October 1, 2025 • 21 mins
Gia’s calling foul on her father’s fight night! Hear how a trip to Tijuana leaves Joe Giudice hurt after losing a boxing match that seems a little sus! Plus, Gia’s journey to Spain gets delayed, and why our Next Gen jet-setter has Michigan on the itinerary!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey guys, and welcome back to another week of Giadiaries.
I am traveling so much this month. I just got
back from Tijuana and Madrid. I'm home for about a
day and then I leave tomorrow for Michigan.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I'm going to.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Visit Ebriella for her twenty first birthday, so there's a
lot to unpack. I was in the Bahamas, I told
you guys. I got there on Monday, and on Tuesday
we had to leave for Tijuana, so it actually ended
up happening. My dad had a celebrity boxing match where
he versed Antonio Sabato Junior, and although he did not win,
(00:40):
I think it was completely rigged, but it's okay. I
think everybody deserves a little pickup in life, and Antonio
was actually such a nice person. We did end up
spending some time with him, and you know, every he
has highs and lows in their career, and this was
(01:03):
definitely something that I think he needed and something that
he was working really hard for. He had gone to
La prior to the fight and trained for three months
leading up to this fight.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Do I think that he.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Was a pro fighter after the three months of training.
Definitely not, But neither is my dad, and at the
end of the day, it was a celebrity boxing match,
so it was, you know, nerve wracking because obviously I'm
hearing that this guy, Antonio Sabado has been training for
three months, and my dad's that kind of guy where
(01:44):
he's like, you know, just goes with the flow, and
he is super nice. My dad, he's almost too nice
where he doesn't know how to say no to people.
So he was kind of going back and forth about
doing this celebrity boxing match for quite some time. And
so then when I arrived in the Bahamas, this guy
(02:04):
just kind of kept chewing his ear off really trying
to get him to Tijuana for this fight. And then
they obviously flew me out there because my dad was like, well,
now I'm definitely not going unless my daughter comes and yeah,
so that's kind of how we ended up in Tijuana.
My dad honestly only confirmed that he was doing the fight,
(02:27):
I think a week or two out, so he didn't
have much training. But I do have to give it
to him. Compared to his last fight where he versed
Ohani Noah that was his first celebrity boxing match, he
is in such better shape now. He had lost a
lot of weight, and you could tell his cardio endurance
(02:48):
was up. How he trained for this was he was
constantly hitting the bag, and when you're hitting the bag.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
A lot, that is a lot of cardio. So he was.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Doing four ten minute rounds. He would tie it on
his phone and he was doing it. And I mean, my.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Dad's fifty five years old. So even just seeing him
and seeing his.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Athleticism just shine at his age, it's pretty inspiring. It's
really incredible, and I just give him props for that.
Like he's fifty five still doing things that like a
twenty or thirty year old should be doing. Like he
really is in such amazing shape, and that is something
(03:30):
that I am truly grateful for. We arrived in Tijuana
and he was, you know, working out every day at
the gym, and the one day I was just kind
of hanging out in the gym with him. And my
dad is a karate star. He grew up in he
(03:52):
grew up doing karate, He competed in karate. He was
an insane insane I don't even know, like a karate master.
I don't know what you prefer that too, but he
was insane at karate. He was a black belt, like
that was his thing. So I think if my dad,
(04:12):
like if there was I don't know, where is there
like celebrity like kickboxing, Like I don't know. I like,
if my dad could use his legs in a fight,
he would destroy anyone hands down.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
And I truly believe that.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
But so when he's like screwing around and just hitting
the bag, he always loves to like throw.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Some kicks in there.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
And so we were sitting in the gym and he
kicked the bag and I saw it all over his face.
Within seconds, he really did something to his lower back.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
So I was so stressed out.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
I was like, Okay, let's relax, like go in the sauna,
stretch a little bit. And for anybody wondering, my dad
can indeed still do a split. So he did some
stretching in the sauna and that was really scary. So
he took the day off on Friday before the fight
just to kind of give his back arrest, and then.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
On Saturday was the fight. He obviously was.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Not in charge of bringing an audience into the fight
or any of that, and I wasn't even supposed to
be at the fight with him. My dad had said
that he really didn't want anyone at this fight because
he wanted to be focused and really just give it
his all. But then obviously, once I got to the Bahamas,
(05:34):
he was like, you're really not going to come to
the fight with me, So I knew I had to
be there, and if I could be in a million
different places at once, I wish I could. So, yeah,
Antonio had his wife there and a couple of the
other celebrity fighters had a couple friends that they brought,
you know, girlfriends. But yeah, no, I mean some of
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the a lot of the fighters, some fighters came from Texas.
They kind of came from all over, so I think
they really only brought the people that were with them,
but I guess they didn't spread the word to anyone
in Tijuana. So yeah, there was really not a lot
of people there. The way that you were to watch
(06:17):
it was to live stream it on the website that
it was streaming on. So I was super happy that
I was there for him, because also, you know, fighting
in front of no audience, you I don't know if
you feel the pressure as much. Like It's almost like
when I would compete in cheerleading and dance. You're looking
(06:39):
for the audience to kind of put that pressure on yourself.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
To do good. So I was happy that.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
I was there, and I was really motivating him and
trying to push him. But my dad's so funny. He
didn't sleep great the night before the fight, and I
think it was, you know, just jitters and nervous for
the fight. So he was kind of tossing and turning
all night, so I could tell he wasn't one hundred percent.
(07:08):
Even though we had a very peaceful trip in Tijuana,
we were resting a lot, so he was just annoyed
that he didn't sleep well obviously the night before the fight.
And so we get to the arena. It was set
up great, you know, like there were chairs for people
to sit. They had a little runway where the fighters
(07:29):
walk down into the rink. So if there was an audience,
it would have been really cool. But I was just
happy that at least my dad had me there. And
we get there and I'm like, all right, Dad starts stretching,
start warming up. I think he was starting to feel
it a little bit. But then I like, look over,
my Dad's just like chilling on the couch, like watching
(07:49):
the other fighters fight and he's up in like three
fights and I'm like, Dad, you're giving me anxiety. You
gotta get up, like start moving your muscles. This is
stressing me out.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
And he goes.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
I would go to my karate matches hungover. I sleep
on the bench until I was up and still kill
these kids. And I was like, Dad, you're not twenty,
you are fifty five. You look amazing, Give you so
much credit, love you so much, but like you need
to get up and start moving your muscles, like you're like,
let's go. And so I was literally like his manager
(08:24):
the whole weekend. It was so funny, Like even other
people were asking me, are you his manager? And I'm like, no,
I'm his daughter, but yeah, I guess you could say
i'm his manager for the weekend too. It's just funny
because obviously I'm in this industry of influencing, and I
know how companies and brands are supposed to treat the talent,
(08:46):
and I wouldn't say.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
That they were treated the best.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Like things were definitely a little unorganized, and I was
very just my father and I were both shocked on.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
This whole thing.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
I think celebrity boxing as much as it's exciting.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
It also like.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
When you're doing it with you know, other companies, it's
a risk. You don't know what's going to come out
of it. You don't know how this is going to
be organized. And thank god, my dad received everything that
he was supposed to receive and everything was okay.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
But they really are messy.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
So unless you're working with like a well known company,
and I mean, you know how Jake Paul is now
literally a professional fighter and he's fighting people like Mike
Tyson and all of these insane boxers. But he built
that for himself, so he probably dealt with some you know,
(09:46):
some riff raft in the beginning. Because if you're not
backed by obviously a well known company, who knows these
people could scam you. Like It's just a tricky system,
it really is. And we said, like to my dad,
this is the last fight, and he goes, eh, unless
I fight someone really good, like I'm down, and I go, okay,
(10:07):
you know, I just it's funny.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
He he really is.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Such a young soul at heart, and he gave it
his all during that fight. I could tell, but his
back was hurting him.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
He didn't get it.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
He didn't get the best night's sleep, so I could
tell he like gets in his head a little bit.
But listen, Antonio Sabato is like six to one. My
dad's like, I don't know, he probably likes to say
he's five e.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
My dad's like five to five.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
And so the high difference was definitely there, and I
don't know, like the footage does not lie. He really
he really gave it as all like he got he
landed some solid punches, especially in the second round, like
he basically got Antonio the whole round. This fight was
(10:57):
really organized for Antonio Sabado to June to kind of
merge his way back into the public eye. I know,
his career in Hollywood kind of took a left turn,
and I think he was kind of just looking for
a way to pick him himself back up and kind
of reinvent himself.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
And you got to give the guy credit.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I mean, everybody goes through ups and downs, and I
think when you had this life, you're obviously gonna want
it back and try to reinvent yourself the best way
that you could. So even though in my heart, I
know my dad won, I think Antonio needed this win.
(11:39):
So yeah, my dad was okay with it. He honestly
is not a sore loser. He took it for what
it was and watched the footage back himself because I
recorded the whole.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Fight, and he was at peace with it.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
I mean, at the end of the day, it's celebrity
boxing match, so it's not really about the fight, even
though obviously viewers want to see a sick fight and
some entertainment. It really is about the image and what
you want as the talent to get out.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Of this fight.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
So I think my dad was like, all right, like,
let's show the people what they want. So that's why
he was throwing some punches, and I think he was
getting he was getting angry because he was like, I
can't like lose like that, and that was something he
did say. He was like, Gia, no one will ever
(12:38):
actually knock me out because that's embarrassing and I would
never let that happen. I was like, all right, it's fine,
love that and it's true. Like I mean, I was
a little nervous. Antonio spot it was six to one
and my dad is like five to five.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
I was like, but it just shows. It just shows
my dad he's got it.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
He's got it, and honestly, all the other celebrity boxers
that were there, they were like, wow, Joe, we're impressed,
Like you have you definitely have some rhythm, Like you
have some spice in you, like when you were younger,
I would have been scared of you, Like if you
have this stamina now, like when you were younger, you
were probably a beast.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
And he was like, yeah, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
That was my dad's celebrity boxing match, and I'm happy
that I was there again for him. I think we're
gonna pause on the celebrity boxing. I'm like, Dad, you've
so many jobs in construction lined up for you, like
when you get home, Like, let's focus on that. Like
that is not that he's not good at boxing, but
(13:46):
like that is what you're good at. We're not risking
our lives here, we're not risking getting hurt, Like we're
focusing on construction, and we're gonna like, let's maybe pause
on celebrity boxing for a minute. I think he also
just finds like joy and entertainment out of it at
the end of the day, going into these celebrity boxing matches.
It is entertainment, it really is. It's supposed to be
(14:07):
entertaining and unless you are like a Jake Paul and
end up becoming phenomenal at it, and it really does
become a passion, but at the end of the day,
it's entertainment. I left Tijuana on Sunday morning, and I
(14:31):
left around three forty five. This was where I got
super nervous because my dad woke up and he literally
couldn't even move. I had to help him out of bed.
His back was so bad after the fight. So now
I'm so nervous. I'm like, I'm leaving you right now,
You're about to go fly for hours to get back home,
(14:55):
like I just I felt so bad.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
So then I and he left. A couple hours later.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
He puts some like icy hot on his back, so
I think it got better Throughout the day. I had
to go through the border back to San Diego because
I flew out of San Diego and it always sucks leaving,
you know, my dad and I cry every time.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
He cries with all.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Of my sisters, like me and all my sisters, it
definitely is just, you know, an unfortunate situation. Ideally, we
would obviously want our father to be home so that
we don't have to deal with this heartache all the time.
And even though Bahamas is so close, it's still planning
trips and taking yourself away from whether it's school work, like,
(15:44):
there's obviously obligations that my sisters and I have here where.
It's not easy to just get on a flight and go.
Obviously we have lives and we have obligations that we
can't just at any moment if we are missing our dad.
So I was really happy even though I was supposed
(16:08):
to be in the Bahamas. I was at my house
in the Bahamas. We ended up getting to see a
new place. We ended up getting to see Tijuana together.
There was this amazing Argentinian steakhouse across the street from
the hotel, and we ate there every single night. So
because there wasn't I don't know, there wasn't much to
explore in Tijuana. A lot of people, you know, made
(16:30):
us feel a little nervous about being there. But I
mean I felt safe. I was with my dad, and
I mean we weren't putting ourselves like into any danger
or harm's way. But yeah, so we saw a new
place together. So yeah, I don't know, it always sucks leaving.
It's just like a crappy feeling. Hopefully, one day he'll
(16:54):
make his way back to the States and we don't
have to deal with this heartache of always feeling like
it's not a goodbye, it's to see you soon, but
it's still just like feels like a.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Part of my heart is like being ripped out of
my chest.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
So, yeah, that was my time in Tijuana, and then
I drove through the border. The border was interesting, and
that was something that my dad couldn't get over either,
because when he flew into the Tijuana airport, he saw
the wall and he was talking to me about that. Actually,
(17:31):
he was like, it's so crazy. I think this is
the closest I've ever actually been to the States. And
I was like, I mean yeah, So he was like,
it's so weird that I'm seeing the wall and I
used to be in the States, Like that's obviously where
I grew up, in where he was. He's been in
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the States since he was one years old, so I
think since being deported, that was the closest he ever
was to the US, and I think that kind of
played with his mind a little bit. He was like whoa,
and yeah, so the border was interesting. I mean, thank god,
(18:14):
it was pretty easy to kept through and then I
flew to Madrid. So from San Diego, I stopped in Washington,
d C. And then from DC I went to Madrid.
I arrived in Madrid and my boyfriend Christian, stepbrother and
stepdad Louis had a conference in Madrid and it was incredible.
(18:38):
The conference was amazing, and I flew home yesterday. I
was in Madrid for twenty four hours, I think maybe
a little less than that. Yeah, and now I'm back home.
I have work today and then I leave on Thursday
to celebrate Ebriella's twenty first birthday with her. So I
(19:01):
always try to be there for my family and any
way that I could. So I would like to say
I'm a very selfless person, like I was just in
Tijuana for my dad. I went to Madrid for my
boyfriend and family, and then now I'm going to seek
Abriella to be with her for her twenty first So
(19:23):
wherever I am, it's nice because I really I can
take my work with me for the most part. But
I had to come home from Madrid today because I
have my best friend, Lauren is launching an online boutique,
so she's having her grand opening tonight, and I knew
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I had to be there for her. And then I
have work. I have Amazon Lives that I have to
go into the city for. I have podcasts to film.
I have a busy schedule that I needed to come
home to. But for the most part, I can work remote.
(20:07):
I really do go into the city mostly for my
podcast for my Amazon Lives, and then for any events
that I have, which those can pretty much be every
day during the week, but they are obviously not mandatory.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
I just really wanted to.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Do as much as I could within these couple weeks
because my work schedule is really going to pick up soon.
So yeah, so then I'm going to seek Gabriella for
her twenty first, but I had to get home because
I had some obligations here at home. So yeah, it's
going to be a crazy couple weeks, but it's exciting.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
It's fun.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
And then when I get back from Michigan, I have
like two days home and then I'm going on a
brand trip with the company JSX, so that should be
really fun. I'm gonna be on a private jet, so
that should be fun.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
I'm excited for that. But yeah, so a crazy couple weeks, but.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
I can pretty much do my zooms and my work
calls from anywhere, create content from anywhere, So when I
need to be home for work, I obviously make that happen,
but I really just try. As much as my schedule
is so crazy, I really try to be there for everyone. So,
like I said, if I had a superpower, I wish
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it could be teleporting.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
But yeah, So that.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Was my week and I hope you guys enjoyed this
GIA Diaries Until next week, Love you guys.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Bye,
Hey guys, and welcome back to another week of Giadiaries.
I am traveling so much this month. I just got
back from Tijuana and Madrid. I'm home for about a
day and then I leave tomorrow for Michigan.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I'm going to.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Visit Ebriella for her twenty first birthday, so there's a
lot to unpack. I was in the Bahamas, I told
you guys. I got there on Monday, and on Tuesday
we had to leave for Tijuana, so it actually ended
up happening. My dad had a celebrity boxing match where
he versed Antonio Sabato Junior, and although he did not win,
(00:40):
I think it was completely rigged, but it's okay. I
think everybody deserves a little pickup in life, and Antonio
was actually such a nice person. We did end up
spending some time with him, and you know, every he
has highs and lows in their career, and this was
(01:03):
definitely something that I think he needed and something that
he was working really hard for. He had gone to
La prior to the fight and trained for three months
leading up to this fight.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Do I think that he.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Was a pro fighter after the three months of training.
Definitely not, But neither is my dad, and at the
end of the day, it was a celebrity boxing match,
so it was, you know, nerve wracking because obviously I'm
hearing that this guy, Antonio Sabado has been training for
three months, and my dad's that kind of guy where
(01:44):
he's like, you know, just goes with the flow, and
he is super nice. My dad, he's almost too nice
where he doesn't know how to say no to people.
So he was kind of going back and forth about
doing this celebrity boxing match for quite some time. And
so then when I arrived in the Bahamas, this guy
(02:04):
just kind of kept chewing his ear off really trying
to get him to Tijuana for this fight. And then
they obviously flew me out there because my dad was like, well,
now I'm definitely not going unless my daughter comes and yeah,
so that's kind of how we ended up in Tijuana.
My dad honestly only confirmed that he was doing the fight,
(02:27):
I think a week or two out, so he didn't
have much training. But I do have to give it
to him. Compared to his last fight where he versed
Ohani Noah that was his first celebrity boxing match, he
is in such better shape now. He had lost a
lot of weight, and you could tell his cardio endurance
(02:48):
was up. How he trained for this was he was
constantly hitting the bag, and when you're hitting the bag.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
A lot, that is a lot of cardio. So he was.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Doing four ten minute rounds. He would tie it on
his phone and he was doing it. And I mean, my.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Dad's fifty five years old. So even just seeing him
and seeing his.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Athleticism just shine at his age, it's pretty inspiring. It's
really incredible, and I just give him props for that.
Like he's fifty five still doing things that like a
twenty or thirty year old should be doing. Like he
really is in such amazing shape, and that is something
(03:30):
that I am truly grateful for. We arrived in Tijuana
and he was, you know, working out every day at
the gym, and the one day I was just kind
of hanging out in the gym with him. And my
dad is a karate star. He grew up in he
(03:52):
grew up doing karate, He competed in karate. He was
an insane insane I don't even know, like a karate master.
I don't know what you prefer that too, but he
was insane at karate. He was a black belt, like
that was his thing. So I think if my dad,
(04:12):
like if there was I don't know, where is there
like celebrity like kickboxing, Like I don't know. I like,
if my dad could use his legs in a fight,
he would destroy anyone hands down.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
And I truly believe that.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
But so when he's like screwing around and just hitting
the bag, he always loves to like throw.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Some kicks in there.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
And so we were sitting in the gym and he
kicked the bag and I saw it all over his face.
Within seconds, he really did something to his lower back.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
So I was so stressed out.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
I was like, Okay, let's relax, like go in the sauna,
stretch a little bit. And for anybody wondering, my dad
can indeed still do a split. So he did some
stretching in the sauna and that was really scary. So
he took the day off on Friday before the fight
just to kind of give his back arrest, and then.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
On Saturday was the fight. He obviously was.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Not in charge of bringing an audience into the fight
or any of that, and I wasn't even supposed to
be at the fight with him. My dad had said
that he really didn't want anyone at this fight because
he wanted to be focused and really just give it
his all. But then obviously, once I got to the Bahamas,
(05:34):
he was like, you're really not going to come to
the fight with me, So I knew I had to
be there, and if I could be in a million
different places at once, I wish I could. So, yeah,
Antonio had his wife there and a couple of the
other celebrity fighters had a couple friends that they brought,
you know, girlfriends. But yeah, no, I mean some of
(05:57):
the a lot of the fighters, some fighters came from Texas.
They kind of came from all over, so I think
they really only brought the people that were with them,
but I guess they didn't spread the word to anyone
in Tijuana. So yeah, there was really not a lot
of people there. The way that you were to watch
(06:17):
it was to live stream it on the website that
it was streaming on. So I was super happy that
I was there for him, because also, you know, fighting
in front of no audience, you I don't know if
you feel the pressure as much. Like It's almost like
when I would compete in cheerleading and dance. You're looking
(06:39):
for the audience to kind of put that pressure on yourself.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
To do good. So I was happy that.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
I was there, and I was really motivating him and
trying to push him. But my dad's so funny. He
didn't sleep great the night before the fight, and I
think it was, you know, just jitters and nervous for
the fight. So he was kind of tossing and turning
all night, so I could tell he wasn't one hundred percent.
(07:08):
Even though we had a very peaceful trip in Tijuana,
we were resting a lot, so he was just annoyed
that he didn't sleep well obviously the night before the fight.
And so we get to the arena. It was set
up great, you know, like there were chairs for people
to sit. They had a little runway where the fighters
(07:29):
walk down into the rink. So if there was an audience,
it would have been really cool. But I was just
happy that at least my dad had me there. And
we get there and I'm like, all right, Dad starts stretching,
start warming up. I think he was starting to feel
it a little bit. But then I like, look over,
my Dad's just like chilling on the couch, like watching
(07:49):
the other fighters fight and he's up in like three
fights and I'm like, Dad, you're giving me anxiety. You
gotta get up, like start moving your muscles. This is
stressing me out.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
And he goes.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
I would go to my karate matches hungover. I sleep
on the bench until I was up and still kill
these kids. And I was like, Dad, you're not twenty,
you are fifty five. You look amazing, Give you so
much credit, love you so much, but like you need
to get up and start moving your muscles, like you're like,
let's go. And so I was literally like his manager
(08:24):
the whole weekend. It was so funny, Like even other
people were asking me, are you his manager? And I'm like, no,
I'm his daughter, but yeah, I guess you could say
i'm his manager for the weekend too. It's just funny
because obviously I'm in this industry of influencing, and I
know how companies and brands are supposed to treat the talent,
(08:46):
and I wouldn't say.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
That they were treated the best.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Like things were definitely a little unorganized, and I was
very just my father and I were both shocked on.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
This whole thing.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
I think celebrity boxing as much as it's exciting.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
It also like.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
When you're doing it with you know, other companies, it's
a risk. You don't know what's going to come out
of it. You don't know how this is going to
be organized. And thank god, my dad received everything that
he was supposed to receive and everything was okay.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
But they really are messy.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
So unless you're working with like a well known company,
and I mean, you know how Jake Paul is now
literally a professional fighter and he's fighting people like Mike
Tyson and all of these insane boxers. But he built
that for himself, so he probably dealt with some you know,
(09:46):
some riff raft in the beginning. Because if you're not
backed by obviously a well known company, who knows these
people could scam you. Like It's just a tricky system,
it really is. And we said, like to my dad,
this is the last fight, and he goes, eh, unless
I fight someone really good, like I'm down, and I go, okay,
(10:07):
you know, I just it's funny.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
He he really is.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Such a young soul at heart, and he gave it
his all during that fight. I could tell, but his
back was hurting him.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
He didn't get it.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
He didn't get the best night's sleep, so I could
tell he like gets in his head a little bit.
But listen, Antonio Sabato is like six to one. My
dad's like, I don't know, he probably likes to say
he's five e.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
My dad's like five to five.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
And so the high difference was definitely there, and I
don't know, like the footage does not lie. He really
he really gave it as all like he got he
landed some solid punches, especially in the second round, like
he basically got Antonio the whole round. This fight was
(10:57):
really organized for Antonio Sabado to June to kind of
merge his way back into the public eye. I know,
his career in Hollywood kind of took a left turn,
and I think he was kind of just looking for
a way to pick him himself back up and kind
of reinvent himself.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
And you got to give the guy credit.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I mean, everybody goes through ups and downs, and I
think when you had this life, you're obviously gonna want
it back and try to reinvent yourself the best way
that you could. So even though in my heart, I
know my dad won, I think Antonio needed this win.
(11:39):
So yeah, my dad was okay with it. He honestly
is not a sore loser. He took it for what
it was and watched the footage back himself because I
recorded the whole.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Fight, and he was at peace with it.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
I mean, at the end of the day, it's celebrity
boxing match, so it's not really about the fight, even
though obviously viewers want to see a sick fight and
some entertainment. It really is about the image and what
you want as the talent to get out.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Of this fight.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
So I think my dad was like, all right, like,
let's show the people what they want. So that's why
he was throwing some punches, and I think he was
getting he was getting angry because he was like, I
can't like lose like that, and that was something he
did say. He was like, Gia, no one will ever
(12:38):
actually knock me out because that's embarrassing and I would
never let that happen. I was like, all right, it's fine,
love that and it's true. Like I mean, I was
a little nervous. Antonio spot it was six to one
and my dad is like five to five.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
I was like, but it just shows. It just shows
my dad he's got it.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
He's got it, and honestly, all the other celebrity boxers
that were there, they were like, wow, Joe, we're impressed,
Like you have you definitely have some rhythm, Like you
have some spice in you, like when you were younger,
I would have been scared of you, Like if you
have this stamina now, like when you were younger, you
were probably a beast.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
And he was like, yeah, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
That was my dad's celebrity boxing match, and I'm happy
that I was there again for him. I think we're
gonna pause on the celebrity boxing. I'm like, Dad, you've
so many jobs in construction lined up for you, like
when you get home, Like, let's focus on that. Like
that is not that he's not good at boxing, but
(13:46):
like that is what you're good at. We're not risking
our lives here, we're not risking getting hurt, Like we're
focusing on construction, and we're gonna like, let's maybe pause
on celebrity boxing for a minute. I think he also
just finds like joy and entertainment out of it at
the end of the day, going into these celebrity boxing matches.
It is entertainment, it really is. It's supposed to be
(14:07):
entertaining and unless you are like a Jake Paul and
end up becoming phenomenal at it, and it really does
become a passion, but at the end of the day,
it's entertainment. I left Tijuana on Sunday morning, and I
(14:31):
left around three forty five. This was where I got
super nervous because my dad woke up and he literally
couldn't even move. I had to help him out of bed.
His back was so bad after the fight. So now
I'm so nervous. I'm like, I'm leaving you right now,
You're about to go fly for hours to get back home,
(14:55):
like I just I felt so bad.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
So then I and he left. A couple hours later.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
He puts some like icy hot on his back, so
I think it got better Throughout the day. I had
to go through the border back to San Diego because
I flew out of San Diego and it always sucks leaving,
you know, my dad and I cry every time.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
He cries with all.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Of my sisters, like me and all my sisters, it
definitely is just, you know, an unfortunate situation. Ideally, we
would obviously want our father to be home so that
we don't have to deal with this heartache all the time.
And even though Bahamas is so close, it's still planning
trips and taking yourself away from whether it's school work, like,
(15:44):
there's obviously obligations that my sisters and I have here where.
It's not easy to just get on a flight and go.
Obviously we have lives and we have obligations that we
can't just at any moment if we are missing our dad.
So I was really happy even though I was supposed
(16:08):
to be in the Bahamas. I was at my house
in the Bahamas. We ended up getting to see a
new place. We ended up getting to see Tijuana together.
There was this amazing Argentinian steakhouse across the street from
the hotel, and we ate there every single night. So
because there wasn't I don't know, there wasn't much to
explore in Tijuana. A lot of people, you know, made
(16:30):
us feel a little nervous about being there. But I
mean I felt safe. I was with my dad, and
I mean we weren't putting ourselves like into any danger
or harm's way. But yeah, so we saw a new
place together. So yeah, I don't know, it always sucks leaving.
It's just like a crappy feeling. Hopefully, one day he'll
(16:54):
make his way back to the States and we don't
have to deal with this heartache of always feeling like
it's not a goodbye, it's to see you soon, but
it's still just like feels like a.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Part of my heart is like being ripped out of
my chest.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
So, yeah, that was my time in Tijuana, and then
I drove through the border. The border was interesting, and
that was something that my dad couldn't get over either,
because when he flew into the Tijuana airport, he saw
the wall and he was talking to me about that. Actually,
(17:31):
he was like, it's so crazy. I think this is
the closest I've ever actually been to the States. And
I was like, I mean yeah, So he was like,
it's so weird that I'm seeing the wall and I
used to be in the States, Like that's obviously where
I grew up, in where he was. He's been in
(17:53):
the States since he was one years old, so I
think since being deported, that was the closest he ever
was to the US, and I think that kind of
played with his mind a little bit. He was like whoa,
and yeah, so the border was interesting. I mean, thank god,
(18:14):
it was pretty easy to kept through and then I
flew to Madrid. So from San Diego, I stopped in Washington,
d C. And then from DC I went to Madrid.
I arrived in Madrid and my boyfriend Christian, stepbrother and
stepdad Louis had a conference in Madrid and it was incredible.
(18:38):
The conference was amazing, and I flew home yesterday. I
was in Madrid for twenty four hours, I think maybe
a little less than that. Yeah, and now I'm back home.
I have work today and then I leave on Thursday
to celebrate Ebriella's twenty first birthday with her. So I
(19:01):
always try to be there for my family and any
way that I could. So I would like to say
I'm a very selfless person, like I was just in
Tijuana for my dad. I went to Madrid for my
boyfriend and family, and then now I'm going to seek
Abriella to be with her for her twenty first So
(19:23):
wherever I am, it's nice because I really I can
take my work with me for the most part. But
I had to come home from Madrid today because I
have my best friend, Lauren is launching an online boutique,
so she's having her grand opening tonight, and I knew
(19:47):
I had to be there for her. And then I
have work. I have Amazon Lives that I have to
go into the city for. I have podcasts to film.
I have a busy schedule that I needed to come
home to. But for the most part, I can work remote.
(20:07):
I really do go into the city mostly for my
podcast for my Amazon Lives, and then for any events
that I have, which those can pretty much be every
day during the week, but they are obviously not mandatory.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
I just really wanted to.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Do as much as I could within these couple weeks
because my work schedule is really going to pick up soon.
So yeah, so then I'm going to seek Gabriella for
her twenty first, but I had to get home because
I had some obligations here at home. So yeah, it's
going to be a crazy couple weeks, but it's exciting.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
It's fun.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
And then when I get back from Michigan, I have
like two days home and then I'm going on a
brand trip with the company JSX, so that should be
really fun. I'm gonna be on a private jet, so
that should be fun.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
I'm excited for that. But yeah, so a crazy couple weeks, but.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
I can pretty much do my zooms and my work
calls from anywhere, create content from anywhere, So when I
need to be home for work, I obviously make that happen,
but I really just try. As much as my schedule
is so crazy, I really try to be there for everyone. So,
like I said, if I had a superpower, I wish
(21:34):
it could be teleporting.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
But yeah, So that.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Was my week and I hope you guys enjoyed this
GIA Diaries Until next week, Love you guys.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Bye,
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