I think it's extra kind of weird,
not from JJ, like again, May and his trainers is
full purse, awesome, super generous thing to do is to

(17:44):
his trainers accepting the money. Again, I can't blame I'm
sure except the money fine, But I'm just looking at
this whole situation and I'm going, man, I feel like
he's getting taken advantage of. I just I look at
that and go, yeah, dude, they're they're running your pockets.
JJ's never been an athlete. I'm not saying JJ's not
an athletic guy. He's just never done it outside of boxing.

(18:05):
He never been in a boxing gym before he met
I think Leon. And as far as the business side
of it, I don't think that I'm out of Lineman
saying that he's not very hands on when it comes
to looking into the business side of these things and
how boxing business works and how these other financial sectors are.
So when he's being pushed at LSF and he sees

(18:26):
all these other fighters, right, he sees Michael vintem Page,
and he sees these m ME guys, and they're being
pushed just as hard as he is. He's probably like, Okay, shit,
I'm in the right spot. These guys really are man there,
and he's having results. Fair play. They got him the
result over Temper. They got him the result. Well, they
didn't get him the result in Joe Forni, but they
beat Temper. He's pumped. He comes close to beating Tommy Fury,

(18:46):
so they're pumped. Look, I've got it. I'm doing something
right here. He probably just doesn't know any better, Like
he knows better than that trainers get a certain percentage.
But I don't know if he knows any better that
they're working him like a freaking mule over there, and
they're milking him like a cow. After I look at it,
and I think this is incentivization. And it explains a
lot about what happened after the Tommy Fury fight. It
explains a little bit more. It explains a bit of

(19:08):
opponent selection, because let's be honest, after the Tommy Fury fight,
there were some names thrown out that weren't great opponents
for JJ to face next, and apparently, according to you know,
unnamed sources, that JJ's coaches have a lot of say
in who he fights. It explains a lot about pushing
through injuries multiple different times. It explains why they were

(19:29):
injecting his hands with anesthetics because I've never heard of
that ever. I'm just saying nefarious or not. It explains
why the need for JJ to fight like a normal
fighter would be on the table. He's a cash cow
for misfits, but also he's a cash cow for LSF.
I think it becomes a bit of a dilemma when
you're having him in the gym completely in his hand up,

(19:51):
just so he can get a payday on a two
v one match with Slim, and at that no one
gave a fuck about or hey, let's get him in
there with Wayne so we could have him fight, or
even the Dylan Dannis thing. It was like the the
the high level opponent Kim getting better, actually preparing him
for a Jake Paul fight. We want to get paid,
That's what I don't know their Jim, I don't know

(20:13):
how they operate, I don't know what their their situation
looks like. I'm sure they're balling now, you know what
I'm saying. I'm sure now money is not an issue
for LSF, you know what I'm saying. But yeah, that's
a bit of an eye opener. Not because JJ shouldn't
have given him, not because they shouldn't have accepted it,
because I know everybody over there works, But it explains
a lot about the way JJ is utilized in that
gym and the opponent's selection, the anesthetic in the hands,

(20:39):
the training when he wasn't even in camp, the way
he was trying to train, and how they, you know,
treat him like just a normal regular fighter when he's
not that. Jake Paul is making his entire life boxing.
That's not what JJ was doing. And the way they
pushed him and pushed him and pushed him to the brink.
I'll be honest, I think LSF ran JJ out of boxing.
I think that the grind they put him through, the

(20:59):
injury he got, the way he was lifting weights, the
opponents selection, the lack of interest, the wear and tear,
and obviously the big fact that him not getting the
Jake fight. But I think all of that combined they
burned him out. They burned him out of the sport.
They made him feel like this was his life, and
that's he's an adult, he's a big boy. He accepted that,
and again you could call it ignorance is bliss, but
he just didn't know any better. This is what he's

(21:20):
supposed to do to get the Jake fighters, So what
he's supposed to do to get better. Because he looks
around and nobody else is JJ in that gym, So okay,
they're doing it. I'm doing it. But I think they
ran him out. I think they burned him out. It'll
be interesting to see if he goes back with him
after this hand surgery. Really really will be interesting to see.
I thought they had him sparring way too much. Now, again,
he's young in the game, so maybe you gotta spar

(21:40):
a lot their play. But think that they were fun.
They were they I think they were seriously close to
him up by the way they had him lifting some
of those exercises. I was like, you're gonna hurt the kid.
I mean, we were talking about this two years ago
when we watched those workout VIDs of JJ and he's me,
looks like it's gonna pop out of socket for him.
Squatting some weight that doesn't ever need to be on

(22:01):
his back, bench pressing some crazy weight for half a
rep for no reason. It all makes sense now though,
and also too again we'll talk about this side of it,
the incentivization of coaching JJ at that point when you're
when when he gives up that full purse, it can
go one of two ways, and I'm not here to
tell you which way it's gonna go or did go,

(22:22):
but you can say, wow, that's super generous, thank you.
We're gonna take care of you better because of that,
because we don't want to to have you hurt your hand.
We don't want all these things so that we can,
you know, continue to sing on. Or we have to
get every single thing we can out of this guy
because his time is sure in the sport, So we
need to run him again. If that's the payout we're getting,

(22:42):
we need to run him again and again and again
and again. So I tend to think it was the
second part. I tend to think they were like, we
need to really have him fight, make sure we get
this payoff because it's insane. And I think there's a
part of it that that again, JJ just looks at
his team like they are above everything else that he
could possibly ever get training wise, and he respects it
so much that man, these guys they deserve that, and

(23:05):
he's just wrong. But then again, you know they do
train cass I as a high profile guy, and he
got paid a shit ton of money and he gave
it all up, So fair play, I guess. But yeah,
I saw that and I just couldn't believe it. Could
not believe it because I'm pretty sure whatever's going on
with his hands is at least somewhat gonna be permanent.
Somewhat there's gonna be some permanent damage there, and that's
the game. That's boxing, that's what happens when you step

(23:26):
into this sport. It's a dangerous sport and it could
have been prevented. It definitely could have been at least
managed better if not for the continued mismanagement. I would
say that's gone on with JJ's career and London Shoot Fighter,
whether it was opponent selection, whether it was the way
he was training, the way he was lifting, the way
he was sparring, the way he was being taken care of,

(23:47):
and eventually the way I think his career potentially because
I believe there might be a little soft tease of
retirement coming because of the way JJ talks about how
he feels when he fights, how he feels when he's boxing,
how it's miserable, he doesn't like the person he is.
I think he's burned out on the sport, and I
think LSF has a a big part of that. But
you guys, let me know down below. This was one

(24:07):
of the craziest things I saw this week. KSI forking
over seven figures to the gym that probably permanently damaged
his hand and burned him out on the sport is
a classic what do you call it Stockholm syndrome? I
don't know. The classic case of ignorance is bliss, a
classic case of rainwashing a fighter from a gym. I
don't know. But either way, it's completely it's generous, good

(24:31):
it's a good faith act, but it's completely insane. He's
probably done with the sport, at least in the short term,
probably in the long term, without saying he's retired, because
once he says he's retired, misfits is gonna have a
real problem on their hands. But that was one of
the big things I wanted to make about this. This
video is KSI t's in retirement, also completely delusional about
you know, his team and their worth compared to what

(24:52):
they've actually done for him and what happens next for him,
because I'm hearing he's either had surgery, he's about to
have surgery come back. Does he go back to LSF?
Maybe maybe not. I think he would do better with
Gibbs team. I think he could do better with BJ Flores,
think he'd do better with a ton of different people.
But I think lsf's gonna break him if he goes
back there, and it won't just be his hand, it'll

(25:13):
be something else because the way they train, the way
they spar, the way they do things, it gets you right,
you know, it gets him in a crazy physical shape,
but it also leads to him doing and having detrimental
things go on in his personal life and his professional
life and his health and well being. So I just
think it's a bad idea all the way around. And

(25:33):
I think they've they've ran his pockets and I want
to say scammed him. I want to go that far
to say they've scammed him. But yeah, and let me
know what you guys think down below. What happens next
for KSI I think he's he might be done. I
think he's probably done boxing, but that's just me. I
don't have those answers, so I guess we'll find out,
all right, folks. So we are back and we have

(25:55):
breaking news as Misfits. Boxing is back Misfits. They're calling
it Ring of Thrones. They've only announced two fights, the
Coemane and the main It's only been out for about
ten minutes and it's already sparking controversy. So we need
to talk about it because I for one, am excited
and I will be watching what I mean, the breakdown.

(26:16):
Let's go. So Misfits twenty two just dropped, and here
is the poster Ring of Thrones main event Darren Hill
versus Luke rock Hole Co main event Tony Fergus versus
Super Salt Poppy. Now they're talking about Misfits titles here.
I don't really give a shit about any of that.
I care about the four men in these two matchups.

(26:38):
And by the way, the posters fire, they're doing a
Game of Thrones thing. I don't I never watched the
Game of Thrones, sorry to people that did, but it
looks good. It looks pretty damn good. Now let's talk location.
August thirtieth, in the AO Arena in Manchester, if I
remember correctly, that is the city for sure, if not
the same arena that I made my second home. That's right,

(27:00):
planted the Wade Concept flag right in the middle of Manchester,
came across the pond, got a doub and said, yeah,
Daddy's home. They're going back there, which I think is
great because Misfits has a massive UK audience. And listen,
they have four big names, at least for this scene
on the car, three of which were either title contenders,
interim champions, or, in the case of Luke rock Hole

(27:21):
hol on MMA champions. So let's break down the matchups.
Number One, Darren Til Luke Rockold. You have former one
hundred and seventy pound championship contender in Darren Hill versus
at one point. I know it's big twenty twenty five
and we don't think about this anymore, but at one
point Luke rock Hole was the baddest dude in the
world at one hundred and eighty five pounds. He was nasty.

(27:44):
Now this is boxing, not necessarily his forte because Luke
Rockold had never been a boxing officionado. I mean he
lost a bare knuckle to Mike Perry, but I mean
he had great kicks in MMA. He had a great
question mark kick, one of the best question mark kicks
and high kicks you'll ever but a high level grappler
in his own right as well. I mean he beat
Michael Bisbee with a one arm guillotine at one point,

(28:06):
and strong guy, great grappler, but boxing was never really
his thing, which is why you know when he came
over and did the bare knuckle thing, Mike Perry knocked
his tooth out and beat him in a bare knuckle fight.
But now he's got the gloves on. Darren Till's looking
for more fighters to feast on. I'm gonna be honest,
I think Darren Till not only beats Luke Rockold here,
probably knocks him out because Darren Till has shown himself

(28:29):
to be a high level crossover boxer if you want
to call him that. But he is taking this scene
by storm.

Speaker 6 (28:36):
Is beaten.

Speaker 1 (28:36):
Anthony Taylor just beat Darren Stewart with a walk off
ko there, and he's being active. Darren Hill right now
is carrying misfits. It's the truth. He is misfits biggest star.
He's their biggest name. KSI's not fighting. So Darren Till
has taken the company by storm and taken over this
whole thing. I was in his co main event in
his debut. He since had another main event. This is

(28:57):
his third main event this year. That's crazy. Darren Hill's
fought three times this year or will have by the
time August thirtieth rolls around knock on Wood. But yeah,
I mean, listen, this is a great fight name value wise,
A lot of people know who Luke rock Hold is.
I think he did something with karate combat as well.
He's done bare knuckle. He has gotten around after his
time in MA and I think he trains here on

(29:17):
the West Coast. So if I can, I would love
to get some sessions in or at least talk to
Luke rock Hold about this decision to go and box
and see. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe he's got better hands now,
maybe he's just been training boxing than we've ever seen before.
But as of right now, I do think Darren Till
is the better boxer of the two, and he's probably
gonna show it. But then we have the co main
event and This one is very controversial people because it

(29:40):
involves I would say, a man that most MMA fans
are far more emotionally tied to because of his run
and the subsequent falloff of one Tony Ferguson. But whether
you like this or don't like it, meaning him boxing,
Tony has a ton of fans. And if this would
have been Tony Ferguson versus Jake Paul or Tony Ferguson
versus Gas, I probably be in the same boat to

(30:02):
be like, yeah, nah, I don't think this is a
good idea, and to be honest, because of their experience
in the time they've had in the sport, and Tony
is coming off of a very downward trajectory in his
makerer And listen, sal Poppy's very good as well. It's
not like he is just random influencer versus Tony Ferguson.
Sal Popy is probably gonna knock Tony Ferguson out. I

(30:23):
mean that's what I think. I think that Salt Poppy's
probably gonna clean Tony Ferguson's clock in this fight. And again,
I don't think Tony should be fighting. I'm just gonna
say that, just like I said, with the Mike Tyson
fight and some others, I don't think he should be fighting.
I don't think Manny Pakiao should be fighting this Saturday
for a world title against Mario Barrio's. But that's happened.
These guys are adults. They're gonna make the decisions they
want to make. Am I pumped to see Tony go

(30:44):
in there and get absolutely slaughtered. No, and maybe he won't.
Maybe he won't, but all indications, at least from here
that Salt Poby should knock him out for sure, and
I don't want to see that. At the same time,
I'm not gonna act like I don't want to see
him fight and I don't want to see Salt Poppy fight.
I do. I just don't want to see Tony get hurt.
But that's the fight game, and that's that's what you
sign up for. These guys are grown man. At the
end of the day, I'm not making excuses for it. Again,

(31:04):
Tony shouldn't be fighting, but hey, here we are. He's
an adult, he said, Yes, good luck to him. Maybe
he comes out with a sense of renewed energy at
forty one coming into this fight, and everybody is walking
into this thinking Salt Poppy's gonna knock Tony out and
Tony's a walking dead man. But it's interesting to me
when I hear all this controversy pop up online because
I was here long enough to remember when Salt Poppy

(31:25):
fought Slim and lost and everybody said he was overrated
or overhyped, And the same thing happened when he fought
Anthony Taylor and lost. And Anthony Taylor is not a
spry chicken in his own right and definitely never had
the career Tony Ferguson did. And I'm not trying to
compare apples to oranges here, I'm just saying the same
people that call Anthony Taylor trash for losing to Darren
Till or call Slim trash for losing to Give, are

(31:46):
the same people upset that Tony Ferguson is fighting the
guy that lost to Slim and that lost to Anthony
Taylor in his debut on Misfit. And again, I'm with
you that I think Tall Poppy's probably gonna knock him out.
But if Tony Ferguson is going to continue to fight,
is there a less lethal option for him, name value wise,
to keep you interested to keep you entertained in watching
him fight, Like, is it more safe for Tony Ferguson

(32:06):
to go back and fight in the UFC? Is it
more safe for him to go fighting karate combat? Is
it more safe for him to go and box somewhere else?
Is it more safe for him to do bare knuckle?
The answer is no. If Tony Ferguson is going to fight,
which again I don't think he should, but if he's
going to, it's going to be dangerous regardless where he
does it. But he's fighting the guy and saw Poppy
that has four years experience boxing. Sure that's more than Tony,

(32:29):
but it's on the lesser side of the experience you
could have when walking into a new sport like boxing.
And for Tony Ferguson, I still think he's gonna get
knocked the out. But listen, I'm I'm ready for this card.
This feels like a you know, a big move for misfits,
at least without KSI in the fold of what's happening,
or at least you know, him fighting or whatever. This

(32:51):
this feels like one of their bigger cards, one of
their bigger opportunities to get themselves back on track because
KSI has pulled out of his last couple. There's been
some great car there's been some okay cards, there's been
some not so great cards. This one feels like, at
least at the top of it, it is going to
be a good card for Misfits. Now again, they only
have shown us the main and the co Maine. I

(33:11):
have heard rumors, and actually it's not even a rumor
at this point because he's pretty much come out and
said it. Airin the Plumber on Twitter is saying he's
going to be fighting on August thirtieth, and if you
guys know anything about what's been going on between me
and Aaron the Plumber, I'll be taking a very close
look at that fight. But who knows what else is
going to be on this card. There could be another
couple of bangers, another couple of sleepers on this card,
but I can't lie. Yeah, I'm pumped about watching Misfits

(33:33):
twenty two. I know it's a freak show. I get it,
and I've always got And for the people that don't
like this kind of thing, that's okay. You don't have
to like Misfits and you can call it a freak show.
Because yeah, you're right, it is. It is a bit
of a freak show compared to the highest level of
pro boxing. But no one's ever said that Misfits was
high level boxing. No one's ever claimed that the best
of Misfits are the best in the world. We know

(33:54):
people that are in this scene, in the crossover boxing scene. No,
that's not the case. That's that's not ever been the case.
That's never been where it came from or where it's going.
It's just entertaining fights for the sake of having entertaining fights.
And also, if we're gonna call this a freak show,
then you kind of do have to call the rest
of the sport of boxing at times a freak show,
because most of your favorite fighters, in their first ten
to twelve fights, they're not fighting anybody of substance, They're

(34:15):
not fighting high level competitors. They're going out and knocking
out tomato cans to pad their record, to put them
in a position to fight against some of the people
that are holding world titles in their next ten to
fifteen fights. And the second biggest fight that's ever been
presented on pay per view in a boxing ring was
a freak show. Lloyd Mayweather versus Connor McGregor in a
pro boxing match was a complete freak show, because why

(34:38):
would the greatest of all time, or at least one
of the greatest of all time at forty nine to
zero even be able to or elect to fight Connor
McGregor in his debut in boxing. And people wouldn't watch
anything like that, right, morality would get in the way,
they would say, no, way, can we let that? No,
of course not. It was like four million people bought
it on pay per view. How about Tyson Fury, Francis
and Ghanhu that just happened like lap two years ago,

(34:58):
and the people that were acting like it wasn't a
big dealer, it wasn't something they were gonna watch. They
still showed up and watched and frances and Guan who
knocked down Tyson Fury, the reigning heavyweight champion of the
world and his first boxing match. So I'm tired of
the whole fake, purest thing where people act like that's
some big deal that these fights go on and they're
finger waving and safeguarding the sport of boxing when we

(35:19):
all know the sport of boxing, much like the sport
of MMA and combat sports in general have a bit
of freak show in them because you kind of have to,
because these sports are not like regular sports. They're just not.
It's just a very polarizing thing because Tony Ferguson's forty
one and he's coming off a massive losing streak in
the UFC. But again, I counter with, if Tony is
going to fight, and that's something you and I can't control,
is there a safe option out there for him? The

(35:41):
answer is no, there isn't a fight to fight, so
he shouldn't be doing it. But I'm not gonna lie.
I'm gonna watch. I'm excited for the rest of this card.
Roll out Ao Arena, August thirtieth, Manchester, Darren Hill, Luke
rock Hold. I mean, listen, I have a feeling dar
Until is gonna win that, but hey, you never know,
and let's see what what Luke rock Hold brings. So regardless,
Misfits is trying, and this announcement was a little bit delayed,

(36:03):
but I'm happy that they got something going here and
they got a date and they're looking to move forward.
And again I am keeping an eye on that air
in the Plumber fight, So what happens in these two fights.
I've given my opinion. Maybe it'll change as we get
closer if I see something different. Probably not, but I'm
excited for it. I'm gonna be watching. Oh yes, stay tune.
We'll do some breakdowns. I'd love to interview Luke rock Holds.

(36:24):
I think he's out here in Orange County, So hopefully
we can get that set up and just try to
build this thing, because you know what, I want to
have fun watching cards and I want to see Misfits
continue to grow. It's where I started in this scene,
and I want to continue to try to help them build.
And I'll always try to do that. So Misfits twenty
two breaking news announcement. Just drop main event Darren Soil,

(36:46):
Luke Rockold and co made. Tony Ferguson makes his return
versus Salt Poppy August thirtieth, AO Arena, Manchester aka My Backyard.
What happens when this card fully gets unveiled? Who wins
and why? I don't have those answers yet, but I
guess we'll find out all right. So we are back
on the way concept presented by the Ring, and today

(37:09):
we are taking a look at the heavyweight rematch for
the undisputed championship of the world. Look under Usik versus
Daniel Dubois number two rematch. After some will say controversy
in the first fight. I kind of agree, but we'll
get into why after we take a look at their
first face off this fight week. They sat down face
to face and as we know, both of them are

(37:31):
not great talkers. But I want to take a look
and see what the energy is. I want to see
what Daniel Dubois brings differently to this fight than he
brought to the first fight. I want to see if
Usik still has that passion at the top level to
take down and reinvigorated Daniel Dubois. But before we do
any that, I want to let you guys know two things.
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back to the breakdown. So, like I said, let's see
if we can read into the messaging between Daniel Dubois
and all is under Usik and between the two of them,
what has changed from the first fight. So now it's
the face off breakdown. Let's go by the way. I
don't know if you guys saw this. I need to
find the actual the video. Daniel dubas screaming in Usik's

(39:42):
face when they dropped down yesterday in London. This is
actually the first face off of fight week. I guess, uh,
look at the confidence oozing out of both guys. Usik
very stoic. Daniel Dubois, well, yeah he's Daniel Dubois. Oh screaming.

(40:07):
The way that Daniel Dubois acts, it's none like any
other fighter I've ever seen. He is just fully himself.
I think sometimes he even has no idea the moment
that he's in and he's just I don't know, I
don't know how to describe it. He's just himself and
it's refreshing. He's not trying to be, you know, a
crazy good shit talker. He's not even trying to be intimidating.

(40:27):
He's just telling it like he sees it. And even
when he says like and the new it, he's screaming
it in Usk's face. I don't think that's projection. I
think that's the confidence he feels after his run after
the first fight or he got knocked down and eventually
stopped with the jab from Usik, the run he's been
on since the Miller fight, Hergovich, Joshua, all these things

(40:49):
back to back to back and all of them being stoppages,
has led him back to this moment. I think that
screaming in Usk's face is letting him know, like, listen,
this is a different, a different Daniel Dubois. Anyway, let's
get into the actual face to face.

Speaker 4 (41:02):
Here we go again.

Speaker 7 (41:05):
Do you think you could be getting Alexander at a
good time. He's at two hard, twelve round fights with
Tyson Fury, obviously thirsty eight Now is this your time.

Speaker 8 (41:17):
You could say that, but I don't want to even
even put it down to just been being an old man.

Speaker 6 (41:21):
I've got to prove myself.

Speaker 1 (41:24):
I love it, dude. Again, Daniel dhu was not even
trying to put down Usik when he's talking about him.
He's just telling it like he truly wants this to
be looked at. He's just blunt, that's all it is.
He's like, listen, I don't want anybody to just put
this down to him being an old man when I
destroy him, right like he he does not want any excuses.
But he's not even trying to be disrespectful. He's just

(41:46):
he's just blunt, And I like it. I like the
fact that he's like, yeah, no, we're not going to
sit here and act like if I beat him, it's
because he went through to twelve round fights with Tyson
Fury and that he's thirty eight. Now if I win,
or I guess he would say win, I win, it's
gonna be because Daniel Dubois got better, not because Usik
got worse. Right, But just like the way he said,

(42:06):
it's like, we're not gonna act like he's just an
old man.

Speaker 8 (42:09):
I don't want to even even put it down to
just been being an old man. I've got to prove
myself and you know, bring chaos in the ring. I
bring him the force I have that will be waiting
what's needed. Really, but I stand more Togain. He's at
the end of his career. I stand more to gain
form a win, getting all the belts. That means, you know,

(42:29):
that's the start for me.

Speaker 1 (42:30):
Really, He's like, I don't want to put it down
to Usik being at the end of his career, but
he is at the end of his career and I
am not. So he is an old man.

Speaker 7 (42:41):
What are your memories of the first fight with Daniel Marina?

Speaker 4 (42:46):
Yeah, did anything surprise you about Daniel? No?

Speaker 9 (42:53):
No, boxing boxing, don't have surprise.

Speaker 4 (42:57):
Yeah, how do you approach this far?

Speaker 1 (43:00):
Busick is just I mean again, he's never been like
a crazy wordsmith. He's trying to obviously speak English and
not his native tongue, but it's simple but effective the
way that he does these like face offs, and you know,
if there are mind games back and forth, he usually
is getting the best. He got the better of Tyson
Fury in the mind game stuff leading up to both
of their fights. Where Tyson usually is the big talker,

(43:21):
and you know he's calling him rabbit and sausage and
all this, and Musick was just calm, cool, collected, laughing
at Tyson fury and got the better of him, got
Tyson all out of sorts. Even an answer like that,
He's like, what do you remember about the first fight?
He's like, I won, That's what I remember. And no,
Doboy didn't surprise me. Because it's boxing. I'm ready for whatever,
Like it's simple but effective.

Speaker 8 (43:42):
Differently this time confidence, I'm ready to seize victory.

Speaker 4 (43:46):
Is it about from in the kitchen sink?

Speaker 8 (43:48):
It's about getting victory? Seriously, you know, I've worked hard
for it and now we want to cools cast in
the ring and restore it rewarded with victory.

Speaker 6 (43:56):
So that's my That's that's my mindset.

Speaker 1 (44:00):
That's twice now. Du Wa said he wants to cause
chaos in the ring. That seems like a message they've
had in camp, something that he definitely wants to try
to flesh out in real time. And what I think
he means, if I'm just trying to guess, he's gonna
try to take the fight to Alexander Usik and I
think it's a good idea. You can't let Usik get
downhill and push you back. Tyson Fury let him push

(44:20):
him back twice. He didn't go well for him. Anthony
Joshua let Usi get on the front foot and it
didn't go well for him. Du Boi when he was
in that first fight and things started to not go
his way, Usik got downhill and didn't go well for him.
You do need to keep pressure on Usik. He is
a technician, and eventually, if he's allowed to walk forward
and start the exchanges and keep his offensive volume up,

(44:42):
he's gonna find it open. And when he finds it,
he's gonna go back to the well and it's gonna
hurt you. So when he's talking about causing chaos in
the ring, I have to think he means be first,
be on the front foot, and make Usik adjust to him,
versus him adjusting to Usik, or make Usik a little
hesitant to throw versus him being hesitant to throw, and
welcome being a firefight is what is what Daniel Duboa
is essentially saying there. I don't I don't know about

(45:04):
all that, but I do like the idea him being first,
him being on the front foot and him pushing and
pressuring Usik versus just allowing Usik to stand in the
middle and then eventually pushing back. That can't happen for
Daniel Dybat.

Speaker 7 (45:17):
What was it like sharing the ring with Usik? Everyone
calling Alexander a master? What was it like sharing a
ring with a master?

Speaker 8 (45:29):
I look, look, I've come on since then, I've resurrected myself.
So I feel, you know, just ready for the ready
for a new beginning. Really, I'm ready for a great fight,
looking forward to a great fight, and yeah, I'm excited
for it.

Speaker 6 (45:46):
Same.

Speaker 1 (45:46):
It's interesting the way that Duboi answered that question. It's
like in his mind he didn't even want to give
up the fact that Usik either got the better of
him in the first fight or that Usik was a
master of boxing. I kind of like that mindset to
be like, I'm not even gonna entertain what happened in
the first fight. It's done and over. I've moved on.
Then a part of me kind of looks at that
and goes, oh, man, Daniel's having a real hard time

(46:06):
except that he lost that first fight, where he's like, oh,
I've changed since then, and you know, I'm better now.
My confidence is higher now. When you're starting to talk
about like reasons Daniel lost the first fight, you can
say a big part of it, people on the outside say, was,
you know, he didn't have the confidence to weather adversity, right,
he didn't have the confidence to stay on task when
Usik started to turn the tide after the low blow

(46:28):
and everything else. By the way, I'm still on the
fence about that being a low blow. I genuinely don't
think he hit him with a low blow. But regardless,
I also think Usik would have gotten up had the
referee started counting in his face. But watching that first
fight happen, you saw it potentially, Daniel dubuago, Okay, I
haven't been to this place before and I don't like it,
so let me get out of here, right. You could
extrapolate that there was a bit of a mental switch

(46:50):
that was shut off where he was like, ah, I'm
kind of done. This is not something I want to
do right now. If he's figured that out and mentally,
like he's talking about, he's more confident this time around,
that could lead to a different fight. Absolutely, because what
I was doing very well in the first fight, and
then things went downhill and he kind of let it
go downhill. He let that snowball build as it was
coming downhill. So I like his answer there, But there's

(47:12):
also a part of me that goes, has he even
accepted that this fight may go back to the same
place it was in the first fight, Meaning there's gonna
be adversity at some point here for Daniel Dubois almost certainly,
is he ready mentally for that moment? I think through
the fights he's been in so far that's prepared it.
But those fights with Joshua Herkovich and Miller, those guys

(47:33):
hadn't beaten him yet. Whosikat. It's one thing to battle
through adversity in a fight that's back and forth. It's
another thing to battle the man that already beats you,
and he beats you after you had good moments. Coming
back to that second time around, how do you face
him if things don't go your way or if things
are back and forth even the second time. You get
what I'm saying, I don't know.

Speaker 7 (47:51):
Question asked Alexander, did anything surprise you about him?

Speaker 5 (47:56):
No?

Speaker 6 (47:57):
No, to be honest, really.

Speaker 7 (47:58):
A the power everybody talks about the power of Daniel Dubois,
the biggest punch you've been in.

Speaker 4 (48:08):
The ring with.

Speaker 6 (48:09):
Hmm, I didn't know, no, m.

Speaker 4 (48:15):
Who was the biggest punch er.

Speaker 6 (48:18):
My name is Derek really hard?

Speaker 1 (48:25):
Yeah, interesting, okay, Alexander Usik says, there, Derek Chazora punch
is harder than Daniel Dubois. I mean, listen, heavyweight, measuring
someone's punch unless you're Deontay Wilder, Erdie Shavers or Archie
Moore or you know, like George Foreman, Mike Tyson, unless
you're like a one of one of your generation. When

(48:47):
it comes to power punching and boxing, everybody hits hard,
right like everybody at heavyweight hits. Usik hits hard. Usik
had Tyson Fury doing the freaking chicken dance. I'm talking
dj unk walk it out in that first fight. He
was dragging him all over the ring like Tyson was
on a three day bender. That's how bad that. Usak
had him hurt with a left hand. So everyone hits hard. Obviously,

(49:08):
Daniel Dubois hits hard. That division has a big time
right hand left hook. He's got power. But as far
as like, oh, does he hit harder than I don't
think it matters, because if Dubai hits you on the chin,
it doesn't matter if he hits harder than Chizora or
Joshua or Wilder. It's heavyweight boxing and he's two hundred
and forty maybe two hundred and fifty pounds. He touched
you on the chin, you're going to sleep or at

(49:29):
least you're losing your legs. You're getting the zab Judah
noodle legs. Again. I think this is a little bit
of mind games from Usik. He maybe it's on the truth,
but this little laugh at the end of it here
tells me that, Yeah, Like I think he wants to
plant that seed in Daniel Dubois's mind. Like, Bro, you
don't even hit that hard for you to be the
big power puncher man. That's that's That's not something I'm
worried about harder than Yeah.

Speaker 7 (49:57):
Was you surprised when Daniel didn't get to his feet
when you hit him with that job?

Speaker 6 (50:04):
No?

Speaker 7 (50:06):
No, there was a lot of controversy after that first
fight with the show.

Speaker 1 (50:11):
I'll say this, that jab was not a regular jab
from Usik. He put a lot into that jab that
was more of a powerful jab more than just like
a touch jab or you know, something to find range with.
He was trying to hurt him with that jab. Again.
I think there was a mental component from du Wa
to say, I can make a choice right here, and
I don't want any more of what I'm going through
at this moment. But I do think it hurt it.

(50:33):
I think it hurt him enough to send him down.
I don't know if it hurt him enough to keep
him down, but regardless, that was a tough shot USA
hit him with and there were more shots in that
round and in that exchange that Usik was having success
with that du Watch didn't want any more. I don't
think it was a one shot knockout punch. I think
it was an accumulation of things that were happening to
Daniel du Wah.

Speaker 6 (50:50):
He's super because my job was hard?

Speaker 4 (50:58):
Was it a hard jeb?

Speaker 8 (51:00):
I want to even go there we're talking about that's
pass and gone it because I don't know what you're
trying to. I know what you're doing. You're doing your job,
but I'm looking forward to, you know, causing chaos in
the ring on Saturday, and that's my game priority.

Speaker 6 (51:15):
Man.

Speaker 1 (51:16):
That question shook up Daniel. This is what I'm talking
about now. Again, I know mentally he's trying to be like,
I don't even want to talk about that because that's
done and gone and again. And he said that the
cause chaos and the ring thing. Again, I have to
think that's like he comes in the gym every day
with that on his mind, because he said it like
four times in this face off. But again, you just

(51:36):
see how he reacts to anything that happened in that
first fight. First off, he's like, I don't know what
you're trying to pull here, but I know what you're
trying to do your job. And again, every fighter has
their way of coping with a rematch that they lost
the first fight in or things they need to adjust
in in their career to come back stronger. I actually
think the loss for Daniel Dubai was such a good
thing for his career. And again I've been, you know,

(51:58):
shouting this from the rooftop. When it comes to boxing specifically,
a loss does not hinder your career as much as
it can help your career if you learn from the
loss and come back and implement the things that you
did wrong there and worked on to make them right.
I think it is such a big help to fighters.
Not that you should go out there with the idea
of I should lose, but if you do, it's not

(52:20):
the end of the world, is my point. And actually
I think it made Daniel Dobois a better fighter. But
I am worried again where he's like, yeah, I'm not
even gonna talk about that. Has he accepted it? Not
that he even has to, but I think mentally it
does play a part. If you get into trouble again
you haven't accepted it yet the first time, or you
haven't even you know, opened your mind to going back

(52:41):
and looking at that and saying, Okay, what could I
have done better? If it happens again, if he gets
in a bad spot again, where does this fight go?
I don't know. Just keep an eye on that.

Speaker 7 (52:49):
Your form has been brilliant of late. What do you
put that down to.

Speaker 6 (52:55):
Hunger and desiren? You know, just.

Speaker 8 (53:00):
Or as you're a fighter, you want to become the best.
So that and the sea around me, my dad, and
that that circle in a circle kept me strong in
who I am today.

Speaker 7 (53:10):
Do you look at that first fight, I think I'm
a completely different animal now.

Speaker 6 (53:15):
Yeah, I've moved past.

Speaker 8 (53:16):
I'm resurrected myself, and I feel like I knew already ready, fight,
ready for anyone in the world.

Speaker 4 (53:23):
This shot that was called low.

Speaker 7 (53:26):
If if the referee had started counting, would you have
got to your feet?

Speaker 4 (53:32):
Yeh see.

Speaker 1 (53:33):
I just think that that shot is beltlined to me.

Speaker 4 (53:35):
Man referee had started counting, Like.

Speaker 1 (53:37):
I know where it touches to begin with, I get
that like first impact, but I mean I can I
can see it being called low, to be honest, but
I just I think it's very borderline. And one thing's
for sure, Usik did not get punched in the nuts here.
Like for the people that are calling it a low blow,

(53:58):
that's not where your your nuts are, Like you know
what I'm saying, like that even there, Usik's nuts are
not at his v taper, you know what I'm saying,
Like he didn't get hitting.

Speaker 6 (54:06):
The balls here.

Speaker 1 (54:07):
I don't know if he's Connor McGregor out here. He
might have got punched in the mchog, But this is
not the reaction that Usik gave off. This punch to
me was more so because he was allowed to have
the time by the referee. And I think it hurt
him more to the body than it did to the nuts,
If that makes sense. I think that's the best way
to describe this. Could it have been by letter of

(54:27):
the law?

Speaker 3 (54:27):
Low?

Speaker 1 (54:28):
Sure. I still think it's a bit borderline. But at
the same time, I don't think he was hitting the nuts.
I do think he was hitting the lower stomach abdomen
region and he did not like that, and the referee
gave him time, so he took it right. That is,
I mean, that's smart, that's a veteran move. If the
referee got in his face and was one two, I
think Usik gets back to his feet.

Speaker 4 (54:49):
Would you have got to your feet?

Speaker 6 (54:52):
Yes, of course.

Speaker 9 (54:53):
I recover him, which was hot because my my over saying.

Speaker 4 (55:01):
Hey Alex, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Speaker 9 (55:06):
So it's both pain. It's not like a body it's
x it's different.

Speaker 4 (55:17):
Well I've heard Don Charles, your coach.

Speaker 1 (55:19):
That was interesting. Alex said his corner was like, hey Alex, whoa, whoa, whoa.
So he took the time. I don't know what again, Usik,
It's sometimes tough to understand, but he's essentially saying it
wasn't a body shot, it was different pain. I'm not
him so I can't. I can't. I'm not gonna dispute
like what he felt, just what I see. I don't know.
That doesn't that doesn't seem like it was a nutshot that.

Speaker 7 (55:37):
He believed that Alexander coned the ref and the boxing.

Speaker 8 (55:41):
Don't even go there, don't know. This is today, this
is now. I'm going to enjoy this far. I want
to enjoy this far, so we'll see.

Speaker 1 (55:52):
I like that, man, Okay, I like that that answer
from Daniel Dubois like, yeah, no, we're not here talking
about the low blow. We're not here to worry about
what he did or didn't do, the rule set and
all that call that we're here for this by that, Okay,
that's a strong confident answer. All right, do you wa
you like that?

Speaker 4 (56:14):
How do you stop Daniel from enjoying it?

Speaker 9 (56:17):
This was wonderful because.

Speaker 4 (56:22):
It's it will be wonderful. Your performance will be wonderful.
Are you still very hungry?

Speaker 6 (56:32):
Yeah?

Speaker 9 (56:33):
I continue I continue to feel I'm hungry for boxing. Training,
not training too, but my training. I prepare for this
fight twenty three years, all my all, my.

Speaker 6 (56:52):
Life.

Speaker 9 (56:53):
But boxing is like oxygen for me.

Speaker 1 (56:59):
You an interesting answer there, he says, that I'm still
hungry for boxing, and then he started to be like training,
maybe not. And then he kind of saved it and
was like, well, I've been training for twenty three years
for this. Boxing is what gets me out of bed. Training,
but boxing gets him out of bed. That's a little interesting, right,
because you know they go hand in hand. You have

(57:21):
to sacrifice for however many months your life potentially, you know,
time with your family, all this other stuff to train,
and let's be honest, I can't speak for professionals. When
I had my little Rinky Ink fight, I hated training
and I only trained for like a month or so,
and I couldn't stand it, right, I could not stand

(57:41):
how tired I was all the time, how irritable I was,
how just it's what it does to you. Boxing is
a very hard sport to train, but the payoff is
the fight, and Usik is in my opinion, they're saying, yeah,
you know, I'm not as in love with training anymore.
Maybe I was when I was younger, but I still

(58:02):
love boxing. Does that mean he didn't commit as hard
to this training camp or you know, I don't know,
but it's an interesting answer because, as we all know,
We don't think Usik has many fights left. Like Barker
said earlier, he's thirty eight going off two big twelve
round fights. I don't know, but that's just an interesting
way for him to phrase it. I'm not in love
with training anymore, or at least not as much as

(58:22):
I was. But boxing is like air to me. It's
like oxygen. Off it. I'll have an effect, we'll see.

Speaker 7 (58:27):
Just being more aggressive this time, being more offensive, letting
the hands go, being dominant on the front foot.

Speaker 4 (58:34):
Is that how you plan on, yeah, tackling this fight.

Speaker 6 (58:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (58:39):
And are you prepared for anything that Daniel brings your way?

Speaker 6 (58:46):
Yes, of course.

Speaker 9 (58:48):
Listen, it's a young guy.

Speaker 6 (58:50):
This guy on.

Speaker 9 (58:54):
Take my my belts. I not wanna give from my belts.

Speaker 1 (59:03):
Listen, Dua. I mean, Darren really kind of answered the
question for Duba. But yeah, that's the right attitude to have.
You have to be able to throw the kitchen sink
at Usik. You need to go forward, You need to
be aggressive. Daniel Dubass talking about bringing chaos to the ring,
all that is great, but you still have to maintain
some semblance of caution with with Alexander Usik. Not to
say you shouldn't go and pressure him and go and

(59:25):
put it on him and and really try to walk
him down and bully him a bit. I think that's
the right game plan. I think that's what Daniel Dubaugh
has to do and not get behind the eight ball
with Usik trying to walk him down. But you can't
do it recklessly, or at least not for long. Derek
Schizora tried that and eventually it was found out right
like that was. People say that was one of the
toughest fights for Usik at heavyweight, but eventually Usik found
it and was able to put it on Derek and

(59:46):
win that fight. So I don't I don't like the
just go out on my shield type of strategy here
for Duboi or you know, we got to get it
done early before Usik starts ramping up. I don't like
that because you're gonna be in for a long time.
It's gonna be tough to catch USA the way you
caught Anthony Joshua, because I don't know what the Joshua
was doing in that fight. Just defense was out the window.
Usik's gonna be as Tyson Fury calls him, he's a rabbit.

(01:00:09):
He's gonna be tough to catch, right, So, like I said, oh,
that's the right idea from Daniel Dubois. You better have
some sort of caution, some sort of mind to here
comes the CounterPunch, because if you walk onto one, that
can change the fight too.

Speaker 7 (01:00:23):
If you win this fight Saturday night, will we see
you in the ring again or not?

Speaker 6 (01:00:29):
If? When? When?

Speaker 9 (01:00:31):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (01:00:34):
And what would it mean to be the first British
four belt undisputed heavyweight champion of.

Speaker 6 (01:00:42):
The world, the best of this oven of my era.

Speaker 7 (01:00:46):
Right, Alexander, tell Daniel how you beat him on Saturday night?

Speaker 9 (01:00:53):
We will see it's since Saturday.

Speaker 4 (01:00:56):
Yeah, yeah, a masterclass of course. Same Fore you, Daniel, chaos?
Does this fight go to distance? In your opinion? It's
chaos for as long as it last.

Speaker 1 (01:01:08):
Yeah, all right, there it is now listen. Neither guy
is a picture of Daniel. Neither guy is a wordsmith, right,
and we don't expect them to be. That's not what
sells this fight. What sells this fight are these three words,
undisputed heavyweight championship. This is the baddest man in boxing

(01:01:29):
right here. The winner of this fight is the baddest
boxer on the planet. And that's kind of what we
got here. You didn't get any sort of like Circus
cell or any kind of like either guy being outside
of themselves to try to sell a fight. What sells
it is the goal, the intensity is there. Do Wa
keeps bringing up chaos? I need to bring chaos to
this fight, and I like the idea of it, honestly,

(01:01:51):
I do. I like the idea of shaking things up.
And you can't fall into the same things that Joshua
did twice, that Tyson Fury did twice with trying to,
you know, box with Alexander Usik exclusively, especially if you're
gonna let him walk forward and takes center of the ring,
it's not gonna happen. But you also can't get reckless
right when you are coming forward because Usik is still
such a tactician and he's deadly accurate. And if I'm

(01:02:13):
gonna give a prediction right now, because it's two days
away from the fight, I am gonna go with Usik.
I do think Usik wins this fight, potentially via decision.
I think this one's gonna be a little bit of
a tougher fight for Usik in a closer fight than
the first one, and the first one was a close fight.
I still think Dubois has more than just a chance
of winning this fight. I think that Dubois, I mean,

(01:02:33):
maybe it's sixty forty, maybe seventy thirty, but I think
he's got some real skill. We all know that Usik
doesn't like body punching. Not to say that that he
would have been stopped by the body punch that Dubois
hit him with in the first fight, but if you
get to his body, he doesn't like it. We've seen
it in so many different fights. He doesn't react well.
Joshua got to him and he turned and looked at
the referee like that'll be a massive factor here if
if Dubac can get to his body early, drop the hands,

(01:02:55):
and then bring the hammer behind it up top. I
still think that Usik is a spryther. I think his
footwork's gonna be key here because Dua is gonna try
to come forward and push him back and pressure him
and bowl him. I think Usik using the entirety of
the ring, kind of like he did against Derek Chazora,
is gonna be a major factor. You could even look
at this fight as potentially you know, a very similar

(01:03:16):
fight to the Usik Derek Chisora fight, except du Woa
is a lot better than chazora Is. He's not as clunky,
he's not as stiff, and he's not as sloppy. And
that's what makes this interesting. If he's really gonna bring
that chaos, be on the front foot trying to walk
Usik down and have violence in his hands to the
body end upstairs, great combo puncher. Is Daniel Dubois shit,
as I'm saying, And I'm kind of wanting to change

(01:03:38):
my pick, but I'll stay with Usik, and I'll say
either by decision or potentially another late stoppage when things
go awry for for Daniel Dubois. If Husk's able to
get that ball rolling downhill again, what does the mindset
of Dubois do in the latter half of that fight.
But regardless, it's a great fight and I'm gonna be
live once again this Saturday for this fight, all all

(01:04:00):
the way through the end of Manny pacyal Mario Barrios
and UFC three eighteen. It'll probably be like a twelve
hour stream. I want to see you guys there. As
far as what happens in the fight itself. My pick
Usick by decision, but I don't have those answers. Undisputed
heavyweight championship on the line this Saturday. Will it be
Usik or Dubois? I guess we'll find out, all right.

(01:04:22):
So we were back on the way, got represented by
the Ring magazine and Alexander Usik just dominated Daniel Dubois,
right the second time he's done that, and this time
he did it in even better fashion. He has cleared
out the heavyweight division after clearing out the cruiserweight division,
now three times undisputed, once at cruiserweight, twice at heavyweight.

(01:04:44):
And I'm feeling the need to say something controversial. Is
it recency bias maybe, but it's just what I think.
It's a crazy statement here it comes. I think Alexander
Usik is not only an all time great, he may
be the greatest heavyweight boxer ever. What do I mean
to breakdown? Let's go so, like I said, Alexander Usik,

(01:05:05):
Daniel Dubois just wrapped up two days in Wembley Stadium
in front of howmever many ninety thousand people Duwa's backyard.
Usik comes over to the UK again gets the job done,
and honestly this time made it look easier than he
did the first time. And he stopped Daniel dubi the
first fight as well. Obviously the controversy low blow whatever

(01:05:25):
stopped him with the jab the first time. This time
does it even quicker and even easier, And it was
really just based on the fact that Usik is just
that good. Daniel Dubois had a good game plan. Listen,
they wanted to bully Usik, dude new That's all you
heard all week from Dubois. He was confident he was
going to create chaos. In his words, he was gonna

(01:05:48):
come in and wreak havoc right be an unstoppable bulldozer,
and he tried at points in this fight, especially early on,
he tried. He tried to get in Usick's face, He
tried to rough him up, He tried to land the
right hand and tried to get there with the jab.
The problem is, Alexander Usik has feet and movement and

(01:06:08):
timing and distance control that heavyweight maybe has never seen,
at least hasn't seen for a very long time. He
put Daniel Dubois in a blender in this fight when
Dubois thought he had Usik trapped in corners early on,
Musik would hit him with the lead hand, sting him
not just a jab define range, but sting him with
the jab and sir. When Duboa thought the time was

(01:06:31):
to throw the right hand and catch Usik slipping, he
kind of did. Usik would slip that right hand and
bang the left cross behind it and hurt Daniel Dubois
in that case as well, everything Daniel Dubaugh wanted to do,
Usik had an answer for. Throughout the fight. There were
moments Daniel Dubois had where he was able to corner
Usick and really throw some punches that potentially could hurt him,

(01:06:53):
a right hand here or there, maybe a shot to
the body. Ironically enough, there was another low blow or
at least line shot, but Usik didn't hit the ground
or he didn't wallow around. He just took it and
kept fighting. And Daniel due Watts did not have an
answer for Alexander Uzig in this fight, and he really
just didn't have the tools for Alexander Rusig. And that's
the big difference. Usik at heavyweight is showing that the

(01:07:16):
real disparity in skill at this weight class, like Tyson
Fury is the next best thing to him. And trust me,
those two fights were close. Usik has figured Tyson Fury out,
at least from what I saw in the first fight
to the second fight. Usik has his number. Usik has
power in his left hand. He walked Fury into they
wanted to move more in the second fight, and Usik
out boxed him. He out boxed the best heavyweight, actual

(01:07:39):
sized heavyweight boxer there is right now. He dealt with
the two biggest power punchers with a little bit of
skill at heavyweight, so he can box you when he
needs to, he can sit down on his power when
he needs to, and he has the total package. He
had it at cruiserweight and he's brought it to heavyweight.
And that's kind of been the meta. I mean, if
and your holy Field came from cruiser weight, he was
on this beed there came up. So that has been

(01:08:02):
the meta. Guys that are smaller, that can move, can
take advantage of these slow, stagnant, stiff heavyweights. But Usik's
been able to do it in an era with Tyson Fury,
who's the mover, who's feet move like a cruiserweight but
he's six nine two seventy who siks like real cool
hold these two losses. So he's done that, and he's
taking care of the big bad wolves at heavyweight, the
big punchers, the AJ's, the Dubas. After Duwa beats Agent,

(01:08:24):
this to me is starting to solidify why he's one
of the greatest, if not the greatest heavyweights ever. No,
he's not in a heavyweight name dominant era, right, He
isn't in the era of Mike Tyson or Lennox Lewis
or Vander Holyfield. But when you look at those matchups
on paper, Usik's skill set matches up favorably. Maybe Mike
Tyson in his prime, with his footwork and his speed

(01:08:46):
in this explosivity could match up well with Usik. Maybe
Lennox Lewis with the big three, his jab, his right
hand and his left hook could match up well. But
you still got to bring your feet. You can't just reach.
Because today Daniel Dubois reach and got taught what was
wrong with all of that. Every time he tried to
walk and kind of plot forward on Usik and lunge

(01:09:07):
out with that right hand and region on that front foot,
overstepping unbalanced, Usik would slip outside the right hand and
club him with the left one. He dropped him. I
think it was in the fourth round with a right
hook set up off the left hand. Dubai hit the canvas,
and I don't even know if it was the next round.
I've seen so many fights today, but one of the
next exchanges they had got Dubai, the big time shot

(01:09:28):
right hand dropped him. Dubi got back to his feet,
and then Dubai made a terrible mistake. He actually made
the same mistake that Anthony Joshua made when Duba was
fighting him. Go back to the Dua Anthony Joshua fight,
Joshua started to trade when he was hurt. When you're
out on your feet and you're not making decisions well,
and your corner's already told you need to be aggressive,
and he's already dropped you once, and you're not feeling

(01:09:49):
like this is going your way, and you're throwing freaking
hell Mary's and Usik is calm, collected, is swinging that
lead arm right out in front of you like it's
a freaking elephant trunk, and he's fainting, and he just
drops that nuclear left hand on Dubois and he even
called it it was a little different than what he
normally throws. Usik has three levels of left hand or

(01:10:09):
backhand that he throws. He throws a straight backhand, he
throws the backhand hook and he calls it the I
think he said, the ivan punch, the chopping overhand left
that kind of goes knuckled down essentially around your guard
and sticks right on the temple. He actually caught Dubois
on the chin with it. The mouthpiece goes flying, and
that's all she wrote. Usik by stoppage, no debate, no controversy,

(01:10:35):
just another dominant win at heavyweight for Alexander Usik. And
the question now you have is who can beat him?
Who He's thirty eight years old. We just saw Manny
Pakiao at forty six years old. School in the new
school of lower weight class boxers. Usik could potentially do
this for two or three more years. You have Joseph Parker,

(01:10:58):
who rightfully should get the next shot out heavyweight. Tyson
Fury piped up on Twitter. He wants the trilogy. No
one wants to see that. It doesn't make sense to
give him the trilogy. It should go to Joseph Parker.
You have Kabel waiting in the wings there. People thinks
he's gonna be something special, But I just look at
the landscape and I see Usik beating them all, which
is why I came with the crazy take at the

(01:11:19):
start of this video, which was he might be the
greatest of all time. If he's not already, he's going
to be by the time he retires. Unless somebody like
Jai Opataia comes up, and the way Opataiah likes to trade,
Usik can probably get him. So I don't know. I'm
making a lot of generalizations and assumptions right now, but
if you look through the history of heavyweight boxing, you're

(01:11:41):
not gonna find as many movers at least good footwork
for the size they're at that Usik is. You might
look to a Muhammad Ali, for example, and that would
be a good matchup. Again, you look to Mike Tyson,
who is a speed and explosive move whereas Usik is
very relaxed. It's composed and the movement has a purpose,

(01:12:01):
but it's not super explosive. It almost lulls you to
sleep before the cobra strikes. Not Carl Frotch, no reference
there Cobra. But yeah, the point is I again, maybe
I'm being maybe it's recency biased, maybe I'm being a
little too generous to Alexander Usik. But when you are
two times undisputed without ever losing, meaning they took your

(01:12:22):
belt off you just because you didn't defend a mandatory
the guy that won it, you came back after you'd
already beaten him. You beat him again and made it
look easier the second time when you were the old man,
the thirty eight and all this. The only issue I
can think of is that his era of heavyweight won't
be looked at as a great heavyweight era, which will
penalize him. But you'll have to go to the nineties

(01:12:42):
to look at a quote unquote great heavyweight era, and
I think that that Usik has the skills and the
tools to beat them. You can go to the eighties,
the seventies, the sixties. There's not going to be many
guys that you can put on that list. And again
bring bring the Muhammad al Lei comparisons, and the Mike
Tyson's and the even the klitch go two other great
Ukrainians in their prime, or the Lennox Lewis is like,

(01:13:04):
you're gonna have people the Larry Holmes, You're gonna have
people that are good at what they do. But Usik
almost has every single skill set. He has the feet,
he has the power, he has the volume, he has
the accuracy. He can set up and deliver. He can
fight off the front foot, he can fight off the
back foot, he can get stronger as the fight goes on.
He can start quick. There are things that make him

(01:13:26):
so special that I just haven't seen at the heavier
weight classes in a very long time. And I don't
know if he's getting the credit he deserves because he's
not the greatest talker in English, is in his first language,
and he's not very extravagant or flamboyan. But again, maybe
I'm just being a bit of a recency bias merchant.
Maybe it's not as big a deal as I'm making it,
and maybe Usik still has a lot left to prove.

(01:13:49):
I don't see anyone stopping him soon. Joseph Parker is
the next guy, bring him in. I don't think that
one goes different. Usik wants to fight Tyson Fury. He
heard him say that name in the ring in a
trilogy bring that in. I guess then Jake Paul decided
he was gonna pop up and do a face to
face with Alexander Usik, and then you learn on Twitter
after that that it's because Jake wants to fight him
in an MMA match. That might be the only thing

(01:14:10):
that Dusick can't be the greatest at at this point,
But I don't know anything about that. I don't know
why they had Jake face off against Usik. It was
a weird look after he defends the undisputed heavyweight championship.
But then again, Jake wants to fight aj and apparently
that might actually happen sooner than we think, potentially twenty
twenty six. I'm doing a video on that tomorrow. But
the point is, I just don't know if I see

(01:14:31):
Alexander Usik losing for the foreseeable future. As long as
he wants to continue being world champion, I think he
will be world champion. Now, you still have to fight
the fights, and it's a heavyweight. One punch can change everything.
Next up should be Joseph Park, point blank. Period. It
should have been him to begin with, but it's now
definitely should be him, and I'll see where he goes
from there, because you have, like I said, Kabiel, you

(01:14:53):
have potentially if Fury in AJ would actually fight like
everybody in their mother's in existence want to happen in
heavyweight boxing, then you would actually have a reason for
Tyson Fury or AJ to get a third fight with Usik,
because as it sits right now, there is no purpose
for Usik to do a trilogy with two guys that
he already beat twice. Do we realize how insane that is?

(01:15:14):
He beat everybody and then lapped the division like they
were on flat tires and a NASCAR race, and one
of them was Tyson Fury. He was supposed to have
been this generation's great heavyweight. Lusik was like, cool, here's
my undisputed cruiserweight belts. Don't want that anymore. I want
to go up there and take his belts and Joshua's
belts and wise belts. I'll take them all. Thank you.
He's actually incredible, and yeah, it's just insane to see

(01:15:38):
that level of skill at thirty eight. The precision, the
fight was never in doubt. He took care of business
and that was emotivated coming off of three fight win
streak Daniel Dubois and he just shut him down completely.
Listen to was by no means done. Twenty seven years old,
still still so young. But I just don't know if
if Dubois has the skills right now, he needs to
go back to work. I will say this again, controversial

(01:15:59):
take made. I saw it on Twitter. Turk Yallashaik is
saying he wants the young prospect Moses Atalma to fight
Alexander Usik. I say that's a little too early, but
in a year to a year and a half's time,
because number one, Atalma has a fight versus Dillion White.
I think he wins that fight. But you know, let's
get through that. But a year to a year and

(01:16:20):
a half down the line, twenty one, twenty two year
old Moses Atalma, give him three more fights, including the
Dillion White fight. Get him some tough competition, really put
him against it comes through that, ladies and gentlemen, we
have a fight. Because I'm not gonna lie. I would
love to see Moses Atama get fast tracked, get put
not in easy fights to get him a title fight,

(01:16:43):
but get him in some real competitive fight. Start with
Dillion White and move him from there to get him
some experience and put him in a position to potentially
be that perse that could footwork for footwork, skill for
skill maybe be the answer to the Uzik problem, But
as of right now, isn't one and I don't foresee
one being the case, even Moses to Tama. It's a

(01:17:05):
long way away. Right now, Usik rules the roost. And again,
maybe it's recency biased, but he might be the greatest,
not only of this generation but of all time. You disagree,
let me know in the comments down below. But what
a performance today, domination as he knocks out Daniel Dubah
for the second time. He's running laps around the heavyweight scene.
Who's gonna stop him? I don't have that answer, so

(01:17:26):
I guess we'll find out, all right, So we're back
on the way concept presented it by the Ring magazine,
and folks, I just watched Many pak Yaw. That's right,
eight division world champion and forty six year old Many
pak Yaw off a three year layoff, Many Pakyao off

(01:17:46):
a loss before the three year layoff, Many pak Yao
go to a majority draw with a world champion in
a title fight in twenty twenty five. What the just
happened the breakdown, Let's go so. Like I said, Manny
Pacyow twenty twenty five, fighting for a world championship is

(01:18:10):
not something you expect me to hear, number one, especially
off the three year layoff, especially at one hundred and
forty seven, especially off a loss, and especially not going
to a majority draw. This is a win for Manny Pacyaw.
I'm just gonna say it. Tonight, he fought Mario Barrios
on PBC on Amazon Prime Video for the WBC World Championship.

(01:18:32):
Mario Barrios, I like the guy, but it has to
be said, when you have two of your last title
defenses ending in a split draw and a majority draw,
you may be the worst title holder in boxing right now.
I'm sorry. That's not comparing him to being a shitty boxer.
It's just saying that, as of right now, he might

(01:18:54):
be the worst world champion in boxing. It may be
one of the worst I've seen in a while. Also,
kind of unrelated, this kind of looks bad for Tank
Davis's record because that was supposed to be a stalwart
win on Tank's career when he moved up to one
forty and beat Barrios for the belt there, but now
it's not looking so good because forty six year old
many Pakiaw just went to a majority drawing. You can
argue that Manny Pakyao should have won the fight and

(01:19:17):
was winning up until the later rounds. Let's talk about it. So,
like I said, many Pakiao off the three year layoff,
forty six didn't look great against Ugus in his last one.
You had to think, okay, well, Arios beat Ugus kind
of decisively. This is gonna go one way and one
way only Arios, potentially by stoppage or decision. That's not
what happened. Marios was so tentative in this fight. He

(01:19:40):
was essentially standing there for some of the exchanges. Manny
Pakyaw came out and did what many Pakiow does. By
the way, credit to Manny. At forty six, he still
had some feet. He was moving, dancing on Mario Barrios.
He was throwing combination punches going forward on Mario Barrios.
And when he wasn't doing that, he was countering Mario Barrios,

(01:20:02):
who looked like a stick in the mud. He looked
like he couldn't even get out of first gear because
Manny was hitting with combinations. Were they hurting super bad?
Maybe not. Some of them definitely were had a mouse
under the eye of Mario Barrios, but others were just
flurries and they were keeping Brios at bay. When Brios
was throwing one, Pakiao was throwing three. When Barrios would
throw out his jab, Manny would counter with his lead

(01:20:25):
right hand, stepping on the inside plane, doing all the
old Manny shit. It was pretty cool to see, and honestly,
even with the majority draw, it's a win for Manny
because damn if he can do that off a three
year layoff at forty six, that's pretty telling for one,
where the sport of boxing is when your world champ
can't beat forty six year old politician Manny Pakiao, But two,

(01:20:46):
just how great he was eight division world champions, started
his career at one oh six I think comes up
to one forty seven. What are we talking about? But yeah,
in this fight, it was it was crazy to see
Manny still had some feet, he still had some in
his hands, he still had the combinations, he still had
the variety. There were points in this fight, especially early on,

(01:21:06):
where Barrios just looked so tentative and it almost looked
like he was overthinking what was pretty simple. If he
just threw his hands, if he just put together some
combinations and was the bully in there to a much smaller,
much more fragile Manny Pacquiao, then he maybe even could
have stopped many but for sure could have put him
on the back foot. For sure could have stopped a

(01:21:27):
lot of the combinations, and for sure would not have
gone to a majority draw. In the corner between rounds,
you're hearing Bob Santos, his head coach, telling Mario Barrios,
stop giving him so much respect, do not respect him,
go out there and execute, and it was just like
a block in Barrios's mind. Granted, some of that is

(01:21:48):
because Pakiao was feinting and giving him some different looks
and level changing and getting to his body and following
up with the left hand upstairs, but that was also
because of Barrios's hesitation. Every time Manny went forward, for
Marios would stand there, flat footed, high guard and just
take punishment. It was bizarre to watch because you're holding
the WBC belt. This shouldn't have even been sanctioned to

(01:22:09):
be honest in the first place, but it's an indictment
at the highest level of Walter. Wait when drown boots
Ennis is not involved, honestly, because that right there is
rough to watch. If you're a Barrios fan, if you're
a many Pakiao fan, this is a fantastic night, and
you can even argue maybe he should have got the belt.
But I think where this fight became more close was

(01:22:30):
in the later rounds when Pakio, obviously close to being
an AARP member, was going to slow down. And if
your game plan, if your Mario Barrios is to go okay,
I'm just gonna outlast him. Eventually he's gonna slow down.
One It's psychotic to me to even think I'll wait
for the forty six year old to slow down in
the later rounds. I'm gonna go and do what I
should do as a champion and go after this guy.

(01:22:52):
Respect be damned. It's a world championship fight. I saw
some people saying, oh, he's carrying Manny out of respect.
Excuse me, that's a sitting world champion. In your respect
for Manny means you give him the same treatment you
give anybody else coming for the belt. And again, Mario
is coming off a split draw in his last fight,
so it kind of makes sense this is the performance
he'd have, but yeah, this was just not a great

(01:23:12):
a great night for Mario Barrios, like the worst way
you want to retain your belt by doing the least
amount possible offensively. I saw him say he was throwing
like four hundred punches. I don't know where the stats
from PBC came from, but I did not see him
throwing four hundred, five hundred punches unless they were like
tippy tap, little touch punches, but nothing to get Manny
to stop a forward onslaught in the middle rounds, it

(01:23:33):
was like rounds one and two Manny three, Barrios, maybe
four and five. Many took his foot off the gas
a little bit but still probably won one of those.
Then Manny comes back in round six and has new life.
Seven and eight look like they're also going Manny's way,
So Barrios needs to start really ramping things up in

(01:23:53):
nine through twelve, And while he didn't ramp things up,
Many eventually tired and Barrios was able to just take
care of dead space because well, Manny wasn't throwing, and
Barrios wasn't throwing, so he might as well throw his
combinations then, but it took until the tenth round to
really see Mario Barrios come out of first gear and
really see him try to go after and throw some

(01:24:14):
combination punches at Manny Pacio. Again, credit to Manny, he
was able to stick in there when some of those
shots looked like they could have put him out. He
got hit with some hooks and some right hands that
kind of made him do a little bit of the
jumping rabbit dance, But eventually he found his way through it,
and he found his way to a decision here. And
even in the last few moments of the fight, man
he still had those veteran tendencies at the last points

(01:24:35):
of all the rounds. Really he would find ways to
either steal rounds or look good on the judge's scorecard.
And yeah, some of that was going to be swayed
by the crowd, right of course, Manny was going to
have a ton of supporters, so anything he threw, if
it even looked like it landed, they were going to
go crazy. And I kind of half expected for Manny
to get that reception to a fault, but ironically he
was actually landing. He was actually throwing punches that were

(01:24:57):
landing flush on Mario Barrios that were getting those reactions.
It was beautiful to watch him go back to the
corner and Freddie Roach give him instruction and him come
out like a freaking bat out of hell and go
after Barrios. It was awesome to watch on that front,
But then you have to cope with the realization that
he just did that to a sitting world champion. And
I don't really know which one to feel better or
worse about. Do I feel great that Manny still is

(01:25:19):
is great at forty six years old. He may not
be as great as he was, but he's still showing
these young bups how it's done. Or am I a
little bit embarrassed that the sport has regressed to a
sitting world champion being that bad that he has a
majority draw with a forty six year old man off
a three year layoff. I don't know, but I will
say it was. It was fun to watch Manny, as
much as I was against the fight happening and going,

(01:25:40):
man Man, he's forty six. This is dangerous and I
guess literally anybody else holding that belt it probably would
have been far more dangerous. The Barrios couldn't get out
of first gear, and Mandy showed up in shape, ready
to fight, as in shape as he could be at
forty six. His calves look like most people's quad muscles.
For God's sakes, he was bouncing around. It was incredible.

(01:26:00):
So that part of it was I was super pumped
about and it did give you a feeling of like,
you know, for people like myself, that maybe he didn't
appreciate man being a smaller guy, even though he did
was an eight division world champion, maybe didn't get to
see some of his best moments until later on after
the fight. To see him live do that at his age,
you get a bit of an appreciation for how Grady

(01:26:21):
was just by seeing how good he is right now,
and I think that's something special. And the kids that
are younger than that are watching this sport and never
got to see a many Pacquiao fight, getting to see
him and understand why their parents, whether they're you know,
Filipino or just fans of boxing in general, we're so
pro many, we're such big many fans. That's a cool moment.
But yeah, I don't really know how that happened again,

(01:26:44):
other than just Mario Barrios just just really bottling it
tonight and Manny showing up way better than Barrios either
thought or was prepared for. And that, again, I think
is more of an indictment on a world champion that
it is Manny pakiaw Congrats to Manny for going the twelve,
for getting a majority draw out of it the way
I scored it. Yeah, I could have seen a draw

(01:27:06):
coming because I thought Brios did come to life finally
in round ten eleven twelve he finally decided to put
some offense together. But you know, it could have Honestly,
it could have been a draw. It could have been
seventy five man he could have been seven five Barrios.
I don't really care the fact that it was that close.
He's embarrassing for Barrios. Honestly, Again, it's a tribute to
how good man he is. But as far as where
everybody goes from here, I don't know. I have no idea.

(01:27:28):
I hope Manny is if he's gonna fight again, have
it be Floyd Mayweather. And if that's the case, listen,
I'm not gonna sit here and lie to you guys
and act like I'm not gonna watch that fight, because
I absolutely will if Floyd still thinks he's got some
stuff left in the tank, and clearly Many still does.
And Floyd's been doing the exhibitions, He's technically kind of
been more active than Many has over the last three years,
and I say, run it. You know what I'm saying.

(01:27:49):
Someone's gonna have a bag out there to throw at
both of them, and it's better than sticking well, Listen,
maybe Floyd comes back and fights Barrios because he saw
how good Man he did against him. I don't know,
but it's better than try to stick either of them
in with with real dangerous, world level competition that isn't Barrios,
because I think that was a one off. I don't
think you stick Manny in there with the fucking heavy

(01:28:09):
hitters at forty seven. I mean, for god's sakes, can
we imagine Many Pakiaws gets stuck in there with Jerom
boots Innis before he moved to fifty four. Can we imagine, right,
Brian Norman Junior, for god's sakes, Devin Haney. You know,
so it's like, no, let's not do that. Let's have
Manny and Floyd if they're gonna do it. I don't
even care if it's an exhibition or a pro Who cares.

(01:28:30):
Floyd's not gonna want to do a pro fight because
the undefeated record, But I'll watch it. Watching Manny look
as good as he looked, I'm sold. If you want
to do Floyd and Manny, I'm on board. I'm watching
that shit now. Mario Barrios, I do not care. There's
gotta be something he needs to do better. As a
world champion holding the WBC belt. Your last two fights
and your two title defenses have been split draw and

(01:28:52):
majority draw against two people that you should not be
going to draws with Abel Ramos Is twenty six and
twenty eight and six fighting for a world title after
going two and three to get to the belt. Manny's
three years off, coming off the loss, forty six years
old at a weight class he shouldn't even be at,
and he takes you to a draw. There needs to
be some big changes for Mario Barrios is the point.
So I'm not really sure what to do with him next.

(01:29:12):
But that was special to watch, a moment in time
that I will not forget, mainly because of Manny, but
partly because of just wow, Mario Barrios, Jesus. But anyway,
like I said, I think that Manny and Floyd at
this point, I'm sold, go ahead, do it. Do it
this year. I'm not sure where, I'm not sure how,
but somebody is going to do it. The rematch, even

(01:29:33):
if it is an exhibition. I'll watch it. But as
far as what happens next for Barrios, I don't know.
All I'll say is only in twenty twenty five. In
this simulation, in this multiverse that we live in, can
Many pak Yao walk back into the sport of boxing
at forty six, off the layoff, off the loss and
almost become world title, be one maybe two rounds away
becoming world champion. That is crazy, but it almost happened.

(01:29:55):
Tonight majority draw, Manny Pacquiao returns to the sport. Will
he day or will he go? I don't have those answers,
so I guess we'll find out

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