Hammer Meets Sugar Ray Part 2 Aftermath

The aftermath of the Sugar Ray Fight..

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So there I was lying on the canvas, staring at
the lights, thinking maybe this whole boxing thing isn't for me.
The crowd's going wild, Sugar Ray's celebrating, and my trainer, Grizz,
he's yelling from the corner, Get up, you idiot, you're
embarrassing me. Real supportive guy, that Griz. Eventually I get

(00:24):
back to my feet slowly. The ref raises Sugar Ray's
hand and he's grinning like he just won the lottery.
I shuffle back to my corner and Grizz throws a
towel over my head. You had him, he mutters, shaking
his head for exactly one second. You had him, then

(00:45):
you went and let him turn you into a damp pinata. Thanks, Griz,
I say, really feeling the love. He smirks. Love don't
win fights, kid, Punches do, and you need to work
on landing them. After the fight, Carl comes bouncing into
the locker room. I mean bouncing. The guy's practically giddy. Jimmy,

(01:08):
my boy, he says, throwing his arms wide like I
just won the heavyweight title. I glare at him, Carl,
I just got knocked out in front of half the country. Yeah,
he says, shrugging, But the other half was watching reruns. Look,
here's the thing. You got people talking. I got calls already.

(01:29):
You're marketable. Now marketable, I say, pointing at my swollen face.
I look like a Picasso painting. Carl waves it off.
People love an underdog. Trust me, we're gonna spin this.
Jimmy the hammer, Wilson, the people's fighter, blue collar, never

(01:50):
gives up. You're gonna be the Rocky of TikTok. Griz
groans from the corner. Carl, shut up before I make
you the rocky of this locker room. Now, at this point,
I'm thinking it can't get any worse right wrong, because
the next morning I wake up and guess what. Sugar

(02:10):
Rays already posted the fight highlights on his socials. Yeah,
he's got my knockout on a loop with some motivational
caption like stay humble and keep grinding, Humble, Humble. He
wasn't humble when he whispered sweet dreams, big guy before
landing that left hook. And don't even get me started.

(02:31):
On the comments, One guy writes, did Jimmy just try
to hug the canvas? Another says, my grandma moves faster
than this guy. And then there's my personal favorite, the
hammer more like the mallet soft. Let me tell you,
it's real hard to feel like a tough guy when

(02:53):
you're reading comments while icing your face with a bag
of frozen peas. But here's the thing. As much is
it stung, literally and figuratively. I knew they were wrong. Sure,
I lost, got knocked out, but I didn't quit. I
got in the ring with one of the greatest and

(03:13):
I made him stumble. Okay, maybe for one second, but
still that's one second more than most people ever get.
And Carl wasn't completely wrong. The fight got people talking. Suddenly,
I'm getting interview requests and Griz is getting calls from
promoters who want me to fight their up and comers.

(03:36):
Griz says, you ready to get back in the ring.
I look at him and say, depends. Do they punch
as hard as sugar Ray? He smirks, nah, kid, but
if they do, we'll just get you a bigger ice pack.
So yeah, life knocked me down, but I got back up.

(03:57):
That's what it's about, right, taking the hits, learning from them,
and getting ready for the next round. And if Carl's right,
God help me. Maybe I really am the Rocky of
tik Took, except next time, I'm making sure the highlight
reel is mine.