253: Review Nery-Azat, Nery Calls out Inoue, Wood-Lara, Tank-Ryan Latest, Tank Pleads Guilty, Pre...

ladies and gentlemen this is the 12th and Final Round right hand Golovkin steps in and down he goes again unbelievable Mayweather make some pain what a rookie mistake a sensational left hook by Dela it's fact I'm the best you know I mean I sometimes I don't want to believe in myself but it's the truth I'm the best I'm going to show you how great I am from Southern California this is the last round podcast welcome back to episode 2 209 of the last round podcast we were off last week so we apologize for no episode but we're back after uh a weekend a very very exciting exciting events especially the main events uh from the theone broadcaster they definitely delivered in terms of um entertainment for a boxing fan uh this past Saturday let's jump right into it fight reviews this past Saturday the 18th of February from the Nottingham arena in Nottingham on thezone Mauricio Lara 262 and one gets the seventh round TKO stoppage over lee wood Lara becomes the WBA featherweight champion of the world so we knew this was going to be a a crazy fight uh mostly because I guess I would put more weight on because of Lara's style because he's a knockout artist so I think that would that he forces his opponents to engage and also lee wood you know he was I I don't I don't know if it was his last fight or two fights ago but it was one of more recent fights where he beat Conlin in New York and knocked him out of the ring um that was a very very exciting fight so both both of these guys had a ton of momentum ton of momentum on the scorecards after the TKO in the seventh round I believe wood was up on all three against Lara but then Lara caught him uh they were both in the middle of an exchange and Lara just beat him to the punch with a left hook the sent him to the sent him to the canvas and then I believe that's when Ben Davidson uh lewood's trainer threw in the towel uh and obviously visibly upset lee wood uh who didn't seem to appreciate it at that time but after after sitting on it for a day or two I think he tweeted out something saying that he understands and you know and all that what do you think about this fight I thought it was a great fight you know going into it like you said I think everybody knew or hoped that it was going to be exactly what it was I thought lee wood came out with a very good game plan early on and I think he probably was winning on the scorecards um in my opinion going into uh you know the seventh round I thought he just dictated the well the the fight so well just with his jab the kind kind of like a leading jab the whole time kind of like stopping you know Lara been able to do what he wanted to do but you know Lara just and like the commentators said it as well Lara just didn't look winded you know like you could see like Lee Woody was cut up and he was kind of like breathing a little bit heavy I'm guessing that maybe just maybe it was just the mental side of it knowing that he had to be on it 100% of the time because of the knockout power that Lara has that it kind of drained him a little bit because there was no point during the fight you could really take any time off because Lara just has those heavy hands and if you take a little bit off and you're kind of resting or trying to gather your breath or whatever he can catch you and take it out and that's kind of what happened in all honesty because you know like lee wood was was winning L managed to catch him and he got back down got back up maybe a little bit too quick and I thought the referee probably did do the right thing he took his time watched him saw that he didn't have his feet Lara had already ran and was pretty much right next to the referee telling the referee to get out of the way so we could get in there and uh knock him out and as we posted on our Twitter you know it's one of those age-old boxing questions do you go out on your Shield or does your corner save you to live and fight another day because you know he can fight Lara again in the rematch he can go for the conin rematch he can fight Josh Warrington and and the last thing we want is you know the final image of Lee wood taking a an open shot because you know he was he was buzzed if the referee let it let it continue and then he stretch it out you know in his hometown in Nottingham you know imagine what site that would have been I think what I from what I've seen I've seen some reports I could be wrong but I believe I've seen it that there is a rematch clause probably on the lee wood side uh I don't see why he wouldn't activate it why he wouldn't take it um couple months to recuperate recover and then get right back in there try to get his belt back I definitely see that um I wonder if it'll happen maybe in the United States or would it still happen over there um I'm not sure I'm not sure that's something that obviously news will that will trickle out as the days and weeks come ahead but Lara and I believe he's only 24 years old 24 years old and he's already this dangerous and showing the world like hey this is what I got and you know it also helped that both of them are under the match Room Boxing and Eddie Hearn Banner so it's like okay let's put these two guys together for Lara and tell me how tell me how likely you think any of these guys are so the other guys with titles at the moment at 126 Ray Vargas he has a WBC strap and then uh Luis Alberto Lopez has the ibf who has the WBO just pulling up the rankings right now so anyways while you're looking at that all three of those Fighters I just named are all from Mexico putting them together would be big especially maybe in Texas Southern California Arizona even in Mexico obviously but Vargas is with at the moment he's with PBC Lopez who is Lopez with the ibf champ at 126 top rank I think is he with top rank so each one of these three major world title holders at the moment are each with one of the big three promoters PBC top rank matchroom so as we've seen a thousand to a million times before in in the sport of boxing I sound like Floyd Mayweather now it's it's a slim chance possibly possibly that we're going to see these matchups happen because they're all on different networks they're all on with different promoters did you find who WBO champ was it was navarete and then now it's going to be fought for on April the 1 between robizzi Ramirez and Isaac dog okay so top rank card dog B's top ranked okay so as right now it's vacant but it'll on April 1st somebody will be that and then I'm pretty sure with Luis Alberto Lopez having the ibf whoever wins on ail 1 top rank is going to put those two together in a unification matchup Lopez versus the winner of dog and Ramirez and then and then what and then go after Lara or Vargas try to make a fight with them give it gives top rank I would assume it would give top rank the negotiation Power by H by having a fighter who's a unified Champion like hey no our guy's a unified champ so you have to come to us to ESPN or something you know I mean right that's how that's usually the pathway that this these promoters take so I'm assuming that's what happened but going going back on this actual fight between Lara and wood I think when we talked about this before and I mentioned it to some people uh throughout the last couple days some other boxing fans and boxing personalities if you will I took you know I you want to call it the easy guess or the easy uh uh prediction I picked Lara and I picked him by knockout um do you think that was it surprising to you let me ask you that was it surprising to you that Lara actually caught him because like we said wood was up on the scorecards up until the stoppage no I think that Lara just has that very Unique Style you know you can saw that when he fought you know Warrington he gets a lot of his opponents kind of like they start to Fumble because they don't really know what to do against him because like he comes in he kind of looks like he throws uh he starts off like he throws like very slowly doesn't mind taking the odd shot to kind of see what you're going to do and then slowly but surely as the the rounds go on he kind of like UPS the Rhythm a little bit and gets into the fight a little bit more and that's that's why I thought you know going into it that you know Lara might take him out you know late on so that's why I was kind of like you know pleasantly surprised you know when I saw that lee wood was kind of you know dictating it early on and it kind of sounds strange to to say that because if you look at their faces you know in like the fifth and sixth round like lee wood was actually the one that was kind of like battered and bruised but he was still winning the rounds surprisingly but um you know Lara just went in there and does what Lara does I guess you know he doesn't mind being down on the cards he has like a very similar that kind of like I don't know whether you would agree like that's kind of like new Mexican style like you see like him Canelo and like Julio Cesar Martinez have this same sort of unorthodox very confident heavy-handed style where they don't mind losing rounds because they have enough confidence in their power that they're at some point they're going to catch you and they're going to take you out and I'm not saying the the same to just have like a similar you know parts of it because people are going to be like he fights nothing like Canelo but you know very similar style um yeah so no it wasn't it wasn't a surprise to me and going back to what you said about what's going to happen next I think the good thing for Lee wood is one he has the rematch and two I think that Win Lose or Draw if he goes in there again against Lara and Lara defeats him he still has the Josh Warrington and conin fights on the table and I'm sure people are going to shout well we we don't want to see that you know if he's G on two losses you know he may as well retire we always say that as fans but we always get drawn into it look at how many years we waited for Amir Khan and Kell Brooke and people were like I'm not going to watch that five six seven eight years too late we all do we all buy into the hype and then you know they have the arguments the pr does what they do and then come fight day we always for some reason throw money at it and we'll all buy it and I think it's probably the same for Le would I think he can afford to lose lar again and he still has the mck conin rematch which because the first fight was great and you know a brand new fight against Josh Warrington and I think you know so he's got a choice of three different payday it's just you know picky poison which one do you want lewood was uh visibly emotional too after after the loss you can tell that he was feeling it like he just I think it was I think it was more because of the stoppage the towel was thrown in from his corner and he felt that he could get up and keep going um so like you said you know we put out a tweet asking like you know was it essentially was it too early of a stoppage or is it better to for the trainer just throwing in the towel I you know you're always going to have critics like we know in boxing but what if what if for example Davidson never threw in the towel lewood gets keeps going the referee says all right box Lara knocks him out of again and hurts him you know obviously that's the name of the game his boxing you know that's the name of the game but you know how many how much more would the backlash from the boxing fan and the boxing universe and probably mainstream because something like that you know it's a human interest story how much more how much more would that backlash how much worse would that backlash be if that happened instead of like what would you rather have would you ra have rather have the backlash as a trainer that that you throw in the towel and you get criticized that you stopped it too early you should have gave your fighter a chance or that you let him you don't throw in the tow you let him go and then he gets knocked out but then he gets he gets hurt I mean pick your poison right which one's worse yeah I mean it's it's it's a hard decision isn't it because if you look at you know a few months back Derek chisar against Tyson Fury you know chazaro was just taking a pound in round after round after round after round and you know how much how many you know people in the media were saying like they should have you know thrown in the towel two or three rounds earlier because you know chazaro wasn't going to knock him out he was already you know pretty far behind on like the score cards you know we gave we gave them [ __ ] for that and um you now looking at this one this kind of people are kind of split a lot of people were saying you know it was it was good and then a lot of people were saying like you know like should really have let him you know carry on because lewood has The Knockout power you know he only had to like really avoid him for something like 8 to 10 seconds and then it's the end of the round and then he has you know like a minute to recover and he could have gone back out there for the for the eighth round but you know the referee was the closest one there you know Ben Davidson knows lewood better than we do you know you know he knows his powers of recovery and he probably he he probably knew that lewood was ahead on the scorecards so just think what was going through his mind he must have known like okay Lee's in a bad bad way right now because he's winning he was the champion he was winning on the scorecards I'm sure he knew there was eight to 10 seconds left so he must have known there was something wrong because look at all those things that he kind of had in his favor right so he must have known there was something you know Rel like really bad going on with Le for him it's it's it's also like I mean you don't think in the back of Ben Davidson's mind was that okay Lara is a knockout artist H and he knocked him out or he knocked well yeah he knock him out essentially but he knocked him down and it wasn't like a flash knock down it was a it was a shot he caught him you don't think in the back of somebody like Ben Davidson's mind is like oh man he put him to the ground if he gets up like he's already you know on wobbly legs and he's his equilibrium is out of whack and you're facing a guy like Lara who's known to finish him you know like maybe he knew like okay there's too much time how much time was left in the round uh depending on Twitter it was like 8 to 10 seconds because I've saw people post different things so around 10 seconds so let's just say around eight to 10 seconds see that also makes the whole situation a lot more crazy in terms of criticism but um I maybe Ben Davidson thought about that maybe he thought uh if I in that Split Second he's like a man if I let him up if I don't throw in the towel and let him up there's a good chance that Lara ends it right now yeah he ends it right now and it's like okay I I'd rather I'd rather take the loss with me stopping the fight than having lee wood just get knocked out completely because it's true you know it wasn't like a flash knockdown where he's like ah he just went down and gets back up like okay I'm good I'm good you know there's a difference that was it was a it was in the middle of exchange and then Lara's shot just connected faster and with more strength and you know maybe maybe Ben Davidson and I'm sure this is happened in the past with trainers and teens you know when they're the champion going in and he knew like okay well we have a rematch clause like it's not that we're not g to get another shot you know so he's like okay we can still come back you know maybe maybe that crossed his mind too who knows I you know there's always going to be criticisms but whether it's 8 to 10 seconds or 20 seconds or whatever if he was going to let him up and have him go at it for the remainder of of that round against somebody with the power of Lara it could it could have ended really B really badly you know I mean just imagine that but yes it seems like there there's going to be a rematch Le was going to exercise that right uh I do wonder if it's going to be over there or over here in the United States where would you put your money probably the UK I'd imagine yeah because Lara's probably probably got decent kind of like following there whether it's you know people that like him or people that hate him because he's fought Josh warron twice over there he's fought the whole Jos waren thing that they said that that Lara spit on him after the fight and there was kind of like a scuffle was that true yeah Lara admitted it in interviews on ID box in IFL TV in the way that he kind of like answered the question I think he thought there was nothing wrong with that I know uh you know that's nuts man that's nuts yeah I mean I saw like a clip of it and I thought I thought Warrington was just kind of like you know I thought they were just kind of talking talking smack to each other I was like okay but then I started seeing reports like oh no it says that Lara spit on him and now you're telling me that he actually admitted it in interview like oh yeah I did I was like what the hell is that I think he admitted and just said something along the lines of like you know the still beef between them or something like that so yeah that's nuts that's ridiculous but you know that's boxing for you it wasn't wasn't a good showing in regards to that behavior but what are you supposed to do but laa as we mentioned is now the WBA featherweight champion of the world and this is like the regular regular is this like secondary is this regular title or is this a full this this now now it's the full one I believe I think they actually eventually after like two or three years stripped the Leo Santa Cruz I think match room campaigned and uh yeah lee wood is now the actual WBA I think it yeah which is great which is great I think it's funny though that WBA announced a couple years ago like oh yeah we're GNA take them all away but I mean you could tell which divisions and which Fighters they were like taking their time with tank Davis Leo Santa Cruz you you know you know that Al Heyman PBC or whoever had a lot of influence behind the scenes that they're like hey uh just focus on the other divisions first like that's that's you know they were taking their time they they were taking their sweet time you know and what they have would they have eliminated that secondary WBA title which is pointless would they have eliminated that if Matt Trum and Eddie Hearn didn't you know actively campaign against the WBA to do that so they can have that world title on the line for here between Lara and Lee wood or have Lee wood win the title title you know because tank Davis still has these secondary titles between 130 and 135 and then you know but as we know broadcasters TV broadcasters love marketing the fact that a fight is a world title fight they won't put for the regular title they won't put for a secondary title they'll put world championship fight you know because then if there's a regular fan or a casual fan who switching between channels or they see and they're like oh the world championship fight great little do they know it's like the these belts are just becoming ridiculous and it's like secondary title regular title you know it's it's ridiculous IBO well at least the IBO only has like one title you know I WBA is the one that's kind of egregious you know but at least at least that feather way that's gone but I don't know don't be surprised if it comes back at a later Point like oh we're going to they bring some new one in WBA gold or something like that it's just like what what does that mean like they're like these are like toys now like come on like you're devaluating the accomplishment because you're adding so many pieces to the puzzle it's like you're devaluating the accomplishment it's it's stupid with all these belts it's ridiculous going to get that 3% dny boy they've going to get that 3% yeah that's true always comes back to the dollar sign doesn't it uh moving on that c Dalton Smith remains undefeated at 140 with the unanimous decision win over 12 rounds against Billy Allington uh this was for the British super lightweight title of the world uh Smith gets the decision win by scores of 119 108 twice and 120 107 um do those scorecards accurately reflect the fight the fight I think so and in a weird way I still don't think it was a good performance from Dalton Smith even though he relatively won every single round I thought he could have maybe have stepped it up and got him out of there I don't know whether it's maybe just because Smith you know wanted a bigger fight couldn't get himself up for this fight um I think we definitely need to see you know Doan Smith probably move up because it seems we've been talking about him as a you know good Prospect for some time now and I think you know we should get some bigger names move him up uh you know as normal Commonwealth European going into some of those International fights and then on to the World level unless anything you know he gets a big chance between now and then um obviously take that but I think he's uh one that's definitely been talking about and someone that I know mat him are building because they kind of like to have like you know a person in kind of like every region of the UK so they could do shows all over you know so obviously like uh the Smith Brothers in Liverpool you've now got Dalton Smith you know covering the Sheffield area and then uh they're not related right no to what to the Callum Smith and stuff yeah no no no no but you know obviously we used to have you know like obviously the Engle gym out of Sheffield and obviously you'd have all those Fighters covering the Sheffield area which is a good boxing City and now they've got you know dton Smith he can kind of cover that area for them if they wanted to put shows on over there so I think it's time to work step him up maybe a little bit quicker yeah he still has some time I mean yeah you're right but 14 and0 I think I think Matt room and Ed her are going to take their their their time with him a little bit you know especially with uh 135 to 140 being so uh crowded with talent and big names um you know we we'll we'll see how it how it works out for Dalton Smith but I think Eddie Hearn and matum like I said are going to bring him along the pathway here with patience so that would be my guess also the card Gary Coy remains undefeated at 16 and zero with the second round TKO over roero Flores this was for the WBA InterContinental lightweight title what do you think about cley's TKO good performance another good performance from Gary kly someone I think they're going to move relatively quickly he's done it in the amateurs he's now doing it in the Ros is scheduled to return on the Taylor V Serrano card May 20th and they're talking about maybe Maxi Hughes or jge lenarz has been you know touted the last time Larez fought uh he's fought I think it was towards the end of last year like December and like October two defeats over in Russia so if they're going to pick lenarz unfortunately it's going to be you know like kind of as cannon fodder but he he is known in to the British public from obviously all those fights he's had you know against like Anthony crawler and guys like that obviously the lomachenko fight as well so um I think we touched on it before I'd rather not see someone as good as lonar is go out like that you know losing to obscure fighters in Russia and then you know getting thrown to the Wolves against someone like Gary Cully but I don't know maybe maybe he needs the money or maybe he just can't give up the spot you know seems to be addictive you talk about world traveler like world Champion fighter lonar has literally fought all over the world yeah yeah he really has he really has St his you know career in Japan USA the UK Venezuela um yeah he's obviously Russia like we just touched on but yeah I just don't want to see him you know be be one of those guys that we're still talking about and he's just you know now fighting you know prospects and he's just getting his ass beat you know and getting knocked out and stuff like that so because he's had a really he you never know what if he wins he had a couple losses early in his career people thought okay and then look it he rebounded and made a pretty good career out of himself yeah you see he's not not prone to that's probably too strong a word but you know when he does lose sometimes he does lose early you know he gets knocked out like when he fought Cano there was another one early in his career I can't remember against who and Gary cul's a big puncher he's a big unit for that Division I know he spoke in an interview that he wants to be the first Irish three-weight world champion and uh he probably could do that with the frame that he has so he probably needs to try to get you know a world title relatively soon before you know he he moves up to uh the higher weight Division and tries to claim a second and third one yeah no that's true that's true I mean we about Maxi Hughes who's more likely is lenars or Hughes I think lenars would be if he takes a fight I think well Hugh I think would be easier to make um but larus doesn't really have any options either right now so I feel like yeah I think you're right because of the name that he holds yeah you know the resume I think matro would look at it like oh you know that's you know guess somebody like Coy with the win over larus would be good on his resume oh he defeated you know he defeated for multiple time world champion and Ring magazine world champion horis blah who's been in the ring with the likes of so and so and so and so you know it helps the marketing especially especially if Coy ends up being uh more than a domestic level fighter you know if he can if he gets to World level I mean would you call him right now domestic level fighter or World level you you probably have to go more domestic just looking at like you know the resume so far well I think I think if you know obviously you want your fighters to get to World level and you know get into unit to the United States Territory and all that stuff I think H Laris even if he is way past his prime helps with the marketing behind that um because if you come to the United States Gary Coley finally finally fights in the United States get some matchups over here they're going to be if he fights Maxi Hughes and beats him there you know the United States a audience isn't going to know who Maxi Hughes is you it's an interesting one because if you were Maxi Hughes with some of the fights that he's had this is the time for him to really try to like cream as much money as he can and obviously Maxi has the IBO World title so he can kind of use that like we were touching about you know like for PR issues and stuff like that and you know is fighting somebody like Gary Cully GNA be like his biggest purse you know after coming off you know good wins against like Ryan Walsh and Kid Galahad you think that he'd want to just fight a big name either in the UK or over here and make as much money as he can because this is you know this is his time this is his moment whereas lenarz may take a smaller purse pretty much selling his name as an ex-or Champion for you know resume reasons yeah yeah we'll see 160 obviously he's still uh progressing very well being undefeated and all that and I'm sure mat Hearn are pleased with his performance so far but let's see you know it becomes a real test when you get to that level and you start really upping the competition that's when the public really starts to notice who you are and then that's when your promoter really knows like okay you you can cut it you can cut it here so um moving on also this past Saturday from the Fox Theater in Pomona California which is in Los Angeles County about uh I would say 30 miles or so from downtown Los Angeles to the east of downtown Los Angeles on D another d card so it was a Doone card in the afternoon at least over here in the United States uh in the UK between Lara and Lee wood and then in the evening time here in the californ time in the United States you another Doone card so Doone was busy on a global scale scale uh this past Saturday um Luis ner gets the 11th round KO stoppage not out pretty much over a crazy8 is it crazy8 right hovan who takes the fourth loss of his career I was there covering for the podcast um you look through our our Twitter and all that stuff um I was posting all night about it pictures and stuff like that um this was exactly what we expected like I said like like I said before just before we started recording today both events primarily the main events events of of the the theone cards this past Saturday were as a boxing fan even as a casual fan if you caught him we entertaining as hell we expected fights and we got fights um and we know we know being you know longtime boxing fans especially the lower weight classes because they're uh you know they weigh less their speed is a lot more there's a lot more punches thrown so that's what happened with these two matchups in the UK and over here in the in California th this I mean I don't know how it came across on TV um I haven't watched it back on TV because I was there live but they were going back and forth from my vantage point inside the arena at the Fox Theater in Pomona and it got it got to the 10th round and I was telling other media members next to me I was like man I was like this might actually go 12 rounds I was like I can't believe this this is GNA go 12 rounds because at the beginning I thought okay somebody's this is gonna end I thought it was gonna end by the sixth but it didn't and as soon as it got to the 10th I was like wow okay we're going into into the championship rounds but it's there's a good chance that it might enter the 12th round and and go to a decision I was like man I mean it would have been a great fight regardless but ner it was also kind of in the middle of an exchange in a way ner catches uh hovanesian with a left hook they're just both standing facing each other and N just kind of throws a left hook and catches him and the punishment that HOV was already taken throughout the those 11 rounds he took that shot and he just kind of his equilibri equilibrium went out of whack lost his balance and just kind of and then I believe that's when referee Ray was I think it was Ray Corona of the California State athletic commission that's when he jumped in and stopped the fight it was a great fight it was a great fight and I can honestly see I can hly see a rematch in the future I don't know about next maybe next I don't know Golden Boy uh putting this fight together was was good but they you know I mean I was I was I appreciated it as a boxing fan and you know as a media member this was a great you know boxing for the boxing fan entertaining uh everything that boxing has has to offer it showed in that main event what do you think about the fight Bast and Furious I think he probably one of the best ways to describe it uh you know going into it I think we knew and hoped it was going to be that just uh and it and it paid off you could just see you know early on that Neri still has something left in the tank hovan out just did what he always does comes and comes to fight he's always a good TV fighter and it's just going to be interesting to see where Lewis Nery goes from there because he's had you know a lot of ups but he's had you know a lot of downs as well obviously getting banned from fighting in Japan for missing weight a few times little drug bust when he was in the camp with Canelo but you know it's a it's it's a red hot division you know Steven fton casemiro MJ uh yes moner yeah the monsters obviously yeah I'm sure we got a touch on that obviously you spoke to him afterwards and uh yeah he called out the monster and I'm pretty sure every single boxing fan on the planet wants to see that but the monster has to take care of Pon first and go get through that obstacle which that's going to be a tough fight but uh like you said for ner you know he has a lot of baggage obviously coming in but um came back got this big win um and then H at the first maybe three or four rounds he got cut I believe just under the right eye on his uh cheek at first I thought it was from a headbutt but then I believe it was from uh punches I think it was from a punch from ner and I and you can see as the rounds progress obviously that ner was trying to attack that area because it be it started to swell up a little bit more it got to a point where I believe uh referee Ray Corona took HOV into the corner to be examined by the doctor but then the doctor you know he let it continue but you know like I said hovan had his moments too even though he lost the fight he had his moments he gave a great account of himself in this fight uh he just came up on the losing end um and the atmosphere uh because it was like a it's like a theater they called the Fox Theater so it's meant for like shows and concerts and stuff it's like that but you know sometime sometimes those small venues like that because it's kind of so intimate are are some of the funnest are some are some of the funnest uh boxing events that you can be at you know instead of going to like a staple center where it's like 15 to 18,000 or something you know they're still fun but I think we've been to enough of these small venue shows like that and we've seen fun fights where it's so intimate that it really enhances the atmosphere of the entire event and that's exactly what happened especially in the main event um and it both both Fighters ner and hovanesian it was almost kind of split down the middle in terms of uh in terms of fans because at one point ner n's fans would chant his name ner ner and then right after hovanesian would his fans would jump in and ch ch azat they were going back and forth so it wasn't just the fighters in the ring going against each other it was their fans going back and forth it was almost kind of like a like a pro wrestling event you know pro wrestling like the fan fan interaction and participation with the with the performers is always encouraged and you know helps the event in the atmosphere it was just kind of like that you know both both uh because I think uh aahan is is he Armenian yeah something like that yeah right I think he's Armenian um there's a big Armenian population in Southern California especially in the LA area um so he had a lot of f fans there um lomachenko was there too lomachenko with with some of his team members his dad was there uh he showed up um I'm not sure if uh his manager igus Kus or some they might have had a fighter on the card or I can't remember but lomachenko could have been there just to catch the great the Great Main Event but he was there and attendance um yeah it was a great fight though it was a great event um the matchmaking that Golden Boy put on between these two uh these two fighters at 122 pounds this was a an Eliminator for the WBC um Junior featherweight or super bantamweight World title which is held by Stephen fton right so now the winner which is ner uh should be in line obviously there's always politics even when you fight an Eliminator you know sometimes they put you like oh you have to fight another Eliminator and another Eliminator like what are you talking about I thought what's just one Eliminator so right now ner is positioned himself after this fight to be to fight the winner of stepen Folton and the monster inway who will be fighting has that that has that fight been officially announced I don't let me just check that box wreck but I'm pretty sure there isn't an actual date there isn't an actual announcement yet right there's just been like reports saying that Fulton is willing to go to Japan and this and that like so I mean we'll see we will we'll see how how that works but it is a top rank that you know the monster in a way is under the top rank Banner in in the United States at least Stephen Fulton's under the PBC Banner obviously we know how promotional politics and broadcasters work you know which is unfortunate because this would be a great fight but the winner of that fight would expectedly you would think have to fight ner um which I don't think happens next I think ner still has to fight maybe one or two more fights in between before he gets that that WBC Title shot but as you touched up the beginning of this conversation ner the media uh talked to him after his fight the fans already cleared out um and he came to the he came to the media section and started talking to us so we all kind of swarmed it was like a media scrum we people were asking him questions about different things about what he thought about the fight all that um and then one of uh our media colleagues as you know brought up the monster in away uh and then ner said that he wants the monster you know he wants to fight him but then he also said that uh he said and I'm paraphrasing I don't know if I'm saying it accurately but n say something along the lines of Ina way is not a monster he's a little monster he said it in Spanish but he said he's a little monster and I want to take his mask off which I thought was a crazy quote I was like that's a great quote like you know if you want to kind of rile up the boxing fan and and put some you know some marketing behind uh this type of beef that you had between these two fighters now um I thought it was a a great way to start it um that video of him saying that is on our Twitter account right now um I was uh I I got video of that when he said that so I was posted on our Twitter account if you go check it out um and then he also ner had come out and talked to the meting and you can tell his arm I believe his left arm uh was hurt he had some bruises on there and he had an ice pack on there so I assumed okay well know what happened to his arm so I asked him about his arm as well um but he just said that it was just sore and it was tired um pretty much kind of eliminating any kind of issue like it was broken or just kind of really bad he just said it was just sore so according to him he's fine fine it was just general soreness maybe because he was throwing on maybe because he got hit in the arm and the body and all that stuff um but Nar you know n ner he wants to smoke you know he wants to smoke and he made it known he made it known saying I want I want inway you know I mean is that gonna is that sentiment going to stay the same if fton beats in a way if that fight if that fight happens if that fight doesn't happen how likely do you think that Golden Boy puts ner against uh in a way do you think they work with top rank I mean you would think ner would have to send or you think you would think Golden Boy would have to send ner to Japan right but isn't he banned from Japan right that's the problem I guess I know the top rank have been trying for the longest time to get any way to to fight over here more you know he was scheduled to fight in Vegas when Co hit right me I mean it's it's a great fight either way in in way or you know Fulton I think ner is probably gonna hopefully fight any of them you know when he's professional and he's making weight you know he's a very very good fighter he's a fan pleasing fighter you know 34 wins 26 by knockout what more do you want as fans right exactly exactly so I mean we'll see we'll see how it goes but I think uh near doesn't end up fighting in a way or Fon next or even this year I don't think that those fights happen this year um How likely do you think it is that Golden Boy puts M makes a rematch of this hovanesian and ner before the end of this year How likely do you think that is I think ner will want to move on and fight something bigger but I'm all for that I mean no no you're right but who realistically who could he fight before the end of the year well he is with zamer so unless they have a long-term deal with golden boy because like I said ner has his sub his subcontract with zamer but then they contracted with Golden Boy promotions so unless this is a multi-fight deal if it's like a one if this was a one-fight deal which it probably isn't then ner still has to fight exercise fights Under The Golden Boy Banner but if he doesn't if it was a one fight deal then he has he has options to go to any other promoter major promoter it's a hard one isn't it really because there's nobody really with golden B at that weight Division if they if they have options on him they used to have Ronnie Rios but he's we've heard in in you know from Rumblings that he's retired right yeah when I spoke to him yeah Ronnie told me that he's retired I tell you one that another one that would have been good for the local area would have been a good fight but he's also retired Danny Roman yeah that's true yeah Thompson Thompson boxing by the way uh real quick uh you know want to give our condolences to the Thompson boxing family Ken Thompson the founder of Thompson boxing passed away uh within the last uh week or two so condolences from the team here at the last round to the Thompson family and everybody at Thompson's boxing because that guy was definitely at least on the west coast over here he was definitely the king of uh you know club shows Regional shows you know he there's a lot of fights he put on they were very exciting he had guys like Timothy Bradley who went on become a multiple time world champion and you know made a big account of himself so um yeah he was definitely a boxing fan he can you can never deny that so condolences to Ken Thompson's Family and uh his entire team over there at Thompson's boxing um but you're right Danny Roman he's retired that's the thing it's the options are limited you know I mean who does matum have at 122 is that it yeah he I think he's the main one over there I can't think of anyone else that jumps off the page mean a lot of them are like kazmo um malan tapaz um but a lot of those guys you know they're not they're not with match more Golden Boy so it's he's kind of like stuck isn't he like on where where he can go without you know crossing the street a lot of them is are taken up by you know PBC you know zalani T would be a good fight he's heavy-handed similar style to ner that would be all action as well but does you really want to go through another all action fight before you know getting a shot at either you know Fulton or MJ you probably want a little either arrest or a little walk over not something that's going to you know take a little bit more out of the tank yeah exactly yeah either way the event was great um the main event definitely delivered like I said the atmosphere I think this was the first ever fight at least from what I know there could have been small smaller promoters or smaller Regional shows there which we're just not aware of but um from our understanding this was the first ever boxing fight at Fox Theater in Pomona California which is within the Los Angeles County boundary um and it was fun it was a it was a fun atmosphere um and you know the fans were split down the middle it was a definition of a of a boxing fight event like if you had somebody who was like a casual fan you take him to that I think they would have had fun especially for that main event it was it was definitely a a great fight so Oscar de Hoya was there in the in the crowd too um with his best friend Mario Lopez and de Hoya was I think there was a video posted of him where he's like standing up and kind of yelling during the main event just like you know throwing Shadow punches and he's like yeah just really really into it so um yeah he was really really into it so Shane Mosley was there cuz this kid which we'll touch on in a second but it was a fun fight fun event and and also another tweet that we had posted uh during yesterday or during this past Saturday's timeline um in Pomona so the when you walk into that theater um there's posters on the on the behind glass leading up to the entrance of the theater and usually they put like announcements for which shows are coming up which artists all of them each one of those was a fight poster so it was like De La Hoya fights Shan mosy fights Bernard Hopkins they were all old fight posters there was a De La Hoya of Fernando Vargas one and it was really cool because every single one there was probably I don't know maybe 10 to 12 uh you know posters Behind These glass uh these pieces of glass and they were all fight posters and it was I thought it was really cool so there's pictures on our Twitter account if you you scroll through our Twitter account um you can check that out I thought that was a really cool nice little touch you're walking by and you see all those fight posters on the wall right there that was that was really cool so I got to give credit to Golden Boy and their team over there that was a that was a a nice little tidbit to add to the event there uh moving on Shane Mosley Jr guess the 10 round unanimous unanimous decision win over Mario Alberto loano who gets the who takes the 11th loss of his career um I don't know how I came across on TV but I I believe Mosley Jr won by really wide scores on all three scorecards um being being there in person I don't I don't agree with that um I don't think those scores are that wide I think Lozano actually took some rounds and was giving Mosley Jr some some problems um he loano made gave a good account of himself and he fought hard um but I even there was there was even one of the media members had asked me as we were towards the end of the 12th round he was like oh who do you think what do you think who you think is going to take it I was like oh well Shane mosy Jr's from Pomona California you know his dad's from Pomona he grew you know I don't know how how much he grew up in Pomona and stuff I don't think they actually live there still but um he was buil from pomoto California like his dad who was in attendance as you know right there on ringside but you know mosle junor is a bigger name marketing wise you know that Golden Boy can work with with uh more financially viable if you look at it like that so I told media call my one of my media colleagues I like oh yeah I think mosy Jor is goingon to get the the nod here regardless and that's exactly what happened uh I didn't I didn't think it was the scores should have been that wide but you know it was a tough fight but I do agree that maybe mosy J did deserve the the decision um just by not that wide of a score um but Lozano Lozano like I said he could fight he could fight and he was giving mosy junor problems and this was mosey's first fight since uh beating Gabe Rosado last year um so it was maybe about nine 10 months since that fight um and I think he beat Rosado by decision as well right yeah majority decision yeah yeah that was a majority decision so this was a unanimous decision so yeah but I think loano gave a good account himself I mean you can tell just by his record 33 and 11 as a uh as of the end of Saturday you can tell he's one of those guys like he's thrown in there because he could fight and he can give you like a good test I mean having what uh over almost 45 fights close to 50 fights the guy can fight you know I could see him maybe being kind of like a like a Gabe Rosado like at gab Rosado has like 15 losses but he's been in there with the biggest names in boxing between 154 and like 175 or 168 or whatever he's been in with those with the biggest names um and I think loano you know I I haven't looked at his past resume but Lozano could I could probably do the same thing 33 and 11 the guy could fight you know so you put you put him in there with whoever opponent you you have like he'll give you a run for your money he'll make you work for it and that's exactly what he did to Mosley Jr he made him work for the win so I thought that was an exciting fight too and then people for you know obviously behind uh mosy Jr from Pomona the local crowd then his it was funny cuz his his his grandfather uh who's uh who who's sh Sugar Shane mosey's Dad what's his dad's name let's just call him Mr Mosley yeah he was there and it was funny because like he was he was just kind of filming the whole time like filming his grandson like oh yeah and then right before like the fight started he was he was trying to get his attention hey look Shane look at me and then like he kind of posed for his dad in the camera and he like took a it was just funny just to see like Grandpa taking pictures of his of his grandson I thought I thought it was kind of cool um but like I said MOS Jr gets the unit M stit win over 10 Rounds where does he go from here what do you think yeah that's a that's a difficult one because you know every time he steps up you know he doesn't look too great I'm assuming they'll probably try to throw him in there with somebody for like a a a Payday for him you know because he's he is highly ranked so do you see go there with somebody like I don't know could he be the opening fight for Edgar balanga on that mream contract you know what that's pretty interesting that's a pretty interesting suggestion right there I didn't think about that you I can see him I can see him in there with somebody like that you know it's uh probably be a good Payday for him get it over in New York Puerto Rican fans um you know he's just signed with matchroom there obviously trying to place him in a couple of fights get a few good wins for balanga and then eventually you know balanga is going to have that big you know Mexican Puerto Rican rivalry with Canelo which they've pretty much openly spoken about that's the path do you think kind of sidetracking here because banga is kind of in the same but they are in the same uh weight class here as mosy Jr and you know banga leaving Top Rank and signing with mat M Hearn which was news that broke last week um he also met with Golden Boy Oscar de and Eric Gomez as well um do you think he met with PBC yeah I'm sure yeah yeah yeah I'm pretty sure I think he said he did an interview with uh was it IFL TV or something like that and I think was it Al hymon was the first one to call him oh is that what he said or Oscar I can't I honestly can't remember now probably shouldn't have brought it up anyway but he yeah he me I think he spoke to uh to to pretty much everyone and then you know I think was yeah I think because I think if Golden Boy still had Canelo I think bur Lango probably would have signed with golden boy but I think you know Eddie hearn's obviously a good talker good salesman you know he but but they have Rel a relationship with Canelo a partnership with Canelo so Bango wants that fight even if he's not going to get it like right away he knows like okay I want that fight and if I'm with Ed Hearn and matchroom that's the best chance to get that fight it is so I mean I knew when because berango tweeted pictures of him with Eddie Hearn and him with Oscar de Hoy and Eric Gomez after he met with them backtack days I mean I saw it I knew right away I was like if he doesn't pick Edie Hearn like I'd be ridiculously surprised like he has Canelo and that he's been talking about Canelo for years so yeah he's not going to get him anytime soon but if anything it's like next year but he would have to at least fight twice this year and you know get some decent wins but yeah let's let's see how that shapes up let's see how that shapes up with ER banga and how he does under under Eddie Eddie Hearn and matchroom cuz if top rank you know could couldn't work out deal with him and it didn't work out at Top Rank kind of just like okay well you know you can become a free agent and figure it out you top rank's professional like they got a good system going over there and if they kind of you know couldn't couldn't give you something that that made you happy you know what does that mean are is that does that mean that they didn't really have too much confidence in your skill or there was also reports that um or there was talk that he W berlanga was rejecting opponents that top rank was giving him like trying to step him up more but berlanga was rejecting those opponents so I don't know is is that gonna happen with Eddie Hearn is Eddie Hearn Eddie hearn's gonna obviously put him in a fight first to something he could win to introduce him to the done Zone crowd and all that like to kind of get him going which honestly shouldn't happen but that's what's going to happen and then and then what after that first win a big you know significant name another test or is Eddie her and matam GNA try to give him two to three fights where you know guys he could beat to kind of get get his confidence up and and introduce him to the Doone crowd what do you think I mean I I think they'll stick him in with CA selected names that are coming towards the end of their career but you know you can have them as like former world champion something like that people that aren't you know movers because you we can see even in some of the fights that he's had now that people that can box a bit and move a little bit you know Edgar banga is not not too good with it he he likes opponent just to stay in front of him so I think he'll probably fight two maybe three you know faded ex- world champions and you know so he can get some wins and then obviously they building him up for that big Canelo fight you I would imagine next May or next September you know the the two Mexican holidays big Mexico Puerto Rican rivalry big payday for him and then I imagine Banger will probably sail off into the sunset maybe maybe that's yeah I mean the kid does have like a especially in New York he does kind have like a following and then he you know I think he has that rapper Fat Joe who also behind him so he he does have some type of following which you know you can work with from a financial standpoint but let's let's see how it works out let's see how it works out because I mean if if he if he wins and then Eddie Hearn in matchroom put him in with like significant names and he passes those test and he keeps going and eventually gets himself to a Canelo fight let's just say let's just say at the end of next year depending on his pathway that'd be exciting that'd be exciting for the sport Puerto Rico against Mexico I mean it'd be exciting right canelo's kind of running out of opponents I could see I'll name three opponents and they probably won't be these guys but this is the sort of people I'm thinking Jose us katagi ex ibf world champion who lost it to Caleb plant doesn't really move Big Stiff heavy-handed Sergio Martinez is highly ranked by the WBA and somebody else that's still boxing and he box just recently that's still boxing at middleweight is a fmer world champion Felix Sturm yeah I guess that could work I don't think the Martinez W would happen I don't think Eddie Hearn and M would make that fight I think just Martinez too he's too old bck St actually won this weekend you won by unanimous maybe I mean berong needs to get out there as soon as he can now now that he's announced his signing and mat's announced it and all that D's announced it they need to get him out as quickly as possible like within the next three to four month like three months they need to put him out there get him going uh on his contract on the D Zone platform get him going and start you know get the path going you know why wait wait you got to keep going but I don't know we'll see we'll see uh rounding up the card uh Pomona California The Golden Boy on Golden Boy fights on the Zone Ricardo Sandoval gets a 21st win of his career over a second round K with the second round K over hon Ortiz that's how you say in Spanish hon Ortiz um sandavol uh he talked to a couple couple reporters on the side after the fight um saying that he you know he's I think there was a quote that we saw where he said he's ready for like bigger names and stuff I mean 21 and2 he's kind of within that that that category now right over 20 wins maybe well we just saw him we were both there when he lost to David gimnez um well that's true yeah that's true so does this does this one win right that wrong was that just a wrong opponent wrong night bad night at at work you know um because that that one loss was because he was you know he was highly ranked in pretty much all of them I believe the ibf WBA he was the mandatory to fight Sunny Edwards but for some reason they decided not to go down that route and I think they were going to go down the WBA after talking to his manager one time um so yeah that loss was kind of a setback but hopefully you know this kind of writes that wrong and he's he's back up there because you know's oh yeah he performed well it was a good was a good KO it was it was good it was early night and I thought it was a great punch like you know back in the wind column so I mean we'll see but he's still young kid uh he's got some time to recover from from those two losses he has uh in his professional career and then also a side note uh he came out through a to a Live Mariachi a Live Mariachi band who was like they were on the second level of the theater and they played they played him out and then when he won they played again it was it was funny like it was really it was it was cool to see but it was also it was also funny because when Sandoval was doing his postf fight interview in the ring with uh Betto Duran uh the Mariachi started playing again in the middle of the interview and then there was a the there was there was a The Zone like crew member who got like a flashlight and was trying to shine it at them from from below to get them to stop and you could tell that they saw him but they kept playing and they just kept playing till they finished but the the Zone crew was trying to like wave them like hey you need to stop they're doing an interview it was in the middle of the postf fight interview that sandava was given in the ring after his KO wi so I I thought it was I thought it was funny but I was just like well why would you let why would you let you know am Mariachi come in and put them at the top like that I mean I know there was like limited space I understand that but it's just I thought it was funny I thought it was really really funny that they did that so but it was it was it was a it was a nice little humorous moment that I appreciated um All Right Moving On fight preview this upcoming Saturday the 25th of February from the armory in Min Minneapolis Minnesota on Showtime for the ibf super lightweight title subriel subriel Matias 18-1 goes up against Jeremiah spon said 30 and zero undefeated what do you think about this fight seems like it's pretty exciting yeah I mean it's uh Sao matis [ __ ] power in those hands yeah uh I think it's a 94% KO ratio uh all of his wins I believe have come by knockout uh Pon I think it's was it 30 wins 20 by knockout so still still a fair few um knockouts on his on his Ledger as well great fight the ibf obviously was vacated so because they didn't want to fight uh Mattis so if you're gonna put a gun to my head tell me that I'm a betting man and tell me where to money goes I think you know subriel Mattis is is a good shout just those that power in his hands uh was a good it was a good match up though yeah I mean I think it's it's going to be it's going to be a good fight it's just one of those ones where it's not got the biggest names so I don't know if he'll get that many views uh no yeah I mean that you know that happens but you know from a from a comp competitive standpoint at least from our point of view as hardcore boxing fans it's a pretty good matchup yeah on on Showtime for those people that that want to follow it PBC card right yeah PBC card on Showtime for as many PBC cards as we've got left I guess yeah allegedly we'll see also on the card Elvis Rodriguez 131 And1 goes up against Joseph adorno 171 and two so shout out to Minnesota getting these fights and then PBC bringing fights over there because I don't see any other promoter taking fights over there I think top rank might have had some fights there maybe a limited amount of times but it's more PBC bringing fights there so maybe that uh maybe that venue fee that sight fee is pretty cheap over there in Minneapolis it must be right that's a r that's a random area to have fights in yeah but I but I've you know I've heard that you know they get a good crowd every single time you know it's pretty decent crowd so but it has to be worth it business-wise sight fee be cheap or something you know who knows who knows uh also this upcoming Sunday the 26th of February finally at least as of now as of as of this recording it seems like it's happening from Saudi Arabia Jake Paul your favorite fighter and mine and our listeners goes up against Tommy Fury uh these guys have been talking major smack about each other for the past like two years or so they they tried to make the fight multiple times the pass and then uh allegedly Fury you know pulled out of some some negotiations and fights and then maybe the the probellum kenahan stuff allegedly affected him and how he does business and travel and all that stuff uh too because of they know the fury name and all that so you know who knows um but now this fight is happening in Saudi Arabia was probably the only location that it could have happened I think Jake Paul wanted this fight to happen probably in the UK um but I guess it didn't work out but I'm sure sa R was paying a lot of money for this what do you think here what do you think I keep going back and forth keep going back I I I just can't see how Tommy Fury loses he's an actual fighter whe people say like oh he's not the same I just he's been fighting a lot longer and I know he's like you know also on TV over there in the UK and reality shows and stuff like that but he's an actual fighter who's trained for years and fought like if he really loses it's it's embarrassing it's embarrassing Jake Paul's been fighting most of these fights the six and0 fights have been against MMA guys or basketball players or whoever you know Tommy Fury you know whether even if he loses people should still look at it like he's a professional fighter a professional boxer coming from a fighting family but it's I don't looking at what he's done in the boxing world so far like is he going to become a world champion no probably not after what we've seen in the eight fights so fast and I do wonder is he just selling his boxing career could be for a World Championship purse because he makes most of his money I imagine from doing you know all the reality TV stuff probably social media whatever he's on in the UK I'm not too sure but he's going to be getting a World Championship purse or maybe even higher than a World Championship purse to fight someone like Jake Paul if you're looking at The Ledges so far of who they've actually fought you know Jake Paul fought Anderson Silva Anderson Silva beat Julio Caesar Chavez Junior you know which is a great win which is you know better than anything that Tommy Fury's done so far and if you look at what Tommy's done he hasn't looked great in you know a lot of his fights and then but then you listen to some people that know him and have been in the gym and have seen him fight and they've said like you know like he is a good fighter you know he has beaten a lot of pros and you know inspiring knocked out a few like well-known Pros that the people have spoken about so I don't know I don't know it's it's it's honestly hard to pick because you don't know is Tommy Fury just going there for a Payday like how serious does he take it his dad said before that he was supposed to fight but he was out there with his brother like you know on a yach eating drinking and not taking it seriously I think it's I think it's fight if Tommy Fury wins which I just I just don't see how he doesn't like he just has too much credibility behind him even though people are like oh no he's not a real boxer like he is like he's from of a fighting family I know he's like a TV star but I'm giving him the credit so if he loses it's embarrassing but how much look at it this way ever since his name has been associated with Jake Paul Tommy Fury's name has been a lot more globally recognized than it was before Jake Paul started talking about it because Jake Paul is global because there's a lot of people even random people who have asked me like oh what's the deal with that Jake Paul Fury fight and I and I'm always surprised because then they're just they're like they know like oh it's that kid right Tyson Fury's brother or something like you know like they ask about it but it's because of Jake Paul like he's a global star so he mentions his name and then people his fans or people are like oh who's this Fury guy like is he talking about Tyson Fury and then they look it up and oh it's it's Tommy oh he has a brother you know this is and and if Tommy Fury wins which I believe he should I don't I don't see why not it's only going to help him in his career in terms of publicity and all that stuff because he's already gotten the rub from Jake Paul for the publicity his name has become a lot more recognizable all over the world and if he beats him now it's like oh yeah you're the guy that beat Jake Paul business-wise Financial wise man if if he all right you you got to think about all that you really got to think about all that you know it's like I don't know I it's it's just a weird situation it's just funny to talk about Jake Paul after you know three years ago four years ago we were like what the heck who's this guy oh just doing YouTube fighting and Jake Paul's actually going through with it you know got to give him the credit so we will see also on the car in the co-main event for the WBC Cruiserweight title uh IA makabu who was at one time rumored to as a potential opponent for Canelo Edie Rosa requested at the WBC convention all that stuff it never happened goes up against Badu Jack this in the co- main of it this could be a little exciting fight too Badu Jack's always Badu Jack's always you know involving these fights in the Middle East isn't he like his relationship with like the the people out there and the you know the governments and the crowd and everything they must really like him because B Jack is always involved uh in these fights he always gets like even when he was with Mayweather Mayweather would always put Badu Jack uh high up on the card as a co-main or something like Badu Jack must be a really likable person because he's always involved in these big events he's always there he's always there so um I think makabu knocks him out though what do you think H it's an interesting one cuz you know B ja obviously started his career at like heavyweight he's moving up this will obviously Mak him the you know two-time world champion if he manages to beat him I don't know makaboo is just like kind of like strong you obviously you know he lost to Tony bellu and then his only other L is actually on his debut so you know he's pretty much you know one defeat in like do know 30 fights um ah man it's it's yeah I could see I could see makabe maybe taking it you know maybe catches him you know knocks him out because you know Badu Jack is you know hitable and he's kind of really been fighting a lot you know lower pedigree of opponents over the last few years I think you go back to like 2019 was when he fought you know Jean Pascal you know ever since then he's been fighting I don't know Club level type Fighters stuff like that on the you know triller cards Dubai cards YouTuber cards stuff like that he just manages to kind of like Get on those cards somehow get the best manager in the business I would say so yeah I mean if you told me to put it better on it yeah I think makaboo if he's still wants it because you know how old is he's must been around for like forever it seems Seems like it yeah by the way it's a it's an intriguing matchup you know I'm kind of like interested like I'll I'll check it out see see how it ends up how it concludes but we will see uh news and note section of this week's episode of the last round something we've been beating the drum here and you know I'll kind of briefly touch on it uh ESPN has reported that Davis jonto Davis and Ryan Garcia's teams have both signed contracts for an April 15th bout in Las Vegas at 136 pound catchweight fight um but there is still no contract sign between showtime and the Zone um Showtime time is obviously on javant Davis's side uh and pbc's longtime Network partner um supposedly they sent a contract to Doone this past weekend and Doone is obviously the home of Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy promotions so I don't want to really dive too much into this because it's kind of like going back and forth and then it's also it was also announced recently that Davis uh pled guilty I think struck some type of plea deal or something happened um in his uh in his uh criminal trial I think it's over there in Baltimore um and he's scheduled to be sentenced at the beginning of May so does that give Golden Boy promotions a little bit more leverage because they maybe dvon Davis and PBC and Showtime want to try to make this fight just before he gets sentenced just in case he does jail time which is highly likely that he could um you know it's kind of like how May with I think when he just before he went to prison for his legal troubles he fought just before he got sentenced I don't know if you remember that I forgot which fight it was but he literally fought like a was it Pacquiao yeah they delayed it because he was it was going to bring approximately a billion dollars to the strip yeah that's what it was so yeah he he was able to fight Pacquiao and then like a month or two later he got sentenced and did some time so um and and with Showtime with the whole news that showtime and Paramount are going to merge and you know a lot of restructuring is happening um I'm sure showtime and Stephen Espinosa are trying to prove to their new restructured executive team between Paramount and Showtime that like hey this is you know if we can get Davis Garcia this is going to be great for Ratings you're going to see business-wise this is a profitable event that's something that they want to show to Paramount and CBS so I don't know maybe some more leverage is on is on Golden boy's side you know um because they wanted the zone to have the rematch rights and Showtime said no and then reportedly that they finally agreed that okay if there's a rematch Doone gets it or something like that um if Davis loses if he exercises his rematch clause um so I don't know I don't know we'll see we'll see there's all these things I personally don't think and this is just me I don't think it's going to happen in ail ail but you know we're already less than two months away but I don't think it's going to happen in April but we'll see I think Ryan should have fought in January just like Davis did but it is what it is um also WBC interim Junior middleweight champion Sebastian fondura is returning to the ring on April 8th as part of a main event against Brian Mendoza uh in California according to ESPN so I don't think they as of today they haven't announced a location in California but I'm sure that'll be announced soon but there could have been there could have been a location we're just not aware of it um and then this past weekend should have been the return of Adrien the problem Broner your favorite fighter in mine in addition to Jake Paul uh actually no the 25th I'm sorry February 25th um in Atlanta he was supposed to fight Michael Williams Jr but W Williams Jr I guess his teammate said that his jaw was broken in sparring or in in training camp something happened um and Michael Williams Jr was the replacement of the original opponent and then now Broner's 0 for two and I think I saw a screenshot of like a an online post from somebody from BLK prime or which I'm assuming I forgot the name I'm assuming it was somebody from there that said they were looking for another opponent for Adrien Broner uh the purse was $175,000 um your whole team I think five up to five people Hotel expenses per DM was all paid for food um but and they said they had like a deadline if we don't get an opponent by 5:00 P pm today which was the other day might have been Friday then we're we can't move on and it seems like they didn't get it so they canceled it um and you know Broner Broner hasn't competed since February of 2021 so two years this month um so we'll see we'll see what happens if they try to make him return I'm sure Broner going to be like well you need to try to get me return next month I'm already training that's what I would say it's like you got to put me on so I mean we'll see maybe next month in March they're going to try to put him in a fight maybe try to get him somebody but you know 0 for two Broner and his opponents would bek Prime so off to a after the Crawford fight all that BLK Prime isn't off to a good start so we'll see how that goes um and then like I like I mentioned ear Javon Davis bleeded guilty last week to four counts stemming from a hit and run crash in November 2020 that left four people injured including a a pregnant woman um and he's scheduled to be sentenced on May 5th um it does seem based on what we've been reading and following the case here that he might do some trail time and seems like it's likely he'll do some type of jail time but you know how serious are they are Al Heyman jont Davis and PBC how Ser how you know does this light of fire on under them to do the Ryan Garcia fight on April 15th just before he gets sentenced yeah possibly possibly so we will see we will see how that goes uh but once again guys we appreciate it you guys listening to this week's episode of the last round we apologize for no episode last week but we are back we're also going to try to get you some more bonus episodes um we've kind of been lagging on those bonus episodes uh so we're going to try to get some more guests uh that bonus episodes are dedicated to their careers and you know kind of diveing into specific topics and all that um so we're going to jump into that uh but before we end this week's episode of the last round mik go ahead and let them know where they can find us and follow us at the last round 12 on Instagram and Twitter be sure to join us next week we'll be previewing Lewis riten O'Hara Davis from the UK and Brandon Figaroa against Mark maaso a good Showtime card good Showtime card solid can't wait to talk about that next week so for once again 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