1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: And everything I do, I do it to be the 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: best daddy. You know you don't really want to. I 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: want my first spite eight years old. I've been doing 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: this my whole night. You're like, I'm supposed to be here. 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: My dad guy had cancer and when he pushes me, 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: I pushed myself. No one can stop my shine. Very 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: down smoke, anybody feel in front of you. I wanted 8 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: to show the world I heard to be none of 9 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: the king. We never tried, you would never tried. You 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: ain't never tried to survive on the time with the 11 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 1: best Welcome back Man, season two of All the Smoke. 12 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: We got a real special guys, what's up with your 13 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: brod each with a virtual handshake. I'm gonna tell you 14 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: that I never told back I want to smoke. Welcome 15 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: back to another addition of All the Smoke. We got 16 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: a very special guest today, someone I'm a big fan of. 17 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: I'm a huge Mike Tyson fan. In this dude from 18 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: the day he stepped on the scene reminded me of 19 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: just a smaller version. He's an animal that jump in 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: left hook knocks plenty of people out. Man. Welcome to 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: the show, Thank Davis Man, Thanks for coming in, bro, 22 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: thank you all for having man, no doubt, big fans here. 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: We love what you're doing. You got a big fight 24 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: coming up Halloween on Showtime pay per view. You ready 25 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: for that? Yeah, I'm definitely ready. You know, training each 26 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: and every day, you don't pin on a great performance. 27 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: You know, it's my first people fight. So he's definitely ready. 28 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 1: Get you get that page. That pay per view money 29 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: might be a little different. I heard. I don't know 30 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: shit about it, but I heard that that pay per 31 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: view money a little different. Yeah, it's crazy. I was. 32 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: I was actually last fight against gam boy, um, and 33 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: I've seen you go to work. A lot of a 34 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: lot of stuff went on. If I actually when he 35 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: when he when he kind of towards Achilles, I kind 36 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: of said something to Steve at the time. I say, man, 37 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: I think he heard himself, and I knew he was 38 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: gonna take advantage of How do you feel about your 39 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: performance that fight? I actually I watched it. I watched 40 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: a little bit of it. You um, I probably watched 41 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: it probably like once you had a couple of weeks 42 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: later and I turned it off. I think, yeah, that 43 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: wasn't my best performance. So that's why now I'm on 44 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: my training camp to you know, Las Vegas, so I 45 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: could be able to put on a better performance. You know, 46 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: I think that was bad for my fans. You know, 47 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: I'll put that high fought and things like that. So 48 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: I'm definitely coming back stronger and better, you know, And 49 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: this is definitely you know, I make up for my 50 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: last fight. Us as athletes, though, we understand, bro, because 51 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: like a win is a win, you know what I'm saying. 52 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: We we we we we didn't play games or we 53 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: didn't play like ship and still was able to win 54 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: by one or two points. So a win is a 55 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: winning as a professional athletes, so we understand, we go 56 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: back to the drawing board and come back better. So, Bro, 57 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna be fans. We're supporting you down. Thank you. 58 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,839 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. What is it like trying, like you said, 59 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: you've moved your camp to Vegas. What is it like 60 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: trying to focus on this day of you know, Jack 61 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: and I kind of caught to tell ind of it 62 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: our NBA cris, but this social media world is fucking saying. 63 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: So what is it like trying to manage all the 64 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: outside noise knowing that you're preparing each and every fight 65 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: to be your biggest fight you've ever had. It's really not. 66 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: I was always like coming up, just night, just coming 67 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,119 Speaker 1: up period. I was always that kid that no one 68 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: the time to buckle down with things like that, Like 69 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: I know when you know when it's time to get serious. 70 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: You know, I know how to focus, you know, no 71 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: matter what's going on around me. That's what made me 72 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: so special. While I came so far and you know, 73 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: things like that, me coming up, I had a lot 74 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: of people older than me, what's already in the streets 75 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: and things like that. So and um, I watched my 76 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: coach and them tell them, give them advices and things 77 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: like that, and they still done it and and they 78 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: want him getting killed. So I think that was, you know, um, 79 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: the best part you know of of me, because you 80 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: know me just be able to you know, stay focused, 81 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: you know, and saying it as a young age. So 82 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: when it's time like this, now, you know, I could 83 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: be able to stay focused no matter what's going on 84 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: outside the world. On the outside of the world, but 85 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: once something locked in, I'm locked in. Absolutely. You mentioned 86 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: it a little bit, obviously, losing people along the way 87 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: rough childhood in Baltimore. Um, take us back to your 88 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: childhood and and and what the scene was like and 89 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: what actually inspired you to get into boxing. Coming up normal, 90 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: just uh in a city kid. You know, mother followers 91 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: on drugs and things like that. And um, you know 92 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: my mother left me, left us in the house by herself, 93 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: you know, and uh protective service they came grad us 94 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 1: and things like that when they split us up, you know, 95 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: and once my grandma ford to get us back. You know. Um, 96 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: I was always aggressive one I was younger, you know, 97 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: so I was much more aggressive than my my oldest brother. 98 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: You know. Um, I was always fighting a lot. You know. 99 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: I used to fight for my brother, you know, because 100 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: we was the new kids on the block and we 101 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: were brought up under our grandma. We didn't have like 102 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: our mother and father. So it was like stuff that 103 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: we had like reboxes and people had like kids had 104 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: drawings and nikes and things like that. So well, I 105 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: always used to fight. I used to fight in school. 106 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: So one time I was fighting in front of my 107 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: house and my my uncle so happened to walk out 108 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: the door, ain't seeing me fighting, So um he took 109 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: me to the boxing gym. You know how were you 110 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: not to cut you off? How were you at that age? 111 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: I probably was about I want to say, like seven. 112 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: I was seven. It must have been a flawless victory. Yeah, 113 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: So it was fighting things like that. So it took 114 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: me to the gym. And when I was going to 115 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: the gym, I was getting It wasn't really about the 116 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: fighting or boxing at that time. It was really about, 117 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: you know, me getting that love from love at the 118 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: gym that I wasn't getting at home because my grandma 119 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: she was you know, she was she she was moving 120 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: around too much and things like that, so she didn't 121 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: have time for us. So I just got that love. 122 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: I got that farther figure. I had other kids and 123 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: the gym, like brothers and things like that. So I 124 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: was always fighting in the gym too. So I just 125 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: grew up and you know, um just they started being family, 126 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: you know. And I was wondering a lot, you know, 127 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: because I was I was still fighting in school. So 128 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: it was time that you know, when we're fighting at school, 129 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: that make a spall in the gym, like we gotta 130 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: fight the big kids in the gym. I was getting 131 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: so good that they was telling me like, no, we 132 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: can't do that with you, youre just gonna have to 133 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: stay outside, like stay out the gym. Yeah that's what 134 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: I used to that cry and things like that. I 135 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: just loved the gym. And you're like, I used to 136 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: get out of school at two thirty and I go 137 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: I wouldn't even go home. I go straight to the gym. 138 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: And the gym don't open to like four or thirty 139 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: or five o'clock. So I used to sleep outside the 140 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: gym before it open. They used to like it was 141 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: a daycare right uh next door. So they used to 142 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: call the police on me and like this kid out 143 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: here homeless and things like that. But you just couldn't 144 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: wait to get the gym. Yeah, yeah, I just couldn't 145 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: wait to get to the gym. Or I used to 146 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: beat the people that opened the gym up, like even 147 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: if they came people, I used to beat them there 148 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: like I was working there a something like, I just 149 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: loved it. That's what's something, man. You found a sense 150 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: of you know, family and home and and you adapted 151 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: to it. Yeah. So I'm kind of similar to my mom. 152 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: My mom was around. My mom worked a lot, so 153 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: my grandmother raised me too. And I know what basketball 154 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: did for my life. You know what, it took me 155 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: a lot of places to change my whole family life. 156 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be able to do the things I have, 157 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: the life I live if it wasn't for basketball and 158 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: not And you know, I appreciate the game. It's boxing 159 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: the kind of the same way, which it's the same 160 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: way for you, Like if it wasn't for boxing, You've 161 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: seen a lot of things. Was able to do a 162 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: lot of things for different people because of boxing. Yeah, 163 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: boxing definitely, you know, play a big part in my life. 164 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: Like if it wasn't for boxing, I don't know why 165 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: I'll be at you know, because you know, it ain't 166 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: too many people big in my family. The people that 167 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: you know I started with in the gym, you know, 168 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: they eventually got killed in the streets. I can't help 169 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: a lot of people. I used to. I used to 170 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: come outside and see like people driving cars and wanted 171 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: because my grandmother had a van, but besides that, nobody 172 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: else had a cart. I used to wonder like it 173 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: I am, I am I gonna be able to drive 174 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,559 Speaker 1: when I get older and things like that. So box 175 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: and definitely be a what I would say, be a 176 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: big part of my life if it is my life 177 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: and things like that because it help you, you know, 178 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: calm down and challenge your your anger someone else like 179 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: inside the gym and started going outside the door and 180 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: just doing anything. You know. So, and this is while 181 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: I'm from It is a small city, so it's easy 182 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: to get in trouble there, so you can focus in Baltimore, 183 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: you can focus anywhere. So you developed a real close 184 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: personal friendship and and almost mentor father figure friendship with 185 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 1: your coach and trainer. Uh, Calvin, did you meet him 186 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: early on or what part of your what did you 187 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 1: meet him? I met Calvin around by when I first 188 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: thought first boxing, but Calvin I used to train with 189 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: Calvin Calvin son, Calvin Soun trained me started me off. 190 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: He is his son is one of the guys that 191 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: you know got killed too. So his son, his son 192 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: was training me. And we had another guy named Ramon Manley, 193 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: That's who. That's who cal was like holly On because 194 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: he was one of everything. It was from Baltimore, so 195 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: he was the only one going through d C everywhere 196 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 1: and beating people like top notch people. He asked me 197 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: another one that got killed, so um him having Ramon 198 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: and his son was training me, so they used to 199 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: always go back home and like his son used to 200 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: always tell Calvin about me, but Calvin was like, I 201 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: was too young, so he was like, I'm not worrying 202 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: about him right now, I worring about Ramon because he's traveling. 203 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: So m Ramon was one of everything, and mom got 204 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,839 Speaker 1: locked up for robbery or something. He tried to rob 205 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: somebody want him getting caught. So he was gone for 206 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: about like five years. So now it's me. Now I'm 207 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: ten years old and I'm start winning everything every like 208 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: going places and things like that. So man Calvin grew 209 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: up on. We grow up on first by me just 210 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: winning us always together. So now I stopped going to 211 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: his house. I started sleeping over this house and watching boxing. 212 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: He used to make me watch boxing like till like 213 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: three in the morning, and I'll be falling asleep. He 214 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: attacked me and wake me up. Make sure that you know, 215 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: if you believe it, you can achieve it. And that's 216 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: where he always he always taught me, and that's why 217 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: I go by till this day. That sounds similar. It 218 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: sounds a lot like you know Marviously, Mike Tyson and 219 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: custom Model. You know what I mean, where he found 220 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: that mentor father figure, that that that believed in him 221 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: and and made him believing himself and and it turned 222 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: out beautiful. Now you've spoken a lot already in this 223 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: interview about I mean, we know your career, you're undefeated, 224 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: You've obviously thrown hands your whole life. Is there anybody 225 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: from the second grade on who's never got you? Uh? 226 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: It was? It was one time, one time, one time 227 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: in the street fight, I was fighting. We because we 228 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: used to. I used to always fight a lot, so 229 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: I got a little older, but coming to Highlight, to 230 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: like the the sixth grade to the ninth grade, I 231 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: used to fight a lot. So one time we was 232 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: fighting these group of boys and one and my uncle 233 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: called me. So when my uncle called me, I ran 234 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: to the um. I ran to him and it it was like, 235 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: we're up here like fighting. So I had to hire 236 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: him and try. I hired him and try to get back. 237 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: So when I heard and got back, my two homeboys 238 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: said I ranked on him, so they bank they jumped me. 239 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: So when they jumped me, they jumped me. So Um, 240 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: the next day I'm like, I'm telling my uncle because 241 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 1: my uncle stand with me. Now and my grandmother crib 242 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: So I taught my uncle like, um, these boys jump me. 243 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 1: So I'm going to school and I'm whenever when I 244 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 1: see I'm gonna knock him out like that. So they 245 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: people might call you from school. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I 246 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: gat my heads up so soon I walked down. Soon 247 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 1: as I walked in the building and I'm going towards 248 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: the class, I see one of the guys. So when 249 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: I see one of the guys like he's yeah, he 250 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,839 Speaker 1: started talking and I just took my Like when i'm mad, 251 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: I'm real aggressive. So when um I've seen him, I 252 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: just take my bag off and I just hit him 253 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: in them out. But I actually he actually beat me, 254 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: but I started to fight out. So I was like, 255 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: I don't care, like it won't happen again, you know, 256 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: you know, like you know, smaller than everybody, so coming 257 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: to school. So yeah, so once that first that first 258 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,559 Speaker 1: punch went off, I ain't really care if you whoop me. 259 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,719 Speaker 1: After that, I got my leg off. I gotta get 260 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: my back. I got back. Yeah. So you're obviously from Baltimore. 261 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: Rep Baltimore to the full. They're very proud of you, 262 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: um or warding you with the Key to the City 263 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: in a parade, did a coin flip of the Ravens game. 264 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: Tell me what Baltimore means to you? Baltimore made a lot, 265 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: you know, just I don't think I had this mindset 266 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: if it wasn't for Baltimore, because Baltimore, it's like it's 267 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: a tough city. You know, if you can make it 268 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: through Baltimore, you know, you can make it through anyway. 269 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: If you know how to move through Baltimore, you can 270 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: move through it anyway, you know. So it just gave 271 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: me that mindset. I think, you know me saying not 272 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: saying it's all bad, but I'm from the n City, 273 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: so I see stuff deadly and things like that. So 274 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: it just gave me that I wouldn't be me if 275 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: I wasn't from Baltimore. Gave me that personality, you know 276 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: what it's saying. It was sounding like, um, I forget 277 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: the saying, it's like what you've been through it the city, 278 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: make your breaking Like, I wouldn't be me if I 279 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: won't even move the way I moved it, if it 280 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: wasn't for the inner city, and if yeah, if I 281 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: wouldn't make sure where you are to come to date, 282 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: toughest fight in your mind up to this point in 283 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: your career. I think there's the toughest you know, um 284 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: opponent up to date because you know, um he had 285 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: I want to say, he's he had thirty seven wins 286 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: and you know one loss and things that day at 287 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: four time world champion, So um, it's a tough He's 288 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: a tough Messican. So I'm gonnalieving he's gonna bring his best. 289 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: So I think this, Yeah, there's definitely the toughest opponent. 290 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: He's busy with their hands. Um, most satisfying knockout up 291 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: to your point, up to this point in your career. 292 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: I want to say for Drasa because it was my 293 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: first world title. You know he was he was another 294 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: undefeated Puerto Rican, So I think that was my my 295 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: toughest knockout. Any boxes you look up to, not really 296 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: look up to, but you know, take pointings from him 297 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: as Lamont Peterson, Anthony Peterson top on that, um Floyda 298 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: Millweather for sure and Adrian Brown. A lot of people 299 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: could probably compare you to a little Tyson and he 300 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: did an I you did an I G live with 301 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: Tyson recently. What was that like doing I G um 302 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: a lot. What Tyson I seen when I first when 303 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: we first started talking, I've seen that. You know, he 304 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,239 Speaker 1: still got that anger built up in him, like uh, 305 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: like he'd been through something. He's still trying to believe it, 306 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: find a way to relieve it. That's that's why I 307 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: got from it, you know. Um. But he overcame a lot, 308 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: you know he I think a lot of people. Well 309 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: where I got from it, I don't know really for sure, 310 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: but when I got from it, you know, um that 311 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: you know, he put his life into boxing, you know, 312 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: for belts and things like that. You know. Um, Ever, 313 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: but he doesn't mean nothing to him now, you know, 314 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: he rever. He rever, you know, fight for the money, 315 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: whereas though he could he could be more you know, 316 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: um stable and things like that. That's where I got 317 00:15:56,680 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: from it. You know, I probably I'm probably wrong, but 318 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: that's what I got from And that's what you know 319 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: I was looking. We all we all fight some demons 320 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: that we all fight in the demons, you know, not 321 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: just Mike, not just anybody, you know what, We're all 322 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: fighting something in us in certain parts of life. But 323 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, like you said, when 324 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: every I didn't see Mike on a lot of these shows. 325 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: I watched this podcast too, and Mike, you know, and 326 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: that that that's just a part of being a man 327 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: and growing. You know, I can I can imagine me 328 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: playing basketball, you know, and how physical the game is. 329 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: Not gonna imagine boxing, you know, walking away, walking away 330 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: from basketball, my body fears different. You know, I still 331 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: have that adrenaline and want to go play and still 332 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: be physical. But I got a channel that now because 333 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: my life is different, you know what I'm saying. I 334 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: know that's that's that's not even compared to how boxing is. 335 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: From fighting somebody for ten fifteen years and having just 336 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: all of a sudden just not so. You know, I 337 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: commend guys like you and Mike and boxing period who 338 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: are able to go in the ring, try to test 339 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: somebody our head off, but then come out and be 340 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: a good model sense and somebody that people look up to. Yeah, 341 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: it's definitely hard, you know, just just training, prayers on 342 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: what There's everything you know, um like evolved with boxing, 343 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: you know, leading up to the big fights, even the 344 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: fight that you know, the lights, that the crowd and 345 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,239 Speaker 1: the opponent, the judges and things like that. You know, 346 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 1: it just you gotta be you got you gotta be 347 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: a strong person. And then you know that's not even 348 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: to mention all, like I said earlier, all the outside distractions, 349 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, people, people trying to come 350 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: in your circle, females trying to pull fast one. So 351 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: it's a whole lot of you know, that's one thing 352 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: I want to try to game my sons with. You know, 353 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: my sons are eleven years old, but this is a 354 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: whole different beast out here, just the way the world 355 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: is reading and how it's you know, the games are played, 356 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: and to be able to keep a tight circle and 357 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: be able to stay focused on the task at hand 358 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 1: is always man definitely hats off. Mike also mentioned that 359 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: you're his favorite current boxer. How does that make you 360 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: feel when you have a legend, uh, you know, speaking 361 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: that highly on you, It feel great, you know, it 362 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: just feels it's like it's just, um, I still I'm 363 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: not far on far as far as like you know, big, 364 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: you know, so it's still like I'm still starting out 365 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: and things like that. So just having him, you know, 366 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: saying things like one of the greats, and I remember 367 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: when you know, um, they called the great shout I forgot. 368 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: I think it was after a fight or something, and 369 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: it was calling like, um, they called Mike Tyson out, 370 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: they called holy Field and it was somebody else I 371 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: think Leonis Lois. And when they called Mike Tyson, the 372 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: crowding crazy. So just having him just say like, I'm 373 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: wanted his favorite fighter, it means a lot, you know, 374 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: it means that I'm I'm definitely on the right track 375 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: Mike's you know, since we're talking about Mike, he's training 376 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: to get back in the ring. What are your thoughts 377 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: about him and Roy Jones Um potentially fighting at the 378 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: end of the Yeah, it's gonna be crazy. It's gonna 379 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 1: definitely be crazy. I'm definitely gonna be watching, Yeah for sure. 380 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: July teen, two thou fourteen, you took a picture with Floyd, 381 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: signed your phone case and said future champ. What was 382 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: that like, Like I said, another experience where you know, 383 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 1: an all time great it is giving you praise? What 384 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: was that like back in two thousand fourteen? And then 385 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 1: everything to come full circle now that you know you're 386 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: under Mayweather promotions. I always live in a moment, so uh, 387 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: around that time, I already then, you know, really wasn't. 388 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: I was grateful to being you know that his presence, 389 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: but far it's like from from just leading up to 390 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: me signing to what from Maywell Promotion, I was saying 391 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: that I was gonna, I was gonna, you know, even 392 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 1: before he went to jail, you know, I was saying 393 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: that I was signing what the owner Pomona I would 394 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: ever signed what was you know, Maywell Promotions. And before that, 395 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: I was saying, man, my coaches, I mean, man, my 396 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 1: coach calviing Ford, we was talking about um about signing 397 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: with out before we signed with Floyd, and everything was 398 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: playing out as you know we were saying it. So 399 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: it just I feel again, I feel like I'm on 400 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: the right track. I'm doing the right things. I have 401 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: right people in my corner and things like that, and 402 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: you know, um, I'm undefeated, so we're doing the right thing. 403 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: Has your relationship grown though, like since you since you 404 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,400 Speaker 1: with in my note, Like, yeah, it was cool before 405 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: y'all actually start doing business together, But how has your 406 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: relationship grown? You know since? Because I've seen him at 407 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: the fight here in the land of your last fight, 408 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: I seen him in the rain with that I can 409 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 1: remember what what um what kind of was It was 410 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: like a twenty thousand dollar jackety had all which is 411 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: all glass. Oh my god. But how your relationship grown, 412 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: you know, since y'all start doing business together, relationship growing 413 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: a lot. You know, just at first I did really 414 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: know him like that, you know, So it was it 415 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: was like like if I don't really know y'all shot 416 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 1: away from you, like I'm really quiet and things like that. 417 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: But um it's it's like, uh, I follow in something born. 418 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: I always say, like because he had sons that that 419 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: you know, don't box and umur boxing. I was around 420 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: him a lot of times, you know, when he were 421 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: traveling and when he first saw me, you know, so 422 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 1: I was with him probably like seven So he just 423 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: you know, he more hands on things like that, like 424 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: he'd be like you said, the fight, he was in 425 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: the corner, you know, he was dan ever like he 426 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: was my coach or something. You know, he was in 427 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: the rain. You know. So I believe that. I think 428 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: that's that's best for me, I think because it give 429 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: me the advantage over a lot of other fighters. Yeah. Yeah, 430 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: do you feeling the pressure, Like you said, you pay 431 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: per view now you know what I'm saying. That it's 432 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: a big fight for you. You're fighting, you're fighting a 433 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: four time champ um. You're feeling the pressure about this 434 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: fight than any other fight. I had pressure, but I 435 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: want I say that it's always I challenged that I 436 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: make it a good pressure. You know, I don't. I 437 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: don't let it, you know, take a toll on me, 438 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,719 Speaker 1: because I've seen a lot of fighters slip up, you know, 439 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: because they let the pressure. You know, Whay I'm down 440 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 1: and things like that. You know, so far as the 441 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 1: only pressure with me that I say, like I have 442 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: been on my show, that the performance that I want 443 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: to put on, you know, I want to I want 444 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,719 Speaker 1: to give best performance I can possibly have. You know, 445 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: that night because of my first paper, Boston was off 446 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: for some months and things like that. So I definitely 447 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: want to get the fans. You know, I gotta saying 448 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 1: that I got it goes. I make love of pressure. 449 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: When they gave me the ball in the four quarters 450 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: and they thought it was pressure, I made love to it. 451 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying that. You know, that's that 452 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: that's basically what we do. A lot of people don't 453 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: have that. A lot of people crumble under pressure. So 454 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: if you if you can, you know, deal with you know, 455 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: controlled it and things like that underpressure and you special 456 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: exactly absolutely. I have three sons. I don't know how 457 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: many kids my my co host has, but we're father 458 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: you have. You had your first daughter in two thousand eighteen? 459 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: How did that change your life? I changed my life 460 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: by you know, just being more patients. You know, I 461 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: seem to you know, rush things before I had a child, 462 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: and things like that, and you know, just going thwards 463 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: the same her mother, you know, um and that pain 464 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. You know, it just made me appreciate, 465 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: you know how more and things like that, and far 466 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: as a person, had changed me by you know, having 467 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: more patient, but far as a fighter, I'm always going 468 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: to be a fighter. So I know I was turning 469 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 1: on and off around her. You know, when I'm with her, 470 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: I'm more soft. But when I'm like in a brain, 471 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: go outside more, you know. Oh now, but what about 472 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: when she turns fifteen sixteen seventeen eight teen, wants to 473 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: start dating? What? What? What? What? What tank is she 474 00:23:55,240 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 1: gonna get? I'll be more understand, would like like um 475 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: understand how more like talk? I wanted to be to 476 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 1: come talk to me before she had talked to someone else. 477 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 1: You know, I want to be that that far. I 478 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: don't want to shy away from me, you know, I 479 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: don't want to be hard on him, but she knows. 480 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: I wanted to know that. You know, it's always right 481 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: and wrong, and you know, discipline I got, I got, 482 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: I got five girls, bro, So I I understand that, 483 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: you know, I just I always wanted to be a 484 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: point where we had to understand where you can come 485 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: talk to me am everything anything. Don't feel like you 486 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: can't talk to me about it, you know what I'm saying. 487 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: So that's that's a great way to look at it. 488 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 1: But being away from your daughter training doing this pandemic, 489 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 1: how has it been? It's been hard to being away 490 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: from my daughter. You know, she actually heard she sleeps, 491 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: but just you know, being away from it, like because 492 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: this is my first time been in camp so long 493 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: and far away, so just been away from it. It 494 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: was a lord touchy. But I know what I'm up 495 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 1: you know, up against you know I know that I 496 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: got pay per view. You know, I know I'm fighting 497 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: a tough opponent. So really I know how to lock in. 498 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: I know how to shot away from everything. I know 499 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: how to understand what I'm I'm into. You know, that's 500 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: what's best part about me, Like I know a fool around, 501 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: but when it's time to lock in, you know it's 502 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 1: time to lock in now. Yeah, that's that's another thing. 503 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: You know. So you you mentioned it earlier, but you've 504 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 1: had a tough time making one thirty year past couple 505 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: of fights. Um has your diet change or the fact 506 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,719 Speaker 1: that your training camp has been longer or almost two 507 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: times as long as your normal training camps. How is 508 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 1: that played into Because you said you're sitting comfortable right now, 509 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 1: you don't have a problem getting down to that one 510 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 1: on fight night camp been you know, I don't think 511 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a hard time for me and make wait. 512 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: You know, as far as the bubble wise, I don't 513 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: know about the bubble. I've never been there, but they 514 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: said that it's track. So but now now I feel 515 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: like I can making I'm making it easily. Uh, I'm 516 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: walking around close to wait. You know, if I if 517 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: I wanted to make way two days from now, I 518 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 1: can make it. And things like that. You know, I 519 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: know people it's definitely whining about me making way and 520 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: that's the big factor. But and there's a penalty, so 521 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: if I don't know what it is, but I know 522 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: it's some money in bold, so you don't want to 523 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: find out. I'm definitely made the weight. So obviously since 524 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: your last fight, the world has changed, um, not only 525 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: with the pandemic, social justice, the whole nine. We're somewhat 526 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 1: slowly but surely starting to come back to some sort 527 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: of normalcy. Um. This will be the first fight back 528 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: with fans. This would be your first fight on pay 529 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: per view. Tell me what it's gonna be like to 530 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: know that you're gonna put on the show for the 531 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 1: first time in front of fans. I'm oneting a person 532 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 1: that I'm grateful, you know. I'm grateful that it's me that's, 533 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: you know, the first person that's bringing it back. I'm 534 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: just soaking it all in. I'm just appreciative, you know. 535 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 1: That's why I'm working hard each and every day, you know, 536 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: so I could be to pin on a great performance 537 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: and things like that, you know, And I'm and I'm young. 538 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,399 Speaker 1: I'm twenty five years old, so I'm definitely you know, 539 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: still learning and things like that. And I'm just happy 540 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: to be in the position I am right now. I'm 541 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 1: thankful for my team to beigg say it. This guy 542 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: should be paper viewing things like that. So far as 543 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: my my get back to them, I want to put 544 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: on a great performer. I want to make wait the 545 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: first time and things like that. Your top five fighters 546 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: in the history, I want to say, uh, Floyd Mayweather, Sugar, 547 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: Ray Lenox, m Mike Tyson m hm, putting out man 548 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: sweep pee Sweetie sweepy um and Pride and pride and 549 00:27:55,560 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: Pride had that movement I'm talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 550 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 1: for sure. When it's all said and done, what do 551 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,959 Speaker 1: you want them when you're done with the sport of boxing? 552 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 1: What do you want them to remember most about you? 553 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 1: I want to be one of them greats, but I 554 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: wanna I want to I want to have an impact 555 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: Wes though, something like change something like not like Floyd, 556 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: but I want to change it far as I want 557 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: to have a great impact on the sport, like be great, 558 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: be one of the greatest. But I also want to 559 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: be able to, you know, live outside at the boxing 560 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: you know, I want to be able to be that 561 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: that person, like I don't want to be banged up 562 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: after a fight. Or anything. I'm after my career and 563 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: things like that. I want to be able to get 564 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: out successful. I want to be able to retire young 565 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: and eiven. If I retire you or come back, I 566 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: won't be able to you know, um, come back on 567 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 1: when I want to and not one because I don't 568 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: have enough money and things like that. Because I have 569 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: a family, I had my own life outside of Boston. 570 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: So I always want to be looked at one of 571 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: them guys that you know, Um that's took care. So 572 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 1: just be one of the great in the sport and 573 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: outside this sport. Javonte Davis, Man, we appreciate your time. 574 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: Good luck Halloween night, October one, San Antonio, Texas to 575 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: Alamo Dome. If you need essay protection away. Good luck, bro, 576 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: no doubt we're big fans man. Good luck the rest 577 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 1: of the way. Man. We appreciate your time today. That's 578 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: a wrap all the smoke season two. Thank Davis little 579 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: talk to us before his big fight coming up on Halloween. 580 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 1: You can catch us on Showtime Basketball YouTube in the 581 00:29:43,200 --> 00:30:00,080 Speaker 1: I Heart platform. We'll see y'all next time. Pace m 582 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: HM TV taught me how to dream. It was a 583 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: wife jacket, h I don't think it can be an 584 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: artist and not touch people. M hm.