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Speaker 1: How's it? It's late night Morning Combat instant analysis of

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Speaker 1: all things showtime pay per view on boxing on Saturday night, Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: The back drop Dravonte Tank Davis. You know the storyline,

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Speaker 1: moving up two weight divisions from his last fight to

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Speaker 1: challenge unbeaten WBA secondary title holder, the regular title holder

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Speaker 1: Mario Barrios. Wow, eleventh round stoppage and a dramatic, exciting,

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Speaker 1: action oriented yet very scientific and all things thrilling victory

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Speaker 1: for Davonte Davis over Mario Barrios to improve to twenty

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Speaker 1: five and zero with twenty four KOs the second straight

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Speaker 1: pay per view main event for the one they call Tank.

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Speaker 1: And we've got a star here, folks, We've got a

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Speaker 1: big time star and this was a big time performance.

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Speaker 1: My name is Brian Campbell of course BC with the

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Speaker 1: BDE got a BS and being a badass. You know

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying. One half of what they used to

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Speaker 1: and subscribe this video. But you knew what we were

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Speaker 1: hoping to see coming in? Does Tank Davis's power carry

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Speaker 1: up to one hundred and forty pounds and could this

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Speaker 1: be a launch pad not to big fights within this

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Speaker 1: crowded lightweight division, many of them that are hard to make,

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Speaker 1: or maybe the beginning of Tank Davis doing Pakiao not

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Speaker 1: Floyd Pacio type things in terms of moving up and

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Speaker 1: weight dramatically and carrying the power with him. Well, the

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Speaker 1: power is what ruled for Tank Davis. Did he answer

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Speaker 1: all of our questions like yes and no, but the

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Speaker 1: fact that he wasn't able to answer all with ease

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Speaker 1: and the fact that Mario Barrios kind of exceeded expectations

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Speaker 1: and he lived up to how it's to win the fight,

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Speaker 1: But he lived up to everything we said about him

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Speaker 1: as an unbeaten twenty six year old in his physical prime,

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Speaker 1: great trainer and Virgil Hunter in the corner. And because

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Speaker 1: Barrios was able to balance a technical approach with his

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Speaker 1: with you know, his sort of default aggressive style, but

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Speaker 1: without over extending himself where he was easy to be countered,

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Speaker 1: we saw a very tough effort in return, and that

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Speaker 1: elevated the entertainment factor. It elevated the future stardom of Davis.

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Speaker 1: Why because when you dare to be great, which is

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Speaker 1: what Davis called this movement. In a lot of ways,

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Speaker 1: it was the fights are harder, the challenges are bigger,

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Speaker 1: but the rewards are even bigger. And that's how Pachio

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Speaker 1: became a big time star at the end of the day.

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Speaker 1: And that's how it happens for most fighters earning it

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Speaker 1: in the ring. Even a young Floyd obviously had to

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Speaker 1: do that and climb up multiple weight classes before he

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Speaker 1: could then call his own shots. We're watching Tank Davis

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Speaker 1: on the ladder up and you want to talk about

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Speaker 1: old school feels in theater, and that's what this fight

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Speaker 1: was like, dramatic ebbs and flows and swings. Now, in

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Speaker 1: the end, Davis was up on all three score cards,

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Speaker 1: and the reason why it's important to say that is

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Speaker 1: because there was the thought that he was down and

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Speaker 1: that this was him rallying in the eleventh round, even

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Speaker 1: though Davis had scored a pair of knockdowns in round

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Speaker 1: eight and looked to be on the verge of stopping Barrios.

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Speaker 1: Barrios dug In survived the round, and it looked like

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Speaker 1: in and you know, this was up for grabs in

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Speaker 1: so many ways. Now, I had it ninety six to

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Speaker 1: ninety two in favor of Davis at the time of

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Speaker 1: the stoppage. That does not come. That does not take

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Speaker 1: into account in the scoring. The two knockdowns in round eleven,

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Speaker 1: then the final flurry that finished Barrios along the ropes

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Speaker 1: as referee Thomas Taylor jumped in. But social media Steve

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Speaker 1: Farhood the unofficial score for showtime. They liked Barrios's work

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Speaker 1: a lot more. I believe Farhood had it ninety four

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Speaker 1: three judges, though two of them I believe, echoed the score.

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Speaker 1: I had ninety six ninety two, and the third also

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Speaker 1: had it for Davis. I'm not sure exactly as by

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Speaker 1: Tank did that. Now he was up on all three

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Speaker 1: close rounds where it came down to what you preferred.

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Speaker 1: And what I sort of mean by that is in

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Speaker 1: the second half of the fight, Barrios had a lot

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Speaker 1: where he re established his jaz after Davis had made

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Speaker 1: some good moments early in the round, and he controlled

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Speaker 1: make a mistake and get countered. Yet Davis, I felt,

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Speaker 1: lot more than in return. The only time I thought

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Speaker 1: Davis was possibly hurt was in round nine, when it

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Speaker 1: like he got hurt by that counter jab from Barrios

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Speaker 1: even though it really wasn't a comeback, but you get

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Speaker 1: mentor and promoter, running you know, from ringside to the

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Speaker 1: and Tank didn't like that, and that was high theater,

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Speaker 1: not only for Tank's reaction and being like you think

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Speaker 1: I'm down, you know, like getting pissed off, but Floyd's

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Speaker 1: reaction of being like, this is what I talked about.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be one hundred with you. I'm gonna be honest.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna tell you what you need to hear.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you or you know what you want here,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you what you need to hear. And

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Speaker 1: that was the That was pretty damn good mentor work

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Speaker 1: you know, like he was, you know, ab Adrian Broner's

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Speaker 1: hasn't really been able to keep his career together, you know,

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Speaker 1: in terms of getting the best out of him. Tank

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Speaker 1: has had his own ups and downs obviously outside the ring,

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Speaker 1: but you know he retains that respect from Floyd. They've

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Speaker 1: had some battles too, you know, in their personal relationship,

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Speaker 1: and when Jim Gray pressed him, Tank basically summarized what

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Speaker 1: he meant by saying, I wasn't throwing a lot of

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Speaker 1: And that's what Tank does as a counterpuncher with knockout

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Speaker 1: power who really studies you. I thought Tank gave away,

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Speaker 1: you know, rounds two and three in particular, just kind

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Speaker 1: if he had tried to establish his own jab or

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Speaker 1: tried to do more things by letting his hands go.

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Speaker 1: These close rounds wouldn't have been as close in the

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Speaker 1: But it was hard to score some of all of

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Speaker 1: activity level wasn't there. So he he realized in hindsight

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Speaker 1: he had a legitimate one hundred and forty pounder across

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Speaker 1: from him who proved to be durable for most of

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Speaker 1: it that. You know, if he had done it over

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Speaker 1: he wouldn't have allowed it to be that close. Well,

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Speaker 1: the way he ended up doing it allowed it to

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Speaker 1: what Davis didn't do and whether he is a legitimate

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Speaker 1: one hundred forty pounder. But then you know, if you

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Speaker 1: asked me BC, is he now a legitimate one hundred

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Speaker 1: forty pounder, Well, I mean yeah, he just rallied to

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Speaker 1: gave a tough effort. I'm not convinced he is a

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Speaker 1: necessarily mean he should leave the division. You know. It

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Speaker 1: at one, he's got to work for it, he's got

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Speaker 1: he framed that leading into the fight, saying, to be great,

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Speaker 1: have to really feel like you're chasing something. And I

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Speaker 1: think for Davis there was a you know, not doubt

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Speaker 1: because he felt he was the more skilled fighter. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure he felt like he was the bigger puncher, and

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Speaker 1: combined with his speed advantage, which was huge in this

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Speaker 1: to fight so efficiently, because again, if he's going to

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Speaker 1: But that speed difference was able to stir up Davis's

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Speaker 1: power and the way he ended up carrying it out

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Speaker 1: by kind of doing a Deontay Wilder type thing, waiting

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Speaker 1: mentioned a lot of the close ones, it's more exciting

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Speaker 1: that way. I almost want him to stay at one forty.

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Speaker 1: He's overmatched against the you know, the the he his

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Speaker 1: opponents are overmatched against him. When he's gonna fight the

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Speaker 1: regular guys at one thirty, one thirty five, and that

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Speaker 1: means the mandatory opponents or the faded names, because we

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Speaker 1: can't get anybody else, right, I want him to fight

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Speaker 1: Ryan Garcia. I want him to fight Limachenko, Tao, Devin Haney,

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Speaker 1: thing of beauty from Gervonte Davis. It was a lead

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Speaker 1: right hook from the south paw position and it was

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Speaker 1: just short and right there where. Uh, Barrios didn't see

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Speaker 1: that coming. I think any of us saw that bunch coming.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't use that punch typically, and if floored Barrios hard,

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Speaker 1: he got up, Tank gets him down again with the

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Speaker 1: left hand. And because those first two knockdowns happened in

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Speaker 1: the first minute of round de like you thought the

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Speaker 1: fight was over. And that's why this turned into a

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Speaker 1: great fight, because of those momentum swing. Barrios gets up,

437
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Speaker 1: but he's getting you know, torn apart left and right,

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Speaker 1: like they're gonna stop this any second. Then Tank slows

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Speaker 1: down Mario's coming on. Barrios hurts him the next round

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Speaker 1: with that counter jab. I mean, we had a real

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Speaker 1: theater here. Round ten was probably the best round of

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Speaker 1: the fight. It was back and forth. I thought again

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Speaker 1: Barrios had the better let's say, first two minutes of

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Speaker 1: the round, but he was doing that a lot with

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Speaker 1: body shots or jabs where you get a big flurry

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Speaker 1: again from Davis in the final minute, and I thought

447
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Speaker 1: it was just you know, caught Barrios in his tracks

448
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Speaker 1: multiple times and again proved that he's short, but Almo's

449
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,440
Speaker 1: bigger than him. I mean, tank is Is is a thick,

450
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Speaker 1: husky dude in there. I mean, you know, he's not

451
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Speaker 1: out of shape, he's not you know, big boned, and

452
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:44,320
Speaker 1: but he's he's muscular and he's a force. You don't

453
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Speaker 1: typically do great at this height at these weight classes.

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Speaker 1: But you know Kakia was small too. Again, loved it

455
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Speaker 1: now quickly. Uh now, you know, So where's David's gonna

456
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Speaker 1: go next? Wherever the money is? You know, it's not

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's by any means afraid of Ryan Garcia. No,

458
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Speaker 1: like a afraid of you know, hating those guys. No,

459
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,240
Speaker 1: but they're not easy fights to make. And that's just

460
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Speaker 1: the bottom line right now. The promoters of those guys

461
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Speaker 1: are not going to give them away, right Oscar de

462
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Speaker 1: la Hoy is not going to say, take Ryan Garcia

463
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Speaker 1: and put him on your showtime pay per view because

464
00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,959
Speaker 1: they have too much value in their own brands and

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Speaker 1: deals for them to fight on their own network. So again,

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Speaker 1: the only way you can do that is the two

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Speaker 1: network pay per view. I don't think those those other

468
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Speaker 1: guys are there yet star wise their b sides for now.

469
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:28,720
Speaker 1: Now you can argue and say, hey, BC's and Tao

470
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Speaker 1: Femo Lopez pretty much on the verge of being a side.

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Speaker 1: Yeah he is. I mean he's about to go to

472
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Speaker 1: the pay per view level, probably going to fight Lomachenko

473
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Speaker 1: after this mandatory against Cambosos on the pay per view level.

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Speaker 1: So we're getting closer. But right now, in this group

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Speaker 1: of the young potential you know, new four Kings or

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Speaker 1: the four Princes, as Karen Malvany of the Showtime Boxing

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Speaker 1: podcast brilliantly calls them, tanks, the biggest star of that group,

478
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,960
Speaker 1: there's not a question Tao's coming. Ryan Garcia has has

479
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Speaker 1: a huge social media following Devin Hanes the furthest behind

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Speaker 1: in star power, but certainly may end up being the

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Speaker 1: you know, the most talented fighter when all said and done,

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Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. But despite that, you know, somewhat

483
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Speaker 1: of a tough ending against Lenaris where he was hurt.

484
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,760
Speaker 1: But you know, Gervonte's the star and that was on

485
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,960
Speaker 1: full display in all the right best ways adversity. But

486
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Speaker 1: overcame Ze Reel Junior Welch where I don't think so,

487
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Speaker 1: but it might have stopped him, might have stop him

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Speaker 1: from making great fights and winning big fights and winning championships.

489
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Speaker 1: That's greatness. We turned the corner. We turned the corner.

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Speaker 1: We head into greatness here. Okay, obviously Tanks got to

491
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Speaker 1: keep doing it, but he wants it, so we'll see.

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Speaker 1: You're probably more likely to I don't know, it depends.

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Speaker 1: You know, you got Rugaru, Regis Progray, who's kind of

494
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Speaker 1: a free agent at the moment. He called out Tank afterwards.

495
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,119
Speaker 1: But without a title, you're not gonna se Davis go

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Speaker 1: out of his way. He's got the secondary WBA title,

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Speaker 1: but Josh Taylor's the four belt champion at one forty.

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Speaker 1: You know, David's not gonna fight Josh Taylor. You know, again,

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Speaker 1: it's not a two network per view. We're not there

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Speaker 1: yet on that, so well, we'll have to wait and see.

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00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 1: There wasn't an indication after of you know that they

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Speaker 1: we're gonna stay at one forty Right now, I'm sure

503
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Speaker 1: if you're his trainer or his handlers, you're saying, okay,

504
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 1: you know, he did take some shots here. This was

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00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:18,239
Speaker 1: a real fight. Is it better for him at one

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Speaker 1: thirty five? You know, would he roll through guys easier? Yeah,

507
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,360
Speaker 1: yeah he would, he would most likely. But we'll see

508
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Speaker 1: what happens there on this co made event. Jason Rozario,

509
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Speaker 1: the former Unified champion Banana they call him, at one

510
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Speaker 1: fifty four and ericson Lubin. We said there were two

511
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Speaker 1: vulnerable guys with big time power who really had a

512
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: chance to put on some fun theater. But on some

513
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,159
Speaker 1: fun theater, it was back and forth. Both guys were

514
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Speaker 1: hurt and Lubin it was an emotional performance for him,

515
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 1: and you saw that he wanted and needed that. You know,

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Speaker 1: he bounced back from that Jermel Charlow first round knockout

517
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Speaker 1: a while ago. Now he's put together six wins and

518
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Speaker 1: we're seeing him against elite competition. You know, I'm closer

519
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,800
Speaker 1: to elite competition, but sorry, it is not fully elite.

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00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,480
Speaker 1: It's weird. Yeah, he was the Unified champion. He upset

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Speaker 1: Julian j Rock Williams for the for the two belts

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00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 1: and then lost it to Charlo by body shot knocked

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00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 1: down in the next fight. But he's he can will

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Speaker 1: himself to wins on the elite level because he's so

525
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 1: aggressive and he hits hard, and he's unorthodox and he's

526
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,119
Speaker 1: a little bit raw in there. But you know, you

527
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 1: can find the the the uh disassemble button Johnny five,

528
00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,520
Speaker 1: and that's what Ericson found and that's going to the body.

529
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,920
Speaker 1: And it really was some sharp counterpunching from Luban and

530
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Speaker 1: once he was in finishing mode, I know he got

531
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 1: it hurt just a couple of rounds before that and

532
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 1: he were like, oh man, you know he's gonna blow this.

533
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,359
Speaker 1: Like does he have the chin for this level? I

534
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: don't know. Terry Norris didn't have the chin for that

535
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,679
Speaker 1: elite level. Still won a lot of elite fights and

536
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Speaker 1: ended up in the Hall of Fame. Also got starched

537
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: a few times, right, Like Ryan Garcia may end up

538
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,239
Speaker 1: being that type of star where when he loses, he's

539
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:58,119
Speaker 1: gonna lose big potentially. And it stopped. But towing that,

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00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: you know, it's getting close to that fire. It's like

541
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Speaker 1: morning combat with the microphones, right, I'll get right next

542
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: to that fire. Let me stand next to your fire, Jimmy, right,

543
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 1: the key is not getting burnt right like he swim,

544
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 1: But don't get wet, as miss and Richardson used to say,

545
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,960
Speaker 1: Ericson Lubin got go away all over wet. But if

546
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,920
Speaker 1: you don't finish him off first, when you find him vulnerable,

547
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 1: when you can catch him in that moment, it's gonna

548
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 1: get you out of there. He's a young, powerful kid.

549
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,439
Speaker 1: How's he only twenty four? Right? I mean we've been

550
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,480
Speaker 1: known about Ericson Lubin forever. How's he still just twenty four?

551
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,160
Speaker 1: Him in a rematch against Jamal Charlo. If Charlo beats

552
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,200
Speaker 1: Brian Castano on July seventeenth, Donio time for all four

553
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:40,920
Speaker 1: one pin fifty four belts in San Antonio, which should

554
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,119
Speaker 1: be a great fight. There's there's a legitimately fun storyline

555
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 1: there with with Lubin going back up to the Charlow

556
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,480
Speaker 1: level for the undisputed title and taking him out. I mean,

557
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna always love Charlo's chances if they're

558
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,000
Speaker 1: going to make that fight, especially because he got him

559
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,919
Speaker 1: out of there in round one, you know, dramatically, I

560
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: mean violently but that's gonna be a fun fight to make.

561
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 1: So Lubin, you are in this discussion. And I did

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00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: not get to watch the Vassili Lomachenko fight on ESPN

563
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: Live against Masiyoshi Nakatani. Did see sort of the story

564
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,919
Speaker 1: of the fight, read the recap, saw some highlights. It

565
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: seems like a statement win from Lomachenko to say, Okay,

566
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,159
Speaker 1: I started light against Lopez. You know, I wasn't as

567
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 1: offensive as I could be because I'm not a huge

568
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: puncture at this weight division. We already know that. But

569
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: he came out and hit hit fast forward right, you know,

570
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,679
Speaker 1: he went after it and that was great. Oh that

571
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: was great to see. And he finished him to beat

572
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,680
Speaker 1: the crap out. And he's technically better faster. But most importantly,

573
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,680
Speaker 1: it's like a two prong statement. It's I'm thirty three,

574
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: but I'm not slipping yet. I still got this at

575
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,320
Speaker 1: the super earleate level. And you know, let's not forget guys,

576
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,159
Speaker 1: came pretty close against Lopez. It started too late, but

577
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 1: it came pretty close against him in that first fight.

578
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: I'm going to be in that second fight. And the

579
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,600
Speaker 1: second point he made to back up the fact that

580
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 1: he thinks he's going to be in the second fight.

581
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 1: Is he's sitting down on his shots and he finally

582
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,719
Speaker 1: creative ways to throw power put to get people out

583
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: of there. He could easily do the opposite. Could he

584
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 1: easily just do that? Well? Fought the bigger puncher, you know,

585
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,439
Speaker 1: like actor Camacho was a great fighter, but you know,

586
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 1: I fought Rosario, always stopped. He was lucky to sort

587
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 1: of survive and get the win that but while getting

588
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,440
Speaker 1: hurt and getting better that you know, that was one

589
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,919
Speaker 1: of those times where he changed as a fighter and

590
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: sort of was circling and defensive and spoiling the rest

591
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,120
Speaker 1: of the way. When you have skills as great as Lembachanki,

592
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 1: you can at any point just go into that. I

593
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 1: would say that about Terrence Crawford, but he's so technically

594
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,439
Speaker 1: brilliant and quick that you know, if he wants to

595
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 1: just stink it out against somebody and use his length

596
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 1: to win a jab, festic probably do it. Wellmachenko could

597
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 1: probably do that against most guys, although in this case

598
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 1: at one thirty five, his lack of reach makes it difficult.

599
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: But he was offensive and uh a rematch with Tail,

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00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,240
Speaker 1: it's gonna be something. It's gonna be something. So here's

601
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: what I just did. I just tucked in this microphone

602
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: circles and got really excited about boxing. But it's after midnight,

603
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 1: deep after midnight. We let it all hang out. So uh,

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00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: it's all I got. I don't care enjoy it. I

605
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: mean I got sweat. I guess I'm overrun by sweat

606
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: stains right now. Okay, you know what I'm saying. I

607
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: bleed for this. I sweat for this. Okay, this is

608
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 1: what I did for you. This is actually really gross.

609
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: Like you know, you can back them back. I'm looking

610
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 1: at this camera and play it off as you know. Hey,

611
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 1: bro BC, that was an intense closing to the instant

612
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: analysis there all so intense that it covered up the

613
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,239
Speaker 1: you know how gross these sweat stains are in your

614
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 1: own basement. I got a fan right here. Certainly wasn't enough, right,

615
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: it didn't cover up It's really gross, but uh, you

616
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: know I love for this. That's what I do. Right,

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00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: were you entertained? I don't know, I don't care, I

618
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 1: do not care. But you know, seem MK has already

619
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 1: penetrated your frontal lobe. You're already you know you had

620
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: to like you bet you can't eat just one. You'll

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00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: be back, right, you'll be back. Uh. There's ominous text

622
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,480
Speaker 1: messages in the Morning Combat universe. You don't need to

623
00:29:55,480 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 1: know about those though. All Right, I'm here, I'm still here,

624
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: all right. Shout out to Javonte Davis, Big time win,

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Speaker 1: Showtime Sports. You did it, great pay per view. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I have much more to say, like subscribe. Hey, by

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Speaker 1: Dot store. M all right, that's it. We Yeah,