The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 1 - Sumo & Rugby Skills

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

C&R have a fun Wednesday, on FSR! Covino has a gym "what's worse" question. They discuss the Micah Parsons/Sumo wrestler video. Do Sumo & Rugby traits transfer to the NFL field? Plus, Covino thinks that Dana's big announcement today could "save" boxing! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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do you want the competition? Sumo wrestlers. He got lots to get to. But I have a... That's got to be racist. I know. That's got to be... How is that racist?

There's gongs. Because they did that in the 80s and 16 candles every time they said long duck dong. Racist. Thank you. Do we pretending like gongs aren't part of the culture? Let's just say that was Rich's idea. Thanks.

Now, Rich, before we get into sumo wrestlers, because I do want to talk about this. What if we're trying to summon the Undertaker? Yeah. That's a gong. Come on. Okay. The Undertaker's song was a different sounding gong. It was not a gong like the gong show.

I know. I don't think about that. I thought the undertaker would, the gong, wasn't that a part of his bit? It was more like dumb. I was just sort of rolling with you, Sam. I was trying to think about that. So Iowa Sam's on the ones and twos. He's on the buttons.

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Keep on rolling, baby. What you got? So after the show, you know, a spring training. man, you know what that means. Time to get in shape. Otherwise, you can be the fat guy on the beach again. And it's not even Fat Tuesday anymore. So, after the show yesterday, went to the gym, trying to keep my resolutions going,

just trying to get a quick workout in. And I realized, ah, I forgot my gym clothes. And that's, like, sort of the worst feeling ever. Because then you feel like, well, not to be racist, like you and I was Sam, but it's usually a foreign guy in slacks. right there's always like a guy in slacks i used to work out at a gym in jersey city and there was the same dude that would come after work and i don't think he changed he would wear like his dress shirt he's got his uh dress shoes on his slacks his pleaded slacks he's got a mustache and he looks at you and he waves hello and he's on the treadmill or he's on the bench press that guy i was that guy yesterday

because i forgot my gym clothes and i'm like oh i guess i'll just push through it and just sort of go through the motions and do my best, even though I'm wearing regular jeans and a shirt. Then it dawned on me, though. Hey, at least I did it. And it could have been worse. So the question is, what's worse? Ready?

What's worse? Going to the gym with your regular clothes on because you forgot your gym clothes. Or forgetting your headphones. I don't use headphones at the gym. Well, that's just odd. So let me talk to normal people. Hey, normal people listening.

what's worse? Forgetting your headphones when you're going to the gym or actually forgetting your clothes because in my opinion you could actually push through with your clothes on. Without the headphones

it's a boring nightmare of clinks and clanks. To me, I like the sounds of the gym. I want to hear the clings and clanks. I want to hear guys grunting the whole time. I don't need that. That's called hard work. You should look into that.

Yeah, I don't need to hear that. I like listening to my music as motivation to kill the time or listen to a good podcast like ours. How do you move? How do you like getting the proper... I know I'm squatting to jeans. The two craziest guys. Oh, I know, I know. They both suck.

Are you trying to blurt out there? Are you trying to get rid of this? You don't want to hear this? You don't want to hear the guys doing it. Whoa. I'm trying to ask what's worse. Is it tennis or sex? Go. You know what? I think it's actually forgetting your headphones. Because that makes me want to go home and either go and get them or call it a day and say,

well, guess I'm not going to the gym today. because I can't push through the gym without something to listen to. It's just too miserable. At least there's some form of music going. I know it's kind of off in the distance, but at least there is music at the gym. I know it's the worst music ever. You can't push through both.

I can't hear it loud enough though to get motivated. No one's answer my question. I'd say clothes. I'd say clothes are worse to leave. Forgetting your clothes. Forgetting your clothes. No, music. All right. Danny G.

I'm going to think about my pump, but I'm in the right clothes. Close are the worst. Yeah. To me, I am a. sights and sounds of the gym. I like to look around. I like to listen to the ambiance and vibe of the gym. That means he's staring at butt cheeks.

It's true. This question wasn't, how unique is rich, everybody? Let's talk about that. Do you look around? Not everyone's got headphones? Everybody, dude. 95%.

It's like two old ladies and you that don't have their headphones on. It does suck a lot to not have something to watch or listen to when you're working out. Everyone does. Yeah. Yeah, so people with no music, bad music taste don't listen to music. I'm going to say neither's that terrible. And I'll tell you why. because much like when you have a big pimple on your nose,

you think everyone's looking at you? It's not about that. It's like you really can't. You got, you know, sweaty gene ass. Yeah, but I'm not even, and I'm not criticizing you, but Spots right. He said, how are you going to do squats and jeans? You think this guy's doing squats?

But you're not. That's my point. Any sort of physical activity that, you got to move your arms. You got to move your legs. If you're restricted by regular clothes. If he's wearing a t-shirt, a t-shirt you could do, like you could do upper body.

If he's wearing a t-shirt, jeans and sneakers. He could go on the treadmill and walk. He doesn't run. He walks on like an incline. I know he doesn't run. You feel weak as hell in your regular clothes at the gym? You're just walking.

You were that guy. And then he's... You were the foreign guy that you waived that. If you're doing curls and dips and bench press, you could wear jeans and no one would care but you. Hello, I'm getting my steps in. How are you, Steve? Yeah, that's me.

That was me yesterday. I have to get 10,000 steps a day. I felt... That's him. Lame about it. it. I posed a question because a lot of the feedback came in and it was like, well, at least you had your headphones because that's even worse. I'm like, hmm, let me think about that. So I did have my headphones. That being said, my goodness, the odd couple, what a show.

Props to them. That's what you listen to? Yeah, they're fantastic. I love me some. Bob Parker and Kelvin Washington, great show. So anyway, I better give you a shout out today. I don't need a shout out. I'll do it. I'm going to be on their show today an hour too. Sounds good. Danny's doing the hot seat. Tell him I said, thank you for getting through that miserable day yesterday. So that was just my first question to ponder. And then I got to say, man, I saw this clip that sort of blew my mind.

But let me hear your question first. Well, hold on. Danny G., what's your question on the hot seat today on the odd couple? Oh, I can't give away the topics. You have to tune in for it. Yeah. It's three hot, hot takes. I did the hot seat about a month ago and I almost pulled it out.

He got gonged. Yeah, I don't know if I could handle that pressure, man. You guys ever been invited to the hot seat? Yeah. Oh. You should do it. It's fun. Just think of a,

think of yourself as a pro wrestler. Kavina doesn't like to do anything. There were two characters growing up in my children's book, my Richard's scary children's book. It was Pig Will and Pig Won't, right? He's a pig won't. I realize that a very young age, I'm a pig won't, Sam. Pig won't.

Ask him twice? I won't do it. I don't want to. The more you ask me, the more I don't want. Want to guarantee he'll never do it? He'll never do it. Ready? Here we go. Come on, dude, do it.

No, no, no, no, I'm definitely not doing it. Nope. Come on. No, now I'm definitely not doing it. What was your question, Rich? Before we get into this, I have a football question that's going to blow your mind, guys. Blow your mind. What was your question?

I mean, now that you're talking about headphones at the gym, but this whole pale in comparison, our good pal, Jay Stu from the Gottlieb show. Who? You know Jay Stu? Superstar actor, producer? He's done it all? You know, Jay, he looks real snooty, but he's a really nice guy.

Snooty? What do you mean? Snooty. You know, he's mean mugging everybody. But when you talk to him, he looks a really, but he looks real snooty, but he looks to him. he's a really swell fella. You're Abe Fruman? That guy.

So Jay Stu said, if I'm looking to broaden my terrible TV watching, and I wanted to watch a dating or reality show that's not The Bachelor. I'll tell you what. J. Stu went to the expert, so I can't wait to hear what you told them. And unfortunately, I don't watch all these shows, but I had an answer for him. He's like, if you were to watch a show other than The Bachelor, that's pretty good Jay Stu, right? It's not bad. Have you were to watch a show other than The Bachelor in the dating world? What would it be?

And he's like, there's like Temptation Island. There's all these love island, fantasy. I said, you know what? I feel like love is blind might be the one. I agree with you. Unless, of course. It's actually pretty good. Unless, of course, you just want to see hot booty.

And if your objective is like hot ass, too hot to handle, or one of those shows where no one can keep it in their pants, if that's what you're looking for. but if you're looking for entertainment, Danny G., would you back me up and Love is Blind might be the best of those? Yeah, even though this current season 8 is slightly boring,

usually it's a good watch. Yeah, Dave was the only weenie on this season that bothered me. So, hard-hitting questions to start the show. What's the best? I agree with you, actually. The best cheap dating show? It's just not as trashy as the other ones.

It's actually pretty decent because it's a social experiment, but Love is Blind is a great answer. It's more popular and better than The Bachelor nowadays, if that's your Stee's. Too hot to handle, if you are going like raunch, too hot to handle is funny because you get all these 20-somethings. And they're there to just like get naked. And then on episode one, it's like, this is a trick. You're on too hot to handle. And the reaction they give when they're told they're unable to hook up, it almost is if you took away food from them or drink.

I don't know if I'm going to survive. I haven't gotten any in 24 hours. Wait, I can't. I can't get any booty? How world I live? They're ridiculous. There's no sex. Oh, my God, what's wrong?

I think I'm dying. What's the matter? I haven't gotten any in two days. We were told for the extent of the couple weeks we're on this island, we can't have sex. So yeah, if you guys are asexual. If you want ultra trash, that is the way to go too hot to handle. If you want a decent show but still trash, I would say love is the blinds. the answer today.

Love is the blind. So we ask you two hard-hitting questions to start the show. But now, the real meat. Now, I got to say, Dan Byer... Has that another dating show? The Real Meat? Spelled M-E-E-T. Oh, okay.

Yeah, that one's on HBOMet of Wisconsin. Yeah, it starts next fall. The Real Meat. Now, Dan Byer dropped this little nugget in his update yesterday, and Rich wasn't listening because Rich doesn't pay attention. Of course. He just wants to tell jokes. all day. You know, Rich.

Yeah. The regular Louis regular Louis C.K. over here. So Dan Byer said, hey, guys, I don't know if you saw this, but there's this clip of Micah Parsons, and he's trying to wrestle a sumo guy, and he can't even budge him. And I remember looking

it up, because we're doing the show. I'm trying to multitask. I'm like, really? That sounds interesting. So I looked it up real quick. And I'm like, that can't be it. During Dan Byers' updates, you're usually cleaning your sneakers with Clark's wife. That's the respect you get to buy. That's called multitasking.

And that's also a great cheap skate tip of the day. Use the company's wipes to clean your sneakers. Okay, fair enough. So he's talking about this. I'm looking it up and I'm saying to myself, this can't be it because when I'm picturing a sumo wrestler and an NFL player, I'm assuming like this has to be some sort of Yokazuna 600-pound sumo wrestler.

or if an NFL superstar can't budge them. Managed by Mr. Fuji or something. Yeah, so I'm like, hey, you know what? I'll look it up later. I'll look it up later. This can't be it. So, dude, I looked it up. And I'm like, oh, no, that was it.

There is a clip. And again, Dan Byer said it. But until you see, it doesn't register. You got to see it with your own two eyes. They're on this Tokyo trip. They're on a trip. And Michael Parsons is with a sumo dude. They're in their sumo diapers and everything.

You know those things. wear it, a sumo diapers? It's called the sumo diaper. Well, that's the technical term, yeah. And Michael Parsons is full on trying to budge this sumo guy, but full on, like using his legs, running as hard as he can, and the sumo guy

doesn't budge. He slides maybe a half an inch. Not even. But his legs and knees never buckle, and Michael Parsons is like, it's not fair, I need someone my size. But this dude was barely bigger than him. Like, he wasn't some gigantic, you know, super,

sumo guy that you have in your imagination. He's like an average looking sumo dude and he couldn't budge him. So it dawned on me. I'm like, yo, I know it's probably been thought about before, but if they could teach these guys some technique, I'll never downplay the technique an NFL player has and the skill level that they possess. But if they can't budge a sumo dude, you can't teach his dude a few tricks and get him on the line somewhere? If you, and this has happened, if you find some seven foot dude, manu, manu, living in the jungle somewhere, You try to train that guy. Do you know how to play basketball?

I swear to God. You've seen rugby guys. The NFL has experimented with like, yo, these are some tough SOBs. Can I tell you when we were kids? There was a thing they handed out called the weekly reader. Yeah, yeah. Way back on a Wednesday, we would all get the weekly reader.

And the story was that they found a seven-foot dude in a jungle, and they're teaching him, like, fighting a line or something stupid like that. They're like, and they're going to teach him to play basketball. That was the story we were told when we were kids. they're also a movie with Billy Crystal? But I'm serious. That was what it was told in the weekly reader. And I remember talking to our teachers about it.

That guy was minute ball because he had the natural gifts and the height. They just had to teach him the skill. And now his son is doing his thing. If these sumo dudes are that strong from their years of training and they have this particular set of skills where they can't

be budged, you can't teach him a little dip and rip and get them on the line to protect the quarterback or something. You can't teach him this. Michael Parsons looks like a little baby boy trying to budge this dude in this clip. I couldn't believe it. I showed it to Rich.

Rich, please back me up here. Dan Byer, you were right. I'm sorry I downplayed your story, but I couldn't find it in that moment. Until I saw it, it didn't really register. It is a great video. And Michael Parsons, like, I need a different weight class so that this guy was outside of his weight class. Not by much. No. He was, yeah.

Like, that's what I'm saying. You're picturing, well, this guy must be Yokazuna. Yes. He's not. Do you have the sound? I was laughing at him. Here's the sound. You can hear the everyone there like, oh. He's a star in the league. Here's how I see it. He's a star in the league and he's a specimen. He's a built dude, right? And he's going all in. He was committed. He was trying. And to my knowledge, that's probably just some random sumo guy. Is he a superstar? I don't think so.

I don't know. The movie I was thinking of was not Lily Crystal. Do you remember the air up there with Kevin Bacon? Yeah, I do. He found the dude. Yeah, that's right. Yep. Like, but basketball. Listen, the 49 has tried this, and I'm sure other teams have where it's like, you know, there's a badass rugby guy that has no fear.

He's tough. He plays rugby. That hasn't necessarily translated to the NFL, but I don't see why. Soccer kickers. I haven't necessarily translated as well as you would think. As NFL kickers. I remember there's a story a few years ago about some sumo kid. They brought into a college camp.

I've heard the story before and the thought has been there before but when you see this you're like man they got to figure that out these dudes are too big and too strong you know who is actually a sumo champion because there's a part of you

racist that thinks all sumo wrestlers are Japanese or of Asian descent you know who's a sumo champion I saw this on a wrestling documentary remember the big beefy wrestler earthquake Yeah, of course. I think his name is John Tenta.

He was a sumo champion, and I saw a very similar footage where big bohemoth guys were trying to... I remember the comedian earthquake, too. He could have been a sumo wrestler. But you know what? Earthquake, the wrestler, could not be moved.

And they were like, hey, do you want to wrestle? Because he just had athleticism. I think what you're saying sounds hilarious, but there's something to be said about if sumo wrestlers cannot be moved by Micah Parsons, like why wouldn't someone say at least try hey there's millions of dollars involved we need to beef up our offensive line do you want to play in the national football league you guys are overlooking some stuff though think of culturally right the discipline involved and everything these guys do they can't figure out some minor techniques there's run blocking there's and it's not just it's not just power on power a lot of guys are going to have that swim moves so they got to have good feet how about this you ever see the here's my reference point which is absurd and ridiculous. You ever see the

hash pipe video by Weezer? Imagine this. It's a bunch of sumo dudes. You're like, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun pushing their hands up? All they're doing, you don't think these guys just push the alignment away? Very similar to a line. Yeah, there's definitely some overlap.

You don't think they could protect the quarterback? Get their feet a little quicker? Come on, man. I think there's something there when you see the clip. I know it sounds ridiculous. Like, oh yeah, great thought guys. sumo dude. Watch the clip and you'll think twice about it. After watching the clip, there's no

difference from what Kavino's saying when they find like a seven-footer that's never played basketball and it's like, hey, let's see what there's something here. Or again, rugby players, does that translate to the NFL? Soccer kickers. You know, soccer guys that

have a striking foot and you're like, yeah, maybe this guy can kick 60-year field goals. When you brought up your Niners trying out rugby players, Made me think of the famous drop we have. The Aussie muffed it. The Aussie muffed it. That was your guy, Jared Hayne, after he muffed a punt.

Jared, they said, you know what? Kavino, that was the 49ers theory. This is, I remember I was living in L.A. Because I remember they signed them, and I remember where I was. I was living in Sherman Oaks. I had to be within the last 10 years. The Niners side, Jared Hayne, and their whole thought was, this guy can't be stopped on the rugby field.

so he could be punt return, kick return special teams. This guy is as tough as they get. And it just didn't really translate to the NFL. But based on the Micah Parsons clip. You don't think this could be an international opportunity. We've seen what Shohei has done internationally for baseball. I don't think what you're saying is funny or crazy. If they found the right guy, that could be a great story.

A great experiment for somebody. Yeah, it's funny. But I think there's nothing. thing crazy about it. When you first say like really, you know, sumo wrestlers as linemen, but if you see this Micah Parsons clip and you can't budge him.

And then you're thinking like, well, I'd imagine if it's Nick Bosa or Max Crosby or Miles Garrett. If there's guys that could that could, you know, get in the way of these beasts in the NFL, there's got to be a team that's investigated and said, ah, there's a reason and here's the reason.

Because technique, that's what I would imagine. Yeah, I think the NFL people. possess the years of technique that shouldn't be undermined and it's not easy to learn and pick up. Sumo's all about balance though and technique. So it is an interesting thought. And listen, the movie The Replacements is way ahead of you guys because they had an offensive tackle named Jumbo Fumiko. Fumiko, Jumbo Fumiko, who is a fictitious offensive lineman, big Japanese guy. So they were well ahead of you. Well, watched a clip Fox Sports Radio Nation. Michael Parsons with the sumo dude.

He can't budge him and let us know what you think. Is it possible? Do you give these guys more credit than you originally would have thought? You're not the first to think of this obviously, but I just. No, no kidding. Yeah, it's an easy thought to have. But when you see it, it's different. There's a huge Reddit thread that pops up immediately.

And here's the title. Why don't NFL teams recruit or train sumo wrestlers in guard positions? and they said, similar wrestling is based on power, explosiveness, low center of gravity, balance, and quickness. All the attributes of alignment. Yo, for real.

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The Weezer Hashpite video. Great pass protection. This clip has gone viral. DB mentioned it yesterday, but you have to see it with your own eyes. Otherwise, it doesn't register one ear out the other. And your visual is probably off. When Dan Byer said there's a clip of Michael Parsons versus a sumo guy and he couldn't budge him, I really did picture this gigantic sumo dude.

he's not that big. In my opinion, Michael Parsons looks bigger and he can't move the dude. So the obvious thought comes to mind. Why are they not investigating it, at least on another level, to be an NFL past protector, lineman, something, and Rich says he has the answer. First of all, there's a take two and take three,

and Parsons does better as it goes on, and he starts moving the guy, but it's a battle. So when you're talking about one of the elite defenders in the National Football League, Probably against some random sumo, dude. Not like the guy. Yeah. But, you know, we're not the only ones that have seen this.

Dan Byer pointed out the Kelsey Bros were talking about this. And they were saying that in the NFL, we might not know this. We're not players. There have been some coaches that have shown footage, especially of this guy, Taka Noayama Shuntaro. Now, this guy apparently has such technique that his footage is shown to linemen Dude, talk about balance. Here's the problem.

Well, there's a ton of money to be made in the NFL. We, as Americans, are a culture that is money hungry, and we care so much about money. But in Japan, if you're a sumo champion, you are treated like a god. Right. There's more clapping that for them. And they are way more interested in being honored. There's no way you could lure them in. They don't care.

Like you tell some Japanese sumo champion, like come to the NFL, make $10 million. They'd be like, my honor is more. Their honor and the clout that goes along with this, way more important to a Japanese. It means much more than to be a sumo champion or a sumo superstar than being some dude in the NFL. But when you see again, one of our stars versus some random sumo guy, it's amazing to see. The thought obviously is there. and your thoughts on other things translating. I know we have a phone call about rugby translating in the NFL,

vice versa, all that other stuff. Every team's going to have one sumo wrestler by 2030. He'll say, I'm just saying if they were able to nab that one dude, right? It makes it such an international move. Now you have everybody in Japan excited about American football and the NFL. It's the next step. It's the next step for international expansion.

Now, baseball is huge already in Japan, which is why the Otanis and the players over the years, you know, Hadeonomos and Ichi Rose, Hadeki Matsui was a big one. It makes sense because baseball's the biggest sport there. They don't have the NFL. So unless there's an intrigue, like, it would be like me telling you, hey, go to this country and do something you have no interest in. But what you do where you live, you have honor. Like, sumo wrestling has honor.

So it's an interesting one. Very interesting. And you got to see the clip to see what we're talking about. But stick around. We got midweek major coming up. We're going to talk fighting. Real quick phone call now, 87799 on Fox. What's up?

Nick in Virginia. Hey, Nick. Hey, how you fellas doing? We're good, man. What's up? Well, just kind of going with your conversation. So the Eagles left tackle, Jordan Malita, actually was a rugby player. and I can't remember if they drafted him like seventh round

or signed him as a free agent, but yeah, he was rugby player. He spent a couple years on the practice squad with Jeff Stoutland, and then he's been our left tackle for like three or four years now. I know the rugby scene is one that's been investigated, and Kavino's right for years, it was like, if you're a soccer player that's got,

you've got a super foot and you're a striker of sorts, when do you assume maybe that guy could kick 60-yard field goals? Yeah, I mean, you see kick box, Turn boxing, turn boxer. You see a lot of other moves being made. This would be a really cool one. I would love it. It would be a great story.

We can only dream and fantasize. But surprising to see. What's up? You know, and a lot of guys who wrestle in high school go on to make great offensive tackles and offensive linemen. Because, you know, staying in the United States, domestically wrestling and being an offensive lineman

share a lot of components. Yeah. There's, you know, balance technique, all those things. So, all right, there you go. Think about it. Sumo wrestlers. In the NFL? Could it be? Let's go to the guy that showed us the clip yesterday.

Dan Byer for an update. What's up, D.B? We'll see if they can block Max Crosby because the Raiders' defense event is now the highest paid non-quarterback in the National Football League. It's a three-year deal worth $106.5 million. The average annual salary breaking down to about $35.5 million per season, Crosby gets $91 million guaranteed. Danny's Raiders were busy. They also signed free agent card to Alex Kappa today and are likely to release quarterback guard,

Minchu. The Eagles are bringing back linebackers Zach Bonn after an all-pro season. He gets a three-year deal worth $51 million to stay with the Super Bowl champions. The Seahawks have given wide-receiver D.K. Metcalfe permission to seek a trade elsewhere. Seattle also released wide receiver Tyler Lockett.

The Jaguars let go of wide receiver Christian Kirk while we had another trade, and it involved the Bears getting an offensive lineman and a pretty good one. The Chiefs traded all-pro guard Joe Tunney to Chicago for a 20-25. fourth round pick. The 32-year-old Tuny was a first team all-pro this season.

He's entering the final year of his contract. Speaking of offensive linemen, Joel Betonio is going to be back with the Browns for a 12th season. Bengals' defensive and Sam Hubbard announced he's retiring at the age of 29, spent seven seasons in the league. The Cowboys reworked the contract of quarterback deck Prescott,

freeing up more than $36 million in cap space. And the Celtics take on the Portland Trailblazers tonight. Boston will have Jaylen Braun, however they will be short-handed without Jason Tatum. Drew Holiday and Christopps Borzingis all have been ruled out. Guys, back to you. Thanks, Dan, Byer.

And by the way, I can't stop thinking about this, Rich. There's going to be one sumo dude in the future. The world's a smaller place. Social media and other influence out there. There's going to be one dude who feels like it's not in his sumo heart to wear that diaper and be a sumo champion. He wants to be in the NFL. Remember like that elf

that wanted to be a dentist? You know? Same thing. Yeah, he's the one sumo guy. It's like, I need to be a line. I don't want to make toys. I want to be dentist. I don't want to wear a diaper. I want to block for Brock Purdy. Yeah, because he sees the clips.

I'm telling he's a story in the making. It will happen one day. And I will quote this moment when Steve Camino called it. I can't wait. I just wanted to say that in the world of baseball, not a big signing, but a vibe signing, as I call it. Okay. The San Diego Padres took a minor league, major league type contract out on Jose

Iglesias. Oh my God. I'm sorry. The Padres? Aren't you sad about that? A little bit. He should be. He was the heart of your team. I mean, so spray paint your OMG orange signs, mustard yellow and brown. So Jose Iglesias, minor league, major league joint contract offer from the Padres.

So look at that. Maybe he'll bring some of that magic down to the San Diego area. I mean, you hope not. Candelita. As a Mets fan, again, if you're new to our show, Rich loves his Mets. and Iglesias was a big part of that team last year. I just thought it was an interesting move because he was such a big part of the team vibe-wise. And the reality, Kvino, the Padres got him on a minor league deal.

So, like, the Mets couldn't, I really feel he earned just that by being a vibe guy. I know that sounds ridiculous. That Latino vibe is sort of why I thought Soto was choosing that team. And I thought he created a lot of that fun and a lot of that hype for your clubhouse. I think you should have kept them. But you know what I'm saying? I wouldn't count on soda bringing vibe. He could hit.

He's not bringing vibe. I know that, you know, no one gets a free pass in professional sports. But if there were going to be a guy that got a minor league deal based on just the vibe he brings and he's a clubhouse guy. And he came in clutch. And he batted over 300. It's not like he batted 120. He batted 300 and utility guy. But the Mets decided to go to a different direction.

So, hey, congrats to Jose Glacius bringing his pit bull remix. Oh, my. I got to San Diego. All right. So coming up on the CNR showgram program live from the tirac.com studio, big news in the world of fighting. Dana White signed a super sweet deal with Turkey Alashik starting a new fighting league. I'm a big boxing fan. I'll never say that boxing needs saving, right?

I think they're doing just fine. But I'm not against this at all. And I'm posing the question, can he quote unquote save boxing? Because people love to say that. Oh, boxing needs to save. Plus sports power couples? There's a new one, it seems. And it got me thinking.

I have some thoughts about KD and Angel Reese. We'll get to all that coming up right here. Kvino and Rich. Fox Sports Radio, hang tight. Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, new?

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Sure. On this day, 23 years ago, that would be 02. Okay. A very popular show debuted. that sort of changed reality television. The real world? No. Osbournes?

Sharon! There you go. The Osbournes debuted 20 other brain buster. That's impressive. That was a good guess. I mean, I didn't have to give you a hint. 23 years ago, you were a way younger man. You might have been in high school.

You might have been in college. Yeah, but guess what? At this old age, I actually work for Ozzy Osbourne. I'm on Ozzy's bone yard. every weekend. How you like me now? Hello, Daddy. That's right. That's Series 6. I'm 38. What do you pay? Like way old guy rock? I do. I call it

old stinky uncle rock. And then people hit me up to like, old stinky uncle rock. I'm like, yeah, well, I guess that means you're the old stinky uncle. If you don't think it's you. ACDC, Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath, by the way, reuniting for the first time in 20 years this July with Metallica and Pantera

and Slayer and Anthra. That's my calendar. By the way, if you want to know it old... It's Ozzy last performance. Yeah, I thought Ozzy was retiring from touring. Yeah, this is his last show. July 5th in Birmingham. If you want to know what old stinky Uncle Rock is, just listen to Kavino on Ozzy's Voneyard, or just listen to any old sports guy show.

It's the music they come out of commercials, too. There you go. I indulge in some of that, too. Give me some back in black. You know it's an old guy radio host when coming out of commercials back in black hits. Without a doubt. By the classic.

Welcome back to the sports hub. Welcome back to the fan. That's Iowa Sam on the ones and twos. We got Danny G. Super Producing. 87799 on Fox. We got midweek major coming up next hour, but I'll set this up, get the wheels turn in a little bit. Again, Kavino and Rich, we go to any big fight that we can. We're trying to get to this May 2nd card with Tiafima Lopez, Devin Haney,

Ryan Garcia, Roli Romero. I hope Tank Davis gets on that card, the four current Kings. that's May 2nd. So we're trying to go. When you head up your boy Jim Lampley, he's going to be back calling the fight, which is awesome. I'm going to do that right now. But the big story today is,

can Dana White save boxing? Again, I don't think it needs saving, but it does need structure. It needs changes, no doubt, no diggity. So this is the story. Per Ring Magazine, TKO boxing promotion, has done a deal,

a multi-year partnership between TKO and Turkey Al-A-Sheek, that's super-rich Saudi dude that's making all these big fights happen. No start date has been announced. So again, Turkey Al-Sheek, who's the guy, and TKO, led by UFC's Dana White and WWE's Nick Khan. Fighters, signing, schedules, locations to be announced really soon. What does that mean? I'll explain all of that.

to the best of my abilities. This is a new story as of today, but from my understanding, this will be huge. This will be a game changer. This knocks the whole boxing world upside down, and it turns boxing into what UFC has become, meaning there's just one belt for every weight division.

Dana White promises the best fight the best, a brand new boxing league. So WBA, WBO, B, C, IBF, none of this matters. anymore. It's your, whatever the name of the league is, right? You're that champion of that weight class. Best fight the best. They start from the ground up. They follow the same UFC model and they go after young talent and sign other dudes. So it's going to be really interesting to see how this shakes things up. Because the biggest criticism, would you say shake it up or shake it up? Shake it out.

No, sheik it up. Cheek it up. Turkey ala chic. The biggest criticism is, well, we're not getting the fights we want. And there's so many belts is stupid, right? You got four different champions in one different weight class. I mean, I follow boxing pretty closely. Your guy that follows it way close. Camino is the biggest boxing fan I know. I follow it

like anyone else. I'm a fan. That's not true at all. I'm a fan. You watch fights every weekend no matter how big or small. That doesn't mean you watch like everyone else. It's inaccurate. In a quest to MBGA, make boxing great again. Is this what is going to

there's a hat. You didn't see Tio Fimo wearing that hat? No, you are a super fan. No, because it's viral today because there are press conferences promoting the May second fight that you should also be promoting if you want to go. Not downplaying. Can he, will he, save boxing is the question. Dana White, I think it's going to be a great move. That's just my personal opinion. I think it's going to shake

everything up and we're going to finally get to where we need to be in the world of boxing. I think the criticism that there's too many belts is a very fair one. Danny. You can never have enough belts. Oh, and they're going to spread the wealth. I have a lot of belts. Nice leather one, a nice, you know.

Ah, J.C. Penny. I even have one that is like an old school GM seatbelt. See? One with a nice little buckle. Danny, when we go to all these fights in Vegas. Yeah. I know you feel the same way I do. Since you don't watch every week like Kavino, there'll be two guys fighting.

And you're like, they all have, they both have three belts. each. Yeah, that's what is it down? Wait, this guy's the WBO, but he's the WBF, but they're in the same way class, but not really. Here's my question, though. You might not even know the answer to this, much like how, what happened with the PGA.

Are they going to have to get fighters, like how the live golf tour sort of stole the fighters? To my understanding, yeah, I think they're going to, your players are going to have to just surrender their belts and get signed into this new league. Can you play for both? Dana White is really just on a quest to start from the ground up and get a lot of young talent out there and get them

and market them and spread the wealth to all these fighters. Again, that seems to be the plan. It's what he's saying, but more details as time goes on. I think this could be huge in the world of fighting. And I can't wait to see how it shakes things up and what happens to these other sanctions. Your thoughts at

Covino-Ritch and we'll take your feedback at 877-99 on Fox. Hey guys, it's us The Jonas Brothers, I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick. And guess what? We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas.

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