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Ortiz Jr. Destroys, Benavidez Looms, Drama Brews

PUMA AND WILLIE

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We break down Virgil Ortiz Jr.’s brutal finish of Erickson Lubin, then sprint through Benn–Eubank 2, a Mexico card full of sleepers, and a Riyadh lineup stacked with real stakes. Predictions fly for Mason–Noakes, Bam’s unification, Haney–Norman, and a monster main event in Benavidez–Yarde.

• Ortiz Jr. dismantling Lubin with body work and pivots
• Boots ringside, Texas business, and respect for Errol Spence
• Benn outworking Eubank amid weight and rehydration questions
• Richard Torres Jr. power plus sportsmanship in Mexico
• Espinoza’s volume at 126 and Top Rank’s broadcast limbo
• Abdullah Mason vs Sam Noakes step-up and 12-round questions
• Jesse Bam Rodriguez vs Martinez style and activity advantages
• Haney vs Brian Norman Jr. game plans, distance, and the hook
• Benavidez vs Yarde power, maturity, and angles at 175
• Rumors and news: Joshua vs Jake Paul, Keyshawn, Pacquiao

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Live Kickoff, Tech Woes, Big Agenda

SPEAKER_00

Yo, what up, what up, what up? Welcome to Spar Unboxing Podcast. We are uh live on TikTok and YouTube. First time ever. Live on the talk. As usual, technical difficulties. Really fucking packed show. Sorry for the delay. I would usually blame Willie, but this one's not all his fault, just partially. What up, Willie? Partially my fault. It's crazy. It is partially your fault. Miniman. Partially your fault. Are we live on TikTok still, Willie?

SPEAKER_02

I've got to check my phone if that's the case.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, just check real quick before we get rolling here. Oh, yeah, we are. We're still live on TikTok. Um, cool. Again, we're not gonna be live on Instagram. It's gonna be all on YouTube and TikTok. I gotta figure this stuff out. They updated some stuff, but we are coming off finally some good boxing. There was some drama dropped today. Willie's over here wearing the chinchilla. Yes. Um inspired by you know. Subscribe to our uh radio listeners since we love them dearly because that's where we get most of the week.

SPEAKER_02

We're gonna be able to, we're gonna get into that a little later. You know what I'm saying? Pac show.

Virgil Ortiz Jr. vs Erickson Lubin Breakdown

SPEAKER_00

Pac show. Uh I was right about some things, not totally right, but there was some news that dropped today that I was right about, and I'm gonna talk to you about that. Some big news. Big big things. We talked about it. No, no, no, we didn't. But let me just review what we're gonna go over in this show. Again, we have a little late start. Sorry that we are not live on Instagram, we are live on YouTube and TikTok. First time ever TikTok virgins with the chinchilla, chinchilla willy. Many men. Chinchilli willy. All right, we have Ortiz Jr. vs. Lubin to review. I know we're a week past, but we didn't show an episode next uh last week. We have Eubank Jr. vs. Ben 2 to review.

SPEAKER_02

Um we did wrong for not doing that last week.

SPEAKER_00

What oh yeah, I know, but whatever. Uh we're gonna talk about another fight in Mexico, a little undercard fight going on in Mexico. Gonna try and fly through this show because we have so much to talk about, and you know, once we get going, we don't stop. Um, a lot of cool fights on that Mexican card, though. Uh decent, decent little card in Mexico. And then we have a bunch of previews. Finally, a huge fight weekend coming up out of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

SPEAKER_02

They say this might be the biggest one yet. You know what I'm saying? Biggest card? Most names on there.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, yeah, definitely. We'll we'll get into that. And then, as usual, boxing drama, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and news notes, all that other stuff going on. But go ahead, Willie. Uh, actually, let's just talk about Ortiz Jr. Lubin first. What'd you think of that fight, man? Virgil Ortiz Jr., man.

SPEAKER_02

Damn, Virgil. Like, we knew that shit, but like as the time was going, I was like, damn, Lubin, I hope this is a good fight. I thought he was gonna at least, like, he had been in wars.

SPEAKER_00

We know he's like punch drunk, but we didn't really know he was punch drunk. Yeah, we knew he was a little chinny, but we called it, we called it on the money, man.

SPEAKER_02

I'm like, but I was like hoping for a great fight, man. I was like, maybe the shit gonna go the distance. Then it did not at all.

SPEAKER_00

Uh second round knockout stop. I think it was a TKO ref stopped the fight for uh Lubin was uh out on his feet.

SPEAKER_02

That shit was crazy because we called, I'm like, yeah, he gets tired early.

SPEAKER_00

Well, he went on the rope. Not only that, we were like, yo, he fights timid, he's gonna fight timid. I thought he was gonna move around more. I you know, and like shame on I don't want to put the hole in, but K Coroma, his coach, like, yeah, what are you doing, bro?

SPEAKER_02

Like, even the first round, but but I think I was screaming at the TV. I was like, I did not want that shit. Nah, not like that. Not like that, man. I thought this is gonna be a good one. Like it's gonna be an a style that that LT's NC.

SPEAKER_00

Although he looked like a nobody, Lubin is not a nobody. That's what I want people to understand. Yeah, he's not even Erickson Lubin is not a nobody by any means. He's had a great resume to go out like that. Great resume, great pedigree, amateur pedigree, knows how to box, can move, but didn't. He chose this high guard style versus Virgil Ortiz Jr. He even said afterwards, I made a colossal mistake. Yeah, yeah, no shit.

SPEAKER_02

I think so. No shit.

SPEAKER_00

But there was something I noticed at the end of the first round, Ortiz Jr. hit him with some body shots, and and that high guard came down. Like, like he felt he felt that body, and then sure enough, again, um Ortiz Jr. is a fucking menace, dude.

SPEAKER_02

But why would you sit? Why would you sit there for a power punch like that? I have no idea. Oh, I'm coming for it, pal. This guy is technical in a power punch.

SPEAKER_00

And you're gonna sit there on the ropes, but he is kind of like like people don't realize how technical Virgil Ortiz Jr. is. Did you see that little pivot? He was showing some angle. Yeah, I love that.

SPEAKER_02

I love he that's what he did. He did that after he already stunned him, though. But um he and he did the rip too. He ripped the arm. Yeah, he loves that. He loves that the glove rip. He loves the glove. Yeah, because he's sitting there with a hot glove rip.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, just sitting there, sitting there, like a sitting duck. I I didn't understand that, man. I don't know why.

SPEAKER_02

Like, you don't think none of those punches are gonna land?

SPEAKER_00

Especially him. And then when he smells blood in the water, man, he's like a shark. He just comes full steam ahead, and and again, second round, but but he was out on his feet. Lubin Lubin fought exactly how he said he shouldn't fight. Um, he did admit at the after the fight that he made a colossal mistake and uh by fighting that way. I don't know what's next for Lubin. I mean, I you can't really he'll he'll be on some undercards and stuff, but you can't really I thought for sure it was gonna go at least six. He was gonna get hurt a little bit. Not only that, he didn't he was jabbing and backing up, and I know that's hard, but move around. We're talking like it's it's easy, but the body work by Ortiz Jr. is what really really impressed me.

SPEAKER_02

And see, once you touch the ropes, move. Yeah, don't exactly if you you this I hate that the rope and dope was a thing because it's like then these these uh fighters just want to start doing that, but don't stun though.

SPEAKER_00

I think he got stunned with the body shot. If you look closely, I watched it a bunch of times. He was already the body shots were stunning him. He's like, what was that? Oh, he sat on the ropes and didn't move either.

SPEAKER_02

Like he didn't have no head movement on the ropes, just sat there just sitting there eating punches from Virgil Ortiz Jr. Imagine that.

SPEAKER_00

What the f I'm not gonna curse.

SPEAKER_02

Well, we clearly got one answer.

SPEAKER_00

What?

SPEAKER_02

Virgil T Ortiz's hands is fucking held up. Yeah, definitely. He was whatever he was here that day that we seen him now.

SPEAKER_00

Boots was there, uh Boots came in the ring, we knew that was gonna happen. Oh, that was a big hoopla, a little corny.

SPEAKER_02

That shit was nice.

SPEAKER_00

Both of them are like, oh boots, come here. Yeah, I'm like, what the fuck? And then Boots is like with his hood on, looking at him, like, okay, dude. Oh god. We know that's the fight everyone wants. And they were making a big deal in the lead up, like, oh, boots is gonna be there. Okay, like whatever. But then I wanna I wanna say something real quick on this, and and that's it. We don't know what's next. I mean, obviously, we all want the boots fight. There was uh an interview where they asked Virgil who uh who's the biggest fight he wants next, or something like that. And he was like, I really want Errol Spence, but before you roast him, and before everyone was roasting him, let's that's a huge fight in Texas. Exactly, and let's put some respect on Errol Spence's name, man.

SPEAKER_02

We haven't seen him though, come back and just fight Erlang. But Virgil Ortiz Jr.

SPEAKER_00

is from Texas, right? When they were coming up, and Virgil Ortiz was coming up through the ranks, Errol Spence was the guy. Yeah, it was him and Terrence Crawford. Errol Spence was the fucking guy. So let's let's just not take this Crawford loss. Like people were like, oh fuck that, are you kidding me? I know he wasn't the same after the accident, but put some respect on Errol Spence's name. Like Virgil Ortiz Jr. versus Errol Spence Jr. That's a fight we're all watching. Yeah, and and again, I think Spence needs a little tune-up right now, but come on, man. They're acting like Errol Spence is a nobody. That guy was arguably pound for pound at the time. You know what I mean? Like some respect on it.

SPEAKER_02

Guess what? And he's back training.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, he's coming back.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, he's coming back. Roy Jones Jr. I don't know what that means, but he's coming back. I spoke to his cousin too. Um he's gonna try to try to get us an interview with him.

SPEAKER_00

Wait, Roy Jones Jr.

SPEAKER_02

No, well, um Errol Spence.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, uh either or man, you know somebody. Um nothing.

SPEAKER_02

Well, he asked, but he don't talk to him, but his mother, his he said his mothers talked to him, though.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, maybe maybe, maybe. I just asked. We just you know, we we're not interviewing anybody.

SPEAKER_02

I just asked. Maybe maybe we get Errol Spence, man. I know, I got right there, man.

SPEAKER_00

I still got his autograph, Long Island Roots.

Boots, Spence, And Texas Mega-Fight Talk

SPEAKER_02

I hope he uh damn, I hope we do come back, man.

SPEAKER_00

But again, man, the the the the media and like the the other podcasters like ourselves were like roasting him, like, oh yeah, okay, yeah, you want to fight Errol Spence, you don't want to say Boots' name. Like, no. They asked coming up in Texas, right? Yeah, Errol Spence Jr. is the man.

SPEAKER_02

Guess where they're gonna sell out at Texas. Guess what? Stadium. Oh, the Cowboys. The Cowboys, baby.

SPEAKER_00

That's a huge local fight. I have to go to that fight if that's the gate. But nah, you're not going.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Um, what? We got plans. You're not going. But listen. You ever know when the fight is? They're so quick to write people off, though, man. I don't like to see that. Just because he lost to pound for pound best. We saw what Terrence Crawford's about, right?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, he almost shut down.

SPEAKER_00

He's not a nobody. Arrows Best Jr. is not a nobody.

SPEAKER_02

We might not see Canelo for a few years.

SPEAKER_00

He's not a nobody. Yeah. He's not a nobody, man. That's all I want to say about that. Again, props to Virgil Ortiz Jr. He did what we thought he was gonna do just way earlier than we thought, but we did call it. That was way. That was that was one of our like he Lubin fought exactly how we said he shouldn't fight and how he might fight. And that's exactly how he fought. And there's no disrespect to Lubin. He's a really good fighter.

SPEAKER_02

No, follow the podcast. We definitely caught that one with that. Oh man, maybe called a couple of them, but that is crazy. We just fans, too. That's the crazy part.

SPEAKER_00

But come on. Leave, you I'd want to fight Errol Spence too if I'm from Texas and Alberta. Ortiz. Yeah. That's like fun. It was just I didn't like to see that. Like, I'm like, yo, they're hating on Virgil Ortiz Jr., right? But in turn, you're hating on Errol Spence, acting like he's just some scrub. Like, yeah, yeah, he needs a pick-me-up fight, but he's not a scrub. He's Errol Spence fucking Jr. That's a name.

SPEAKER_02

That's a name.

Eubank Jr. vs Conor Benn 2 Recap

SPEAKER_00

Um, moving on, moving on. We want to keep it moving, keep it rolling again. We are live on TikTok and YouTube, not Instagram, having technical difficulties as usual, but we are getting better slowly. We're gonna go live on TikTok every time, so please like, follow, subscribe, all that shit that people say. Umk Jr. vs. Connor Ben 2. Fight out of England. Many men. Now I'm inspired, you know. I was inspired today. So yeah, he comes out with 50 cents. Eubank Jr. comes out with 50 cents. A bunch of minks. Uh yeah, that's cool. Cool. That was a cool entrance. American gangster vibes. Yeah, that was really cool, but he did not fight like an American gangster, that's for sure. Connor Ben did, mind you. Connor Ben did fight like an American gangster.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, um, he looked like a mobster.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, that was, I mean, good local fight. Good, cool local fight, you know.

SPEAKER_02

The build-up was the best, man. I love I love the the um um the conference. Oh man, they they are funny as hell. Yeah, and they got like just like a family rivalry, like a group of characters, man.

SPEAKER_00

Like it's a group of characters. The English fan base, man, is just such a good boxing fan base.

SPEAKER_02

You see, Eddie, Eddie Aaron, um Eddie Iron was uh uh he was doing the he wasn't talking the whole time, had the face of the cards.

SPEAKER_00

Good promoter, man. Eddie Hearn is a really good promoter.

SPEAKER_02

A great bro, good promoter promoter, bro. He and him to do that, him just to put his pride aside and do that shit was funny as hell.

SPEAKER_00

Uh let's talk about the fight though. What'd you think? I mean, listen.

SPEAKER_02

It was predominantly when you see, I never seen this from Connor Ben. That was crazy.

SPEAKER_00

Eubank looked Eubank. I mean, I'm I'm not making excuses, you know what I mean? But that weight cut, that weight cut really would that's what it that's what it looks like when you have a weight cut like that.

SPEAKER_02

Look at him in the last. Why is this so so much crazy? Like what what what it was it was a crazy weight cut last year. Why though? Ain't that his like they make sheets, man? He beat him once, silk sheets. Ain't that but uh how what weight class do he normally fight at?

SPEAKER_00

That weight class, one 160, but like just he let himself go, man, getting older, he beat him already.

SPEAKER_02

And then the rehydration the hungrier guy came.

SPEAKER_00

There was a I think there was a rehydration clause too 10 pounds, and the hungrier guy came. I think though the fight before that, he got fined or something.

SPEAKER_02

I don't remember because it wasn't really a yeah, because he didn't really he didn't make weight or something like that.

SPEAKER_00

But I don't want people people are like hating on on um Ben still, saying, like, you know, well he was drained, whatever. Ben, you're still you gotta give I'm not a Connor Ben fan.

SPEAKER_02

Ben signed the contract.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, I'm not a Connor Ben fan, but listen, he came in and did what he was supposed to do, knocked him down twice in the 12th. That was awesome. Yeah, like but you saw, like you saw you bank look like Yeah, that did not he did not look healthy.

SPEAKER_02

I'll put it that way. Ben was looking explosive, man. He looked like he he looked like he was the bigger person in there and just backing him down, throwing jabs, throwing more jabs, jab to the body.

SPEAKER_00

The thing with Connor Ben is though, since the egg thing, again, no egg shit was funny.

SPEAKER_02

No knockout, he didn't get none of those.

SPEAKER_00

No, no, but since since like the steroids, right? Or the the substance, yeah. No knockouts. He was he was the destroyer, bro. Yeah, so there's something to be said there, but again, props to him. We're not here to hate on Ben today. But I ain't gonna lie, he might do some if he fight like this going down 160?

SPEAKER_02

Is he staying at 160? No, how no no, he gotta go back down.

SPEAKER_00

154?

SPEAKER_02

No, he got 144. 147. Don't go to 160. Yeah, that's what I'm saying, man. Like, who 154 is you gonna get beat down over there? I ain't gonna lie. You gonna get beat down. It's too many people. But 162, man. Like it's boots over there, it's the second tier.

SPEAKER_00

The second tier, the next contenders up from one one sixty, like like Meg uh Troy, Troy Isley, all those guys at 160. Those big boys, too. Versus Ben, man, they're not coming in, they're coming in on weight, they're coming in strong.

SPEAKER_02

I want oh, I would love um our boy uh Mega trying to get that.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, I mean, it's money, and he'll take it. But you know, the point I'm making is get that bag from Ben.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, when you have a fight like this, he's gonna box the shit out of me.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, but when you have a fight like this, you don't know what's next. Like, now what's next for you? Like now you're in a weird spot. Like, are you do you go back down? Do you stay at 160? Yeah. What's next? Who knows? Um, but again, cool. Yeah, even 54.

SPEAKER_02

I mean, he's go fight Ryan Garcia. Yeah. Like, you get that's a bag.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, that's a big fight. That's a big that's a cool fight. Yeah. I don't know what's going on with Ryan Garcia. He's I know he's trying to get um He was trying to get the Jake Paul fight, right? Nah, Jake Paul was trying to get him, but he's trying to get uh what's the guy with that Pacquiao fought, the champion?

SPEAKER_02

Barrios?

SPEAKER_00

Mm-hmm. I heard that's in the works, but um, I got some other who called out Barrios this week? Probably everybody because it's an easy belt. Everybody. I do know that that Mayweather, Mayweather Barrios 2 isn't happening. But Mayweather? I mean, uh not Mayweather, I'm sorry. Uh Pacquiao Pacquiao Barrios 2 isn't happening, but I can't say, but there is something in the works with Pacquiao, something big. Um going off though, going off, keep going, keep going. We gotta keep it moving again. We are sorry, we are live on TikTok. I'm gonna keep saying it. Um yeah, cool, cool English fight. And then later that night, uh we had a fight in Mexico, little Mexican squabble.

SPEAKER_02

What is that same night?

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, same night. Um Rafael Espinoza versus Arnold Cagay. But you know what, Willie? I want to talk about Richard Torres Jr. first for a second, and and we're talking about you're wearing the the the cat mink coat, yeah, cat fur. I um wait, what uh what did it have to do with so listen, we're talking about entrances, right? And 50 cent 50 cent came out with the entrance. Yo, Richard Torres Jr., and we talked about it before with that piano entrance. Yeah, it's like Mozart or whatever. Yeah, that is so gangster. There is nothing more like he just walks out to this piano playing. I love it. There is nothing more gangster than that, dude. Like at all. Like you could come out with you could revive Tupac and come out with 50 and Tupac.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I'm like, Wait, who the hell is this fighting?

SPEAKER_00

But he's such a good dude. He broke the dude's nose. Richard Torres versus uh Salik. Um, big veteran, heavyweight. Listen, the the competition building up with these heavyweights coming up isn't really there. There's always it's always uh a real far advantage when it comes odds wise. Yeah, but let me tell you something, man. Uh Richard Torres Jr.'s style and his come forward, pure aggression, doesn't get tired, power is a force to be reckoned with, and he broke this dude Salik's nose. And what's not gangster about Richard Torres, but what makes him such a good dude is that when when he hit his nose and broke his nose, the dude basically quit. And he's like, No, that it was fucked up. They went and like uh were wiping his nose, he's like, ow, ow, ow, on TV. Yeah, it was on TV that part. It was over. But he the the crowd, the Mexican crowd, was starting to boo. They don't like quitters, right? Yeah, and and Torres calmed him down, was like, no, no, no, you know, it happens. First round, bro, fucking cracked his nose. He really did, too.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, you can't quit in Mexico.

SPEAKER_00

The fight to make him, the fight to make. I know it's not gonna happen because of politics. The fight to make, and and I think it has to happen, is Moses Atama versus Richard Torres Jr. Two two guys, same area, same, you know, we got Olympic pedigree and fucking great, great fighters, workhorses, consummate, uh, real, real professionals. Yeah, that fight needs to happen. They own a small, the smallest side of heavy and win or lose, your career still goes on right now. You know what I mean? Like, everyone's scared of the loss. Richard Torres Jr. loses to Moses Tama, it's okay. You're still gonna be a great heavyweight, yeah. And vice versa. Tama loses to Richard Torres Jr.

SPEAKER_02

How many heavyweights guy? Like uh a great record like that. Yeah, like zero.

Mexico Card: Richard Torres Jr. And Prospects

SPEAKER_00

But you know, today's day and age, yeah. Everyone's scared of the oh, but like in this case, when you fight though, it's oh it's okay. Like, oh shit, I lost to a really good heavyweight, I'm still in the mix. As long as you don't get beat up by Usyk, you're good. Yeah, or get beat up by Usyk. That's the same thing. Usick's really good. I'm just saying, like, like that fight needs to happen right now, man. And that would that would that could freaking in England, that's does huge numbers, yeah. Monster numbers, maybe not so much here, but in England, that does crazy monster numbers.

SPEAKER_02

We found yeah, and if if Torres could pull that off, he's back in the gym, too.

SPEAKER_00

First round fight, he's already in the gym.

SPEAKER_02

So no shit, I bet that shit was a spar match forever. Yeah, he he just comes. Yo, I can't believe he had braids, though. I'm still stuck on that.

SPEAKER_00

I follow him, so I knew he had him. He's like on Instagram. It says it head hurts like crazy, like pulls his scalp. Yeah, I don't know. I yeah, I bet you do. I am the whitest boy alive, so no braids for me.

SPEAKER_02

I'm ever yo, I'm crying that he had braids.

SPEAKER_00

Who the heck I have a receding hairline that also pulls your scalp, just you don't feel it. Sorry. Uh anyway, but yeah, that's a real prospect first prospect heavyweight fight. No belt needed, man. That'd be a good fight. Also, on that card, I don't know if you saw this one, but we'll keep it moving. Um, Lindolfo Delgado, speaking of receding hairlines, versus great uh Gabriel Galaz. No, I didn't see this very, very good fight. Gabriel, this is the thing when you fight the Mexicans, dude. The Mexicans, you you don't know.

SPEAKER_02

Like you actually watched this one, yeah. I watched the whole card.

SPEAKER_00

Dude, and and this fight had some significance. So I'll I'll get there. But I didn't even know this card was happening. Yeah, I did because top rank needs a home. That's why you didn't know top rank needs a name. Yeah, it was on like the the top rank, whatever.

SPEAKER_02

Might as well just put them on Pro Box.

SPEAKER_00

But yeah, something, whatever. Well, they're going on uh we'll talk. But listen, so Lindolfo Delgado versus Gabriel Galaz. I love boxing because like you never know, dude. Like this dude Galaz was a big underdog, I think five to one underdog. Comes in, jab starts landing. Lindolfo Delgado is is a good fighter, 140 pounder. He's tough, gets knocked, been knocked down, knocks dude, always in wars, real Mexican fighter. Looks like literally looks like he works at a kiosk in the mall, but like legit tough dude. I was not expecting this. Gabriel Galazo landing these awkward jabs, lazy jabs. No defense for Delgado. It was weird to see, but this has significance because now Delgado is with, I think it's um whatever belt Hitchens has. What does he have? Oh, the the IBF, I believe. So so Hitchens has the IBF belt, right? Yeah, Delgado was like top five, I think, and now he's getting moved up because of this win, controversial win. He got knocked down in the 12th, very close fight. Wow, but uh Delgado versus Hitchens, yeah, Hitchens eats him up, man, and that's a good good resume bullet for Hitchens. I want Hitchens to fight a guy like that in a sense, like because the jab. Hitchens has that jab that we saw versus Cambosis, and Delgado was getting hit with the shit. That shit was whistling. Yeah, I know, and it's gonna we was in the marina, he's just but but but hopefully Delgado learns from this, and that's a really good fight, in my opinion. I think Hitchens beats his ass, but that's a good name for Hitchens needs a name like that.

SPEAKER_02

Hitchens, I thought Hitchens not gonna go to fucking unify or something.

SPEAKER_00

We don't know what's going on with 140, man. 140 is kind of we need well, like Shakur now is in 140, and so we gotta see what goes on with Tio. Lots going on in 140. I think Hitchens has a fight coming up, apparently. I heard, but we'll we'll we'll see, whatever. But I I really like that Delgado fight versus him. Obviously, that's not gonna be the fight coming up for Hitchens, but because of the jab alone and and Delgado's bed, you can look it up though when we're we're out of here, because it was actually a close fight. Yeah, people say Delgado got robbed, which I I could see because he got knocked down in the 12th. And this Galaz guy, dude, you never know with these Hispanics, dude, bro. Never fucking know with these dudes. Um, yeah, though, that that's that's really it from that card. Besides the main event, um, did you watch the Espinoza vs. Arnold Kagay? I see some highlights.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, he's fucking man.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, he's he's freaking he's Fandora of fucking 126.

SPEAKER_02

126 how the fuck do he make that wave? I have no idea. I don't understand how he makes that wave.

SPEAKER_00

Props to the Kagai guy, though. I didn't know he was he was throwing shit. He didn't they there's corner. The corner kind of stopped it too. He was getting tagged up, lit up. I gotta give Espinoza Espinoza though. We're obviously team shhuchu, but I gotta give Espinoza some credit on that uppercut man. That leverage on that uppercut, and it lands.

SPEAKER_02

It's fucking it's fucking slick, too. Yeah, it comes out of nowhere. He got a nice it, he throws it, and it oh it's like it's like so quick it comes all back and short too.

SPEAKER_00

But he does get cracked.

SPEAKER_02

He does get cracked with some bullshit. Like the guy was throwing this bullshit, yeah. He was getting hit, but cagaya, tough. I'd watch it again. I felt like um Espinosa get like one, he get the more he get hit, he just goes harder and throw more punches. I'm like, yo, what's it? Mexicano, bro, Mexican style, Mexican style, bro. He's just throwing more punches. I'm like, what is going on? He throw crazy combinations at a like with a long arms.

SPEAKER_00

You know what though? Shame on top rank. Skinny frame, shame on top rank.

SPEAKER_02

He's top rank too.

SPEAKER_00

Shame on top rank because this fight was because he doesn't have a home or whatever, so the top rank doesn't have a home. So they I heard people were coming at me like, oh, why would he fight Bruce Carrington right now when top rank doesn't have a home? That's a bigger fight. Shame on top rank, because if top rank had a home, that's the fight to make, right? Yeah, Bruce Carrington versus this this Kaga guy was tough. Anything could happen. Why not do that versus Bruce? Apparently, because top rank doesn't have a home. Bullshit. Bruce Carrington's been calling these guys out, man. Still calling them out. Here we are again. Here we are again. Yeah, my ass is still hurting. I'm sitting on this fucking chair, and Bruce Carrington can't get one of these fucking title holders, man. It's bullshit, bro. Pissing me off now. Find a home, top rank. Find a home. Find a home. That's a great weight division, too, man. 126 is fun if these guys start fighting each other. What else? We can take a little break. We talk about life.

SPEAKER_02

Talk about life a little break. Let's keep it moving.

Espinoza’s Surge At 126 And Top Rank’s Limbo

SPEAKER_00

No, man. You were late. You were late. Well, obviously, as usual, we have technical difficulties. Um yeah. What else? We're 40 minutes in. Come on. No, no, we're not. We're not 40 minutes in. That we're 40 minutes in on TikTok. Yo, if you're on our TikTok watching, please like, subscribe, all that jazz. I don't know what I'm doing. The follow button. TikTok Virgin here. Um, definitely gonna start doing live on TikTok every time. Follow the SparM podcast. Listen online. We do interview pros somehow, some way we get them on the show. And uh yeah, please, all that stuff. And again, we're not doing this for like money, we're just doing it. So don't be weird. Thanks. Um I don't know, man. What do you want to talk about?

SPEAKER_02

I was used to boxing? Yeah, boxing, yeah, yeah. Take a little break, man. We can't just take a little break.

SPEAKER_00

We can't rattle on forever. We gotta take a break.

SPEAKER_02

You said 10 minutes each thing. We good. We gotta keep on going.

SPEAKER_00

We're doing eight minutes. Where do you want to go? Where do you gotta go, man? I ain't got nowhere to go. Go to sleep. Let's go. All right, fine, fine, fine. Previews. November 22nd, this Saturday. All right. Now the Virgil Ortiz, uh Lubin Congress. Wait, wait, hold on, wait, wait. Oh, okay. Hold up. Wait, wait, wait.

SPEAKER_02

We got talking about my boy Jack Catterrow. Oh, you're right, you're right, you're right. Little comeback, you know.

SPEAKER_00

No, he did his thing. He did his thing.

SPEAKER_02

A little comeback, you know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_00

Changing coaches. Changing coaches. A B tier, C tier fighter. That's his problem, though. He can't, he does that versus those guys.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

That next step. He's right there, though. He should have done that against Arnold.

unknown

He's right there.

SPEAKER_02

He's right there. He should have done that against Arnold because he's I think he's like that was a close fight, though, too.

SPEAKER_00

I think that was a close fight.

SPEAKER_02

I think he's way better. He just needs to do something more. I don't know what the hell happened there. But um, he did his thing. Who else is uh any anything else? I just had to give him a shout out, man. That's my guy, Jack Catterall, man.

SPEAKER_00

Nah, he is he is decent. He's just right there. But the the time father time and the clock is ticking. He he's you know where are you from? I think England as well. It might be like Irish, English, Irish. I don't know. All right, let's just do the previews. Fuck it. Um David Benavidez versus Anthony Yard is the main event for the WBC light heavyweight title.

SPEAKER_02

This weekend is passed.

SPEAKER_00

This weekend is a fight to be or a card to be excited for. I might have some people over. Um it's in Saudi Arabia, which kind of sucks, but whatever. Every fight on the card is good. So this is yo, the beginning of the year next year, like this is a good like segue into fucking I how you know the beginning of the year is. What do you mean? I know it's gonna be it's gonna be good. There's a lot of shit going on.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00

A lot of shit going on behind the scenes.

SPEAKER_03

Okay.

SPEAKER_00

Beginning of the year next year should be a good boxing. I mean, should be. I'm not gonna say it is, should be, should be a good boxing um little Palooza type thing going on, you know, the usual. But let's talk about it, man. David Benavides versus Anthony Yarte, WBC light heavyweight title. Uh that's the main event. Brian Norman Jr. vs. Devin Haney. That's the real main event. No, I don't think so. We'll talk about it. We can go back and forth with that. I don't think so. I think the main event is fine. That might be the real main event. There's four title fights, though, which is cool. So Jesse Bam Rodriguez, who is our favorite. It's probably pound for pound. One, two, or three, you could argue, four, five, whatever. But he's up there. He's fighting, and then we got a fight, which I'm probably most excited about to see. I want to see what Abdullah Mason does. Abdullah Mason versus Sam Noakes for the vacant WBO lightweight title.

SPEAKER_02

That's the that's the one we gotta see.

SPEAKER_00

What do you want to start with? Oh, also Vito Milanicki on his new promotion is is on this card too. So that's cool.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, he's on there?

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, he got rid of top rank and he's on this card as well.

SPEAKER_02

Nice.

SPEAKER_00

Uh making moves, huh? What do you want to start with? Abdullah? Abdullah, basically. I love saying his name, bro. Somebody backwards. I got no kids, but if I had a kid, I'd name him Abdullah. Deadass. Abdullah Gali? Abdullah. Abdullah Abuma. That shit got a ring to it, bro. Abdullah Puma.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

So it would be heavyweight chance. Your kid is getting made up front of. Yeah, but then he's gonna be like gangster and just fuck things up. Yeah, nah, this Abdullah fucks the shit up. Abdullah Puma.

SPEAKER_02

So what do you so what do you think is gonna happen in this fight?

SPEAKER_00

I mean, listen, this is this fight is one of the undones. Is is Abdullah Mason gonna bring it? This is a big step up, dude.

SPEAKER_02

This is a big step up. This is a championship fight. This is the easy one, though. This is the easiest.

SPEAKER_00

It's a vacant. What do you mean? Oh, vacant, like out of the list? Like to get a belt.

SPEAKER_02

This is like I guess though, but so you the the top dogs at 135, they don't they just like vanish.

SPEAKER_00

I see what you're saying.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, but Samuel. What the hell happened to 135 that fast?

SPEAKER_00

True. Moving up, moving down. But Noakes has been looking for this title opportunity. Like, like this is a guy.

SPEAKER_02

He's no slouch.

SPEAKER_00

And this is a guy. That Abdullah Mason, I know that I know they're a professional team, very professional, always in shape. But like I hope they know like this guy's doing his homework. This ain't one of these dudes from coming up. Sam Nokes is watching video, he's watching film, he's he's coming, man. And and that European circuit and that European market, they're slick. They are slick.

SPEAKER_02

And this is a championship fight, so it's 12 rounds, right?

SPEAKER_00

Yep. We then see Abdullah do more than fucking style-wise, though. Let's talk style-wise, right? Abdullah isn't really like a come forward pressure type of fighter, in my opinion. No, he's more of a sit there, come to me, I'm gonna counter and I'm gonna tag you up, right? Yeah. What I've noticed in Sam Noakes is he does come forward and he's like that, but he moves his footwork, he moves good. Not not really head movement, but he's yeah, he's on his toes and he's getting out of there. So he's gonna steal some rounds here, I think. I I I hope, I really hope Abdullah Mason's doing his homework. I hope because this this is gonna be one of those top rank things, man, where a little too fresh, if not. And I I obviously we're rooting for Mason. I love rooting against uh the European.

SPEAKER_02

I don't know how they be getting a champions to this. Just have to find a home.

SPEAKER_00

This this level, I'm not giving any credit to top rank until they find a home.

SPEAKER_02

They he this guy, this young fighter got a championship fight already. This is it's like is it luck of the draw?

SPEAKER_00

Well, he won, but that's the thing. I think I think because they don't have a home, top rank kind of is is letting loose a little. You know what I mean? They're like, okay, go. Remember what happened to Jared Anderson?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

They let him loose, right?

SPEAKER_02

They let him lose, but they probably have they probably like there's more behind his character.

SPEAKER_00

And again, Abdullah Mason is is a great, great fighter. We're not taking anything away from him.

SPEAKER_02

And has great character, so why would they, you know, say I just bro, like it is this too much too soon? We gonna doubt again. Again, I doubt it.

SPEAKER_00

The biggest thing for me, the guys he's fought, right? I'm sure they watched some highlights and stuff. Like Sam Noakes sitting down with his team, looking at film, watching stuff, training for the mistakes he sees. You know what I mean? And I just hope Abdullah Mason and his team are ready for that.

SPEAKER_02

I'm just I'm just glad it's not like um props to Mason's team too for taking us. I'm glad it's not against like no keys on that number because he was they you know that little thing they had at the something funny about Keisho that we're gonna talk about in a minute, too, though.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, you had something like something funny about Keisho.

SPEAKER_02

So I'm just glad it's not Keishaw because someone someone like Keisha will ruin that kid. Yeah, right now. Right now, yeah. Yeah, no, that's what I'm saying. So they had their little thing at the conference.

SPEAKER_00

I heard from a friend of mine. Never mind. When we get to Keyshawn, I'll talk about that. I heard something about Keisha, and that's kind of funny, but whatever. It doesn't, and it's nothing against him. Oh, look, I put the poster up, by the way. I love Keishon.

SPEAKER_02

Um, that is thanks.

SPEAKER_00

Uh, you got one too, man. I do, yeah. I gave it to you. That's yeah. Asshole. Uh um, all right, and then uh after that, I guess we will go into Jesse Bam Rodriguez versus Fernando Daniel Martinez. I didn't know much about Martinez, it's a it's a unification fight, though. He is a champion. Come forward pressure fighter when I when I was looking up about him. Um little older, aged uh 32, getting up there. But Argentinians are fucking tough, dude. So he's a tough guy. But is he Jesse Bam Rodriguez? Tough. This is one of those style matchups that to me, anyway, is tailor-made for Jesse. And Jesse might get knocked down.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, Martinez, I heard he's like a good a lot of volume too. So this is he's yeah, it's a it's a it's a you know a lot of punching.

SPEAKER_00

The guy, this and this is the the problem with non-boxing fans. The guy has a belt. He has a fucking championship belt, right? Uh, so he did something to get that. You know what I mean? Like, like he he he they didn't this isn't like an email belt. He he did something to get that belt. I just love watching Jesse Rodriguez, man. He said he said recently that he's gonna the highest he sees, he used to say 130, but now he's thinking 126. That's cool with me, too. Okay, at 126.

SPEAKER_02

Damn, how long you think it's gonna get to you? He's gonna get to you. How long is it gonna be?

SPEAKER_00

He just keeps winning, bro. Who cares? And like watching him box is like what you want to teach your kids. So yeah, so anytime Jesse Rodriguez, and even he gets clipped, he gets knocked down, but he gets up and I get knocked down. But like literally, that's in his head. He gets up again, you're never gonna keep him down. Yeah, Jesse Rodriguez is the truth, and he's just humble, normal. He has little wiener dogs. All right, he does, bro. He's got the little the the doxins. I'm not talking about wieners, he's got those dogs that he loves.

SPEAKER_02

Wait, wait, so I'm like your dog? Yeah, that's why I like him.

SPEAKER_00

Cool dude. Most annoying dogs. No, no, his are probably better. But uh seriously, though, he like just just a humble like look at it. Like, look, he don't talk shit. Like, yeah, yeah, like laid back, too laid back almost. He's swagged out, and then he hits that ring, bro.

SPEAKER_02

Hella tattoos swagged out, like I guess if you're into that.

SPEAKER_00

I'm not into that swag, like the UFO pants that everywhere.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, yeah, he was like swagged out, he got the old school cars, yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, he's but those pants, bro. I'm like, yo, you his gooch gotta be chafing.

unknown

What?

SPEAKER_00

You know what I mean? No, all right. Anyway, I I got I got Jesse Bam Rodriguez by stoppage in this fight, just style-wise alone. Again, that the guy Martinez is tough. Yeah, yeah. True, true. But it is a unification. I don't want to get get too also Bam's fucking active, dude. Unification, dang. Who for a champion of his stature, right? He's the most active out of all them, I think. Out of all the guys in the pound for pounders. A lot, I feel like, unless I'm I'm bugging. Let me let me look it up.

SPEAKER_02

This might be his third fight, right?

SPEAKER_00

Uh he fought. I think he fight, he's fighting three times a year, I think, dude. Which today's day and age, uh, 2024. Okay, so he he fought Cafu. Remember Cafu in July, August, September, October, four months later. Now he's unifying, right? So he's he he's fighting uh Fernando. So that's twice. No, I guess it's twice. Yeah, I'm an idiot. Never mind.

SPEAKER_02

Scratch it. It was early. Why do I feel like he's fighting a lot? I feel like it was early last year, maybe around this time.

SPEAKER_00

Was it? I feel like he's fighting a lot, bro. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. Hey, shout out to our uh TikTok viewers and of course our YouTube viewers. I don't know how many we have. Everything's fucked up because I'm technologically uh special ed. Can't say the R word. But you know what I meant. You knew exactly what I meant. All right. Um yeah, YouTube followers, say what up. Message me something, ask a question. Come on, interact, assholes. I see you. I see all of you. I see you, YouTube followers. The Instagram followers aren't working again. Like, follow, subscribe. We're also on TikTok live. I think it's working. Is it working, Willie? TikTok. Oh, you don't know. He's in his fucking chinchilla.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, yo, yo, many men.

SPEAKER_00

Stop saying that, bro.

SPEAKER_02

Um Yeah, we're still live, man.

SPEAKER_00

All right, cool. Damn, why do I feel like Jesse Rodriguez fights CJ? What up, man? More often. Who's CJ? I don't know, somebody in TikTok. Oh, all right. What up, CJ? Anyway, so bad at this. We need a fucking producer. Uh all right, so that's that. I I everyone, most most of the people in the world have Jesse Rodriguez winning. Again, you just want to watch him. And for the coaches out there listening and the box, obviously, I don't got to tell you you guys, you guys probably know more than me anyway, but sit your kids down and say that's how you want to fight. That's what you want your feet to look like.

SPEAKER_02

Especially at a lighter weight.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, like anyway, that's what you want to do. But um going forward, a fight with a lot of hype. A lot of hype. You even started saying should be the main event. Should be the main event. Should be the main event. Based off what? Huh? We're talking about Brian Styles. Brian Norman Jr. versus Devin Haney. Styles. Styles, correct. Remember that one. Styles. Brian Norman Jr. versus Devin Haney. WBO welterweight title on the line. Devin Haney's moving up to 140. What is it, 147? Yeah, 147 to get a belt. Seems to be an easy belt grab for him. Styles, right? What is it?

SPEAKER_02

So you say, wait, so you say this is gonna be an easy fight for Devin?

SPEAKER_00

I I not easy, but I think Devin can make it easy. Yes. And I think Bill Haney knows that. And based off Bill Haney's a matchmaker, and based that's why this this is why it's gonna be the main event. Hello, CJ. CJ says hello. And based off based off Devin Haney's performance in his last fight and how he fought. That was shit. And what's Brian Norman Jr.'s best punch? The hook. Devin Haney is running, dude. Winning rounds and running. There's no doubt about it. He can say what he wants. This isn't Lomachenko. He sat there and banged with Lomachenko, the much smaller guy.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah.

Abdullah Mason’s Title Shot Stakes

SPEAKER_00

This isn't Linares. Linares stunned him too with with some fucking punches. This isn't Garcia. And this same punch is his strongest punch, and he's moving up. This is a grown man in Brian Norman Jr., white t-shirt wearing always. Yeah. And and Haney is the better pure boxer, the pure pugalist. He's gonna run, dude. This is gonna be this is gonna be the most overhyped fight.

SPEAKER_02

And then and then again, it's gonna be a boring fight.

SPEAKER_00

Haney's gonna win. He's gonna get the belt, right? And then we we can't really argue that okay, Haney really is really great. That's what he wants. He knows it, he sees an opportunity, and he's seizing it. And I he's not he is really great, but this is his opportunity to get that.

SPEAKER_02

He's not this is this is a fight of uh a style that Brian never seen really. How does Brian win?

SPEAKER_00

He said, I don't know, close the distance and land that hook haney is lanky, he's he's gonna he's gonna use his distance. Brian Brian needs to box the best he's ever boxed in his life.

SPEAKER_02

I think Brian got a little longer reach than him, too. But he don't box like him. I I don't he don't box like him.

SPEAKER_00

No, he he's uh he's a kind of like a counter Devin Haney.

SPEAKER_02

I think I think Brian, what's Brian?

SPEAKER_00

What is his style? Like a textbook, just a textbook fighter. He's just power, yeah. He's fundamentally sound, good. He lunges sometimes though, has a little lunge to him, but very fundamentally sound, but he's patient, patient fighter. And and again, I I don't think Brian Norman Jr. is gonna get knocked out, but I think he's gonna lose a lot of rounds, get frustrated, and get desperate, and then that's when Haney's gonna just run away with it and say, I'm the best ever and props to him. I mean, you have a style, you see something, go get it, go get it. But I think this is overhyped. I'm glad it's not the main event. It shouldn't be the main event. You don't think so? No, because the main event.

SPEAKER_02

The main event is gonna be good.

SPEAKER_00

The main event is gonna be hopefully. It's gonna be good, dude.

SPEAKER_02

Hopefully.

SPEAKER_00

Hopefully. But but put your bet in. What do you think? What do you let's put a bet in? What do you think? Brian Norman Jr. versus Devin Hayden.

SPEAKER_02

I no, I'm not putting a bet in there. Because I already I I know what I'm going distance.

SPEAKER_00

And if Brian Norman Jr. proves me. If Brian Norman Jr. proves me wrong, oh prove me wrong, brother. I'm going distance though. I want Brian to win.

SPEAKER_02

I mean, I I why would I go again? I can't go against Bill Haney and his fucking he's a fucking matchmaker.

SPEAKER_00

Bill Haney knows what he's doing, dude. After that performance from his son last fight, he's not gonna go after something he doesn't see his son can't win. You know what I'm saying? But what Devin we gonna get? The same one as last time.

SPEAKER_02

The minute Devin gets hit he didn't deserve to win that fight, if you ask me.

SPEAKER_00

The what last well he won. He won rounds.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, no shit. But like he didn't Devin doesn't care anymore.

SPEAKER_00

He doesn't care anymore. He knows he knows a lot of the people don't like him.

SPEAKER_02

But that's what he should have. I don't understand why he didn't fight his style of fight against Ryan. Like, why would you sit there and then risk it all? He just and then you had to sue afterwards because you wanted to you wanted to take him out. Like you would have to do it.

SPEAKER_00

You know what I hate to I hate that the Haneys like love New York apparently. They're always in New York, they love New York, they know mutual friends and stuff, but like it's just hard to to get behind a guy like that. You know what I'm saying? Like that's all it's hard to get behind. That sounds weird when I say that, but you know what I mean. I just don't Yeah, that sounded crazy. But again, I'm glad this is where it is, it's placed perfectly because it's gonna be a lot of hype, and in my opinion, it's gonna be a snooze fest. Yeah, remember this combo, it's recorded.

SPEAKER_02

Um yeah, it is. We're gonna bring it back. We're gonna bring it back as soon as we see that the best fight.

SPEAKER_00

Norman Norman be the fight of the night. Norman has the power to do it, but power only matters when you're landing, and when Haney's he got something to prove too. Haney is gonna fight like more timid than less.

SPEAKER_02

Norman got something to prove too.

SPEAKER_00

Like, yo, I do like a fight like this. Hearing him speak in this lead up, because this is the the biggest fight of his life. This the lead up. I like him a lot. Big fan.

SPEAKER_02

Big fan. I hope his mentality is more his he's more. I like his mentality of trying to be the greatest. But like, I hope his mentality going into the fight is what can he take away? He gotta take away his legs. So go to the body first. Go to the body, slow him down.

SPEAKER_01

He's not gonna be able to get him, though.

SPEAKER_00

Man, I'm telling you, Hayden is gonna just be on the bike. Haney is gonna be sticking that jab around and run around. He's gonna be fighting timid on his feet, but landing. He's gonna be trying to fight like a Mayweather style. That boy was dancing all over New York. He needs to get hit with a hook.

SPEAKER_02

Devin Haney was dancing all over New York City.

SPEAKER_00

And he needs to get hit with a hook. Like, and and you think he's gonna go up in he can't afford another loss. And then this is what Devin Hayden. I beat Brian Norman Jr. I moved up and beat Bryant, and that's what he's gonna say, and it's gonna be going on and on and on. I again, that's just my theory. I hope I'm wrong.

SPEAKER_02

I hope I'm wrong. I hope you think this fight is gonna be good, man. I don't I hope I'm wrong, though. Devin always makes a sight in fights, like it's never born, bro. Except for the last fight.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. After the first time he's ever been whooped like that. Think about it, dude. If he fought like that versus a fight, which which we we pretty much guarantee. No, let's talk about the main event. Let's get right into it. Let's talk about Yade, the Yalm Man Mamba Clot. David Benavidez, the Mexican monster versus Anthony Yarde for the WBC Lightning.

SPEAKER_02

Which Yade uh nickname?

SPEAKER_00

Lions in the Camp. That's all I know. He always said Lions in the Camp. I don't know if that's his nickname. The monster versus the lion. Yeah, I think I think that's what they said. Yeah, that's what they were talking about. Lions in the Camp. It's cool when they say it. He sounds way cooler.

SPEAKER_02

But yeah, he's like a Jamaica. This is gonna be a good fight.

SPEAKER_00

This is gonna be a good fight. This is gonna be a really good fight. Is Benavidez ever ever not in a fight that you don't want to see? How not? No. Whether he's dominating a dude or not. Is he ever in a in a fight? Like even versus Kvadzik. That was a good fight. Kvadzik was landing some shit.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, Morel fucking had him have people. We kind of knew Morel. Yeah. Morel was good. That was cool though. That was a good fight.

Bam Rodriguez Unification Preview

SPEAKER_00

Ben Davides is a scary, scary man. And I'm gonna tell you why. I watched the round table, right? And I hate the round table. Usually it's two fighters on a round table in this weird dark room, like talking shit, and then they give mad compliments to each other. Yeah, they were very friendly. But but think of But Yarde is cool. We met was cool. But think this is what I mean about Benavitas. Think of the maturity. Like, think of how mature Benavitas. And he's 27. You know, after 25, yeah, you start to become like a man. You think different, he's calm, he's composed. Uh I don't even know how he liked that when he lives in Miami. But that was like scary. Like that's what I mean. Like, think of his the only thing really against Benavitas was his family and everything. His immaturity got caught with the cocaine, blah, blah, blah. His immaturity, right? Is he he's getting blowing up and then has to cut weight. Now he's a man, he understands what he has to do, he's doing it. Everybody's ducking him. Yarte comes to the table and he's just composed. He's like, No, yeah, when we get in the ring, you know, I'm gonna respect you. Um, you know, I'm gonna beat your ass. Like, that's scary to me, dude. Like this calm think of Caleb Plant. Yeah, like that lead, or his brother, whatever, whoever the fuck it was, like that lead up. He's this is a scary, scary man, dude. He now he's really settled in. Like, I'm a professional, I'm focused, I have a family, I have a wife, I have a kid. Yeah, he's dead ass in Miami, and he got all that going on. And and he's just boxing, yeah, and just boxing.

SPEAKER_02

He's focused, he's with his family all the time.

SPEAKER_00

And and again, Yarde is a good dude, he's always right there, just that one step. They were saying that this is like the third, is the third time the charm? Yes, maybe, but not versus Benavidez, man. Not versus a killer like Benavidez.

SPEAKER_02

Um and I would tell I would say to Yarde to use his like he got angles, he can use some angles, but he can't very athletic. He can't really, because David, he just walks up to you square, he squared up low-key, he low-key squared up. So he can if you try to go to the side, he's gonna be right there because he's already squared up.

SPEAKER_00

And his his defense, they they always say that Benavidez, oh, his footwork's bad. It's so but his his defense with that footwork, like his his slips, his head, and like his his parries, dude. You don't realize how what he's parrying.

SPEAKER_02

You know how he fight, he fight like a tie, a tired boxer and undisputed. At the when you're tired and shit, you have no energy, you're just walking up on but he you know, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00

But he but he's like he just landed.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, he's not tired though.

SPEAKER_00

He's the the live discontinued due to inactivity. Oh, what the hell? I don't know what that means. Um, the live on TikTok just got discontinued due to inactivity. What the hell do they mean? That's crazy. We'll go live again, try it again. Hey, we're live again on TikTok talking about Benavidez. Um, due to inactivity. What do we gotta like like it? Oh, because nobody was talking? That sucks. Well, we're coming, man. First time. TikTok virgins. Give us some slack. Anyway, yeah, Benavides. The the best thing though, uh, that when I was reviewing this fight and like looking at like their past opponents and stuff, yeah, the best thing I could compare it to was Benavidez. I'm sorry, uh Yarde versus uh what's his name? Betterbev, right? Betterbev. And and in that fight, right, Betterbev kind of fights a similar style to Benavidez, not obviously more power to Betterbev, but the the footwork, right? They both have you know questionable footwork, I'd say. But what makes it different is that interior defense from Benavidez and the flurries, punches in bunches. Benavidez is coming for that ass, man. Hate to say it, yard it, but Yarde is coming to fight. This is gonna be fight of the night. I guarantee it. This is gonna be fight of the night.

SPEAKER_02

I hope so.

SPEAKER_00

It's gonna be fight of the night, dude. Cause because Yarde's gonna land some stuff, and the the crowd's gonna be like, ooh, ah, ooh, or maybe not. It's in Saudi, but they usually would be like, ooh, ah, ooh.

SPEAKER_02

His best chance, his best chance is to land something heavy.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Just land some try to land something heavy.

SPEAKER_00

But I don't think I think this fight.

SPEAKER_02

He can't, he's not gonna outpunch him.

SPEAKER_00

I'm betting two knockdowns in this fight. Two knockdowns.

SPEAKER_02

David might get knocked out.

SPEAKER_00

Because Benavitas hasn't got hasn't shown like that he could knock these these heavier dudes out. Yeah, I think now he's coming into this weight and and he uh and I'm telling you, that maturity, bro.

SPEAKER_02

You think he's gonna get his first stoppage at this weight?

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, yeah. I'm probably bet the stoppage. Um I'll go, I'll go on record saying that. I'm gonna bet Benavita Stoppage. I was gonna bet like two knockdowns. I don't know if he's gonna get a knockdown. He's more of like a stoppage type fighter. I'm gonna bet Benavita Stoppage. Yeah, yeah. It's my bet. Beneve to Stoppage. You don't you don't spar with triple G since you were like 15. Benevita Stoppage. I don't think he there's no way he loses, so unless he gets knocked out, which could happen. Listen, I mean can happen. We're talking like Yarde. These are heavy dudes. This is 175. Yarde could crack Yarde is jacked. He always, but that's one thing with him. He for as jacked as he is, he can move. I feel like he should hit harder.

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I don't know.

SPEAKER_02

You know what I'm saying? Like you always think a jack person can hit harder, but they don't he might be one of the most fit like jack dudes in in the game.

SPEAKER_00

Um, but again, Benavita seems to be locked in. I I don't think I've ever seen him this locked in. It's over. Benavita stoppage. It's my bad. Damn. Putting it in. Um you don't have a sparlay?

SPEAKER_02

I don't got really.

SPEAKER_00

Nah, no sparly. I'm just I'm just ready for these fights, man. I I can't wait. And again, I can't wait till the new year. We got a lot of fights down the pipe for even December. Um, all right, let's get into some boxing drama. Welcome back. We are live on TikTok again. And not Instagram because something's going on with my stupid computer, or not my computer, but my program. But live on YouTube. Uh, if you're viewing on YouTube, say what up. Pop in, ask a question, do something, talk some shit, roast me. Don't be a loser. Thank you. Uh, going forward though, other boxing drama. All right. I know, Willie, you you just woke up.

SPEAKER_03

God damn.

SPEAKER_00

What? What? That was gonna smack the. Oh, oh, they're playing tonight?

SPEAKER_02

No, well, my cowboys is winning.

SPEAKER_00

Um, yeah, no. Did you hear the big announcement today? The huge announcement. And we'll close it. That was today? Yeah, there was a huge announcement today. I had some other shit I want to talk about, but we'll just talk about this.

SPEAKER_02

Anthony Joshua?

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

I hope he gets knocked out.

SPEAKER_00

Who? Joshua? Yes.

SPEAKER_02

You know I don't like him.

Haney vs Brian Norman Jr.: Styles And Strategy

SPEAKER_00

Let me just I called this, bro. What'd I say to you? You did we're gonna do it. A few months ago, I don't know when, but a few months ago, I'm on record and I said, I was like, this is what's gonna happen with Jake Paul, right? He's gonna keep fighting these guys, and then when the buzz runs out, when the tickets don't sell, I think I said that verbatim. Like, when the tickets aren't selling, he's and the buzz runs out, he's gonna fight a guy that's that's gonna beat his ass, right? There's almost no doubt about it, right? Yeah, and then he's gonna just promote, promote, promote because it's a win-win for him. You know what I mean? Like he dared to be great, whatever. Sure enough, Javante Davis gets whatever that gets the allegations ensued. The fight gets canceled because of that, which is nothing criminal.

SPEAKER_02

I don't even think that's it.

SPEAKER_00

Nothing criminal, nothing criminal, and it was the worst ticket sales ever for a Jake Paul fight up to that point. And again, Tank Davis weighs 135, 140, 130 pounds. So, so that was like, okay, now Jake Paul reads he reads the market well, says, okay, it's time. Anthony fucking Joshua in Miami. Whether ticket sales are good or bad or not, this fight's happening apparently. I won't believe it till they walk out. But I called it. That's all. That's all I wanted to say. Um, and and again, where is this gonna be at? Miami. Oh gosh.

SPEAKER_02

Well, that's crazy. Um, Peanut and them, they had tickets to the tank fight, so they went this weekend to Miami.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, it didn't go, nobody fought, obviously.

SPEAKER_02

Nobody fought. So they because they already bought the they already went over there.

SPEAKER_00

Why would they buy tickets to that?

SPEAKER_02

To the Jake Paul. Buy ones of this.

SPEAKER_00

It was people over there. Anthony Joshua is going to annihilate Jake Paul.

SPEAKER_02

No, I hope not.

SPEAKER_00

It's an eight-round fight, apparently.

SPEAKER_02

This is the first time we'll ever pick a Jake Paul.

SPEAKER_00

You're Willy. Willy.

SPEAKER_02

Hey, Jake, please do it for me, man. I don't like Joshua.

SPEAKER_00

Willie, Joshua is an Olympian.

SPEAKER_02

I don't care.

SPEAKER_00

The only stipulation is he has to weigh like, I think it was like 240 or something, which he did twice versus Usick. Anthony Joshua, he's he's 6'6.

SPEAKER_02

I don't care.

SPEAKER_00

Jake Paul's six foot on paper. I don't care. I am okay. I'll bet you I bet you I bet you a thousand dollars. I don't know. I'm rooting for Anthony Joshua. It's time. I want Jake Paul to promote. I want him to be a promoter. I don't want I don't I want him to knock Joshua out. I mean that'd be crazy. If he knocks Joshua out, that's like absurd, but not happening. I'll bet my life on it. I've I'm more confident about this as long as there's no like other stipulations put in. Even if he goes the distance with with Joshua, it's a win for Jake Paul. So just go promote. But I'm just happy I called it, man. I hit this one on the head. I hit this one on the head. I hope he knocked Joshua out. Knowing what I know, there's no like like of course Tank Davis got sued, right? Okay. Why'd you stop? Why'd you cancel the fight? He got sued. He didn't get arrested. Arrested's different. That shit was a whole scam. Ticket sales were horrible.

SPEAKER_02

Somebody was scared.

SPEAKER_00

Alright, and then the last piece of Roomerville, news and notes. Keyshawn, the businessman, is back, apparently. And he just posted something that in an ideal world he will be fighting on the Tiafimo Lopez Shakur Stevenson undercard.

unknown

What?

SPEAKER_00

Which would be awesome.

SPEAKER_02

That'd be crazy.

SPEAKER_00

That would be crazy. In an ideal world, the world is not ideal, especially in the world of boxing. But in an ideal world, that would be like 40? I don't know what weight, but whatever. Watch Keishon fight again. He's was up there as one of the just kind of stay off the weed. And that's what I heard. And that's what I heard from that's what I heard from a friend of mine is that Keishon was smoking med weed and he popped out. Apparently, the time he did, I don't know. I'm not gonna get apparently he just smokes a lot of weed, but whatever. Who doesn't? It's legal here. Smoke away, people. Smoke away. A lot of these boxes be smoking weed. And also, Manny Pacquiao should be in the ring again soon. Versus who somebody. That's it.

SPEAKER_02

Why are you holding secrets? Do I have to swore? Let's get up out of here because this guy's gonna be. I swore I would.

SPEAKER_00

Again, uh, first time on TikTok. Please like, subscribe, follow us. I gotta chop this video up. Uh, usually we go live on Instagram, but it fucking wasn't working. Sorry.

SPEAKER_02

Shout out to um shout out to my boy Punchlines, man. Miss you, man.

SPEAKER_00

Uh yeah, where is he?

SPEAKER_02

I don't know, but I've I see it. I seen his story at the Bose estate on that field. That's fire.

SPEAKER_00

Our boy Punchline's got a real job.

SPEAKER_02

That's a fire. Yeah, he's on the field.

SPEAKER_01

Like a recruiter or something for them.

SPEAKER_02

Like those recruiting videos. They decent. They got like a decent rank. Cool uniform. They they smoked me for like a thousand dollars the other day, but it's all good. I'm in the mood for a cheeseburger. I had a Shake Shack yesterday.

SPEAKER_00

Alright, y'all. Like, follow, subscribe. Please um tune in, DM me, talk shit, roast me, call me fat. I don't give a fuck. Follow the podcast. Stop him crying. No, you're not. See you next time. Yo.

SPEAKER_01

I hope you knock Joshua out. You're not knocking Joshua out. Like no way. I can't end him, man. I know you know that.

SPEAKER_00

I'm ending the live TikTok people. Like, follow, subscribe, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

SPEAKER_02

Come on, Nick's. Don't sell me now.

SPEAKER_00

How do I end this?

SPEAKER_01

Jalen Brussels still not playing? That's why. Trash. Oh, the worst part of my day.

SPEAKER_02

Jalen Bruce is still not playing. Yes, next, come on. Oh, it's 21 seconds left. That's not good.

SPEAKER_01

Uh oh. Still live. End stream. End stream.