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Speaker 1: Look twenty twenty was not the year many of us

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Speaker 1: But look heavy deweight division renaissance. It's fun. Let's do it.

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Speaker 1: need to see it now. Generational standpoint. Yes, welterweight title unification,

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Speaker 1: value wise in terms of a fight that has delivered

424
00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:49,240
Speaker 1: before and the storyline of Triple G going twenty four

425
00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:51,639
Speaker 1: amazing rounds with Canelo and coming out of it with

426
00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,840
Speaker 1: what one scorecard in this favor was? It was it

427
00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,800
Speaker 1: one first fight was a draw. It was the bad

428
00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,840
Speaker 1: draw card from Dontrella Love you don bad card. There

429
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,679
Speaker 1: was the one eighteen one ten awful card. Triple G

430
00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,560
Speaker 1: got one scorecard there. I don't think he got or

431
00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,159
Speaker 1: maybe he got one in the in the second Was

432
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,120
Speaker 1: it a majority decision win for for Canelo? Either way,

433
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,280
Speaker 1: for Triple G to fight that great in those two

434
00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,919
Speaker 1: fights and come out of it with not even a

435
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,320
Speaker 1: draw and not you know, the two laws you know, sorry,

436
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,879
Speaker 1: a draw and a loss and not even uh you know,

437
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,840
Speaker 1: storyline wise, Yeah, I get why you would want this fight.

438
00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,440
Speaker 1: The problem is that Triple G's not the same guy guy.

439
00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,840
Speaker 1: He's not all right. Rewatch his recent fight. He's just

440
00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,760
Speaker 1: not the same guy. Canelo is so much better even

441
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,480
Speaker 1: now than he was in the you know, heading into

442
00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,520
Speaker 1: the first Triple G fight that you know, I think

443
00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:39,680
Speaker 1: Canelo owns him. Like remember the great uh Many Pacio

444
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,760
Speaker 1: Eric Morales trilogy, Right, We forget sometimes that it's a

445
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,280
Speaker 1: trilogy because the second half of it was pretty one sided.

446
00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,680
Speaker 1: First half an instant freaking classic from two thousand and

447
00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,560
Speaker 1: five with with Eric Morales taking the close decision he

448
00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,600
Speaker 1: went left in the final round and oh did you

449
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,960
Speaker 1: love it? I loved it? Thank you, thank you, Larry

450
00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,960
Speaker 1: Merchant rematch. People forget even though Pacio stopped him late,

451
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 1: Morales was winning that fight. That was a great fight.

452
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:07,200
Speaker 1: Third fight, hot knife through butter right, Morales sat down

453
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,760
Speaker 1: basically no. Moss was like, dude, I can't deal with

454
00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,440
Speaker 1: this buzz saw. I fear that's good that would happen

455
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,320
Speaker 1: to Triple G in the third fight. So would I

456
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,000
Speaker 1: want to see it? For a lot of reasons? Would

457
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,080
Speaker 1: I be happy with it? Of course, big fight for

458
00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,320
Speaker 1: the sport? Is this not my wish list though it's

459
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,879
Speaker 1: in the top ten, not in the top five. And

460
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 1: even though Canelo wants to stay at one sixty eight,

461
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,639
Speaker 1: and unify all the titles, and I respect that. So

462
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 1: you'd think BC's gonna throw at you Billy Joe Saunders,

463
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,639
Speaker 1: Caleb Plant, David Benavitez, if he could pick back up

464
00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,080
Speaker 1: his old title. Uh maybe yeah, great fights, would love them,

465
00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,440
Speaker 1: would freaking love them. But I think the best fight

466
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:47,200
Speaker 1: you can make with Canelo right now critically and eventually

467
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,560
Speaker 1: commercially is that one that Cliff Roll mentioned on Twitter,

468
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,600
Speaker 1: that I mentioned on Morning Combat a couple episodes ago.

469
00:22:54,240 --> 00:23:00,960
Speaker 1: Jamal Charlo Canelo Alvarez versus Jamal Charlow is the fight

470
00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,880
Speaker 1: that I number three most want to see for next year.

471
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,359
Speaker 1: Are we gonna see it? No? No, We're probably not

472
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,200
Speaker 1: gonna see it. Canelo's laid out what matters to him,

473
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,119
Speaker 1: unifying belts at one sixty eight. He's gonna have that

474
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,720
Speaker 1: stay busy title. Uh mandatory defense against Avne Yield Durham

475
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,040
Speaker 1: in February, Gonna come back probably against Billy Joe Saunders

476
00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,520
Speaker 1: in May, then come back one more time in September.

477
00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,360
Speaker 1: Shout out to Canelo for three appearances. The third one

478
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:29,160
Speaker 1: would be what uh probably Triple G maybe uh maybe

479
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,680
Speaker 1: Caleb Plant, but I think it's more likely that Canelo

480
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 1: right now stays on the Dizone Matchroom Sport Eddie Hearn

481
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,399
Speaker 1: side of the bracket. Eddie Hearn right now has you know,

482
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,640
Speaker 1: Triple G. He's got uh Billy, He's got connections to Billy,

483
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 1: Joe Saunders, He's got Danny Jacobs. I mean, you know not.

484
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 1: I don't think Canelo's gonna go out his way to

485
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 1: rematch Danny Jacobs. But I think it's more likely Canelo

486
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 1: signs a two or three fight deal to stay where

487
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 1: he is, get that done, try to unify the belts

488
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,240
Speaker 1: and then see what's next. And even though Jamal Charlos

489
00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,399
Speaker 1: said he would move up to one sixty eight, I

490
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: think he would if the opportunity was there, and maybe

491
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 1: he should if you really think about it, because they're

492
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 1: in the PBC land, there's just not a ton of

493
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 1: there's just no name sorry, not forget a ton there's

494
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,480
Speaker 1: no names at one sixty right, I mean, unless Jarrett

495
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,640
Speaker 1: Herd and company move up from one point fifty four,

496
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,600
Speaker 1: maybe he should move up to sixty eight. Anyway, on

497
00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,960
Speaker 1: the PBC side, where you have kayleb Plant, David ben Avitez,

498
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 1: Andre Durell, it was Kat Tiggy a couple other names

499
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 1: that you'd care about. But the reason why I love

500
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,080
Speaker 1: this fight is because if you're going to create a

501
00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,359
Speaker 1: blueprint of what's going to give Canelo trouble, and I

502
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:33,960
Speaker 1: respect him that he goes out of his way to

503
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,320
Speaker 1: find this trouble and prove you wrong. You know if

504
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,480
Speaker 1: Lara trout Floyd when he probably shouldn't have. Is that

505
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,159
Speaker 1: Billy Joe Saunders could give him a tough night at

506
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 1: the office. He's tricky, fights in a negative style, all

507
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,439
Speaker 1: that stuff, And I don't care if you hate Billy Joe.

508
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: I mean you should hate Billy Joe. He's a troll,

509
00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,640
Speaker 1: but he's just a tough out in the ring. And

510
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,920
Speaker 1: certainly I like Kayleb Plant's handspeed. I think Benavidez would

511
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 1: make a fun fight because of the size and his

512
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:05,000
Speaker 1: willingness to brawl. But Jamal Charlo has a combination of size, speed, power,

513
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:10,280
Speaker 1: ring IQ and balls that I don't think anyone else

514
00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 1: in this sphere around sixty and sixty eight, okay, one

515
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 1: seventy five. If you're a Luke Thomas and you want

516
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:17,879
Speaker 1: to fight better Vie, I get it, dude, that'd be

517
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,639
Speaker 1: a phenomenal challenge. I just don't think he's gonna go

518
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 1: out of his way. I mean, better be. There's like

519
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,399
Speaker 1: no commercial imprint in boxing, and that's a tough, tough,

520
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:31,680
Speaker 1: tough fight. U. Jamal Charlo has the best full package,

521
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: I believe. Well, check check out the uniton on that guy.

522
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: Of all these guys we're talking about, and I think commercially,

523
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,240
Speaker 1: he could really get there in a quick way. It

524
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 1: would involve though, Like if Canelo announced that he was

525
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,399
Speaker 1: gonna fight Yielder him and then he was looking to

526
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,480
Speaker 1: fight Caleb Plant in the spring, I could say, wow,

527
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,680
Speaker 1: maybe the fall, maybe he stays with PBC, maybe the fall,

528
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: we get that Jamal Charlo fight. It's most likely that

529
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,400
Speaker 1: if we do, it's going to be twenty twenty two,

530
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 1: and then by then it might be huge because Jamal

531
00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 1: might you know who just had his pay per view

532
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 1: debut with his brother and looked fantastic in a close,

533
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 1: tough fight with you know, the damn Ukrainian guy, the

534
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,159
Speaker 1: Sergei der Vinchenko. That fight right now, I mean I

535
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: could talk myself into Jamal Charlo win in that fight.

536
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 1: You know, Canelo's the favorite, Damn right, Canelos a favorite?

537
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,640
Speaker 1: But uh, you know, Jamal's got a stiff jab his foot,

538
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 1: like Canelo doesn't go out of his way to fight

539
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,960
Speaker 1: guys with quick feet. You know, Glufkin had a smart

540
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: ability to cut off the ring in that powerful jab

541
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,960
Speaker 1: as a weapon. He was not able to land his

542
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,679
Speaker 1: right hand against Canelo. Canelo too quick for him. But

543
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:40,200
Speaker 1: Charloe's got the quickness, the IQ and that big right hand.

544
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 1: That's that's fast enough that Canelo can't be you know,

545
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: nonchalant about it. I mean, that's a fight. That's a fight.

546
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,960
Speaker 1: It's a chess match too. It's a fight that'd be

547
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 1: the number three fight that I would want to see

548
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 1: the most in twenty twenty one. No, we're not going

549
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 1: to see it though, but I'm here for it, Okay,

550
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 1: just the same. It's it's in it's in play. Though

551
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,600
Speaker 1: it's possible, it's probably not going to see it based

552
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 1: on where Nello's headed. Number four, folks, here we go.

553
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,240
Speaker 1: You see on a roll right now, Okay, fight I

554
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,360
Speaker 1: most want to see in twenty twenty one lightweight division

555
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,120
Speaker 1: Tao Femo Lopez Junior, and by the way, you could

556
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:19,320
Speaker 1: insert any name next to him for the fight you

557
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: most want to see right. If you say I want

558
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,400
Speaker 1: to see Lomachenko again, that's great. You want to see

559
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,680
Speaker 1: him against Devin Hainey, that's great. You want to see

560
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,120
Speaker 1: him against Ryan Garcia. If he gets past Luke Campbell

561
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 1: this weekend, that's awesome. I want to see him against

562
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,160
Speaker 1: Javonte Davis. Well, it happened in twenty twenty one. No,

563
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,399
Speaker 1: that's not gonna happen. There are on opposite sides of

564
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 1: the political sphere, one on ESPN Top Rank, the other

565
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 1: on PBC, Fox and Showtime. And I think because they're

566
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 1: so young, right, I think Tato's twenty three, what's Javonte.

567
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: I think he might have just turned twenty six. They're

568
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 1: so young that it's not likely that they fight early

569
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 1: like this, and it's not likely that will all parties

570
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 1: go out of their way to make it because there's

571
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: more money to be made if they do it down

572
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,159
Speaker 1: the road. And that's the reality. Both guys are just

573
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 1: putting their imprint in there, right, Lopez upsetting Wlmachenko on ESPN,

574
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,400
Speaker 1: big ratings, huge win, Davonte knocking out Leo Santa Cruz

575
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 1: in his pay per view debut, just showing you that

576
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 1: he's the good it's not good. I get Leo, he's

577
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: moving up from weight. He's a smaller fighter, but Dravonte's

578
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 1: got titles at thirty and thirty five, albeit a secondary

579
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 1: one at one thirty five. This would be a hilaciously

580
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: great fight at lightweight. Both can box, both can punch.

581
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: Both are super athletic. I think Tao is even more

582
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,880
Speaker 1: athletic and quicker. And you know, he put Girvante into

583
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,600
Speaker 1: counter punching mode and we'd see Bullen Matador and this

584
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: would be amazing. We're not gonna see it. Tao could

585
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: still have a monster year, and I believe he's gonna

586
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: go out of his way to fight people, but he's

587
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: he's playing the A side card right now. Again, not

588
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 1: holding it against him when you understand boxing, but he's

589
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,360
Speaker 1: basically like, look, I'm the A plus side, meaning if

590
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: you're gonna fight me, you're going to take a small amount.

591
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take most of it. Okay, Yeah, want to

592
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 1: fight everybody, but I'm the guy. You gotta come to me.

593
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 1: Gervonti is not gonna come to him. That's really the problem.

594
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 1: They both look at themselves as the future pillars of

595
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: the sport, and I think it's more likely that Ryan

596
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 1: Garcia would fight Jervonte than he would uh tail female.

597
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 1: At this point, I think that's a matchup. They think

598
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 1: they can outbox Davonte and win. I don't know. I

599
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 1: picked Durvonte in that one. Who would I pick in

600
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 1: Tao Femo Lopez and Gervonte Davis? I don't know. And

601
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: that's why I love this fight. And I think a

602
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: lot of people who are against Gervonte for his maybe

603
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 1: his matchmaking or his outside the ring issues arrests and stuff,

604
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: which is legit his issues making way, they don't maybe

605
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: always realize how how good he really is. And that's

606
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,959
Speaker 1: because he hasn't had to show it. He hasn't had

607
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: to out box people. He blows people away. It was

608
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: a fun fight with Leo as long as it lasted.

609
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: Leo came to win. But as we said, if you're

610
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 1: Santa Cruz and you don't have big power, the more

611
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: you try to win, the more you're going to open

612
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: yourself up to get served. And he he was. You know,

613
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: he got two tears. Here's two tickets to not paradise

614
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: any money. Here's two tickets to Fire and Brimstone. We'll

615
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 1: see if you get out of there. Shout out to

616
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 1: Leel for doing that right in his biggest fight of

617
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: his life. He went for it. But Tao and Dravonte

618
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: is just some good ass ish And let's not forget

619
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 1: about the five pillars the Foundation Boxing's future. I talk

620
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: about these guys all the time. Here's the group we're

621
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: talking about, Tao, Fimo Lopez Junior, Gervante Davis, Ryan Garcia,

622
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: and Devin Haney. Even though Devon's coming off of a

623
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: somewhat flat performance against Gamboa in which he dominated. By

624
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: the way, those are four of the five. Who's the

625
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 1: fifth guy, the guy that we do not talk about enough,

626
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 1: the guy who is in number five of my five

627
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 1: fight wishless for twenty twenty one, Shakor Stevenson, former featherweight champ,

628
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: unbeaten twenty sixteen Olympic gold medalist, has moved up to

629
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 1: one point thirty, probably going to open the year against

630
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 1: the winner of the Jamel Herring Carl Frampton title fight.

631
00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 1: But you know who he wants to close the year three,

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Speaker 1: By the way, he wants the guy that I want

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Speaker 1: him to fight the most. I want shaquer Stevenson. Vassili

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Speaker 1: Lomachenko to close out my twenty twenty one that's number

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Speaker 1: five on my list. Guys, that is that has the potential.

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Speaker 1: It's crossroads right when Machenko at thirty two, your former

637
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 1: pound for pound king, he came on too late against Lopez.

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00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 1: He had really bad excuses. He's got to figure out

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Speaker 1: this year which direction is he going? All right? Is

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Speaker 1: the magic slowly going? Is he gonna move down in

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Speaker 1: wait again to try to re establish himself at a

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00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 1: weight class that's better suited for his size. Is he

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Speaker 1: gonna keep what has been his legacy of taking on

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Speaker 1: the most dangerous, toughest challenges available. He fought Orlando Solito

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Speaker 1: for a world title in his second profight. That's ridiculous.

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Speaker 1: Will he take on a crossroads type thing against Shaquer

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Speaker 1: Stevenson at one thirty Heck do it at one thirty five.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure Shaker would move up for it. He's eventually

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Speaker 1: gonna be a welterweight, I believe, though. That's a big

650
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Speaker 1: jump from starting your career at one twenty six and

651
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Speaker 1: then going up to welterweight. I think he's so good.

652
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: Look the comparisons to Shakur in Floyd Mayweather. We cringe

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Speaker 1: when we compare anybody to Floyd. But if there's anybody

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Speaker 1: in this game who has early, not pretty, not on

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Speaker 1: money Mayweather, pretty boy, Floyd Mayweather looks and vibes and feels, dude,

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Speaker 1: it's Shacker Stephenson. Let's not forget that. At twenty one

657
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Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety nine, Floyd Mayweather was your boxing fighter

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Speaker 1: of the year and to some people had become the

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00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: pomp for pound king in like two thousand, two thousand

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Speaker 1: and one. Right in that area, it's not out of

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00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: the question that Shaquer Stevehnson at twenty three next year

662
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: could could have a Fighter of the Year campaign, could

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00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: could ascend the pound for pound list because he's amazing.

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Speaker 1: His handspeed is knowledge of boxing. He's just two, three,

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Speaker 1: four steps ahead of everybody. Does he have the power

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Speaker 1: to be a finisher? Doesn't look like he does, especially

667
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: as he might moves up and wait he says he does.

668
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: He's gonna have to prove that he hasn't had to

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Speaker 1: or he's relied more on the quickness in the shoe

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Speaker 1: shining look. Floyd was a puncher early, we forget that, right,

671
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Speaker 1: But as he rose again, he had to become a

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00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: different type of fighter. Shukur is He's not Flid may Weather.

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Speaker 1: It's not gonna be Floyd may with her, but he's

674
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Speaker 1: got the best chance to dominate people in that same level.

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Speaker 1: Him against Lomachenko. You know my favorite kind of fight.

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Speaker 1: People love brawls. I love brawls. I love Gotty Ward,

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Speaker 1: I love fights of the year. Let me make sure

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Speaker 1: I'm not going too long here. I love a lot

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Speaker 1: of stuff. My favorite type of fight high speed chess. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I think De la Joya Mosley Won. I think two

681
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Speaker 1: technically amazing guys with speed boxing ability who start off

682
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Speaker 1: playing chess, and that's chess gets sped up. It's not

683
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Speaker 1: a brawl, not an action fight, but it's high speed brilliance.

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Speaker 1: This fight would be high freaking speed brilliance. Can we

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Speaker 1: see it? There's no reason why we can't. They both

686
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Speaker 1: fight for top ranking in ESPN. It depends on what

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Speaker 1: Lomachenko wants to do. What are in his targets. Can

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Speaker 1: he get a Lopez rematch? Tao says no, right now.

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Speaker 1: Can Loma offer up, you know, a very small amount

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Speaker 1: of money for his person get in there. I don't know,

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00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: but this would be a mon fight if shakurr wanted.

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Speaker 1: He's an overnight sensation. That's a great song, by the way,

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00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: off of Tommy by the who ahm a sensation. Don't

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Speaker 1: forget the Risen card this weekend. A lot of people

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Speaker 1: looking forward to that. All right, that's my five right there.

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Speaker 1: You could even talk me into liking Shakur versus Lomo

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Speaker 1: more than any other on the list. I know it's

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Speaker 1: a little bit of blessed phemic because we want the

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Speaker 1: heavyweight showdown, we want the welzerweight showdown. I know if

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Speaker 1: you're watching this, and if you're a hardcore, you're like, BC,

701
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Speaker 1: what about here's my honorable mentions real quick, Canelo triple

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Speaker 1: G three, all the reasons that you want it. I

703
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Speaker 1: want it to I just don't want it as badly

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Speaker 1: as these others. Josh Taylor, Jose Ramirez, unbeaten versus unbeating

705
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Speaker 1: all four belts at one great fight. We're gonna see it.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait. I like Josh Taylor in it. I

707
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: think Jose Ramirez had performances better than he actually is,

708
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 1: if that makes any sense to you. He's a great fighter.

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Speaker 1: He maxes himself out. I think Taylor's better Roman Chocolatito

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Speaker 1: Gonzalez Juan Francisco Estrada Part two. We are going to

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Speaker 1: see it on his owne to open this year. It's

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Speaker 1: on every every hardcore fans butt list, bucket list, buggery list,

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Speaker 1: whatever you want to say. We want it, we need it.

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00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: The first fight was like eight years ago. We finally

715
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: got the rematch. Chocolatito's back, he's resurgent. This is great.

716
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Speaker 1: And Caleb Plant David Benavitez, let's not forget about that.

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Speaker 1: That's a great fight to make at super middleweight for

718
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Speaker 1: a title. We thought it was gonna be unification. Benavidez

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Speaker 1: lost his title on the scales, Cannello has his title now.

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Speaker 1: It is what it is. It's still Bowl versus Matador.

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Speaker 1: And I need to see Caleb Plant in a very

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Speaker 1: tough fight. Yeah, that's a fight with his cockta ghee.

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Speaker 1: He has been though on the Al Hayman, Leo Santa Cruz.

724
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Speaker 1: Let's build this guy into a star because I love him.

725
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: Dinner Circuit. You know he's been fighting the Mike Les,

726
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,880
Speaker 1: he's been fighting the Figin Buttzes. Let's fight David Benavitez. Now,

727
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: let's make a big fight. I love that fight. The

728
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Speaker 1: other one's archer, Better Beav against Dimitri Bevall, unifying titles

729
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Speaker 1: two one beaten light heavyweight champions. It'd be great. I

730
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,240
Speaker 1: think Better Beaf's going to stop him, though Better beefs

731
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Speaker 1: stopped him retired Alexander Vastik in his last fight in

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Better Beef was supposed to come back in December,

733
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Speaker 1: then in January, in February, both got pushed back because

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Speaker 1: he got COVID. Unfortunately, he's going to have that mandatory

735
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Speaker 1: defense and I think he's gonna fight Befall, and I

736
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Speaker 1: think it's gonna be fun as balls. And I think

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Speaker 1: Better Beaf is a train that you cannot stand in

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Speaker 1: front of. Even Canelo. I don't like cane Tho's chances

739
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,280
Speaker 1: against him. I just don't. This guy's a freaking maniac

740
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,759
Speaker 1: and he can box and yeah, but I want to

741
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Speaker 1: see him against Bevall this year. Shout out to all

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Speaker 1: you fans and folks. I know a lot of you

743
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: are like, dude, what happened? You promise you're gonna get

744
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 1: a lot of Raf Barthelo and you the boxing hardcore. Yeah,

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00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: we did, We plan on given to you. There's been

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Speaker 1: a lot of scheduling issues. There's been weeks with big

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Speaker 1: MMA fights, We've had a lot of interviews. We want

748
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Speaker 1: to overfill you with Morning Combat, but we don't want

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Speaker 1: to overfill you to the point of walking away from

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Speaker 1: the turnstiles. Right. You're going to see more of Rafe

751
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 1: this year. Love love getting the band back together with

752
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: that fella doing some fun clips right there. But please

753
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Speaker 1: like the video. Subscribe Morning Combat all the time MK

754
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Speaker 1: all day, nearly every day, I mean early. It's a

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Speaker 1: it's a movement right now, it's an institution. I'm Brian

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Speaker 1: Campbell and there are two words for you. We out. Yeah,