1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Tip. This is our life, this is our passion. That's 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: the spirit. Brian Campbell, this this Morning Combat, just gonna 3 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: be honest with you, Just gonna be honest with you. 4 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: In all the years I've ever watched anything live, not 5 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: something you can watch on tape out that's the next 6 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: day live. In all of my years in watching combat sports, 7 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: that was the most incredible live. I'm not even talking 8 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: in person. I mean just either watching at home or 9 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: in person whatever, watching it when it happened, Terrence stops 10 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: Errol Spence Junior in the ninth in what can only 11 00:00:54,880 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: be described as a one ass kicking. Errol Spence Junior 12 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: got audited from pillar to post. And I'm telling you 13 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: right now, folks, it's not hyperbole to say this, not 14 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: hyperbole at all. Number one, that's the best fighter in boxing. 15 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,559 Speaker 1: I did not think Noia in a way was gonna 16 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: be topped. And somehow Terrence, it'sund a way to do it. 17 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: Right here in the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, 18 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 1: where I am right now. My name is Luke Thomas. 19 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Morning Combat Spence Crawford post fight show. 20 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: But number two, let me tell you something, Bud Crawford 21 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 1: is a boxing genius. No less than that, no less 22 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: than that at all. I'm honestly, and I had to 23 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: even like express it to someone. The hairs on the 24 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: back of my neck were standing up. I had to 25 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: tell the people around me. I was having almost like 26 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: a religious experience. I was moved. You ever seen these people, like, 27 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: you know, when Pavarati is singing and these people are 28 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: brought to tears, they're someone They're like they had this 29 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: connection to this performance and this performer in this moment. 30 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: I kind of always understood it, but I had never 31 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: ever really come close to experiencing anything like that today. 32 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: And now I wasn't, you know, crying and throwing handkerchiefs 33 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: at this at the boxing ring. But I was moved 34 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: by that genuinely. So let's get into everything one more time. 35 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: Let me set up the introduction. Hi everyone, my name 36 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: is Luke Thomas. We are in the T Mobile Arena 37 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: right here in Las Vegas, Nevada, following the conclusion of 38 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: the Aerol Spence Junior versus Terrence Bud Crawford one hundred 39 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: and forty seven pound title unification for undisputed and as 40 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: I just mentioned, Bud Crawford won in one of the 41 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: most remarkable things you're just ever gonna see in your lifetime. 42 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: I hope you were watching this one live. I hope. 43 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: Also he broke the M and M curse. Theeah there's 44 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: an Eminem curse right walking out to lose yourself. If 45 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: you do that in MMA, it's like a guarantee you're 46 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: gonna lose. But I guess if you do it when 47 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: you're walking out with Eminem, different ballgame. Okay, let's talk 48 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: about the setup to this fight. Number one cards on 49 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: the table. BC and I think both pick Spence. We 50 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: both said you couldn't go wrong either way this The 51 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: degree to which Bud beat him is extremely surprising. I 52 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: will just say that candidly. Earlier last week I had 53 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: done a tape study on this fight on aerol Spence. 54 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: It's like almost like an hour long on all the 55 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: things he's good at, and folks thought, let's, oh, he's 56 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: a PBC fighter, why don't you do one on Bud. 57 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: We tried. Actually, I wasn't able to get enough footage 58 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: from the rights holder in order to be able to 59 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: do that, but we really really wanted to, Like that 60 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: was actually something that was planned and we tried to 61 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: execute it just wasn't possible. So there was really no 62 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: no scenario here where we were trying to in any 63 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: way show favoritism, and just we had footage to work 64 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: with in one scenario versus one that we didn't, and 65 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: so we did this whole thing. And like over time, 66 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: when you watch Aero Spence, I want to explain something 67 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: to you, Like he won the first round, everyone says that, 68 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: you know, Bud was kind of just catching and looking. 69 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: There wasn't a whole lot of countering at that point. 70 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: But from the second round on he drops him, and 71 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: then he dropped in two more times later in the fight. 72 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: But the one I wanted to make was you knew 73 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: there were gonna be certain fault lines around whether this 74 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: fight was gonna be one or lost every single opponent. 75 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: Because I'm going to talk from the perspective of what 76 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: I learned from the Aral Spence tape study and now 77 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: what Bud Crawford did to solve it. I will have 78 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: to go into further tape study in order to give 79 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: you the best answer, but this is the one I 80 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: can give you at this moment in time. The jab 81 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: upstairs is critical to everything he does because he puts 82 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: combinations behind it, he closes distance with it. He it's 83 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: punishing when it lands, it's extremely valuable. And then he 84 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: mixes it up high and low, high and low, body 85 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: and body, and again he'll use the one to the 86 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: body to fix something up top. He'll go to the 87 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: body to fake something that looks like it's going to 88 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: go this way, then comes around and then he closes distance. 89 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: And now he's beginning to work combos on the inside. 90 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: And it's this process where he's beginning to club you 91 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: over and over and over and over again. So you 92 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: have to stop that before it starts. You cannot bank 93 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: on just absorbing punishment from Spence and then find your moments. 94 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: You have to stop that before it ever gets really going. 95 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: And he did, and he did a couple things. He did. 96 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: Number one, Bud Crawford was able to change the timing 97 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: on the job. Rather than kind of trying to counter it. 98 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: He would jab with him and you would just you 99 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: never saw a Spence able to like dip jab together way. 100 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: So he was catching it, catching it all the time. 101 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: He would catch him moving in a linear backwards direction 102 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: off the bodywork kind of absorb it and catch it 103 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: and then fire a combination as he's escaping where he's 104 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: vulnerable because he kind of takes risks with distance a 105 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: little bit how much he wants to close. Sometimes even 106 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: Spence will switch stance on the way entry by the 107 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: way to an entry. But that's what he had to 108 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: do to solve it. So okay, So now, well, now 109 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: there's a problem if you're Spence. Now the job you 110 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: were looking for is you're getting countered with. You can't 111 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: really firmly establish it and you can't use it to 112 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: then set up all the body work, the wrapping, the wrestling, 113 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: the pushing, the turning, all that stuff we talked about 114 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: going to the body. But now you're getting lit on 115 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: fire for that even worse, and he's catching you in 116 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,119 Speaker 1: off balanced positions where you can't evenmbrace when you're fully 117 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: leaning back like this right try to escape out of 118 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: the pocket. So what he did was he kind of 119 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: accepted a little bit of punishment early on some of 120 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: those situations to catch him on the combo exit to 121 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: take away the body jab. Then now the job is 122 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: having a bit of an issue here. But here's the 123 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: funny part. If you had told me that prior to this, Oh, 124 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: I guess there's an Aero Spence back there. Aero Spence 125 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: is doing an interview right now behind us. It's the 126 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: press conference. The press conference is going on behind it. Sorry, 127 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: I did not know how. Sorry I heard Spence talking. 128 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: If they say anything of no, please let me know. Okay, 129 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: So the job really got taken away in both directions. 130 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: But then here's the funny part again. This was trying 131 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: to say, if you had told me, if you had 132 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: told me that Spence would be able to excuse me, 133 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: if you told me that the fight was going to 134 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: take place at distance, who would you? I would favor Crawford, 135 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: more creative, makes effective use of his range, had a 136 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: two inch reach advantage. You could see he really utilizes 137 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: his frame very fully and expertly. Okay, fine, I would 138 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: have believed that. But if you told me the fight 139 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: was going to be on the inside, how would that look? 140 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: I would easily favorite Spence. He got beat there too. 141 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: He got beat there too. He couldn't get anything going 142 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: the defense that he was able to employ. Did you 143 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: notice that? Did you notice that Crawford had just a 144 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: little bit of a shell he would create with that 145 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: he would enable him to keep a high guard with 146 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: his shoulders kind of rolled forward like this to enable 147 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: him to catch most stuff coming around, including like all 148 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: those hooks to the body that Spence loves to throw 149 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: in combination, and yet it would keep him where he 150 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: could throw tight stuff off the inside. They were catching 151 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: him in the center every time he brings his head 152 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: over into it. It's just hard to catch if you're 153 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: anybody else where. They they kind of have to cover up. 154 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: They already went into this with the right kind of 155 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: defensive shell that enabled them to get off tight offense 156 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: in close quarters while catching stuff just enough to be 157 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: able to give that offense off, not eat too much damage, 158 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: just in the right space. And then of course when 159 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: he was backing out they would catch him there. The 160 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: other thing that was impressive was Bud stepped on the 161 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: gas when it mattered and then hit the brakes when 162 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: he needed to. There were times when you know, the 163 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: pacing of this was like perfect from him. Because you 164 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: had a very dangerous, very resistant opponent. You can't just 165 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: march him down and try and really finish him. That's 166 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: a recipe for disaster. So he didn't, but he just 167 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: continuously found all the things he was looking for and 168 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: just applied it and applied it and applied it, and 169 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: all of this talk about how it was going to 170 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: be Spence who eventually broke Crawford. It went only the 171 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: other way. Now the referee humanly intervened, but just the same, 172 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: it was him that got taken to school. It was 173 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: him that got slowly beaten up, and then he couldn't 174 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: have the same defensive shell that he wanted to. You 175 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: could see he was losing confidence over the course of 176 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: that bout. Dude. They had an incredible game plan for 177 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: this contest. I thought all week, you know, you thought, well, 178 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: Crawford will be big enough, and then he gets on 179 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: the scale yesterday and you're like, damn, dude, that's like 180 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: the best he's ever looked in this weight class. He 181 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,439 Speaker 1: was at the right weight, he had the right pace, 182 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: They had the right defensive shell. They knew exactly where 183 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: his head was gonna be. They knew what combinations to 184 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: go to, they knew what the lines in the sand 185 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: were that they had to win. There were certain battles 186 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: that they had to win. If you're gonna beat Aerol Spence, 187 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: you have to have an effective answer for his jab period. 188 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: He can't win if you don't do that, and they did. 189 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: And then on top of it, you got to see 190 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: some of the magic of what he can do, the 191 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: combination punching, the shot selection, the accuracy. How about the 192 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: trap setting where he kind of pulled himself into the 193 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: ropes got to open up because he knew he was 194 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: getting desperate, then countered him with that right hook. And oh, 195 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: by the way, ladies and gentlemen, I just cannot believe 196 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: what I'm about to say is true, but it's true. 197 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: Bud Crawford, his normal stance is orthodox. He fought that 198 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: entire fight in south paw. Bud Crawford broke his hand 199 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: when he was younger, and rather than losing time in 200 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: the gym, he just decided to practice boxing in southpaw 201 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: and he usually fights other south Paws as a south Paul. 202 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: Nothing there is new. I just want to point out 203 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: he just beat a guy who had three belts, was 204 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: undefeated in this weight class. And if you know, Bud 205 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: had stayed with top rank, would go down and still will. 206 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: I think as one of the best welzerweights in the 207 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: division's history. And again there's going to be a long list, 208 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: but he will be among the esteemed. And he did 209 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: it from the south paw position. Now that's not his 210 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: natural one, I guess at this point, and there's been 211 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: evidence of this in other cases. You could say that, 212 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: you know, he's even better in south pawl in certain cases, 213 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: or he can be even more dangerous and ways, yes, 214 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: that's true, Like south paul is not his natural stance, 215 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: but it could still be one of his better ones 216 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: depending on the situation of the context. I'm just pointing 217 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: out he did it from a stance that he only 218 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: picked up because he just didn't want to wait for 219 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: his right hand to heal, and he got world class 220 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: at that two. I don't even I don't even know 221 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: what to say. That is one of the most impressive 222 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: feats by a combat athlete I have ever seen in 223 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: my life. From the game plan, every piece of that 224 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: game plan was exactly right, every piece of the execution 225 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: was exactly right. His energy this whole time has been 226 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: exactly right, the pacing exactly right. I mean, how can 227 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: one person get that many things so supremely well done 228 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: all at the same time. I will tell you how. 229 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: You just have to be one of the special ones. 230 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: There are guys who are good, there are guys who 231 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: are very good, there are guys who are elite, and 232 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: then there are the special ones. He will go down 233 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 1: first guy to unify at one forty seven. Ever, this 234 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: is his second weight class where he's now unified. When 235 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: he unified in the previous weight class, he beat Julian 236 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 1: and Doongo, he stopped him with body shots in the 237 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: third round. He is beaten the breaks off of these guys. 238 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: While he's collecting all of their belts, he's talking here 239 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: behind me. He beat him so bad, by the way 240 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: that I don't even know if there's gonna be interest 241 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: in a rematch. Now the loser can enforce it. It 242 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,559 Speaker 1: sounds like he's going to enforce it. And the winner 243 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: gets to pick the weight class. So there's a question 244 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: of what weight class would you do it at. If 245 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 1: it's at one forty seven, which was this guy was 246 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: at one forty seven, all the belts are on the line. 247 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 1: You could do it a one to fifty four and 248 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: none of the belts are on the line. But if 249 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: you do it one fifty four, it's a favorite of 250 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: Spense more than it's a favorite to Crawford himself, even 251 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: though Crawford gets to pick. So I don't know, I 252 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: don't know what's gonna happen. It looks like Crawford's gonna 253 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: have to beat him twice, but he beat him. Of 254 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: all the things, you could have told me that he 255 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: was gonna beat him so bad that you would think 256 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: of the rematch as unnecessary. That was not something I 257 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: took seriously, and I even thought, believe me, Crawford winning 258 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: is no surprise, zero surprise. And anyone was like, how 259 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: good Crawford win Crawford. You had to know how many 260 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: times we say fifty to fifty five, fifty to fifty five. 261 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't but you know, in terms of 262 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: rationalizing the guy's chances, you had to respect it enough 263 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: to at least say like, he's got a good chance, 264 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: right like, So that part is not surprising. But the 265 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: depth of the absolute ass kicking in a South Boss dance, 266 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: in every little dimension, in the grand scheme of the strategy, 267 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: and in the fine details of execution, they bud Crawford 268 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: and his team weaved an absolute tapestry. That is, you know, 269 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: just one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, 270 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in 271 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: terms of what a combative athlete can do. Genuinely moved, 272 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: genuinely moved. And I know that there were folks heading 273 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: into this event who were saying, like, you know, is 274 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: it gonna be like Mayweather Pack? Yeah, where it kind 275 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: of underwhelms. I mean, I guess you could say it 276 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: was so one sided that you weren't sure. You know, 277 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: maybe some people checked out halfway through when the suspense 278 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: was gone. But I'll tell you what, my heart was 279 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: racing when he dropped him the first time. I was like, 280 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: oh my god, folks, when Aero Spence got dropped in 281 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: the second round here tonight, that's the first time that's 282 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: ever happened to him. And it happened to him three 283 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: times in one night. Never happened to him before in 284 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: all the rounds he's ever fought, against all the previous champions, 285 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: against all those guys, they couldn't put him on his ass, 286 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: but did it three times, and probably would have done 287 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: it a fourth if not put his lights out completely, 288 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: if the referee did not intervene. From the south, Paul stands, dude, 289 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: what it's a the level of accomplishment here is is 290 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: like staggering. It's like staggering, and I'm trying to process 291 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: this in real time. We know that most MK fans 292 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: aren't like that big on boxing all the time. We 293 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: understand that, but I don't know how. I'm not asking 294 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: you to rate it as highly as I am rating 295 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: it in terms of what it means to me in 296 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: terms of the things I've seen. But I don't know 297 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: how you can't look at that and not have extraordinary 298 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: admiration for one of the best to ever do it. 299 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: He's an all time great and he proved it tonight. 300 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: And there's another story here that everyone should know. Listen, 301 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: we were comparing the resumes and we said Spence's welterweight resume 302 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: was better. That is true, I mean, not anymore, but 303 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: up until this tonight that that was true. That was 304 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: true his resume walter Way was obviously better. But you 305 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: gotta be careful about what that means in boxing, because 306 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: a lot of guys don't get the same opportunities or whatever. 307 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: And Listen, has Bud played every situation at every point 308 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: in a way where he's you know, anything that's ever 309 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: gone wrong as someone else's fault. No, like there's obviously 310 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: a measure of bland that every great fighter and fighter period, 311 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: any professional has to take for their own career. But 312 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: it is true he just wasn't able by hooker by 313 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: crook to fight some of the other guys that would 314 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: have told us what he was like. I mean, even 315 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: when they were under top rank. It wasn't like Manny 316 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: Pakiao was out there hunting for Bud Crawford. I know, 317 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: and you know, they could say they were on different 318 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: paths and whatever. I fine, I get it, but I'm 319 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: just saying people weren't exactly like beating the door down. Now, 320 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: to Spence his credit, he was beating the door down 321 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: like they both went together to make this happen. You 322 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: got to give Spence credit. He wanted to smoke. He did, 323 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: And that's what we want from these guys. You got 324 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: to thank them when they if they if they risk 325 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: it for the biscuit, we got to be grateful for that. 326 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: They don't have to, they go out of their way 327 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: to do it. It's a good thing. Here we go. 328 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: I was kind of losing my place there, But Bud Crawford, 329 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, one of the best to ever do it. 330 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: One of the very best to ever do it. First 331 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: male to unify multiple weight classes, first one, first got 332 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: to do it at one forty seven? Does it dominantly? 333 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: Does it? A boxing genius at boxing genius. It's like 334 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: watching a prime Lionel MESSI make the most incredible goal, 335 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: or you know Lebron or MJ or you know, pick 336 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: whoever your favorite is. Pick up the guy who you 337 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: think about when you think about sports magic. I mean it. 338 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: I mean it, y'all. I mean it. I mean it 339 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: like I you know, so if you stay in the 340 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: fight game, it will it will harden your heart. You know. 341 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 1: It's it's harder and harder to be impressed. It's harder 342 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: to be as moved by everything. And I was overwhelmed 343 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 1: today by Bud Crawford. Overwhelmed. Great that I got the 344 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 1: opportunity to be here on a night like this and 345 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 1: watch a man do that. Grateful that I got to 346 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: exist in an era where a fight like this could 347 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: be made and I got to be witnessed to it 348 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: in real time. Grateful gratitude. What was it like to 349 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: watch the great Bud Crawford? Dude? It was fucking awesome. 350 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: It was fucking awesome is what it was. That was awesome. 351 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: I am glad that I've got to watch Aerol Spence's 352 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: career is up close all these years. My admiration for 353 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: him doesn't change. And again one more time, he went 354 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: out of his way to make this fight happen. He 355 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: could have fucked he Thurman, he said, no, I want 356 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 1: to make this fight happen good, and my respect for 357 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: him doesn't diminish. I want to say, I want to 358 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: say two more parts of this. I kind of got sidetracked. 359 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 1: One and more technical thing. I want a bigger one 360 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 1: people in the fight game. And listen, Bud has given 361 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: bad interviews a lot, not all the time. He was 362 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 1: actually was really good this week. But have there been 363 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: bad you know or just you know, not the funnest 364 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: but Crawford interview. Yes, of course, yes, of course. But 365 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: people were saying, you couldn't promote the guy, no one cared, 366 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. He's gonna be one of the biggest 367 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:20,479 Speaker 1: stars in boxing. After a night like tonight, he's gonna 368 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: be one of the biggest. It turns out he could 369 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: have been this big, perhaps even a while ago, And 370 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: and his career was again whoever you want to blame. 371 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: But his ascension as a star was suppressed by all 372 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: of that. And look at where he has arrived tonight. 373 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: Magic magic, absolute magic, technical detail. If I may hear 374 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: on this on this night, I guess BC's doing his 375 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: BC doing his UFC show. Yeah, I heard that was 376 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: a good a good show as well. Was he's doing 377 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: it as well? Yeah? Is he clothed? Does he have 378 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,479 Speaker 1: does he have a shirt on? Uh? Is he sober? 379 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: Is really another question? Is he sober? I don't know. 380 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: He's got the tight IMK shirt on. Dude, you know 381 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: he hasn't showered in like three days. He hasn't showered 382 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: in three days. That's a that's a guarantee from old Luke. 383 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: I had something to say else about Eryl Spence about 384 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: the defense. I don't remember what it is now, But 385 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: as I'm trying to go off, think I don't even 386 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: have this of the CompuBox stats, I think he was 387 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: landing fifty eight butt was fifty eight percent of his 388 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: power punches, Like, oh my god, folks, he did that tonight. 389 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: He did that tonight to one of the best guys 390 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: in this division's history, not like you know, all time, 391 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: like the top five. I don't mean that, but you know, certainly, 392 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: you know, if you're a three belt champion in this division, 393 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: it's pretty good. We hear the CompuBox stats. Okay, damn dude, 394 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 1: Crawford crushed him. Jesus Christ, listen to this. Total punch 395 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: is to the body landed one to eighty five for Crawford, 396 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: just ninety six for Spence. That's unheard of. Oh I 397 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: had I know what I was gonna say. Crawford eighty 398 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: seven percent of eighty seven jabs to the body, just 399 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: thirty three for j Spence. Not gonna win that way. 400 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: Power punch is ninety eight, sixty percent of his power 401 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: punches landed just sixty three total thirty four percent for Spence. 402 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: This is what I was gonna say. I know he 403 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: got dropped. But then like the third or fourth, fifth round, 404 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: when you notice something like the jab's not working, the 405 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: body jab's not working, the in fighting's not working, the 406 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,360 Speaker 1: inside wrestling. How many times did you notice the lead 407 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: hand of Bud kind of steering Spence away like he 408 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: was using Spence's weapons against him. I want to point 409 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: out something like in the kel Brook fight, kel had 410 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: an answer for his job too. He's kind of jabbing 411 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: over the top, and uh, it was working at times, 412 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: but Spence kind of just ate it, blocked it, you know, 413 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: just different defensive responses, but then just broke through where 414 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: now He's able to do enough work and kel can't 415 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: keep up, and then he gets overwhelmed and then he 416 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: gets finished. He broke his face. He broke kel Brooks 417 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: his fake kel Brooks kel Brooks his face. Okay, so 418 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: it worked, and like Ugas tried to like hang in there, 419 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: and you know, for a while was able to do it, 420 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: but then Spence broke through. It worked. Same thing with 421 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: Porter took longer, but in the later rounds it worked, 422 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: or certainly in the eleventh round it worked. But like 423 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: you can see this thing like the van Ear didn't fight, 424 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: he broke through. It worked. The Mikey Garcia fight that 425 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: was a little more on the outside. But you get 426 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: the idea, like these guys would have responses for him 427 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: and he would kind of catch some of it, he 428 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: would kind of adjust around it a little bit. He 429 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: would he would eat some of it, and then he 430 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: would just get to work and then you know, five 431 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: six rounds in you could begin to see him take 432 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: over or at least, you know, really begin to turn 433 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: it up. He never, he never got there. Every other 434 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: time he's done that, Errol Spence, it worked every other time, 435 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 1: literally every other time he has tried it, it worked. 436 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: It didn't. It didn't work on Bud. He had way 437 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,360 Speaker 1: too many answers in way too many positions, in way 438 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: too many circumstances, and on all the key battles that 439 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: had to be one. He did it. He did it. 440 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: I uh, I don't know what to say. Have they 441 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: said anything of the press conference of note? In my ear? Okay? 442 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: They say is his last fight at one forty seven, 443 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: He is gonna go to one fifty four, So I 444 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: guess they may. Maybe they don't trigger it, Maybe they 445 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: don't trigger it. You know, I don't know. I don't 446 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: know who the hell is Bud gonna fight. I don't 447 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: even know. I don't even know who you're gonna fight 448 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: at one forty. I mean, I guess, I mean this, 449 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know what, Buddy, I don't 450 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: even know. Oh, the rematch is gonna be one fifty four? 451 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: He might, yeah, I mean, because what you can't if 452 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: you do it a one forty seven. It's gonna look 453 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: like that again, right, It's what what would be the point? 454 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: You know, what would be the point? Wow, guys, I 455 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: don't even know what to say. I'm genuinely it's been 456 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: a long week, for better or for worse, and I 457 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 1: had high hopes for tonight. I I didn't know how 458 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: it was going to go, but I had high hopes. 459 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 1: You know, you don't get to see fights in MMA 460 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: or boxing like this very often, you know, with the 461 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: stakes and then the talent involved and the history. And 462 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: I had high hopes, man, And I could tell you 463 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: you could feel it here. It was a little bit 464 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: on edge. Everyone's like, oh, it's a little quiet, and 465 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: it's like yeah, But it started as a little a 466 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: little rumble and then it turned into a roar. The 467 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: crowd was absolutely electric tonight, and I think everybody was 468 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 1: blown away by what Terence Crawford did in Las Vegas 469 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: on July twenty ninth of twenty twenty three. Truly, I 470 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: mean that. I don't have much else to add, So 471 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: let me just say this. If you haven't already watched, 472 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: go watch BC's UFC Reaction Show. I'm sure it's very good. 473 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: He was watching it at home. You could see all 474 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 1: of our socials here. I'm honestly still trying to process it. 475 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: I'm honestly a little emotional about it. And I'm so 476 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: grateful I got to be here tonight to watch somebody 477 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 1: do something like that. I don't know if I'll ever 478 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: see I honestly don't. I mean this, I don't know 479 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: if I'll ever see someone do something like that again. 480 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: And I've seen guys do really special things. Is he 481 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: flatlining Podata? Extremely special? Extremely special? You know that was 482 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: really special. But for this guy to do what he 483 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: did tonight the definition of in terms of BC pound 484 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: for pound, dominating a weight class, moving up, dominating a 485 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: weight class, moving up, fucking dominating a weight class. Dude, 486 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 1: what else do you fucking want? What else do you want? 487 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: And and stopped him. My god, My god, dude, be 488 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 1: able to watch watch a genius perform his craft at 489 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:14,159 Speaker 1: the highest level when the stakes are the highest, and 490 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: for a guy who some people said the sport didn't 491 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: even want to bother with promotionally because he wasn't good 492 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: for it. Look at look at Look at the king 493 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: of boxing tonight. Look at the king of boxing tonight. 494 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: My name is Luke Thomas. We are gonna have an 495 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: absolutely epic show on Monday. Holy shit, Monday Show is 496 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,360 Speaker 1: gonna be one of the best MK shows in fucking history. 497 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: Make no mistake about that. Make no mistake about that. 498 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: B C and I are gonna absolutely bang like Dowigan 499 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: and Greg Hardy. I'm done serious, it's gonna it's gonna 500 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: be You think that show is gonna be two hours? 501 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 1: Just have you seen this? Shit is gonna be two 502 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 1: hours on Monday? You kidding me? You know how much 503 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 1: elderly people take in l's that's gonna be on My dude, 504 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: Monday Show is gonna be so fucking good. It's gonna 505 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 1: be so good. We have so much to get to. 506 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: I didn't talk any UFC, I know justin Gage you one. 507 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: I saw that shit. I saw the Tony Ferguson fight too. 508 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: That made me sad. We'll talk about all that stuff. 509 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: We'll talk about all that stuff. I will catch you 510 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 1: guys live Monday eleven. Am I am. I'm so grateful 511 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: that you all turned in to watch. I'm so grateful 512 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: to be here. I'm so honored to be here. Thank 513 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: you to CBS, Thinking to Showtime, Thinking all the folks 514 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: involved who made it all happen. Thank you to everyone 515 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: who watched us on CBS Sports on Thursday. The feedback 516 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: was great. And I'm out of here. I got a 517 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: bird to catch. I love you all. I wore a 518 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: purple tie from my daughter. I love you, Damo. You 519 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: let the Damo more. All right? Until next time, boys 520 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 1: and girls, I'm out of here. Get some sleep. Holy shit,