July 17, 2026 • 17 mins
Former WBC Welterweight World Champion Victor Ortiz joins The Cruz Show ahead of his Bare Knuckle Boxing (BKB) debut to discuss one of the biggest decisions of his fighting career.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's good. It's good. What up as much? And you're
checking out the Cruise Show podcast?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Subscribe right Hey, boxing legend Victor ts is on the
Cruise Show.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
There is my God. Man, thank you, thank you, thank
you for being here.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Man.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I know you're busy. You got three young kids, you
have a wife. Bare knuckle boxing all the way is
going down, bro.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I mean, hey, just a true blessing from God, Jesus
Christ and Nazareth. That's all it is. Talk about it, bro,
that's right. I can't really say sit here and take
the oh yeah I did this. No, no, no, hey man,
glory to God.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Now listen, you've been in the ring. You've been a
gladiator for as long as we could remember. Uh, your
childhood was also a fight in itself, and you know,
and now bare knuckle boxing.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Bro, this is your debut.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
This is real deal.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Absolutely, this is a contact sport. It's boxing, is too,
it's contact, but it's contact.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
But damn right, so what what what went into the
decision to do bare knuckle boxer?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Check this out. It's it's very it's different right, the
way I got the opportunity, it wasn't just like Oh
you know, I'm gonna go try this out now, because
any man or any person, any sane person in the
right state of mind, will be like, you're crazy. That's
no gloves bro. Okay bro, even in boxing that was
local bro. But here's the thing. I was like in
(01:20):
the cusp of I don't think I belong here. But
then I said, Father, God, open the door, close it.
I received this deal from people that deal with the WBC.
I love WBCs family. That's you know, that's Golden Green.
I love them. Dearly mister hostul Minment rest in peace.
That that was the man who accepted me into the family,
you know, and gave me my belt. I love him.
(01:41):
I love WBC. But there's a person that was somehow
dealing with them, and this promoter no names, gave me
some crazy three fight deal that was like your soul,
Yeah for signs here, just sign here for imperpetuity. I mean,
I know some things. I know I looked kind of off,
but oh me, I know what I'm perpetuity means it is,
(02:03):
you know, So then I go. The only people who
deserving perpetuity for me is my son's royal Malachi Ezekiel
and my wife. I said, than that. Now I'm good.
So I go, look, you know what, bro, thank you,
but no, thank you. Where else you gonna get a
deal like this? I was like, not from Satan, I'll
tell you that much. I know Jesus Christ, that's something
from me. I don't know what it is. Well, you
you don't got nothing right now, like you're just throwing away.
(02:24):
It's okay, I said, I'll let him be the decision maker,
not me. So then I can received a phone call
from an opposing company that to the company i'm with
right now, and I'm like, wait, what's your name? They
tell me their name, and I'm like, I've never heard
of you guys. You know, like I don't know about that.
I'm not a bare knuckle nothing. So I'm good. I'm
(02:44):
straight right, I'm good, Like I'm a strict boxer with gloves.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
I yiah, Yeah, bare knuckle boxing sounds crazy.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So then I go, I appreciate you even taking me
into consideration, but no interest unless you can show me
entertainment of of numbers that I may entertain the conversation. Yeah.
I just threw it out there, like throwing the rocks
you were landing. Yeah, see what happened, and they might bite,
you know. They they kept insisting next week, next week,
(03:15):
next week, next week. And I said, thank you Jesus
for closing that door. Thank you Father, I appreciate it.
Nothing against anyone, just thank you Father God for you know,
closing that door. In the one before that, I get
on my knees one morning, three two forty two in
the morning in my two boys room, Royal and Malachi.
Those are my big boys, nine and six. And as
(03:38):
I'm sitting there, I'm weeping, man, because I'm like, man, God,
I have I have a lot to pay. Man, I
have debts, you know, Like, well, here's the thing, Father,
if you you've already closed two doors, you don't want
me to fight anymore, be vocal about it. Yeah, let
me see it, be transparent. I don't have this time
for in between the dotted lines or nothing. I said.
(03:59):
But whatever you decide to do for me, Jesus, I'm
gonna follow you regardless. I don't care no more or
anybody pointing a finger at me. I don't care about that,
I said. So let it be your will, Father, bro.
I go to church. Man at seven thirty, I wake
up because my wife is, Hey, We're gonna be like
the church. So I'm like, oh my gosh, I wake up,
(04:21):
brush my teeth, washed my face. I go straight to
you know, we get to church. Is it ironic? No,
that the pastor's not there, But is it ironic that
the visiting pastor, Pastor Bernie is talking about this opening
statement is everybody has a plan until they get punched
in the mouth. I know that quote very well. Wow,
(04:42):
that's iron, Mike Tyson. And he says that that is
none of the iron Mike Tyson. I go, why is
he talking about, Mike Tyson? He's speaking about your faith? Right?
We believe in we don't. We succeed and we fall.
It's in the customer say yes and no, yes and no.
The bottom line the the name of that that sermon
(05:02):
was don't quit keep going. If that wasn't crystal clear,
I don't know what it was. But I said, okay, Father,
God will show me answer. I get a phone call, Hey,
is this Victor Teas. It can be. It depends on
what what is this about. No, we need to talk
to Victor T's. I mean this may be Victor t That,
(05:23):
it may just not be Victory. Yeah. It depends on
what we're talking about here. Yeah, but what that collector?
Are you? Bro? You know, like, what's going on? Is
this victory? Like I said, sir, it can be. I
just want to some Yeah, of course, he says, well,
I'm so I'm mel with b k B. I said, okay,
I don't know nothing about what I'm sorry, excuse my ignorance, sir,
(05:46):
but what is b KB? Says bar knuckle boxing. I
was like, yes, suppose Victor T dude, how's it going?
He goes, Victor, we have X, Y and Z blah blah,
everything lined out, no questions, asked boom boom boom boom.
I'm like, wait a minute. Those numbers you would ask
for prior, yeah, and some And I just go, hey, broken,
(06:07):
it's not sound weird. But can I just pray on
it and call you back in some days? You know?
Mm hm? So I go man, I said, I don't
know how it is that something like this has tooken place.
I had a profit prophecy maybe a year prior to that,
that the floodgates would open, not in the same kind
(06:30):
of arena, just different. I didn't understand what that meant.
That was profheit love from a church in Simmey Valley,
and I just like this guy's tripping man. But no
he wasn't. His prophecy was correct. And the thing is,
I said, God, I'm not gonna lie. I'm a little scared.
I don't fear much. I fear you Lord. I don't
(06:51):
fear no man. I don't fear no no woman. I
don't fear no judge. Nothing like that. My father, the
thought of getting in there without gloves, I don't know.
It gives me a little uneasy. And he says, my son,
my child, just listen to me. Gives me a vision, bro.
And this is where I sealed it. He says, if
(07:11):
I can carry my cross to my to my crucifixion,
and if I could take all the beatings for you,
my child, just know and believe that I'm gonna be
walking with you through anything and everything. You will not
be harmed, You will not be touched. Sign Wow, Wow,
done done yet right here? Done? Thank you Jesus. I said, now,
(07:32):
how many years do you want me to keep this up? For?
How many years you want me? You're trying to give me? God,
I get to I get to my I get I
get to my I get to my my son's soccer
game Royal, my big boy, are you ready or what?
He's like, Dad, Daddy, get myself. Hey, have a good
(07:55):
time to do okay, no matter what, just I mna
score a goal for you. I was like, all right, bet,
sounds good, bull, have a great time. Buy. I give
him a kiss. He goes, Dad, give up by you
know my number? My favorite number is, Dad? I go,
what's up? Ba ba? He goes seven and I go, okay,
why why seven? Dad? He goes because Christiano Ronaldo. Dad
(08:18):
and I go yeah, of course, yeah, yeah, he's a legend.
And he says, but Dad, but you know why. I go,
why Jesus christ Daddy? And I go, oh oh, come here,
see I'm with another kiss that's your leg have a
good time. But he takes off. That gave me chills
and left me kind of like what was going on? Well,
the game's over. I can't say by anything like that
because you know, mam or whatever. I give him kisses
(08:40):
and hugs while I try to afar. You know, I
love you, God, bless you bom me. He takes off.
I go to the other soccer game because my other
boys playing my six year old, Daddy, Malachi, Daddy, get
myself ba Bah Dad, Dad? Guess what Dad? What? Bah Bah?
I was going two goals today. I'm like, yes, you are,
bah Bah. But more importantly, have fun. All right, Hey,
God loves you, Daddy loves you. I love you Dad,
(09:03):
all right, but ba go have fun man, Dad? What
you know? My favorite number is daddy? What he says? Seven? Dad?
I go, what because like Coshano Naldo, Nah, Daddy because
Jesus Christ. And I go, this is. I gave him
a high five, I get him a kiss, and I
went to the sidelines and I go vibe by my wife.
(09:25):
You know, I go, Hayley, I said, vebe. Something strange
just took place. I said this morning. While I was
in the room, I prayed X, Y and Z. She's like,
I know, we get to church and this I know.
Now we're at the games. Seven seven. She goes, yeah,
that's that's just confirmation. What part? She says, you're number three?
Your baby right here? Guess one month is born in seven? Holy?
(09:50):
Holy Holy, that's completion seven seven seven. So hey, bro,
gave me seven years to do what we're gonna do,
and we're not even on year one. So Hey, I'm wow, Bro,
I'm ready in a fight in the seventh month, is it? Yeah? July? Yeah, Saturday.
I didn't even know that. Oh nice. See I don't
(10:11):
know got talking, I don't know who is No. No,
loud and clear, Bro, loud and clear, yes, sir, Oh
my god.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
And this is how you're going in to bare knuckle boxing, yes, sir,
with all of this in your soul, on your spirit,
on your.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Heart, bro, blood of the lamb. Brother. You know, see
when I was younger, all those years that we met
back in the day, yeah, I was. I was lost, Bro,
I was a lost sheep man. I didn't understand none
of that. And then this the first time you and
I met, it was a little weird. Yeah, I know,
eye contact. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
I tried to say, you just walked away from me.
But listen, it was in Vegas. There's a lot going on.
We both have grown since then.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
You know what I've I've been humbled beyond repair. And
it's not to speak about it, speak on it. No,
I've bro, I've been through ugly man. You want to
talk about having multi millions, having f have a notoriety,
then you end up homeless, You end up with nothing
and all the ones that you helped, from cars to clothing,
to home to everything, your home. Brother, you know, betrayals, X,
(11:10):
Y and Z. And it's like you end up on
the beach one day and it's dark, no car, no nothing,
but you borrow a car from a pastor. You're looking
at the stars and you're saying, Okay, God, this is
where you have me in the desert because by this
point in time, you figure out that hey, it's a
real thing. So now you know Jesus has your attention.
He has to put you down to your knees to
bring you in order for you to look up. And
(11:31):
you know what, I don't change that for no one, bro,
And I'm happy that I've gone through what I've gone through,
and that's why I'm very bold in my faith. Bro.
You know there's there's peopure testimony. Bro. Yeah, there's people
that you know, from Muslims to any other religion. They
come at me and they try to attack me. But
I say, hey, Jesus loves you. Bro. You can have
all the problems with me in the world. But you know,
(11:52):
as long as you repent one day, man, God loves you.
Jesus Christ loves you, and they're just like, you're man,
that's not even real. I'm like, hey, real to me, brother,
that's right. No, as long as it's real to you. Yeah.
And I will never push religion how they say religion
to nobody, because I don't do that. What I do
is my relationship with Jesus Christ. I pick up my
cross and I follow him. That's it. Man. Do you
(12:14):
pray for your opponent, Absolutely, you do. My last fight
checked this out. So I fought in MEXICALI Mexico, right right.
I fought the legend man with just motto metal Pires Junior.
So he's looking at me all and he's like, and
I go, I'm beyond champ. It's wow. It's a pleasure
to be in your presence. Man. So I'm gonna spank
on you, but it's gonna be a pleasure. He goes.
(12:35):
He goes, no, I don't think, so I go yeah,
I think so, yeah, I think so, bro, But but
I know so, but I know. So I'm going like this,
you know, And I go, no, but can I take
you away from the cameras and everything? And he goes, well,
and I go, just you and I please, So we
get away from the cameras and I go, hey, my no,
I just want to say that I love you, brother.
(12:56):
I said, Uh, whatever you say out here, it's okay.
Don't take offense to it, I said, but I just
want to say that I've been praying for you and
for God to bring us into this fight and take
us out of this fight healthy and sane for our
Famili's brother. I said, uh, I know up there. Hey,
look we're warriors. Bro, you're a champ. He goes, no,
(13:17):
But but you're a champ. I said, you're a legend, bro.
He goes, no, no, no, You're a legend. No matter what.
I kept throwing it at me, but it's like, I
don't know, just I really had to just leave it there.
And the weirdest thing about it was they didn't have
locker room for me in Mexico and I fought on
Good Friday. Wow, right, check this out. I fought on
Good Friday. Right, there's no locker room for me. Two
(13:38):
big old dudes, about six biggest Mexicans I've ever seen,
about six or six. Man. I'm like, Rare, I'm like,
are you sure you're Mexican? Your Mexican? Right? So this
dude's huge man, and I'm just like, he's got these
big old fliers, you know. And he goes and he
breaks this bolt thing. He says, come on, follow me.
I'm like, what it's got. The doors are like kind
(13:59):
of and the center opened. They open up and the
top of it says God be yeah got Biya means church.
So they opened the doors and I see Jesus Christ
of Nazareth right in front of me. Bro. I got
on my knees and I said, wow, Father, there's no
locker room, but you provided one for me. And they go,
but don't worry r this. These doors are gonna stay closed.
(14:20):
And I go, oh no, no, no sign out. I'd rather
be outside with the people then stay in here and
deny people from Jesus, I said, I'm not going to
do that. So from there, I said, those doors they
stay open. Me juam Le Marquez, all these big legendary fighters,
they're in the locker room. Locker room with me. Doors
(14:41):
are open. Anybody who wants to come in. Because Jesus
didn't deny nobody, so I who might haven't deny somebody? Bro,
No way, come as you are, God said Jesus said
and it said. People were like, well, Victor, there they're drunk,
and I go, Jesus Christ accepts you as you are.
You are okay. But Vic, you know they're they're grabbing you.
It's okay, Brody, it's fine. So I took pictures of everybody.
(15:04):
There was one person that I asked her she wanted
to take a picture with me. Yes, no, certainly, no problem.
I didn't realize she was a boxer. Well, this young lady,
anybody took a picture of me, more than welcome to me.
But you had to get Jesus in the back. You know.
It was a Catholic statues whatever. But I was like
like this and never this woman says I don't want
(15:25):
him in the background. I go, Jesus, oh yeah, you
know he doesn't push this about people, So yeah, no problem,
wherever you want. She made it a thing to say
I don't want him in the back like that, and
I go wow. And then in the process of it,
I'm like, forgive them father, you know, they know not
what they do. Yeah, I didn't realize she was a
(15:45):
professional boxer. She leaves the presence and I go, They're like,
what's up. What's up with that? I was like, I
don't know. This girl fought. She went in there and
got knocked down. Thirty said, don't play, bro, don't play no.
And that's where I'm at, Bro, And that's where that's
where we're at. Hey, we stand both in our faith.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Man, Yes, sir, bare knuckle boxing, Yes, sir, it's this weekend,
July July eighteenth, Yes, sir, Bro Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah, Novo Novo. This is your debut.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Congratulations, best of luck, God be with you, yes, sir,
and go do your thing.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Man. Thank you, and also a little shout out to
my two year old son. And in two days will
be two years old. It's two days before my birth
my fight, you know, his little birthday, Little blessed soul man,
little Ezekiel Christian Northeast.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
You know, amazing, amazing. Congratulations, man, come see us any time. Man,
it's for real, bare knuckle boxing. It's going down to
the Novo Los Angeles. Get ready, Yo, this is gonna
be crazy.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
He fifty six dot com by the way, that's it.
Let's go appreciate the time. Brother, Thank you, my guy.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
Subscribe right Hey, boxing legend Victor ts is on the
Cruise Show.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
There is my God. Man, thank you, thank you, thank
you for being here.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Man.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I know you're busy. You got three young kids, you
have a wife. Bare knuckle boxing all the way is
going down, bro.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I mean, hey, just a true blessing from God, Jesus
Christ and Nazareth. That's all it is. Talk about it, bro,
that's right. I can't really say sit here and take
the oh yeah I did this. No, no, no, hey man,
glory to God.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Now listen, you've been in the ring. You've been a
gladiator for as long as we could remember. Uh, your
childhood was also a fight in itself, and you know,
and now bare knuckle boxing.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Bro, this is your debut.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
This is real deal.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Absolutely, this is a contact sport. It's boxing, is too,
it's contact, but it's contact.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
But damn right, so what what what went into the
decision to do bare knuckle boxer?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Check this out. It's it's very it's different right, the
way I got the opportunity, it wasn't just like Oh
you know, I'm gonna go try this out now, because
any man or any person, any sane person in the
right state of mind, will be like, you're crazy. That's
no gloves bro. Okay bro, even in boxing that was
local bro. But here's the thing. I was like in
(01:20):
the cusp of I don't think I belong here. But
then I said, Father, God, open the door, close it.
I received this deal from people that deal with the WBC.
I love WBCs family. That's you know, that's Golden Green.
I love them. Dearly mister hostul Minment rest in peace.
That that was the man who accepted me into the family,
you know, and gave me my belt. I love him.
(01:41):
I love WBC. But there's a person that was somehow
dealing with them, and this promoter no names, gave me
some crazy three fight deal that was like your soul,
Yeah for signs here, just sign here for imperpetuity. I mean,
I know some things. I know I looked kind of off,
but oh me, I know what I'm perpetuity means it is,
(02:03):
you know, So then I go. The only people who
deserving perpetuity for me is my son's royal Malachi Ezekiel
and my wife. I said, than that. Now I'm good.
So I go, look, you know what, bro, thank you,
but no, thank you. Where else you gonna get a
deal like this? I was like, not from Satan, I'll
tell you that much. I know Jesus Christ, that's something
from me. I don't know what it is. Well, you
you don't got nothing right now, like you're just throwing away.
(02:24):
It's okay, I said, I'll let him be the decision maker,
not me. So then I can received a phone call
from an opposing company that to the company i'm with
right now, and I'm like, wait, what's your name? They
tell me their name, and I'm like, I've never heard
of you guys. You know, like I don't know about that.
I'm not a bare knuckle nothing. So I'm good. I'm
(02:44):
straight right, I'm good, Like I'm a strict boxer with gloves.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
I yiah, Yeah, bare knuckle boxing sounds crazy.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So then I go, I appreciate you even taking me
into consideration, but no interest unless you can show me
entertainment of of numbers that I may entertain the conversation. Yeah.
I just threw it out there, like throwing the rocks
you were landing. Yeah, see what happened, and they might bite,
you know. They they kept insisting next week, next week,
(03:15):
next week, next week. And I said, thank you Jesus
for closing that door. Thank you Father, I appreciate it.
Nothing against anyone, just thank you Father God for you know,
closing that door. In the one before that, I get
on my knees one morning, three two forty two in
the morning in my two boys room, Royal and Malachi.
Those are my big boys, nine and six. And as
(03:38):
I'm sitting there, I'm weeping, man, because I'm like, man, God,
I have I have a lot to pay. Man, I
have debts, you know, Like, well, here's the thing, Father,
if you you've already closed two doors, you don't want
me to fight anymore, be vocal about it. Yeah, let
me see it, be transparent. I don't have this time
for in between the dotted lines or nothing. I said.
(03:59):
But whatever you decide to do for me, Jesus, I'm
gonna follow you regardless. I don't care no more or
anybody pointing a finger at me. I don't care about that,
I said. So let it be your will, Father, bro.
I go to church. Man at seven thirty, I wake
up because my wife is, Hey, We're gonna be like
the church. So I'm like, oh my gosh, I wake up,
(04:21):
brush my teeth, washed my face. I go straight to
you know, we get to church. Is it ironic? No,
that the pastor's not there, But is it ironic that
the visiting pastor, Pastor Bernie is talking about this opening
statement is everybody has a plan until they get punched
in the mouth. I know that quote very well. Wow,
(04:42):
that's iron, Mike Tyson. And he says that that is
none of the iron Mike Tyson. I go, why is
he talking about, Mike Tyson? He's speaking about your faith? Right?
We believe in we don't. We succeed and we fall.
It's in the customer say yes and no, yes and no.
The bottom line the the name of that that sermon
(05:02):
was don't quit keep going. If that wasn't crystal clear,
I don't know what it was. But I said, okay, Father,
God will show me answer. I get a phone call, Hey,
is this Victor Teas. It can be. It depends on
what what is this about. No, we need to talk
to Victor T's. I mean this may be Victor t That,
(05:23):
it may just not be Victory. Yeah. It depends on
what we're talking about here. Yeah, but what that collector?
Are you? Bro? You know, like, what's going on? Is
this victory? Like I said, sir, it can be. I
just want to some Yeah, of course, he says, well,
I'm so I'm mel with b k B. I said, okay,
I don't know nothing about what I'm sorry, excuse my ignorance, sir,
(05:46):
but what is b KB? Says bar knuckle boxing. I
was like, yes, suppose Victor T dude, how's it going?
He goes, Victor, we have X, Y and Z blah blah,
everything lined out, no questions, asked boom boom boom boom.
I'm like, wait a minute. Those numbers you would ask
for prior, yeah, and some And I just go, hey, broken,
(06:07):
it's not sound weird. But can I just pray on
it and call you back in some days? You know?
Mm hm? So I go man, I said, I don't
know how it is that something like this has tooken place.
I had a profit prophecy maybe a year prior to that,
that the floodgates would open, not in the same kind
(06:30):
of arena, just different. I didn't understand what that meant.
That was profheit love from a church in Simmey Valley,
and I just like this guy's tripping man. But no
he wasn't. His prophecy was correct. And the thing is,
I said, God, I'm not gonna lie. I'm a little scared.
I don't fear much. I fear you Lord. I don't
(06:51):
fear no man. I don't fear no no woman. I
don't fear no judge. Nothing like that. My father, the
thought of getting in there without gloves, I don't know.
It gives me a little uneasy. And he says, my son,
my child, just listen to me. Gives me a vision, bro.
And this is where I sealed it. He says, if
(07:11):
I can carry my cross to my to my crucifixion,
and if I could take all the beatings for you,
my child, just know and believe that I'm gonna be
walking with you through anything and everything. You will not
be harmed, You will not be touched. Sign Wow, Wow,
done done yet right here? Done? Thank you Jesus. I said, now,
(07:32):
how many years do you want me to keep this up? For?
How many years you want me? You're trying to give me? God,
I get to I get to my I get I
get to my I get to my my son's soccer
game Royal, my big boy, are you ready or what?
He's like, Dad, Daddy, get myself. Hey, have a good
(07:55):
time to do okay, no matter what, just I mna
score a goal for you. I was like, all right, bet,
sounds good, bull, have a great time. Buy. I give
him a kiss. He goes, Dad, give up by you
know my number? My favorite number is, Dad? I go,
what's up? Ba ba? He goes seven and I go, okay,
why why seven? Dad? He goes because Christiano Ronaldo. Dad
(08:18):
and I go yeah, of course, yeah, yeah, he's a legend.
And he says, but Dad, but you know why. I go,
why Jesus christ Daddy? And I go, oh oh, come here,
see I'm with another kiss that's your leg have a
good time. But he takes off. That gave me chills
and left me kind of like what was going on? Well,
the game's over. I can't say by anything like that
because you know, mam or whatever. I give him kisses
(08:40):
and hugs while I try to afar. You know, I
love you, God, bless you bom me. He takes off.
I go to the other soccer game because my other
boys playing my six year old, Daddy, Malachi, Daddy, get
myself ba Bah Dad, Dad? Guess what Dad? What? Bah Bah?
I was going two goals today. I'm like, yes, you are,
bah Bah. But more importantly, have fun. All right, Hey,
God loves you, Daddy loves you. I love you Dad,
(09:03):
all right, but ba go have fun man, Dad? What
you know? My favorite number is daddy? What he says? Seven? Dad?
I go, what because like Coshano Naldo, Nah, Daddy because
Jesus Christ. And I go, this is. I gave him
a high five, I get him a kiss, and I
went to the sidelines and I go vibe by my wife.
(09:25):
You know, I go, Hayley, I said, vebe. Something strange
just took place. I said this morning. While I was
in the room, I prayed X, Y and Z. She's like,
I know, we get to church and this I know.
Now we're at the games. Seven seven. She goes, yeah,
that's that's just confirmation. What part? She says, you're number three?
Your baby right here? Guess one month is born in seven? Holy?
(09:50):
Holy Holy, that's completion seven seven seven. So hey, bro,
gave me seven years to do what we're gonna do,
and we're not even on year one. So Hey, I'm wow, Bro,
I'm ready in a fight in the seventh month, is it? Yeah? July? Yeah, Saturday.
I didn't even know that. Oh nice. See I don't
(10:11):
know got talking, I don't know who is No. No,
loud and clear, Bro, loud and clear, yes, sir, Oh
my god.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
And this is how you're going in to bare knuckle boxing, yes, sir,
with all of this in your soul, on your spirit,
on your.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Heart, bro, blood of the lamb. Brother. You know, see
when I was younger, all those years that we met
back in the day, yeah, I was. I was lost, Bro,
I was a lost sheep man. I didn't understand none
of that. And then this the first time you and
I met, it was a little weird. Yeah, I know,
eye contact. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
I tried to say, you just walked away from me.
But listen, it was in Vegas. There's a lot going on.
We both have grown since then.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
You know what I've I've been humbled beyond repair. And
it's not to speak about it, speak on it. No,
I've bro, I've been through ugly man. You want to
talk about having multi millions, having f have a notoriety,
then you end up homeless, You end up with nothing
and all the ones that you helped, from cars to clothing,
to home to everything, your home. Brother, you know, betrayals, X,
(11:10):
Y and Z. And it's like you end up on
the beach one day and it's dark, no car, no nothing,
but you borrow a car from a pastor. You're looking
at the stars and you're saying, Okay, God, this is
where you have me in the desert because by this
point in time, you figure out that hey, it's a
real thing. So now you know Jesus has your attention.
He has to put you down to your knees to
bring you in order for you to look up. And
(11:31):
you know what, I don't change that for no one, bro,
And I'm happy that I've gone through what I've gone through,
and that's why I'm very bold in my faith. Bro.
You know there's there's peopure testimony. Bro. Yeah, there's people
that you know, from Muslims to any other religion. They
come at me and they try to attack me. But
I say, hey, Jesus loves you. Bro. You can have
all the problems with me in the world. But you know,
(11:52):
as long as you repent one day, man, God loves you.
Jesus Christ loves you, and they're just like, you're man,
that's not even real. I'm like, hey, real to me, brother,
that's right. No, as long as it's real to you. Yeah.
And I will never push religion how they say religion
to nobody, because I don't do that. What I do
is my relationship with Jesus Christ. I pick up my
cross and I follow him. That's it. Man. Do you
(12:14):
pray for your opponent, Absolutely, you do. My last fight
checked this out. So I fought in MEXICALI Mexico, right right.
I fought the legend man with just motto metal Pires Junior.
So he's looking at me all and he's like, and
I go, I'm beyond champ. It's wow. It's a pleasure
to be in your presence. Man. So I'm gonna spank
on you, but it's gonna be a pleasure. He goes.
(12:35):
He goes, no, I don't think, so I go yeah,
I think so, yeah, I think so, bro, But but
I know so, but I know. So I'm going like this,
you know, And I go, no, but can I take
you away from the cameras and everything? And he goes, well,
and I go, just you and I please, So we
get away from the cameras and I go, hey, my no,
I just want to say that I love you, brother.
(12:56):
I said, Uh, whatever you say out here, it's okay.
Don't take offense to it, I said, but I just
want to say that I've been praying for you and
for God to bring us into this fight and take
us out of this fight healthy and sane for our
Famili's brother. I said, uh, I know up there. Hey,
look we're warriors. Bro, you're a champ. He goes, no,
(13:17):
But but you're a champ. I said, you're a legend, bro.
He goes, no, no, no, You're a legend. No matter what.
I kept throwing it at me, but it's like, I
don't know, just I really had to just leave it there.
And the weirdest thing about it was they didn't have
locker room for me in Mexico and I fought on
Good Friday. Wow, right, check this out. I fought on
Good Friday. Right, there's no locker room for me. Two
(13:38):
big old dudes, about six biggest Mexicans I've ever seen,
about six or six. Man. I'm like, Rare, I'm like,
are you sure you're Mexican? Your Mexican? Right? So this
dude's huge man, and I'm just like, he's got these
big old fliers, you know. And he goes and he
breaks this bolt thing. He says, come on, follow me.
I'm like, what it's got. The doors are like kind
(13:59):
of and the center opened. They open up and the
top of it says God be yeah got Biya means church.
So they opened the doors and I see Jesus Christ
of Nazareth right in front of me. Bro. I got
on my knees and I said, wow, Father, there's no
locker room, but you provided one for me. And they go,
but don't worry r this. These doors are gonna stay closed.
(14:20):
And I go, oh no, no, no sign out. I'd rather
be outside with the people then stay in here and
deny people from Jesus, I said, I'm not going to
do that. So from there, I said, those doors they
stay open. Me juam Le Marquez, all these big legendary fighters,
they're in the locker room. Locker room with me. Doors
(14:41):
are open. Anybody who wants to come in. Because Jesus
didn't deny nobody, so I who might haven't deny somebody? Bro,
No way, come as you are, God said Jesus said
and it said. People were like, well, Victor, there they're drunk,
and I go, Jesus Christ accepts you as you are.
You are okay. But Vic, you know they're they're grabbing you.
It's okay, Brody, it's fine. So I took pictures of everybody.
(15:04):
There was one person that I asked her she wanted
to take a picture with me. Yes, no, certainly, no problem.
I didn't realize she was a boxer. Well, this young lady,
anybody took a picture of me, more than welcome to me.
But you had to get Jesus in the back. You know.
It was a Catholic statues whatever. But I was like
like this and never this woman says I don't want
(15:25):
him in the background. I go, Jesus, oh yeah, you
know he doesn't push this about people, So yeah, no problem,
wherever you want. She made it a thing to say
I don't want him in the back like that, and
I go wow. And then in the process of it,
I'm like, forgive them father, you know, they know not
what they do. Yeah, I didn't realize she was a
(15:45):
professional boxer. She leaves the presence and I go, They're like,
what's up. What's up with that? I was like, I
don't know. This girl fought. She went in there and
got knocked down. Thirty said, don't play, bro, don't play no.
And that's where I'm at, Bro, And that's where that's
where we're at. Hey, we stand both in our faith.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Man, Yes, sir, bare knuckle boxing, Yes, sir, it's this weekend,
July July eighteenth, Yes, sir, Bro Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah, Novo Novo. This is your debut.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Congratulations, best of luck, God be with you, yes, sir,
and go do your thing.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Man. Thank you, and also a little shout out to
my two year old son. And in two days will
be two years old. It's two days before my birth
my fight, you know, his little birthday, Little blessed soul man,
little Ezekiel Christian Northeast.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
You know, amazing, amazing. Congratulations, man, come see us any time. Man,
it's for real, bare knuckle boxing. It's going down to
the Novo Los Angeles. Get ready, Yo, this is gonna
be crazy.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
He fifty six dot com by the way, that's it.
Let's go appreciate the time. Brother, Thank you, my guy.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
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