Drink Champs - Episode 48 w/ Danny Garcia

Episode Date: November 30, 2016

N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the guys drink it up with boxing champion, Danny Garcia. The guys talk about Garcia's North Philly roots, Philly artist, boxing career, training methods, and upcoming fight. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drinkchamps/support Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an iHeart Podcast. Why is a soap opera Western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, where we'll delve into stories of the West and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today. Listen to The American West with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I know a lot of cops. They get asked all the time,

have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. This is Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. Listen to Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lott. And this is Season 2 of the War on Drugs podcast. Last year, a lot of the problems of the drug war.

This year, a lot of the biggest names in music and sports. This kind of starts that a little bit, man. We met them at their homes. We met them at their recording studios. Stories matter, and it brings a face to them. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real.

Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast season two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Michael Kassin, founder and CEO of 3C Ventures, and your guide on good company. The podcast where I sit down with the boldest innovators, shaping what's next. In this episode, I'm joined by Anjali Sood, CEO of Tubi. We dive into the competitive world of streaming.

What others dismiss as niche, we embrace as core. There are so many stories out there, and if you can find a way to curate and help the right person discover the right content, the term that we always hear from our audience is that they feel seen. Listen to Good Company on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Springtime tips and fun facts from Paul, Kristen, and Dexter at Total Wine & More. It's peak season for asparagus,

which pairs perfectly with a light and crisp rosé. Many bottles of champagne and sparkling wines are perfect for adult Easter baskets. And they're really cute, too. My perfect brunch? Belgian waffles with extra whipped cream and a holiday pour of your sweetest rosé. Whether you're hosting or just bringing the wine, we love to share our always low prices and ridiculous selection. This spring at Total Wine & More.

Cheers! What up is DJ EFN? Together they drink it up with some of the biggest players in music and sports. You know what I mean? The most professional, unprofessional podcast and your number one source for drunk facts. This is Drinks Champ Radio where every day is New Year's Eve. Let's go! Hey, hey, Sangria, hope you're savvy. This is your boy N-O-R-E. What up is DJ EFN?

And this is Drinks Champ's motherfucking podcast. Make some noise! And right now, we have our first active athlete. We've had many offers and plenty of people who have came and said they wanted to come and sit down with the Drink Champs. But this is our first active, and he's a champion. And Latino. And Latino. And Puerto Rican. I was going to invite Fat Joe and just make you Puerto Rican out today. But then I thought about it. I Latino. And Puerto Rican. I was going to invite Pat Joe and just make

you Puerto Rican out today. I went for my Puerto Rican. He's Puerto Rican. He's a champion. 33-0. Knocked out people in their own courts. In their own hood. Goes anywhere. Had the biggest fight of his life.

I've seen him destroy Matisse. I've seen him have two fights with Eric Morales. I've seen him go in, go crazy. I'm a huge fan. Right now, in the building, we got Danny Garcia. Make some noise! Thanks for having me on, man. I appreciate it.

Nah, man, you're our first active athlete, man. You know what I mean? And you're going to make us look so good because we know our shit. But we're going to get to the beginnings of Danny Garcia. How did you first develop your love for boxing? When I was a kid, I just loved playing sports, you feel me? I played all sports, but I was a sore loser, you know what I mean? Now, the way you throw, I'm sorry to cut you off, but the way you throw your right hand,

I feel like you was a shortstop, an outfielder or a pitcher at one point. Because you throw it like, you throw it like you throwing a ball. I mean, you push with your right leg. Am I inaccurate? No, I mean, you know, the boxing, to be honest with you, it's just natural to me, you know what I mean? Like, when I was young, I played every sport.

I played baseball. I played football. I played basketball. You know what I mean? But like I said, I was a sore loser, so I hate losing. I would be mad at my teammates for not being too good. You know what I mean? Because I was always good.

You know what I mean? But when I stepped in the boxing gym I just started hitting the bag And it just felt So easy to me It was like And it's just you It's not a team now It's just you

It was like This is what I want to do You know what I mean? Exactly And I can't blame nobody If I lose Because boxing is like Similar to rapping

Like no matter how Many people that can Come with me to the studio There's only one person Who can perform the record Right You know what I'm saying? No matter how many people

I got on stage It's only one person that could really the crowd is looking at it's real because it's like you got an entourage walking where they walk you in the ring right you know i mean as soon as we walk in the ring they're like all right homie like you got it now you feel me it's all right it's on you make us look good you know what i'm saying so it's like at the end of the day it's like it's a one man it's a one man game you know what i mean yeah it's just for real yeah your hype man know what I mean? Yeah, it's very similar. Your hype man can't fight for you. Your hype man can be there.

He can be in the corner when you go in the corner, but he can't fight for you. So, you being 33 and old right now, what made you take this Keith Thurman fight? Do y'all know each other? Because I feel like y'all fought. I know him from the amateurs. I never fought him in the amateurs. So you ever want to ask him?

I never fought him in the amateurs. In the amateurs. Okay, cool. But like my goal in the boxing world was to be a two division, like two division world champion, three division world champion. I unified the 140 pound weight class.

But you did two divisions already, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I won the 147 pound once a weight champion. But I unified 140. I was the champion with all belts. So I said I came to 147. I's the way champion But I unified 140 I was the champion With all belts So I said I came to 147 I want to do the same thing

So he got a belt And I want it I need it Wait what does it mean Unify the belt Unify means you're The number one guy In the division

You got the belt So you got all the belts You know what I mean Unify That's what we do With drink champs Unify Champions collide

You know what I mean Yo but I'm not Going to lie Garcia You my you my man, a big fan of you, and at all the fights, like I thought the Matisse fight was dangerous. I thought the Eric Morales was dangerous. I knew you was kind of going, you know, skip through to Zab Judah.

Ameri-Con, too. No, I'm not going to lie. I was waiting for the left. The whole time, I was just waiting. I was rolling blunts, just like waiting for the left. As soon as the left waiting I was rolling blunts just like waiting for the left As soon as the left comes I ain't even got a look when I do that You exposed his glass jaw

I'm sorry Amer Khan But I bid up to Mars The energy drink for providing us some energy drink With ants crawling on it But that's okay But for me I think this is your most Dangerous

Bout to date Cause y'all to me Remind each other in style Yeah yeah yeah We both good punchers You know what I mean But um Like me

I don't feel that way You know what I mean I just feel like Like I earned my spot In the boxing world You know what I mean Of course you did Yes you did

Like I beat all odds Like I've been the underdog Most of I just feel like I earned my spot in the boxing world. Of course you did. Yes, you did. I beat all odds. I've been the underdog most of the time. Amir Khan, I was the underdog. Lucas Matisse. Not in my book. Not in my book. I was the underdog. I'm Puerto Rican, God damn it.

Let's make some noise for me being Puerto Rican and always going with Danny. Right, right. I get racist sometimes. I get racist. But I just feel like, man, to be honest with you, he was like, he was brought up the good way. You know what I mean? Like, he never had to go against the odds. Like, he never been in a fight where he was the underdog.

You know what I mean? Oh, you're talking about Thurman. I'm talking about Thurman, yeah. Because his last fight with Porter. That was his biggest fight. And it's arguably. I've been in bigger fights than that. A lot of people.

Sean Porter's. A lot of people say that people think that Sean Porter kind of won that fight. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Was it a decision? Yeah, he won by like a point or two. Oh, oh, oh, Thurman. It was unanimous, though. Oh, wow.

But it was a close unanimous, you know what I mean? Yeah, but a lot of people do point out that they think that Sean Porter won. It could have went either way. It was one of them fights where you can't be mad if either person won, you know what I mean? Now, have you ever— I'm not Sean Porter, right? You know what I mean? That's right.

You said it, God damn, God damn. You know what I mean Now have you had I'm not a Sean Porter Right you know what I mean That's right You said it God damn You know what I mean Is there any fight You ever had And people Who criticized you Saying maybe Yeah I had a couple fights

Which one The Peterson fight People thought Okay Peterson I remember that The black dude Yeah but I feel like You know

You can't fight Three rounds You can't just Close it off You know what I mean You gotta fight From round one To round one

To the end You know what I mean And that got to fight from round one to round one to the end. And that's how you score a fight. If you tune in from the tenth round on, you probably thought you won, you know what I mean? Because you was getting off. You got to count every single round. In a championship fight, you just can't come to try to edge out a victory over

a world champion. Tell them, let's say that again. World champion. We got a world champion. We got drink champs with the let's say that again world champion we got a world we got drink champs with the world champs let's make some fucking noise for that guys

and our first boxer is Puerto Rican it's very racist here that's why I agree I'm on the down man if you get a Cuban boxer you get a Cuban I get Cuban

there's some good Cuban boxers you know what ask me talking about I was supposed to go to Cuba on Saturday go out there man I can't go're talking about. I was supposed to go to Cuba on Saturday. Oh, go out there, man. I can't go.

Everything was booked. I was supposed to do a little... But say, Trump already fucked it up? I don't know about that. Trump did you massacre? Fidel died, though. Right, right. So they're not letting nobody in the country.

Oh, that makes sense. That makes sense. So everybody went... She didn't let her mother-in-law in the country. Everybody who had visas and all that and paid, they was like, sorry. But I think she's a Cuban citizen. She probably has a Cuban passport.

When you see that, Danny, you'll be in a Puerto Rican, and you see that this Fidel Castro passed away, and it's like mixed reviews. Some people are celebrating, and some people are like, ah, nah, it's messed up. What do you stand on your political views?

To be honest with you, I'm not from Cuba, so I don't know what them people go through. You know what I mean? Right. So I really don't know. As far as, like, I know they're a communist country. I don't really know. The country is so private that I don't know what they feel about it.

You know what I mean? It's like, I'm not from there. Right. But if you probably ask a Cuban boxer and he a person who's been to Cuba and America then he could probably give you them answers. You being Cuban B, how did you feel? Because I know your parents raised you to kind of hate Castro.

My parents, my grandparents, I was happy for them more than anything because they got closure now. Why? You know, because they went through shit. We didn't go through it, they went through it. So you think it's going to be like a democracy now? Are they building a W because I'm coming now? Trump is going to put Trump Towers there. I might stay at the Trump Tower.

But no, definitely something's going to change because he was such a strong symbol in that country that that's what kept it together for so long. But once he's gone and the people, it's already opened up because Obama opened it. They're not going to let that shit go back. So big up to everybody. I'm going to build a DSG hotel out there, which I mean.

St. Regis, baby. We need some good hotels out there. So, Danny Garcia, you're out here stomping, you're doing what you got to do. One thing that I admire is you keep your father around. He's not here today. I'm going to try to get him drunk.

He'll be out here on Friday. He'll be out here on Friday. I'm going to try to get him drunk. He'll be out here on Friday. But he's, and your father feels like every time you had a problem, he had a problem. Oh, man. He's more like your brother. Yeah, we like, we Batman and Robin.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? So, like, we're partners in crime. Like, a lot of people can't. Like, me and my pop, the relationship we have, a lot of other people don't have. Like, me and my pop, the relationship we have, a lot of other people don't have. Like, me and my pop, we go to the club together. You know what I mean?

My pop, 53 years old. Like, we party with women. I'm like, yeah, that's my pop. He be like, no, tell him I'm your dad. I'm your brother. You know what I mean? Like, don't fucking up with me, champ. You know what I mean?

So, it's just like, we, man, we cool, man. We just be living. Yeah, my Puerto Rican grandfather, I swear to God. I swear to God, right? My Puerto Rican grandfather, he's like 70, 79, 80, 80 at this time. We go to this party and shit. So he's sitting there, and he goes, yo, papi. And I go, what's up?

He go, yo, hook me up with the girl in red. And I'm like, this is my grandpa, my real Puerto Rican grandpa, my real grandfather. He goes, hook me up with the girl in the red. I'm like, yo, your fucking wife is real grandfather. He goes, hook me up with the girl in the red. I'm like, yo, your fucking wife is right here. He goes, she no speakin' English. Yo, you Puerto Rican, you horny as in a day. Yeah, Puerto Rican's straight up. Puerto Rican's being horny as well.

And then when he got, what's that shit called when you lose your mind? Alzheimer's? Alzheimer's. When he got Alzheimer's, right? The family kept saying, damn, you know, we kept losing them. But every time the woman from the family left, all my uncles was like, how the fuck he got Alzheimer's? He keep winding up at his bitch crib. He's 82.

He's winding up at a chick crib. So let's big up to the Puerto Ricans for doing that. But, yo, I really admire you for keeping your father around. Most people would have got to a certain extent and said, you know what? Let me get a trainer or a professional trainer. Or even if they did do that, they would have said, your pop's a trainer. Oh, he trains you too? Yeah, my dad's my trainer.

Oh, that's dope. I mean, I could have been to that. But me, like, it's all about chemistry. You know what I mean? Like, you can have a good trainer, but you have no chemistry. And this is going to show in the ring. And at the end of the day, you know what I mean? We had none before, you feel me?

So this is all, we just, it's all profit for us right now. So for me to have another trainer and feed somebody else, it don't make no sense. I'm just keeping the money in the family. So we're going to get this money together. He talked to you in that corner. Like when y'all on the streets or just walking around,

he got your back. But when you actually go to that corner, he's not telling you something that a trainer shouldn't tell you. Yeah. So it's not even looking like it's coming from a father's perspective. It's looking like coming from a father that's a trainer's perspective. He always gives you the right advice. Smacking me in the face and all that. Like, in my mind, I be thinking I'm an expert and shit. You know what I'm saying?

So I be like, yo, when he go to the corner, and I be like, damn, Pop said exactly what I was going to say. Like, you know i'll be thinking i'm an expert and shit you know i'm saying so i'll be like yo when he go to the corner and i'll be like damn pop said exactly what i was gonna say like you know i'm saying like and just as a boxing fan and as a person i yeah this is elliot wilson train they hate us they pay every time we get something good to have a train come by but it's okay they we checked the charts today they were like number 19 it's a big deal big deal month though man big deal month but um so yeah, though, man. Big deal, Mark. But, so, yeah, you keep your father around. You just had a daughter, correct? Yeah.

So, congratulations. Congratulations. 15 months. 15 months. Goddamn. Let's make some noise for that. Goddamn it. Let's make some noise for the big old Chris Blunker who just had a child as well.

Oh, big old Chris Blunker. You just had a child? Yeah. Big old Spiff T. Spiff TV. I just found out. He just had a child? Yeah. And I'm like, damn. And found out. He just had a child? Yeah.

And Khaled. And Khaled. I thought these little kids wasn't working this whole time. God damn it. I thought that sperm was bad. Let's pick up to the people who thought sperm was bad. Sonny D is sweating because he knows he's 900 with no kids. So he knows he's one of them whose sperm just doesn't work.

Your soul just gave up a long time ago. Your soul just gave up during the earthquake. They said, fuck it, I'm out. They got snipped and they didn't tell nobody. They got snipped and they didn't tell nobody. So, yeah. And this is not your first time being a father. Yeah, this is my first time.

Oh, wow. We got one child, yeah. Wow, wow. Her name's Philly, Philly Garcia. Oh, that is, wow. We got one child, yeah. Wow, wow. Her name's Philly, Philly Garcia. Oh, that is, yo. Now Philly sounds like a cool name, but before you said Philly, I thought of Myrna. Yeah, yeah, right. Myrna, she say.

That's what I was telling my friends. But I was telling my friends, I was like, yeah, I'm going to name my daughter Philly. They was like, man, I don't know, man. I'm thinking about the hood. Right. I'm like, that's because that's where we from. Right. Right. Philly's a nice place, you know what I mean?

If you're outside the hood. I'm not sure about that. Yeah. Nah, there's nice parts of Philly. There is? Yeah. I'm just saying. You see them.

Yeah. All right, cool. I mean, you got the history. And you live in Philly still. Well, I got a house outside of Philly, but I just recently moved. Like Jersey, Delaware. I just moved to Florida recently. Oh, okay. Yeah, you got to get on of Philly, but I just recently moved. I just moved to Florida recently. Oh, okay. Yeah, you got to get on the Philly.

It's crazy. Right. And we get a lot of love from Philly, too. But they know they're crazy. They ain't mad at that. They know they're crazy. So I train in Philly, and I try to be out here in between fights as much as I can. Yeah, man, I'm a Philly kid till I die. So you're saying you're going to live here, but even

when you go back to train, you're going to go back to Philly to train? Yeah, of course, man. I got to keep that hunger. Yeah, that, I'm a Philly kid till I die. So you're saying you're going to live here, but even when you go back to train, you're going to go back to Philly to train? Yeah, of course, man. I got to keep that hunger. Yeah, that's hard. I mean, Philly is like, you know, that's against all odds right there. So I got to keep that hunger, you know what I mean? That's what keeps me, the grittiness, you know what I mean? The toughness is what keeps me at my best, you know what I mean?

No disrespect to Florida, but when you go running, you see palm trees, you don't get the same hunger as you see a row home. You don't want to bite a pit bull. You know what I'm saying? You don't want to bite a pit bull. You got to jog with Wacky, jog up the steps and say, yeah! You know what he said, Adrian, in that scene. Man, Philly tough, Philly tough. You go jogging down the block, they busting on you.

You can car drive. Run for it, you know what I mean? But what part of Florida you moved to? Plantation. Oh, okay. But what part of Philly are you from? I'm from North Philly. North Philly.

Is that where P.D. Cracker is from? Yeah, yeah. Badlands, Badlands. That's where all the Puerto Ricans are from. What do they call it? Beirut? Beirut. I heard him say that.

Beirut. That might be his block. Oh, no. I think that's Osquino's block. I'm getting it confused. Yeah, because it's two different Kind of North Phillies You got the Puerto Rican side

You got the black side You know what I mean And you grew up on the Puerto Rican side Yeah I'm in the Puerto Rican side Okay and Petey Crack grew up on He's in the Puerto Rican side too Badlands yeah Okay

Yeah Petey Crack is from the Badlands Osquino is from Yeah Beirut But yeah man Philly is crazy man You gotta be You gotta be happy for Meek Mill though

Oh hell yeah man Alright Yeah How did you feel How did you feel? How did you feel during him and Drake's? I mean, I think it was good for hip hop. I just, you know, he just wasn't in shape at that time for that. You know what I mean?

He was in love with Nicki. You know what I mean? So his mind wasn't on that. But I'm pretty sure if he was on that shit, he's on now. That's the Dream Chaser 4? Yeah. That's your haul. You know what I'm saying? He was the athletic for on now. That's the Dream Chaser 4? Yeah. That's your haul. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? He was the athletic for this 4. He wasn't in shape for it. Yeah. Yeah. Meek, he the hottest right now to me. Yeah. Yeah, he is.

Meek Mill's the hottest rapper right now. I want to fuck with Litty again. Woo! I ain't gonna lie. I want to fuck with Litty again. I ain't gonna lie, my nigga. That record does something to me. That record does something to me.

I've been looking around. He's on his back, man. I don't know., my nigga. That record does something to me. That record does something to me. I be looking around like, I don't know, I know Liddy again. I know Liddy again, but I be like, They be making me, we be making millions. Show them the colors and the performance on colors and I'm looking around with Liddy again. I be like, oh, God. Like, you can't.

You're an old nigga if you don't like that song. If you in your 30s and you just sitting around not liking that song, you're just a hater because that song and the Mannequin like that song. If you're in your 30s and you're just sitting around not liking that song, you're just a hater. Because that song and the Mannequins Challenge song. You got to like it. Yeah, right. I don't care how old you are.

I don't care how old you are. I don't care how old you are. My girl, this is Bill's Cloud Pleaser. That girl, this is Mannequins Challenge. You got to love it. I know. I know. You got to love it, man.

Your beard is showing if you don't like the Mannequins song. I ain't kept it that way. I'm sorry. What's it called? Black Migos, right? Black Migos. Big up Ray Strimmet, man. You know what showing. If you don't like the baby, what's it called? Black Beatles, right? Big up Ray Sherman, man. You know what I'm saying? They are working.

They're working. But you also got a guy from Philly, Lil Uzi. Yeah. You fuck with Lil Uzi Vert? Lil Uzi Vert, yeah. I don't know him personally,

but I met him a few times. Him and my assistant from the same neighborhood. But I met him at powerhouse you know what I mean it's all love but

he took off fast he took off fast big him up yeah he man he didn't waste no time big up little big up DJ Drama

man we're discovering that man it's too much it's too much talent in Philly man everybody can rap in Philly everybody can rap

shout out to the Roots man from Philly too yeah right everybody is now is boxing becoming the next thing Everybody can rap in Philly. Everybody can rap. Shout out to the Roots, man, from Philly, too. Yeah, right. Everybody. Shit. Now, is boxing becoming the next thing? Don't you have a Danny Garcia gym out there? Yeah, DSG Boxing Gym.

Danny Swift Garcia Boxing Gym. It's in the neighborhood I grew up in. You know what I mean? The junior at a section in Philadelphia. Because I feel like if you got, like you especially. I mean, Philly always been rapping and boxing, though. Yeah, because who else was in the Muhammad Ali movie? No, Joe Frazier.

Joe Frazier. Joe Frazier, yeah. Bernard Hopkins, Joe Frazier. Bernard Hopkins. He might have to fight again. He got hurt. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. Yo, man.

We got to start a petition to stop this. He might die this time. Bernard, relax. Relax, Bernard. We love you. That's somebody who... And he rich. He's never not in shape, though. Oh, that's real. Relax, Bernard. We love you. That's somebody who... And he rich. He's never not in shape, though.

Oh, that's real. Yeah. Bernard never not in shape. He didn't eat a cookie since 1996. But the last fight, when he fought the Russian dude, and the Russian dude dropped him, I was like... But that guy's supposed to be the most feared man in boxing. He couldn't even knock him out.

I wanted to text him and say, you're not supposed to do that to Bernard. Right. You got to have more respect for yourself, brother. You beat him. Don't beat him disrespectfully. That's Bernard Hopkins. You understand?

The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network, hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores, and brought to you by Velvet Buck. This podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode, I'll be diving into some of the lesser known histories of the West. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian, Dr. Randall Williams, and bestselling author and meat eater founder, Stephen Ranella. I'll correct my kids now and then where they'll say when cave people were here. And I'll say, it seems like the Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves.

So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, where we'll delve into stories of the West and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today. Listen to The American West with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I know a lot of cops, and they get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes, but there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. Across the country, cops called this taser the revolution. But not everyone was convinced it was that simple.

Cops believed everything that taser told them. From Lava for Good and the team that brought you Bone Valley comes a story about what happened when a multi-billion dollar company dedicated itself to one visionary mission. This is Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. It's really, really, really bad. Listen to new episodes of Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Binge episodes 1, 2, and 3 on May 21st and episodes 4, 5, and 6 on June 4th. Ad-free at Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Glod. And this is Season 2 of the War on Drugs podcast. Yes, sir. We are back. In a big way. In a very big way. I'm Greg Glod. And this is season two of the War on Drugs podcast. Yes, sir. We are back. In a big way. In a very big way.

Real people, real perspectives. This is kind of star-studded a little bit, man. We got Ricky Williams, NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner. It's just a compassionate choice to allow players all reasonable means to care for themselves. Music stars Marcus King, John Osborne from Brothers Osborne. We have this misunderstanding of what this quote-unquote drug thing is. Benny the Butcher.

Brent Smith from Shinedown. We got Be Real from Cypress Hill. NHL enforcer Riley Cote. Marine Corvette. MMA fighter Liz Karamush. What we're doing now isn't working and we need to change things. Stories matter and it brings a face to them. It makes it real.

It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast season two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear episodes one week early and ad free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. I'm Michael Kassin, founder and CEO of 3C Ventures and your guide on good company, the podcast where I sit down with the boldest innovators shaping what's next.

In this episode, I'm joined by Anjali Sood, CEO of Tubi, for a conversation that's anything but ordinary. We dive into the competitive world of streaming, how she's turning so-called niche into mainstream gold, connecting audiences with stories that truly make them feel seen. What others dismiss as niche, we embrace as core. It's this idea that there's so many stories out there. And if you can find a way to curate and help the right person discover the right content, the term that we always hear from our audience is that they feel seen. Get a front row seat to where media, marketing, technology, entertainment, and sports collide. And hear how leaders like Anjali are carving out space and shaking things up a bit in the most crowded of markets. Listen to Good Company on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you're from Philly. What was the first major breakout fight where people said Danny Garcia is the guy? He's the guy. I won when I beat Morales for the title. When I beat Morales for the title and then I beat Amir Khan, people were still skeptical because I knocked him out. I would say the Matisse fight. The Matisse fight? Yeah. That's when Danny's the man. I thought that was dangerous. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nobody thought I was going to win.

And he was from Argentina? Yeah, yeah. The Matisse, he was knocking everybody out. Yeah, you wore him out. But I didn't understand because I think I only saw one Eric Morales fight. Why did you fight him twice? I had a rematch clause because he was the champion when I beat him. So then they gave me one voluntary defense and then I had to

fight him again. Oh, okay. When I asked you, did you have one fight that you thought people thought you didn't win? I thought that was the reason because I think I only saw one of the Eric Morales fights. But, you know, my brother, we're very, very, very, very, very proud of you. I'm just going to say that mid-interview.

You know what I'm saying? I feel like, and one of the things that I also want to point out that I admire you because, you know, Drink Champs, we've got the very popular show right now. A lot of athletes come to us, and, you know, I always ask them, what you want? You want something? And you told me you needed absolutely nothing, like no alcohol, no. You got some monster for me. Yeah, yeah, monster.

Yeah, give me some monster. I'll yeah, monster. Give me some monster. I'll take some monster. Give me the first one to drink some monster. We don't drink shit. We're just having it here for the look. They're great people. They got you to check. I drink it.

Solid, solid. It's our first album. You know what I'm saying? So, have you ever, at one point I heard There was rumors That you was gonna fight Floyd Was that true? Oh sure Um It was

It was in the media It was in the media Okay But nah We got the same manager So Oh um Al Heyman

Al Heyman Think about Al Heyman Yeah so Nah we never talked about Fighting Floyd But um A lot of people thought Cause when I fought Matisse

He fought after me You know the whole mix up You know the promotional thing. Right. I thought I probably would, but no, I never. He never chose to fight me. Now, let me ask you something in boxing. Because in boxing, it seems like you guys all know each other.

Yeah. But on the drop of a dime, you have to throw your relationship away. Am I breaking that down correct? Nah, me, if you're in my weight class, I don't like you. You don't like me? Automatic. Yeah, if you're in my weight class, I don't like you. You don't like me? No. Automatic. Yeah, if you're in my weight class, there's no way we could ever be friends.

For? Yeah. So when you hung out with Floyd, it was just like, what's up? And that's it? Walked away? I mean, he's retired, supposedly. I mean, when he wasn't? This is it.

Nah, I mean, I'm cool with nobody. What? Not in my weight class. I wish I could have did that with rap. You should have told me this a long time ago. I can't. I can't. You're in my weight class.

I can't be. You know what I mean? We can't be cool. Right. They're my competition. You know what I mean? Right, right. I can't be.

I know I could possibly fight y'all one day. So, and me, I got to hate somebody to fight them. You feel me? Because I care for people and shit. Right, right. So, I got to hate somebody to fight them. Because it seemed like, it seemed like as soon as you won the last fight and Thurman brought up, it was just like something that registered to you, like, I hate him now.

Because this is definitely going down. Yeah, he's my rival, you feel me? And the contract is signed. Everything's done. And it don't change after the fight? You get cool with him afterwards? I mean, we might show sportsmanship depending on how I feel. I mean, man, show sportsmanship depending on how I feel, but,

I mean, man, I don't know, man, I just, I'm a savage when I'm in the ring. I can't be cool, like,

you can't be cool with your rivals, like, I don't care about them, you feel me? Like, I got my own life going on. Now,

did you have a relationship with Zab Judah prior to your fight? No. Oh, so that was easy. It was just like, yeah, that was just bad luck, but now we cool, Judah prior to your fight? No. Oh, so that was easy. It was just like. Yeah, that was just bad luck.

But now we cool, like, you feel me? Yeah, cool. I see him around, you know, say what's up. Because I know I'll never fight him again. Right, right. That's cool. Now. But you were active boxer in my weight class.

It's not going to be that cool. So now. I hate you. Danny Garcia. Knocks out Keith Thurman. Keith Thurman. Keith Thurman. Keith one-time Thurman. Who does Danny Garcia fight after that?

They're going to make somebody else again. I'm trying to think, though. It's always a newcomer, and they're going to put a promotion behind him to build up the next fight. You feel me? Not Pacquiao. Pacquiao. That's a possible fight. That's a possible fight. And if Floyd comes back, he's going to have to fight me because I got twoiao. Pacquiao ain't a Pacquiao. That's a possible fight. That's a possible fight.

It's a hundred million. And if Floyd come back, he going to have to fight me because I got two belts. Hold on, Danny. Hold on, Danny. Hold on, Danny. That would be, I'm picturing the bag. I'm picturing the bag. And it's still registered.

I can't even look. I'm still with the bag. That's so much money. And then both undefeated Yeah oh my god Oh my god Now where's your biggest audience? Audience like where?

Like my market Yeah As far as boxing Like Like where I fight The most people Like yeah yeah Brooklyn

Brooklyn? Yeah Brooklyn Oh shit Yeah I hold the gate Wow For a boxing event At Brooklyn. Brooklyn? Yeah, Brooklyn. Oh, sure. Yeah, I hold the gate. Wow. For a boxing event at the Brooklyn Center. I think it's like 14,000. Oh.

Yeah, I hold the gate for a boxing event at the Brooklyn Center. And I asked you earlier where you thought the fight, you and Keith Thurman, you said Brooklyn or Vegas. Yeah. I feel like that fight is that big that it deserves that Vegas platform. Yeah, me too, Yeah, for sure. Because when it's a huge fight, it's like it's a certain respect that city does the town. Right. Like, you know, Brooklyn is great and it's dope, but it's not a certain respect that the whole city is involved.

But when it's a Vegas fight, the whole city is involved. But I tell you, man. But you're going to whip his ass anyway. Yeah, but. Okay. Brooklyn is the new mecca of boxing, bro. I've only been there once. The Barclays Center is killing it right now.

Right. They're killing it right now. Boxing, it's a no-miss. It's a no-miss. But if you preferred, if you had a chance to pick, what would you pick? Because it's up in the air between Brooklyn. I'm happy with both. I'm happy with both. But if I was to pick, what would you pick? Because that's what it is. It's up in the air between Brooklyn and... I'm happy with both. I'm happy with both.

But if I was to pick, I would say Vegas. Vegas? It's better. It's a better look and it's better financially. Right. You ain't got that extra tax, that New York tax, you know what I mean? And if you fight for that money, you want every dime, you know what I mean? But they don't tax you in Vegas?

They don't. No state tax. Income, federal, yeah. But no state tax. Yeah, no state tax. It's like Florida. You ain't got no state income tax, you know what I mean? I. Income, federal, yeah. But no state tax on your purse. It's like Florida, you ain't got no state income tax, you know what I mean?

I ain't gonna lie. I'm so much of a boxing fan that I stopped going to actual fights because sometimes you're sitting down and there's a guy that jumps in front of you

and shit and he paid $10,000 to sit right there and you want to be like, yo, my dude, put your Frank down, man. Sit down, man. I can't see.

But for this fight, I think I might come out I got you bro Whatever it is Let me know I got you Let's make some noise For Drink Champs

Getting to a drive Oh my god Cause to me You know what I'm a fan of both of you guys And I actually kinda Seen you guys come up And

I feel like This is gonna be electric And I feel like You know This is the fight. I mean, to me, you're already the super champion. You're already who you are, but sometimes you've got to face a big challenge.

I followed Floyd his whole career, and he's fought the guy who's the guy, but then he beat them, and he'd be like, oh, well, he wasn't shit, and he wasn't, and I'm telling you, if you get through this and you continue, you're going to follow the same thing.

It's not that you ain't fighting craziest fighters. It's like when you fought Matisse. You made him look so sloppy. It's always that one fight that's going to take you to the next level. It's just like going to college for four years and then you become a doctor or whatever, you know what I mean? I already got my master's degree, you know what I mean?

So this is the fight that's going to make me, you know what I mean? I already got my master's degree, you know what I mean? So this is the fight that's going to make me, you know what I mean, Dr. Danny Garcia, you feel me? Dr. Danny Garcia. Let's make some noise for Dr. Danny Garcia.

Let's also bring up the Best Buy Liquors. They provided the liquor today. Yes, sir. You know what I'm saying? We got that Moet. Where's Best Buy Liquor? You ain't got the card?

Nah, what you got? I know it's in Kendall. I know where the card is. You got one in color red. Yeah, and let's also bring up the Quicken Loans? You ain't got the card? Nah, what you got? I know it's in Kendall. I know. Color Red. You got one in Color Red. Yeah, and it's also big up to Quicken Loans. This ain't even a... You trying to do a library thing? I ain't high.

I forgot. We hard about that. Yeah, big it up. Yeah, we hard. Best Buy Liquor's in Kendall. They got two in Kendall. Two in Kendall. One in Naranja and one in Florida City.

That's right. Check them out. BestBuyLiquors.com. God damn it. They provided the liquor today. That's right. Welcome back, Best Buy Liquors. Welcome back, Best Buy.

God damn it. We doing it. And niggas got Remy on the table. We don't liquor today. That's right. Welcome back, Best Buy Liquors. Welcome back, Best Buy. God damn it. We doing it. And niggas got Remy on the table. We don't know who's cutting the check. EFN, you got a secret deal on the low? Mad deals. Mad deals. We're not going in there.

Get that little check. When I come in, I don't want to be in that bad deal. Big up to Sonny DBT. You know what I'm saying? Say what's up to the people. Say what's up to the people. Go ahead. How's Mike work?

I just need some rosé right now. Oh, I don't know if I'm sharing. Because you know what? Danny's not drinking, so I'm saying? Say what's up to the people. Say what's up to the people. Go ahead. How's Mike work? I just need some rosé right now. Oh, I don't know if I'm sharing. Because you know why? Danny's not drinking, so I'm taking his portion of it. So it equals itself out. Twin, you said this is your new favorite boxer. Come on. Say what's up to my man, Danny.

Go ahead. What's up, Danny? What's going on? I'm a fan, like, for real, for real. Thank you, bro. Yo, you got my boys inspired in the hood. Shout out to Andrew, man. He's doing his thing, man.

You know what I'm saying? And I see what your twin sister's doing, you know? Yeah, they got it. Her family to Andrew, man. He's doing his thing, man. You know what I'm saying? And I see what your twin sister's doing. You know, her family. You know what they're doing. He's a twin. I'm a twin, too. You know what I'm saying? My little sister's buzzing more than me right now.

Yeah, man. That's dope, man. Hey, I appreciate all the love, man. All the support, man. For sure. So, if you had your pick after this win, you already said they're going to make up somebody. But if you had your pick after this win. I want the biggest fight, like either Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao.

I want that for you too, man. I'm just still looking at the numbers, man. I mean, it's only. Got to make sure you don't change your phone number after that fight. This is the fight where they say, you know, they say this guy's, you know, one of the best welterweights. You follow me? Booth Thurman. Yeah.

Yeah. So after that It's no other fight for me And he's taller than you No he's shorter than me He's shorter than you Yeah yeah Oh when I looked at y'all Squaring off

Yeah he had some high heels on And shit Oh yeah Holy shit Holy shit We got some good shit On Trick Chats One time now

Yo that's crazy, man. This is going to be. And then the fight is in March, you said, right? March 4th. Oh, oh. Showtime CBS. So up until this point. We CBS too.

Free TV, you feel me? Yeah, yeah. Oh, oh, oh. That was a question I had to ask. Previous to Premier Boxing Championship. Oh, wow. Yeah, boxing. Championship boxing back on free television.

Now, is that good or bad for the sport? Because I know you've been on there like twice now. No, it's good for the boxing fans. And, I mean, it's good for the fighters. You know, we getting paid good money. So, I think it's a win for everybody. You know what I mean? How about pay-per-view?

You like pay-per-view? Yeah, of course. Pay-per-view, yeah, of course you're going to get paid. If it does good, gonna get paid If it If it does good You get paid more But if it don't You know

Oh that's how it works Yeah yeah Your bag is You get like a minimum purse Right Right Like say your minimum purse Is a hundred dollars

You feel me And then they be like Yeah and then they be like Alright y'all gonna split The pay per view three ways You know what I mean And then whatever After what it sells

Say you make another hundred dollars You feel me Then you split it three ways Or whatever Between you, the fighter, and the promoter. But that's why Floyd get paid so much because he gives the fighter one flat rate and keeps all the pay-per-view. Yeah, he don't let them get pay-per-view revenue. Let's make some noise for Floyd being a 360 boxers. That's a 360 deal, God damn it. That's a record deal right there.

You know what's crazy? I'm looking at the logo and the two boxing gloves right behind him. It's just ill right now. Look at the logo. Wait, are you looking at the wrong logo? Look right behind him, man. Oh, okay. I'm like, yo, what's up?

It just looks ill, the two boxing gloves. Yeah, you're our first athlete, man. Yo, thank you so much, man. Oh, for sure, man. Thank you for having me on, man. But listen, man. So, how does a kid from the hood, right? He's from Philly.

Dude snuffed him. He knocked him out and realized he got hands. How does he say, instead of me going out and beating up kids in the hood, how do I get started professionally boxing? Like, what is those steps that a kid takes from the hood? To be honest with you, it's simple to be a professional boxer. Don't get it messed up. As long as you pass your physical.

Not simple to make money, but simple to be a professional boxer. Yeah, simple to be a professional boxer. You can do your physical, pass your physical, and you get your license and you fight. Wow. It's that simple. And that's it. You might get like four or five dollars, you feel me? For promoters that want to pick you up.

You know, for me, man, I always had the vision, you know what I mean? Like, when I was a kid, I always wanted to be a sports star. Like, I love sports, you know what I mean? Right. So my vision was, like, I wanted to be a sports star. Right. And like I said, I played all the sports, you know what I mean? And I just love boxing.

What made you pick boxing out of all the sports? Well, you know, my dad loved boxing. You know, grew up watching Felix Trinidad. Right. Grew up watching a lot of great champions. And I just loved that. I used to shadow box in front of the gym. I mean, in front of the, probably like you're going, because in Philly you can't box until you're 10.

Because the insurance don't cover for kids. Oh, wow. So I went, when I was young, I went when I was seven. Wow. And then they found out my age, and I couldn't box. So then my pop went to college for like three years, you know what I mean? Wow. Big of a world.

He went away. I know shit. I was unbelievable. He went up to college. He went to college too? My pop went away for three years. It was a jail, but I was a big of that part. Yeah, my pop went away for three years.

And then I used to always talk to him. He said, when I get out of college, you know what I'm saying, I'm going to take you to the gym. And we stepped in when I was 10, and I never turned back. Let's make some noise for that guy. Yeah. Now, what was your toughest fight to you? What was the fight that you thought, like, forget the critics,

forget what everybody said. What was the time when you thought, like, forget the critics, forget what everybody said, what was the time when you got hurt or something? When you got hit and you just, you stood there and acted like you wasn't hurt, but you was hurt? To be honest with you, like, every fight was hard in a way. You know what I mean?

Everybody has a different style, so you gotta adapt to each fighter, but a fighter might be fast, a fighter might be powerful, a fighter might be smart. So you got to adapt to each fighter. But a fighter might be fast. A fighter might be powerful. A fighter might be smart. So you're going to learn. You're going to learn on each fight.

So I think every fight was tough in a way, especially when you're fighting at the championship level. You're going to go in there. They're going to give you different looks. And as a champion, you got to go in there and make adjustments. Do you study tapes, how you see fighters studying people? I don't study a million tapes. I might watch one fight just to see what I'm having in front of me. So just one is enough for you?

Yeah, I just watch like four rounds of some fight. I just want to see what's in front of me. Like, I have that vision in my head of how he's going to be in front of me so that way I can like play out in my head. I don't remember. Remember the dude that fought Floyd Mayweather and his father was Mexican too? What was it? Guerrero?

Guerrero? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You fought him too, right? Yeah, I fought Guerrero. Yeah, yeah, you beat him up too. Now, he's taller than you? Yeah. You fought him too, right? Yeah, I fought Guerrero. Now he's taller than you, right? Because I remember. He's a little shorter than me, yeah. These niggas look mad taller than you on TV, man.

Nah, but I'm taller than him too, yeah. Nah, man. Yeah, I'm taller than him. Yeah, I'm taller than Guerrero. Yeah, I'm taller than Floyd. I'm taller for my weight class. I'm not a tall guy. I'm 5'9".ero. Yeah, I'm taller than Floyd. I'm taller than Iron Man. I'm taller for my weight class. You know I'm not. Tall guy.

I'm about nine. I'm average, you feel me? But I'm big for my weight, you know what I mean? To me, I thought he was mad bigger than you, bro. No, no. I'm taller than him. Okay, now how about... Okay, let's break down the Guerrero fight.

Because y'all fathers was beefing a little bit. Yeah, yeah. They was about to fight. I love your pops. Your pops is there. Your pops is like, nigga, we gonna pull bit Yeah yeah They was about to fight Yeah I love your pops Your pops is there Your pops is like Nigga we gon' pull it Right They about to fight

You gotta see What O'Hare just posted man This shit crazy man Okay Look hold on Okay Come on pull me off Hey

Hold on Hold on Hold on bro Pops we gon' hang man Follow Crazy Angel on Instagram Crazy Angel Garcia You feel me Look

Okay That's for Keith Thurman That's awesome That's what Bob just said To Keith Thurman God damn it Shots fired Sweet love baby you feel me

that is what's up he in Philly he in the field right now whatever you fight that is the enemy he's with you 100% we riding man that's how it gotta be so now's how it got to be, man.

So now, is there one fight that you ever had that you was like, if I had a chance, I would have did this better? Probably every fight. Yeah? Oh, you criticize yourself like that? Yeah. Wow. Because I know what I'm capable of. You know what I mean?

So I know my full potential. I know what the best Danny Garcia could do. But like I said before, I'm learning every fight. You know what I mean? So I know my full potential. I know what the best Danny Garcia could do. But like I said before, I'm learning every fight. You know what I mean? But every fight, I feel like I could have did better. You know what I mean? Even my best performances, I was like, damn, I could have knocked him out. But I didn't. Even though I had a great fight.

But I'll be like, man, I could have knocked him out. Or I could have did this. I could have did that. So every fight, I don't know. I always think I could do better. You know what I mean? Nah, man. You've been doing excellent.

So let me ask you about other fighters right now. What do you feel about Earl Spence? Good fighter. He's a good fighter? Good fighter. He's not in your weight class, is he? Yeah, we're in the same weight. So he hates him.

Oh, okay. Yeah, I hate him too. Now, you're your own promoter as well, correct? Yeah, my last fight was DSG Promotions. Wow. Well, my last three fights was DSG Promotions. Now, what made you do that? You don't want to split the bag.

No, I mean, of course, I want to start building my own promotional company. I got two fighters also on Swift Promotions. What's the responsibility to be your own promotion company? What does that mean? You promote in the fight. Now I get to have fighters fight on my undercard. I'm building my company. I'm learning as I go.

Oscar and Floyd kind of perfected that. Back then, that was unheard of. Fighters being their own promoters. If they did do it, most fighters didn't succeed at it. Yeah, exactly. It's a lot of work, but you got to have a good team, you know what I mean?

Right, right. But, yeah, I got two fighters under me, two young fighters. They both undefeated. Okay. One's Thomas Velasquez. He's 6-0. He's a Puerto Rican from Philly, too.

Oh, what? Big hip-hop. Yeah, and then my little cousin, Jeffrey Torres, he's 2-0. He's another, you know, Philly Rican, you know what I mean? You signing, niggas?

You signing Puerto Ricans. Let's make some noise for Puerto Ricans coming back. When I created the Swift Promotions, I was the first Puerto Rican champion ever from Philadelphia. I'm the first Latino to become a world champion ever from Philly. So before me, it was no lane.

You know what I mean? It was just like, why go to Philly and get a Puerto Rican when you could go to Puerto Rico and make Felix Trinidad, Miguel Cotto and they got a country behind them. Why go to North Philly and go to that market? You feel me? So they always overlooked that. So what I did was, I was like, you know what?

I mean, I signed all kinds of fighters. But I was like, since I opened up that lane for Puerto Ricans in Philly, I'm going to start giving more Puerto Ricans who box in Philly more exposure. Because there's so much kids in Philly that can fight, but don't get the attention and the exposure they deserve. So I feel like that's my way of giving back, you know, to the Philly Ricans. Now, how does the islands of Puerto Rico, because for us rappers, a lot of times, most of them, they don't look at us like we're real Puerto Ricans. They look at us like they even have a word for us.

They call us New York Ricans. That's why I say Philly Ricans. Because it'd be kind of tough. I mean, I'd be like Black niggas Going to Africa And be like Yo you my cousins Niggas be like

No we are not I am from Alibaba I am from The depths of Zamunda You are from Harlem It's like that I can imagine In boxing

It's hard for American Puerto Rican I can't imagine In rap music You think it wasn't? I can't imagine Like how hard it is Yeah For a Puerto Rican. I can't imagine in rap music. You think it wasn't? I can't imagine how hard it is for a Puerto Rican in rap music to be successful. Fat Joe, let's big him up. I was going to invite him here.

Right. Big him up because when they still, to this day, call him. The Puerto Ricans are divided. He's dope for a Puerto Rican. They still say that. They don't say. They don't tell him. Fat Joe's hot.

They don't say he's a dope MC. He hates that. Fat Joe's. Yeah, all Latinos have that. They still say that. They don't say, they don't tell him. Fat Joe's hot. They don't say he's a dope MC. He hates that. Fat Joe's. Yeah, all Latinos have that, yeah. See, big pun. See, it shouldn't be like that. It shouldn't be divided.

Like, if we Puerto Rican, we Puerto Rican. Just because we was raised in Philly, we were raised in a different place and you don't make us not Puerto Rican,

you know what I mean? It's not my fault I was raised around blacks and whites. It took years. It took years for me to come as an American artist that is Puerto Rican. It took years for me for the island to accept me.

But it took like, I'm talking about 10 years. This wasn't no quick thing. It wasn't like, yo, I grabbed the mic. Yo, I'm Puerto Rican. It was like, cool. You're one of us. No, that's 10 years. And I had to do reggae, too.

You broke reggae, too. And I had to do reggae, too. And it was like, maybe he's one of us. No, but I feel like. He's just black as shit still. But maybe he's one of us. No, that's a 10-year... I mean, I had to do reggae, though. I had to do reggae, though. I had to do reggae, though. Maybe he's one of us. No, but I feel like... He's as black as shit still, but maybe he's one of us. But I feel like

that's growing, though. Like, the Puerto Rican hip-hop community is getting big. In 10 years from now, it's going to be bigger. You know what I mean? Right.

Like, people like you, Fat Joe, is the ones who opened up for me. You know what I mean? We got the Puerto Rican Day Parade getting huge in Chicago. The Puerto Rican Day Parade in know what I mean We got the Puerto Rican Day Parade Getting huge in Chicago

Puerto Rican Day Parade in Philly There's even a Puerto Rican Day Parade Now in Los Angeles And they got the Rocksteady thing In Puerto Rico Oh word I thought you were trying to be funny No no no it's true

I was about to laugh I was like that was a good one When you were being serious No 100% Oh okay You sure Yeah Cool Would you be in series? No, 100%. Oh, okay. You sure? Yeah. Cool.

Welcome to Play It, a new podcast network featuring radio and TV personalities talking business, sports, tech, entertainment, and more. Play it at play.it. The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network, hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores, and brought to you by Velvet Buck. This podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode, I'll be diving into some of the lesser-known histories of the West. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and best-selling author and MeatEater founder Stephen Rinella. I'll correct my kids now and then where they'll say, when cave people were here.

And I'll say, it seems like the Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, where we'll delve into stories of the West and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today. Listen to The American West with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I know a lot of cops, and they get asked all the time, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Across the country, cops called this taser the revolution. But not everyone was convinced it was that simple. Cops believed everything that taser told them. From Lava for Good and the team that brought you Bone Valley comes a story about what happened when a multi-billion dollar company

dedicated itself to one visionary mission. This is Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. It's really, really, really bad. Listen to new episodes of Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge episodes 1, 2, and 3 on May 21st, and episodes 4, 5, and three on May 21st and episodes four,

five, and six on June 4th, ad free at lava for good. Plus on Apple podcasts. I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Glod. And this is season two of the war on drugs. But sir, we are back in a big way,

in a very big way, real people, real perspectives. This is kind of star studded a little bit, man. We got Ricky Williams, NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner. It's just a compassionate choice to allow players all reasonable means to care for themselves. Music stars Marcus King, John Osborne from Brothers Osborne. We have this misunderstanding of what this quote-unquote drug thing is.

Benny the Butcher. Brent Smith from Shinedown. Got B-Real from Cypress Hill. NHL enforcer Riley Cote. Marine Corvette. MMA fighter Liz Karamush. What we're doing now isn't working and we need to change things. Stories matter and it brings a face to them.

It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast season two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear episodes one week early and ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. I'm Michael Kassin, founder and CEO of 3C Ventures and your guide on good company,

the podcast where I sit down with the boldest innovators shaping what's next. In this episode, I'm joined by Anjali Sood, CEO of Tubi, for a conversation that's anything but ordinary. We dive into the competitive world of streaming, how she's turning so-called niche into mainstream gold, connecting audiences with stories that truly make them feel seen. What others dismiss as niche, we embrace as core. It's this idea that there are so many stories out there, and if you can find a way to curate and help the right person discover the right content, the term that we always hear from our audience is that they feel seen. Get a front row seat to where media, marketing, technology, entertainment, and sports collide. And hear how leaders like Anjali are carving out space and shaking things up a bit in the most crowded of markets. Listen to Good Company on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

podcasts. We're back to Drink Champs Radio with rapper N.O.R.-E and DJ EFN. So, yo, being a boxer, at the end of the day, Danny, I see you. You're always respectful. You're always happy. But in the ring, you're a different beast. How do you turn it off? And then how do you turn it on? And then how do you know when to turn it off?

It's like, it takes me, like, to be honest with you, after a fight, it takes me about two or three weeks to be myself again. Oh, shit. Yeah. Because you still pumped up over the fight. It's like, I'm in like, my mind, I will be so focused for the fight. Like, you train for months, right, being focused on one night. And once that night is over, you just can't snap out of it.

It's like PTSD. You're already thinking about the next fight. You're like, fuck it. I'm going to go back in there and get ready for the next one. You just fuck. So it takes about two or three weeks for me to be normal again and not think about boxing and things like that. But it's just like the hunger for the sport. You know what I mean?

The training camps, the division, the tunnel vision. It's just like, you know, the hunger for the sport, you know what I mean? The training camps, the division, the tunnel vision. It's just like, you know, everything. Staying away from a girl, you know what I mean? You stay away from some pussy for two months, bro, you're going to be like a caged dog. I've got to ask that. So you're telling me boxers really don't fuck before the fight? No, I don't fuck before the fight? No, I don't fuck before the fight.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Let me ask this in a different way. And how long before the fight? I don't fornicate before the fight. He said two months.

What? Two months? Yeah. But you in training for six? I do an eight-week training camp. So doing the eight weeks, nothing? You're not supposed to.

Is there science behind that? Is there a reason? Testosterone. Testosterone. Not even a slip up Slipped out I slipped out I did that a couple times

You did that a couple times? Let me just stick it in Oh shit Let off a load and shit Yeah yeah Got rid of some testosterone You can think about that shit In the fight

You can think about that shit If you walking out to the ring Like damn I should have never Fucked that bitch I should have never I had a couple of them, y'all. I had them.

Not homie that, man. I had a couple, man. I don't even want to say, man. But shit, I'm not going to fuck up. Don't worry about it. Nobody would never hit people. All the young kids out there, don't have sex before you fight, man. You want spaghetti legs, wherever the cameras are.

Because I thought that was folk tale. No, it's testosterone. It's like you keep a dog away from, you know how they get? Wow. A dog on heat. He be trying to kill his master. It's testosterone. So it makes you more aggressive?

It's like somebody in jail. I don't know. Somebody do two years in jail, they come throw a football. They're going to throw that shit like 120 yards. Yeah, but they jerking off every day in jail. So that's a bad example. Oh, yeah, they probably get their ass whipped too. There's some type of nuts being bust.

Oh, yeah, when West Jersey and all that shit. In jail, like, it's just real. It's like niggas put a sock on they cell. Like, you already know what that mean. Nigga like, oh, shit. This nigga's with Susie again. You know what Susie is? Susie is a plastic glove, right?

So what they do is, huh? That's what y'all call it, but we call it the Susie where we was at, right? Look, so you is a plastic It's a plastic glove right So what they do is That's what y'all call it but we call it the Suzy Where we was at right look So you take a plastic glove right It would change your life We in the can Nigga take a plastic Cause I'm working in a mess hole

I'm working in an infirmary And niggas is going crazy For stealing a plastic glove So i'm like i need to know what's going on so i'm like i'm like you know i'm nosy but what the fuck is this you know everybody's stealing plastic gloves they're like what the fuck is this plastic glove shit they're like you don't know and i'm like nah the nigga's like all right put the nigga on so we're gonna put your heat up tonight so in my my cell, they controlled the heat. This is other inmates.

This ain't COs, by the way. So the nigga told me, grab the plastic glove, put it in the towel, rolled it up, put a rubber band around it, and then said, leave this on your heater. Right? So you leave it on your heater. I already knew what this shit was doing. You leave it on your heater. That shit warm and slippery. Warm and slippery. right so you leave it on your eater i already knew what this shit at the end of the night you take it boom you got your little johnson's johnson throw that thing up and fake it wet and anything you'll be like oh shit your imagination is good

you were never locked up for that moment. You was in some real pussy. I know niggas home that still fuck with Susie. I'm just telling you. I'm just telling you, my baby. If you do it right. You see, you can't do it in Florida because you ain't got no heat out there. You ain't got no heat.

But listen, I'm sweating thinking about it, man. I fucked a lot of women in my mind on a Susie in jail. I'm so sorry. The interview got, it went all over the place, Danny. Don't worry about it. It is what it is. This is what it is. You got to get your nut off somehow. This is drink cash.

This is normal time when we ask the guests to take a shot. But we're going to have your people take a shot. You look like you need a shot. Come on, give him a shot. Let's give him a shot of Tiger Bone. Come on. Give him a shot. Give him a shot. Bolo? Yeah, give him a shot. You look like a need a shot. Come on, give him a shot. Let's give him a shot at Tiger Bone. Come on. Get Bolo a shot. Get Bolo a shot.

Bolo? Yeah, get Bolo a shot. You look like a trainer, too. That's what's dope. Yo, this is Urge. This is Urge. But it is out cold. But it's Urge.

Yo, I was really sweating thinking about the Susie. Yo, that was a time in my life, man. I remember in jail. In jail? Yo. You don't even need to reminisce it. I'm an ex-girlfriend. Take a shot, bro. No, in jail. Who's taking the have to listen. I'm an ex-girlfriend.

Who's taking the Tiger Bowl shot? Give him one shot. How many shots? One shot or two shots? Take tiny bits. Yeah, him right there. Bolo. Come on, Bolo.

There you go. Come on, Bolo. Here you go. He a fighter, too. I'll call him Bolo. He always throws Bolos. All right. I like that. Bolo, I always throws bolos. I like that. Salud.

Salud. Don't think about it. Just take it down. Just take it down. Look at that. You're back to life. Your life is secure now. Your life is secure now. That's tiger bone. It's the worst thing ever in life. You should.

Now you're going to see it. Tiger bone. That don't even sound good. And you never drank? Oh, you was, but you got disciplined. You never drank, never smoked? No, I never smoked in my life. Never smoked in your life?

Never smoked weed in my life. Wow. Yeah, yeah. How does a kid from Philly? Y'all all right? Y'all all right? You killed my homies, man. No, no, they good.

They good. They good. And it's an aphrodisiac too So I'm not saying you're going to walk around You're not going to walk around knocking things down Cause it's not like Viagra But if you happen to get into something You'll be ready You'll be ready So go ahead

I'm sorry what you was saying? I forgot man This is a great chance This is what we do man Yeah, yeah. So, I'm sorry. What you was saying? I forgot. Yeah, me too. This is a great chance. Yeah, right? This is a great chance. This is what we do, man. Listen, man, we're proud of you.

Man, we want you to continue doing what you got to do. We're not finishing this interview. Big up to Best Buy Liquors once again. They got four locations everywhere. Big up to Monster. Big up to Quicken Loans. We know we're supposed to do an ad, but this is how we're going to do it right now. We got tomorrow.

Quicken Loans been holding us down. I'm about to get a crib on Quicken Loans. Yo, my Quicken Loans. We know we're supposed to do an ad, but this is how we're going to do it right now. We got tomorrow. Quick and Loans has been holding us down. I'm about to get a crib on Quick and Loans. Yo, my Quick and Loans mortgage. You know what I'm saying? Rocket mortgage and all that. You know what I'm saying? Who are all the people? Big up to Bevel.

Big up to Uber. Big up to Uber. Uber. Yo. We're probably the only ones that big up all the people. Our Uber credits. I ain't been getting my Uber credits. You been getting your Uber credits?

We don't get Uber credits yet. Me neither. I'm totally. You saw the email today, though. Oh, I'm coming. They said Uber votes. Which one you want to take? We're supposed to take one of those. Uber votes my Uber credits. You been getting your Uber credits? We don't get Uber credits yet. We ain't got them. You saw the email today, though. Oh, I'm coming. They said Uber boats. Which one you want to take? We supposed to take one of those?

Uber boats or planes. That's all. That's all. Shout out to Dion out there. Shout out to the helicopter Uber. Which one? We all just on special. Did Remy Ma get that bar made up?

Shout out to the helicopter Uber. Did she actually speak that into existence? No, they have that one. Shout out to Exclusive. Exclusive all the way up. Medusa. That's a helicopter Uber? They've been had a helicopter Uber?

They do it for like special events. I'm missing something. They do it for Mark Baszler. But when he's in Portland, Remy Mars said that shit. Remy Mars said that shit. Hey, there you go. I might pull up in the next plane

and helicopter that shit. And the Uber helicopter. There you go. They were like, damn. I might pull up. That'd be the first box of a helicopter. But they just sent us

and they said, you get Uber credits. Uber car. And they're doing it with F and up. That'd be the first box. But they just sent us and they said, do you get Uber credits? Uber car. And they're doing it with F and vodka. With F and vodka. Yeah. Oh, big up F and vodka. Yeah.

And what is it? And they got the land and the air. They got the boat. The boat. They got special SUVs, limos. They got the helicopter and the plane. They got a boat. And it's a boat plane.

A boat. A boat that takes off from the ocean. I definitely ain't read that part. I'm going to keep it 100. I ain't see that part. I feel like some A-team shit, but I'm in. Let's do it. Go ahead, Hannibal.

You look like Hannibal when they're A-team. My nigga here. I'm Mr. T right now. Come on, let's do it. Sad little. Sad little. Danny ain't drinking with us, but he drinking Monster. That's what's up.

He's the first guest to drink Monster. So, coming up, who was some of your greats that you looked up to? Boxing. Felix Trinidad. Prince Nassim Hamed. I love that dude, man. Interesting. Roy Jones Jr.

Oh, that was my man. Yeah, Bernard Hopkins. Julio Cesar Chavez. Yeah, fighters like that, man. It's exciting fighters with power, with style. I'm surprised you didn't say Roberto Duran. Oh, man. Yeah, I forgot.

But that wasn't my era. So I didn't grow up watching him. I'm only 28 years. Okay. I would have thought your pops would have showed you some taste. But, yeah. No, no. Yeah, I watched Duran for sure.

I mean, I think he's the greatest Latin fighter ever. Best top five fighter ever. Top five is one of the best ever. Just recently, undefeated fighter just quit on the stool. Yeah, I seen that. You seen that? Who was he fighting? Lomachenko and Walters.

Lomachenko against Walters, right? Yeah. How did you feel as an undefeated fighter? Do you think a champion is supposed to quit from his stool? You got to kill me. I'm just going to leave it at that. That's how I feel. Yeah.

I ain't even a boxer, but that's how I feel. I'm from Philadelphia. Yeah, what the fuck? The nigga didn't come. He Jamaican. Yadman. What? Guan.

Yadman. The Yadman said no Yadman said no. And he said no mas. You know what's crazy? He said it. He said no mas in Spanish? He said this nigga's Jamaican. Why do you even know what that means?

You're Jamaican. You know what's crazy, though? What? Duran said he never said that. Duran said he said never said that? He said he never said that Durant said He said He never said that He said he never said that But he did quit though

He did He did say Yeah he did say Yeah but he said He got tired of running Chasing him Yeah he said that He never said no

Monsters just sounded People were made up But he But Yeah he did not He did quit He did give up I don't know what he did

But But in your opinion Right now, would you ever do something like that? Never. You can't. Can you look at the person like a real boxer or even a real champion? I mean, I don't know a situation. Right. But he didn't have a bruise on his face. He didn't look. He looked like he could go to hole 12 to me. I mean, the dude was Lomachenko? Yeah. He's good, but it was like, it was kind of like, it was like American style. Like, he was mimicking

something, like who he think he would be. I'm not saying, I think Lomachenko's actually ill. Yeah, me too. But don't he got a loss? I think he's like... Yeah, he's 7-1. 7-1. Yeah. And they say he's pound for pound. I'm 33 and 0, two weight classes, and I ain't pound for pound.

Yeah, this is politics. And where's he from pound for pound. I'm 33 and 0, two weight classes, and I ain't pound for pound. Yeah, this is politics. And where's he from? He's from Ukraine. Yeah, he's from Ukraine. They don't give American fighters the credit they deserve. That's Trump people. I mean, it is what it is. Trump was working.

I mean, I think the kid is talented, but the way they talk about him, they talk about him like, I mean, that's one thing I give about HBO, they really make people believe. I don't fight on HBO, I'm not an HBO fighter. I fight on PBC, you feel me? So, HBO, they really make the public believe that they fighters are the best.

So, Max Kellerman, you don't believe Max Kellerman? They make their own path of power, you feel me? HBO? Yeah, people go off that list. You're like, those are really the best pound for pound fighters. Damn, but there's politics. It's like this. It's like they poison the minds of people.

They got the other show, Fight Night 2. Yeah, but that's HBO. They don't ever talk about Danny Garcia, you feel me? They're going to talk about everybody fucking with HBO. I didn't read that. Yeah. It's like three different divisions in Boston. And so when you say you were PB, what is it? PBC, yeah. That's not Showtime. Premier Boston champions. That's like three different divisions in Boston. So when you say you were PB,

what is it? PBC, yeah. That's not Showtime. Premier Boston champions. That's not Showtime. No. Oh, so you're like a free agent. Yeah. You could go to any, either one. I'm a promotion. Al Hammond's my manager. But PBC was created for all championship fighters that fight on regular TV. So if you're on PBC, you fight on

regular TV. And that bag is crazy when it's on regular TV And now And that bag Is crazy When it's on regular TV For sure Because everybody Can get it for free So you get more viewers So there's more advertising

It's like us Yeah it's like the advertisers We making more money Than people on HBO I'll tell you that much Probably triple what they make This is deep There's probably a lot of room

For negotiation on that one Because of the advertising potential Yeah commercials I. I mean, you know, it's just we're just getting PBC getting money, man. If you ain't on PBC, you losing money. Oh, man. I didn't know this. We were the money, yeah. You feel me? We didn't even

care about the pound for pound records and none of that shit. Dre, did you know the Jamaican quit? You didn't know that? Y'all ain't get this in the Jamaican Enquirer yet? Jamaican email blasts? Yo, y'all should have get this in the Jamaican Inquirer yet? Jamaican email blasts? Yo, y'all should have got this, man. The whole West Indies should have not come outside today. I'm going to be honest.

Nobody seen this fight? I'm the only nigga? I seen it. You seen the fight? And it was like, what was it, like the sixth round? It wasn't even like... I seen it on Saturday. Seventh.

Seventh? Yeah. And he was like, nah. And he said no mas like I was embarrassed like when I

why did he say he said that you know Roberto Duran when he fought Sugar Ray he said that he didn't wanna um the folk

story is folklore folklore is that Sugar Ray was whipping him and Duran didn't want to Take it no more, didn't want to chase him no more

So he said no moms And that's like the first time a guy's a real real champion But that moment It was kind of like being a sucker And Especially in the boxing world But what's the thing was he beat Sugar Ray Leonard before that He did?

Yeah he beat Sugar Ray the first time He beat Sugar Ray the first loss And then Sugar Ray Leonard before that? He did? Yeah, he beat Sugar Ray the first time. Oh, yeah, yeah. That's why. He got Sugar Ray's first loss. I think I did a little bit. And then Sugar Ray came the second fight and then exchanged with him. And Lorraine was like, you want to run? Like, you know, you want to run? Then fuck him.

Wow. Yeah. And there was no third. No third. There was no rubber match. I think, did they fight three times? No, they didn't. There was no rubber match.

No. I got to watch that movie. I didn't see that movie. Me either. Hands of Stone, right? Hands of Stone. I got to watch that movie. I went to see that. That's the Robert Hands of Stone, right? Hands of Stone. I got to watch that movie. I want to see that.

That's the Robert De Niro one? Nah, nigga. Roberto Duran. Roberto Duran. No, but who did the movie? Usher. Usher. He was Sugar Ray.

He was Sugar Ray. At first, I didn't. I didn't. I was. At a certain point, he was doing his thing. He was doing his thing. Great boxing movie. Great boxing movie.

Man. So, what's your favorite boxing movie? When I was a kid, a movie called Price of Glory. I don't know if anybody ever seen that movie. It's about three kids, three Mexican kids, and their dad trained them. One

got caught up in the streets. The younger one, he was supposed to be the pride and joy. He was the star. He was supposed to be like that. Somebody killed him. Then it was the one brother, he had losses. He was supposed to be the pride and joy. He was the star. He was supposed to be like that. And then somebody killed him. And then it was the one brother. He had losses. He had a tough career. And then he was the one who became a champion because of his two brothers and shit.

And that was a movie that motivated you? It was just a movie. It's just how it really be. It's how it be. I swore you would have said Rocky just for affiliate or strength. I mean, Rocky was cool. You know what I mean I swore you would've said Rocky Just so Philly You don't On a strength I mean Rocky was cool You know what I mean

To Hollywood Rocky His neighborhood He in the Hall of Fame bro Like what neighborhood Was Rocky at Let me make sure I'm staying away from that

North Philly That's North Philly Yeah That's the Puerto Rican side Of North Philly Oh my god That game was fucked Was it really

Meatpacking He sniffed coke Well that That part That's South Philly When he ran to the Rocky Steps The art museum He ran from North Philly

All the way to South Philly And that's what made it like You know He's like a hard working man And how far is that? That's like Bro that's like 25 miles you think?

Get the fuck out of here Yeah right Around there I wanna I wanna come work out With you one day Yeah come to the gym man Come to Philly

We should go We should do a drink We got everything at the gym That would be a disaster You know what I'm saying Come get out I wanna work out in Philly Come to the gym

I got a barbershop there and all So you come get a cut All that Let's work out out here It's safe out here You know what I mean Nah you good in Philly You good on my side

Yeah We had Gilly the Kid on here Yeah Did we say that earlier We had Gilly the Kid on here Nah you never told me say that earlier? We had Gilly the Kid on here. He picked you up. He picked you up. I talk about Gilly all the time.

I mean, I talk to Gilly all the time. It seems like that's... Yeah, we cool, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Closest relationship with rappers. Right. That's like, yeah, exactly. He's like probably one of the closest rappers I'm close to and shit.

I mean, Gilly. So that's my homie, man. How about Beans? Oh, yeah, Beans cool, too. Beans came to a couple of my fights. But I remember he went away for a little bit. So he just came back. So I haven't seen him since then.

But, yeah, Beans, he always supported my career. He's always been a big fan of me, too. So he went to my fights when I wasn't even a champion. Big you up, Beans. Yeah, right. Big you up. He was there for, like, my 13th professional fight, you know what I mean, in Philly when I fought in South Philly.

Wow. Yeah, so he's always been one of my biggest supporters. How about Meek? Yeah, Meek's been to a couple of my fights, too. Right, right. He was definitely the last one. I remember that. Yeah, he walked out with me.

Right, right. He went to the Matisse fight. Right. But Meek's been doing his thing, so he can't make, you know. Yeah. He's doing his thing. Iisse fight. Right. But Meek been doing his thing, so he come make, you know. Yeah. He doing his thing. I'm doing my thing. You feel me?

And even if they have to fight, they support you. The whole hip hop. Right. Exactly. The whole hip hop generation supports you. I want you to know that. Really. You know what I'm saying?

So now, how do you, when you fight a different fighter, do you train different for that fighter? Like if the fighter's fast, do you do a certain type of, you know, shit? So you're like, you know... We're bringing smart partners who, you know, try to emulate. Yeah, yeah. But me, I put in the hard work. You feel me?

Like, I don't do nothing that's nothing harder. You feel me? We always working smart and hard. You know what I mean? Right. Working on our mistakes. Putting that road work in.

Putting that sparring in. And that's pretty much it. All right, now, let me ask you something. Because boxers nowadays, Putting that road work in Putting that sparring in And that's pretty much it Alright now Let me ask you something Because boxers nowadays They're not only traditionally training Now they're doing like They'll do

They'll do The regular you know Speed bags That all that Trying to do all that scientific stuff They have a conditional trainer Yeah I got a conditional coach Yeah

But we old school though We don't use like Stimulation devices and fucking... The ice shit. Yeah, ice chambers and shit. We really do the rocky shit. You feel me? Like, we like chop the wood and shit.

You know what I mean? Right, right, right. Chase the chicken. Yeah, we got to chase the chicken. I chased the chicken before. That shit made ESPN top ten. Get the fuck out of here. Yeah, real shit.

I was, like, number two on the list, chasing the chicken. I chased the chicken, and I wanted to... I'm like I want to go pay with a nigga named Sonny D. And Sonny ate the chicken. All these damn knockouts in my career and I made top 10 by chasing the chicken. Chasing the goddamn chicken. Damn, I'm about to chase the chicken some more, bro. Chase the chicken, man. Listen, man.

You out here killing them. You making money. We proud of you. Not only as me as a Puerto Rican, not only as me as a human, but not only as me as a puerto rican not only as me as a human but me and not only as me as a hip-hop guy you as a boxer and athletes i think it's so dope when athletes embrace the music because we know that's what y'all listening to why we training and why we training we thinking of y'all you know what i'm saying because we like this is how you know danny would train this is how this is how we like, this is how, you know, Danny would train. This is how Floyd would.

This is how, you know what I'm saying? So we love when the athletes embrace us and we embrace each other back. And, you know, like I said, we're proud of you. We want you to continue to do what you do. After you get this W, we want you to come back to the drink champs. Or anytime you want to promote anything at the drink champs. You know what I mean? This is here.

This is your platform. We want a couple of your homies, a couple of your guys to come and say what's up so they can shout out their people if they cool. What's my nigga name? Booyah? I forgot his name. Bolo. Bolo. Yeah.

Bolo. You want to say something to your people? Come shout out North Philly. Bolo. Come shout out. Bolo. Tell them how they're tight and what? 20% grander.

Yeah, the mic right there, my brother. Come on, my brother. Where you from, man? Babylon? 20% grander, man. North Philly. Wow. Wow.

Yeah. Talk to the mic. You're, man. North Philly. Wow, wow. Yeah, yeah. Talk to him, Mike. He's a real slum. Savages. All right. You going to take a boat out there? You going to take a boat out there? No, no.

You know that kid? The kid from the slums of Jamaica. You know, you don't want to say anything. By the way, China. Come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man.

Come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man. He from Denver. He from Denver, Colorado. He from Denver? Oh, shit.

Go ahead. Shout out Denver, nigga. Shout out to Denver. I from Denver. He from Denver, Colorado. He from Denver? Oh, shit. Go ahead. Shout out Denver, nigga. Shout out to Denver. I'm Latinos. I'm a film. Latinos and Denver. Mad generic. I respect it.

Let's go. Let's go. Mad generic. Mad generic. Anyone say something? Come on. You look like you should sell Coke. Shout out.

I said what? I said you should sell Coke. Yeah, yeah. Listen. Shout out to everybody. Everybody know look, it's just so cold. Yeah, yeah. Listen. Everybody know we get that team, Team DSG. My girl, the hottest tattoo artist in Philly coming up, Kim Ink. We shutting shit down.

Big up. Big Johnny boy right here. Big Johnny boy, come say something. You got a next hottest artist coming up. Next hottest artist. Come on, let's go, baby. Come on. You with Danny Garcia. Yes, what's up?

It's Team DSG. It's Johnny boy right here. Representing Philly, you know. Rep for all the Latinos Out there Doing it big From the streets Coming up That's right, man

Yo, shout out to Sandy Twins Man, my little sisters Shout out to Sandy Twins Yeah, man They got like a million Follows on Instagram Oh, they got a million They lit

They lit, bro They lit Yeah, they got like Two million followers on there Oh, pick them up They got a deal? Not yet Let like Two million followers on there Oh big them up They got a deal Not yet Let me know

They working on the album Yeah I'll sign Bro they fire bro Drink Champs Listen man But now your clothing line Before you get up out of here

D&G baby designer Yeah your clothing line Man we need some Drink Champs gear We got a present Did you get my present That's right Look we don't have

Drink Champs shirts In there There's other clothes But we're gonna give you Drink Champs shirts I should've brought Some clothes for you man Yeah yeah please man

We need that I'm a military I didn't say your hat though I got mad at you I'm gonna say something That's something new Keep it going We're gonna keep

Keep supporting man But what made you So now Is your clothing line Actually in stores Or where can the fans Get that at My website

DGOfficial.com you know i mean um just doing good you know i'm saying i had a great weekend with the black friday you know i'm saying but um i didn't want to put it in stores because right i wanted to give it i didn't want to put in a certain market like i didn't want my brand to be like right just philadelphia or just like it'll be hot for two years you feel me right so i felt like if i put on my website just exclusively just for your fans can only go there. Yeah. Smart move.

And, you know, I didn't want it to be, you know, like an urban brand. I just wanted the fans to wear it and be happy and just not have no stereotype or anything about it. So, yeah, man, it's DSG forever. Just your brand. Yeah, exactly. And where's it at again? What website? DSGOfficial.com.

Make sure y'all go get that up. Go get that. Go get the shirts. Go get the box in the gym. And listen, we're going. I got the barbershop in Philly, too. You got the barbershop. Let's make that up.

DSG Barbershop, man. Come get a fresh cut. They got the barbershop in the gym, too, right? Yeah, it's a compound. I got the barbershop. I got the gym. I got a detail shop. I got a detail shop.

I got a studio, too, man. So whenever you're in Philly, come to the DSG Barbershop. It feels like niggas get shot when they get in. Nah, man, you're good. It feels like this is what you're describing right now. It's in the neighborhood I grew up in. I'm saying it's not the best neighborhood. I think you said it was Beirut or something like that.

No, I grew up in Junietta. North Philly. Wait, Junietta is very distracting. That sounds nice. Look, listen, I was born in Junietta. I mean, I was born in North Philly. And then I moved to Junietta when I was 10 years old. And I was born in Junietta. I mean, I was born in North Philly, and then I moved to Junietta when I was 10 years old. I was raised in Junietta.

It's like a little hard-working, blue-collar neighborhood. It's not the best neighborhood, but it's not the worst neighborhood. It's on the border. But where in Puerto Rico can you smoke dust at? I know that neighborhood. Badlands.

The niggas is crazy out there. I mean, youas smoke dust at. I know that name. Badlands. Badlands. I don't say it quick, too. The niggas is crazy out there. You go out there, they space you. I mean, you can smoke dust in the suburbs, so I ain't gonna say Badlands. But, I mean,

motherfuckers smoking dust everywhere, you heard me? Nah, it's really crazy. And lean is heavy in Philly, too. That's why niggas in Philly would kill you. Because they two,

like, drugs of choice is PCB and lean. That's a drug of choice in Philly would kill you. Because they too, like, drugs of choice is PCB and lean. That's a drug of choice. I'm just telling you, you spend time in Philly, I had to spend months in Philly. That was my number one market. You spend time out there, your homie

be this nigga smoking lean. I'm talking about, excuse me, smoking does and drinking lean. I'm talking about before SysHerb and drink and lean I'm talking about Before Sysurb and all that I remember back in the days I used to go to Philly And these niggas Would be hot as hell

Like And look They PCP bring you up Lean bring you down So they bodies Is just fucking with each other Like they don't know

What they doing Up or down But big up to my people Who's in Philly Philly shows a lot of love Yeah Philly man Philly's so crazy Because it's everyone For themselves You know what they doing up and down. But big up to my peoples in Philly. Philly shows a lot of love. Philly, man, Philly's so crazy because it's everyone for themselves. You know what I mean? Hold on one second.

It's Tahiri. Let's put it on live. Hello, Tahiri. You're on live with the Dream Champs. Say what's up. Oh, shit. You're on live. Hey.

Tahiri, we're right here with Danny Garcia. You on live. What's going on? Hey, y'all. You good? Are we there with the, is he a boxing dude? Huh? No.

He's a boxer. Yes. You call him a boxing dude? That's the champion. That is the champion, Tahiri. You are down with Drink Champs Network. We got to know. You got to know these people.

And he's Puerto Rican. It's the island next to the Dominican Republic. We're close to y'all. And I am so loving that, Nori. That's what's up. Say hi to the Drink Champs fans. Say hi to the Drink Champs fans. What's going on, Drink Champs?

It's me and Jack. You know it's funny and fine. Or fine and funny. Or whatever you want to call us. Mmm. I'm the fine one. Oh, shit. What up, Jack? I'm the funny one. I'm the fine one. Oh, you got Jack Doolittle in there?

Yeah, man. We out here. We gonna be shooting a show right now. Oh, y'all shooting a show? We shooting our show? Let's get the face down on real quick. Yo, we. Face time. Okay, okay. All right, cool. All right, look, I'm about to be done in five minutes. I'm going to hit you all right back. But you're all on my show right now.

Funny and fine. I don't know. I don't know. Yo, look, that is a hater. What's up, Drift Champ? I'm rocking with y'all. All right, let's go. All right, one love, one love.

All right, bye. Yo, Danny, we out here making deals. We trying to be our own promoter, too. We figured it out. We got to promote ourselves. That's what boxers is doing right now. Get up

and then promote yourself because you ain't got to pay your awesome niggas. Bob Arum, remember one of them niggas? You fought with Bob Arum at one point? Nah.

What's the other niggas? I was with Oscar. Don King? I heard his foul shit. He shook nine in the boxing, right? I don't know. I never dealt with them before.

You ain't never, but you heard some shit. But I know you robbed Tyson How you gonna rob Tyson This nigga's hands Will kill you And you robbing him You got no respect for the human race This ain't even racial

You don't disrespect the human race You robbed Tyson Come on my nigga So you never had to deal With no bad promoters I was with Golden Boy Oscar DeLoya Oh Oscar Yeah he was good

I mean He hated me now Cause I ain't with him Cause you left him Yeah Well I was a free agent And they didn't resign me So I just went over here

You know what I mean You wanted that bag And they didn't respond Exactly So that was day loss You feel me He's crazy I heard he sniffed

A lot of coke Responding That's my nigga That's my guy I love cocaine stories Cocaine stories Anytime I hear a cocaine story About anybody

I always remember it I don't know why Why Scarface is a kid It fucked me up He's Cuban B Big up Oscar. I don't know why that came back there. But yeah, bigger. But yo, we're proud

of you. Took your career in your own hands. That's what we're doing. Funny and Fondly just called in. Jack Dillon and Tahiri filming a podcast. Yo, if you ever think about doing a podcast, a boxing podcast or whatever, how you're going to host it. We got to get my pops on there, bro. Oh, your pops?

He want to do it. He want to Your pops? Yo, I go crazy. He want to do it. He want to do it. Yo, I go crazy. He wants to do it on the internet. No, but just sign your pops on the podcast. What are you saying?

He want to expose fighters and shit. Oh, man, please. We'll have him on and then we'll also have, because, yo, your pops is crazy. Yeah, he official.

I wish he was here right now. Y'all stop laughing. Yo, yo, and you know, he reminds me of my pops and, you know, that's how close y'all relationship is something real dope because that's how close me and my pops was. Can you Google a picture of my pops. That's how close our relationship is.

It's something real dope because that's how close me and my pops was. Can you Google a picture of my pops so you can see it? My pops had green eyes too. I ain't got green eyes. I'm going to try to bust up and wifey again. I'm trying to see if I can get something with green eyes. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, you're right.

You can do it. How many kids you got? I got six in the possible. Six? Yeah. Don't ask me. Don't ask me. You're a savage, bro.

Six in the possible, man. Life is different, man. Because Veggie Delight. Veggie Delight in the building. You know what I'm saying? Mirror Mark. Go get your shit. Veggie Delight.

Google picture my pops. It's on a Melvin Flint cover. Just wanted him to see. And if you get the Melvin Flint cover, who's cool? He got the mural in Queens, too. Yeah, yeah. My pops is a legend more than me.

Yeah. They ain't giving me a mural. Yeah. A boxing legend. I mean, for shit. But I'm saying I'm a legend, too, Nick. Nah, he's more legendary. Yeah, he's way more legendary than me.

Let's just keep it clear. Come on, Hans. How we looking? I'm trying to find it. Okay. On Melvin Flint, if you can Google Melvin Flint cover. Did we ever tell you the story Fat Joe didn't know, didn't think I was reading for the weekend?

You said your pop golden gloves? Some shit like that, yeah. You said on your song, right? Yeah. And he brought me to all that shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All that shit. So I love the, you know the crazy shit?

No, no, no. I'm messing up the story. When he used to force me to go, I hated it. So you was a professional boxer? I believe so. I believe he went pro. But when he rung me to everything he rung me to,

I hated it. When he passed away, yeah, I hated it. Because I felt like, you know, it's like bringing a person to church and then he passed away

and then you wind up being a preacher and shit. You know what I'm saying? So like, it's like bringing a person to church and then he pass away. Yeah. And then you wind up being a preacher and shit. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So, like, it was like I fell in love with boxing after that. Like, that's what I knew about you early on. Right. Like, I probably knew about you before you knew about you.

Damn. Like, I was a boxer. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I was following Floyd. I knew Roger Mayweather. Like, I knew underground. My father had tapes. Like, I knew underground shit.

Yeah, yeah. Like, he had VHS and shit like that. So I used to go. That's why I've never really seen Ali fight. His tapes, as though I know he's degraded. Yeah. He got the images degraded. Yeah.

But I couldn't really feel it. I couldn't feel their sports casting, their style. This era is my favorite era of boxing. Yeah, right. It's a great era of boxing era You know what I'm saying I know some sports people Will be like What

They'll be like You an idiot But To me this era Was with the technology And how it's working And now people Could go back to seeing

On regular TV Exactly Boxing is back man Pay per view Boxing is back What you think about The Andre Ward fight With this other guy?

I thought Kovalev won a lot of the early rounds, but he let off the gas, man. Yeah? Yeah, to me. I didn't get to see that, but a lot of people criticized it. I watched that at a club. A strip club?

Yeah, I was at a strip club. Let's make some noise for you watching from the strip club. Nigga Danny Garcia out here being rich and being right now. I like that. Yeah, I was at a strip club. That's crazy. You can stay. But, yeah, I really didn't.

I couldn't pay attention to it. So I watched it the other day with my friends at the house when I got here. Right. And I scored it for Andre Ward. You scored it for Andre? Yeah. Okay. Now, before we get up out of here,

how is that, though? Just being in the club and all your niggas is drunk. Man, it's fun, man. It's fun? Because you should be looking at them niggas like... It's fun, man,

because me, I'm naturally high. I'm a funny dude, you know what I mean? I am naturally high, too. Yeah, I'm that. But I'm also synthetically high. Let's make some noise for me. But yeah, man, we just be having fun, man.

At the end of the day, money don't change me. You know what I'm saying? And you getting that chicken. I still go back to my own neighborhood. I give back to my community every year. You know what I mean? So it's all cool for me. Man, we respect you so much.

Respect your crew. Thank you for coming out, hanging out. We usually give the guests a last shot, but I'm all up there. That's my pops right there. Look. He look like you, Salon. Oh, dang. That's one of his number one fans.

Just in a black version. I gotta see what your mind look like, bro. What you say? I gotta see what your mind look like. By the way, all my brothers and sisters, I'm the only one brown skinned. see what your mind Looking like And by the way All my brothers and sisters I'm the only one Brown skinned Everybody's white

Damn your pops look like me This shit might be my dad bro This nigga Cause I don't know She look like my pops He got green eyes To me he look like your pops But he got green eyes

But you can see the resemblance Yeah he got green eyes Word Shit That might be my real dad And shit You were younger too You were younger somehow

We're gonna figure this out One day Yeah that's crazy Green eyes and shit But yo listen man Danny once again man We thank you You're our first active athlete

You know big up to all the Athletes that been you know Coming and trying to be a part of this But you're active Not only you're active You're the top of the game Not only that You're a champion

You have one of the biggest fights, one of the fights that I'm so excited to see. Biggest fight in boxing. You know what I'm saying? To me, I'm so excited to see because that division at your end is, I mean, heavyweights have died in my opinion a long time ago. There's some great fights, but, you know,

this is going to be that fight. I'm a fan of Keith. You know I'm a fan of you. You already know that. And I think this is going to be an excellent fight. I'm not getting going to be that fight. I'm a fan of Keith. You know, I'm a fan of you. You already know that. And I think this is going to be an excellent fight. I'm not getting paid to promote this fight, people. I'm talking about from the bottom of my heart. This is real shit.

This is like what boxing has been missing. The best meeting, the best while they're at their best. Yeah, right. Not while this guy just got knocked out or this guy just fell and got hit in his knee. No, both of these guys are at the top of the game. For you guys to both take this fight, it's both a risk for both of y'all. But, you know, we wish you the best of luck. And I'm going to be so excited to watch it.

You know what I mean? And I can't thank you enough for joining us, man. Thanks for having me on, man. Thank you, my brother. Let's make some noise for Danny Garcia. Danny motherfucking Garcia versus Keith Thurman. March 4th. I don't think they know yet where it's going to be.

In Brooklyn or Vegas. But we need the Big Champs Army to support it wherever it's at. We want to support it wherever it's at. But Vegas, we prefer Vegas because that's Drink Champs' home. We'll go over there. Our second's home. We'll go over there. Our second home. And we'll go over there. We'll rent houses and we'll have fight parties and go to the fight and then have after parties

and fight parties and then get into a fight. And then Twin, you know, Twin went to Vegas. Let me show you something. This is my man, Twin. He went to Vegas with $80 and came back with $20. And a stripper gave him $20. And a stripper. And gave him some of those.

How do you go to Vegas with only $80 and came back with 20. And a stripper gave me them $20. And a stripper. And gave him some How did he go to Vegas for only $80 and came back with 20? He's the brokest, richest nigga you'll ever know. Make some noise for Tway,

God damn it. Brokest, richest nigga you'll ever know. Yo, this is out of the topic. My cousin told me his bitch ate his ass,

my nigga. That was the craziest shit on the way over here. It was very disturbing. That was weird. I don't know what happened. But yeah, I'm just hooking in the world checking was weird. I don't know when that hit was. But he had the huggest hook in the world

tricking on him. I've never seen that before. I've never seen a hooker trick on a dick. Bitch getting near my ass, man. She going to sleep. Yeah, so big up to

the Brokers Richest Guy. Danny Garcia, thank you for throwing your crew, big them up. DSG, make sure you go

on that website. Make sure if you can't make it to that fight, when you watch the fight, you go to that DSG. So you got the DSG all over you. And this is going to be the biggest fight. I'm telling y'all, as a real boxing fan, this is going to be one of the biggest fights. This is the biggest fight of the year. I'm telling you.

And let's do it. March fucking forth, man. Tugging in. What up? do it. March fucking 4th, man. Coming in. Voila. As it is. That was dope. Why is a soap opera Western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, where we'll delve into stories

of the West and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today. Listen to the American West with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I know a lot of cops. They get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. This is Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. Listen to Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lott. And this is Season 2 of the War on Drugs podcast. Yes, sir. Last year, a lot of the problems of the drug war. This year, a lot of the biggest names in music and sports. This kind of starts that a little bit, man.

We met them at their homes. We met them at their recording studios. Stories matter, and it brings a face to them. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast season two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm Michael Kassin, founder and CEO of 3C Ventures and your guide on good company. The podcast where I sit down with the boldest innovators shaping what's next. In this episode, I'm joined by Anjali Sood, CEO of Tubi. We dive into the competitive world of streaming. What others dismiss as niche, we embrace as core. There are so many stories out there. And if you can find a way to curate and help the right person discover the right content, the term that we always hear from our audience is that they feel seen.

Listen to Good Company on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart Podcast.