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Episode Date: August 25, 2025In this weeks WEEK IN REVIEW, Wade gives his FIRST thoughts on the Jake Paul Vs Gervonta Davis fight, thoughts on Canelo's training camp for the HUGE Crawford fight, and why Raja Jackson is a disgusti...ng human being... 0:00 JAKE PAUL VS TANK CONFIRMED! 16:42 CANELO FOOTAGE BREAKDOWN! 35:28 CANELO AND BOOTS ENNIS LINKUP! 51:53 RAJA JACKSON ATTACKS WRESTLER?! #herdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Breaking news, Jake Paul is fighting Gervante Tank Davis, November 15th in Atlanta, Georgia.
This is reported by The Ring Magazine, and we have to talk about it.
What just happened?
The fight that I couldn't believe that was too insane.
Honestly, just baffling to think would be a real fight in 2025.
Remind you that combat sports are the craziest sports on the planet.
And if boxing is the entertainment business or the circus or however you want to look at it,
slap a red nose on this one because this takes the cake and it's got me scratching my head
and wondering why.
Why do this?
But I think I have the answers.
What do I mean?
The breakdown, let's go.
Okay, so real quick, I had to cut in.
I'm sorry. News is updating as this video is being recorded and edited. I'm trying to get it out as soon as possible for you guys.
Jake Paul has just confirmed that this is real. No if, ands, or buts about it. Jake Paul will be fighting Dervante Tank Davis on November 14, 2025.
That's a Friday, not a Saturday. That's usually how the Jake Paul Netflix partnerships work.
They fight on Fridays because Netflix has deals with college football in the fall and even the NFL around.
the Thanksgiving time frame.
They did the Mike Tyson fight on a Friday night.
I'm pretty sure they did the Katie Taylor and Miniserano 3 fight on a Friday night.
This makes a lot more sense as to the kind of cryptic tweet that Nekisa had earlier today
about sources coming out and saying they had it right when they had it wrong.
He meant the date.
It was the wrong date by one day.
It'll be on November 14th.
But it's official now.
There is no if-ans or buts about it.
There is no reason to speculate.
This fight is happening.
Now let's get back to the video where I break all the things down about it.
But just keep in mind every time I say November 15th,
I actually mean November 14th because now it's made official.
Jake has posted it on his Twitter, on its Instagram.
There is no speculation left.
It's going down.
Jake, Tank, let's continue talking about it.
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Keep that in mind. On Netflix, sources confirmed the ring magazine. So again, a couple more things to cover. One, this is an exhibition. And when this was rumored to happen months ago and I was saying it was a nonsensical fight for Jake to do, I still think it's a nonsensical one from a boxer perspective, from his goals in boxing perspective. But again, if it makes dollars, it makes sense. And we've seen that Jake will kind of bounce in between doing these entertainment fights and then, you know, trying to push toward his goal of, of, you know, ingrained himself in the sport of boxing. And, you know,
Kind of does both of them, so it's kind of a weird place to be because he wants the respect of the boxing fans and the boxing hierarchy and hardcore boxing people.
But at the same time, he'll gain some of that and then lose some of it.
It's like a, it's like a seesaw of his fights.
Like one fight, he's like, okay, that's a real, that's a real fighter.
And he'll go and he'll win the fight.
You know, Julio Cesar Chavez, real fighter, maybe past his prime, whatever.
But Jake goes and wins that fight pretty easily.
And then gets a lot of respect, gets a lot of the boxing hardcore love.
You have these talks about him fighting Anthony Joshua,
and that was going to get even more respect.
More people were like, uh, that's fucking crazy.
What are you doing?
Myself included, that seemed like a massive risk.
But a lot of people were like, okay, fair play.
Anthony Joshua, that's a real heavy way.
Jake wants to fight him.
He's a psycho, but fair play.
And then you announce this one, and it's like, well,
that's the same thing people have been saying about Jake for years.
So it's a weird spot to be in for him for sure.
But I talked about this not being the first choice.
And I don't think it was because Coppinger reports next that
talks for Jake Paul to face Anthony Joshua collapsed over network issues.
Now, we had all heard the talks, and they were pretty public from Eddie Hearn, from Jake.
Nekisa Bidary and Jake's manager was over in the UK on, I think, Sky Sports talking about the fight
and saying how it was a real possibility and they were really starting to work on it.
And now Mike Choppinger says that the talks for Jake and Joshua fell apart over
broadcasting issues or network issues.
And that leads me to believe that Jake's team and Anthony Joshua's,
team. Nekisa and Eddie couldn't agree on what platform the fight would be on. I assume that
Nekisa and Jake wanted Anthony Joshua to fight on Netflix, probably here in the United States,
which would have been massive, no doubt about it, but correct me if I'm wrong, comment section,
I'm pretty sure Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn are not only both signed to DeZone, but also
own a part of the zone or have some sort of ownership piece in the zone and would make more
sense for them to fight on the zone. So that was probably the big hang up, which is crazy by the way,
there were only a network broadcast away from actually making that fight. And honestly,
out of the two of these, I'm going to be dead honest. I would have loved to see Jake
as risky, as insane as it was. I don't think I would have ever advised Jake to fight Anthony
Joshua, but I definitely, as a viewer, would have been like, okay, I'm watching that. I mean,
I'm watching this too, but the point, I think that the Anthony Joshua fight would have done
more for Jake from a fan perspective, but also probably left him in far worse shape. So it's a get,
it's another one of those just, it's a weird one. Jake fights are just weird because I don't even know
how to describe them. It was insane to think he was going to fight Anthony Joshua, but as a fan,
kind of respected the idea that he would do it. Coppiger went on to add on to his first report,
saying, when Floyd Mayweather faced Jake's brother Logan in an exhibition in 2021,
Mayweather couldn't weigh more than 160 pounds, while Logan was capped at 190,
would expect some similar exhibition rules for weigh in here and obviously much larger gloves.
Now, I don't remember there being a cap on how much Floyd could weigh. I don't remember. I don't
remember that. And I don't even think Floyd weighed 160 pounds. I think he came in at like 154.
That would be an odd thing to have for an exhibition for Logan to be like he can't weigh more
than 160. I'll have to double check him on that one because I truly don't remember if that was a part
of it. But I do remember there was a weight clause on Logan because that's, it would be insane
for Logan to weigh in it. You know, some ridiculous number like, I mean, 190 to 160's already
ridiculous, but 210 pounds or something, right? And that made sense because of, you know, the nature of just
trying to make that fight. And it being an exhibition obviously makes things more allowable.
And we didn't talk about this yet, but yeah, this being an exhibition for Jake and Gervante is
the only thing and the only reason this is even possible. Because I saw some people talking
about, well, what weights it going to be at? What weights it going to be at? It's like Mike Ombiger
said, it's probably going to be one of these contracts where Jake has to be a certain weight
on way and day, maybe even a rehydration clause in it just to make sure the fight can happen.
but it being an exhibition means there doesn't have to be a set weight.
There doesn't have to be a catch weight.
You weren't getting Jake to come down past 190 pounds or 185 at the very least.
I know he said he'd do 185 for Camelo.
I don't know about doing that for Giovante Davis,
but there's just not a physically possible way.
Jake is getting to like 175 or 170 and tank.
Whatever he walks around at, whether it's 150, 160, whatever,
he's not jumping up to like 180 pounds to fight Jake.
So they had to make it an exhibition.
It's the only way this, this, this,
even takes place. So I saw some people online talking about what weight's it going to be at.
It's going to be at whatever allowable weight tank will let Jake get to. And that'll pretty much
be it. Like Jake gets to weigh this much. Tank, weigh whatever you want. That's pretty much I think
how this is going to go. But again, exhibition. So you probably, yeah, I would say, you know,
tank usually fights in what? Eight ounces. Jake usually fights in tens. You're probably going to get a
12 to 14 ounce glove in this fight. And again, I don't know how much of a difference that'll make when
a 200-pound person like Jake who does know how to throw punches, if he's able to crack
Giovante with a shot, that's going to hurt. That's going to fucking hurt. But it will definitely.
I wonder if it's one of those things, if we're doing exhibitions where, like, Tank gets to wear
eights and Jake gets to wear like 14s. I don't know. That, I mean, again, this is kind of the
circus, so if we're doing it, we're going to offer each of them whatever advantage they can have,
or are you going to give Tank a bit more of an advantage, or is his advantage, his boxing skill?
I don't know. But I assume they'll both be in like 12s or 14s. Now, again, this fight had already been in
talks and I think was pretty much already a done deal right around the tank versus Lamont Roach
fight. And I'm pretty sure Jake was in the crowd to do some sort of formal announcement of the
Jake versus Germante fight should Jervante have won. I think Tank even said it in the post-fight presser.
He was like, yeah, I was supposed to fight Jake. I was going to announce it. He was being like kind of
coy about it. But the point is, they already had parameters set up for this thing. And Jake went on
the area of Hulwani show, I think a couple weeks after and he said this about kind of how this fight's
got to look. If you do fight, what weight would it be at?
195. Oh, wow. So he would go all the way from 40 to 95?
Yeah, I mean, it would be an exhibition. Okay, okay. I was going to say, Jake doesn't mean that
they will fight each other at 195 pounds. This is what I was saying a second ago. Jake will be
195 pounds. And again, that's another weird kind of weight for Jake to be because he's shot up to
200. He's gone past 200. He's come back down to 200. He can easily make one.
But the point is, it's an exhibition bout, so tank's going to weigh whatever he wants to weigh.
Jake just can't weigh in over 195 pounds.
I have no idea about what happens after weigh-ins.
If Jake can get up to like 210 or whatever he normally walks around at, I don't know.
But that's the first part.
Here's the second.
Does that mean?
Is that three-minute rounds?
Yeah, 10-3-minute rounds.
And when you say exhibition, like, what are the restrictions on that?
No restrictions, just the fact that, like, we couldn't actually get it professionally sanctioned.
So there you hear it.
10 three minute rounds. I have no reason to think it would be any different this time.
It wouldn't be a title fight, so there's no reason to go 12. But 10-3s is, I mean, it is,
it's an exhibition, but that's a normal fight time for a high-level boxing match that isn't
a title fight. And then Ariel asks about other restrictions. He doesn't say anything about the gloves
there, but I'd have to assume because you're not getting a license, I don't know about the 10-ounceers,
and especially with Tank being the 135-pounder, I don't think he'll want Jake and 10-ounce gloves.
So like I said, I'm going to stick with the 14 ounces there.
But let's talk about what this means for Jake, for tank, for the sport, for everything.
Because when this was going to be happening the first time, I thought it was nonsensical for what Jake wanted to do.
For what he was saying he wanted to do, which was be a boxing world champion, right?
And I say this for Jake, because I'm not even, we're going to get to tank and how just he's done, right?
He's done at a high level.
Tank is no longer should be.
and even in the conversation of a pound for pound, best in the world, none of that.
Not because of his skills, but because of this choice.
When you do this, even as an exhibition, you're saying and signaling to the sport of boxing,
I am done fighting at the highest level.
Not because he can't still fight at the highest level,
but that's what happens when you forego a rematch with Lamont Roach to do this.
I don't have a problem with it if you're just saying, I'm done.
I'm not worried about that anymore.
I'm not going to be fighting for titles.
I'm done at the highest level.
But if you're still trying to do that and you're doing that,
exhibitions with Jake on the side instead of fighting at the highest level. That's where I have a
problem with it a little bit for tank. Like figure out what it is you're doing. You said you were
remotivated to box after the Lamont Roach fight. I know there was the domestic abuse situation and I'm
not sure I guess that got worked out. What you signal to the world when you do this, not because it's Jake,
not because whatever, but because you are avoiding fighting the due rematch with Lamont Roach and
avoiding fighting the big names and the title challengers at 135 pounds. You're just saying that you're
done doing that. That's fine, but everybody needs to understand that's what this is. For Jake,
yeah, it's a little confusing for what he says he wants to do as a boxer, right? Because, you know,
in a sense, fighting a world champion could get you ready for a world championship fight,
but when the size difference is this big, I think it does take away a little bit from what you're
trying to do and how you're trying to prepare yourself for the toughest challenges at the weight
class you want to be a world champion in. Like, there were talks about Jake fighting Zordo
Ramirez after the Julio Cesar Chavez
Jr. fight talks to him fighting
Badu Jack for the WBC World Championship.
And again, I don't think Jake has near enough experience
yet. I still want to see him get better, still want to see
him grow as a fight, all of that. My point is,
that seemed like the direction they were trending. And then
the Anthony Joshua fight, yeah, okay, entertainment
fight, but it still blends
that amount of risk. It still
blends that amount of, okay, Jake's trying
to do something better.
Jake's trying to work himself into a
harder competition level space, right?
That kind of satisfied a little bit
both. Entertainment aspect, competition. So my thing is this. Is the fight making any sense on a boxing
ability standpoint? On a sport boxing standpoint? Absolutely not. This is insanity. It's the circus. It's
buffoonery. It's whatever you want to call it in terms of like competition level and weight
classes mattering and world championship aspirations or just having a world championship. If you're
Dervante Davis, one that does need to be settled in a rematch and you're clearly ducking out of?
That's insane. It makes no sense. But when you take it for what it is, and as long as you call it
what it is, which is Jervante Tank Davis, foregoing any conversation of him being the best in the
world at his weight class or any other pound for pound, any of that, and Jake, not fighting the
fights necessary, in my opinion, to get him to the promised land of being a world champion,
not taking the road he needs to take, and he should take, for the sanctity of boxing,
to become an actual world champion, if you say that and you accept this foreign exhibition,
as an agreement of both fighters to step away from competition and fight each other in an unsanctioned
balthen, have to kind of accept it. Whether people are going to have a problem with it, which I know
people are, of course. It's like a pros versus Joe's type of feel for sure. But at the same time,
what else can you really say about it? It is what it is. I think they should be fighting other people,
but they're not. And I'm still going to watch this. I'm still going to be locked into it.
And I haven't even talked about the fight itself. Like, how do I even start to break down a Tank Davis
versus Jake Paul fight. Tank, you know, a massively powerful fighter at 135 pounds, but his punch
output is among the lowest in the sport. Jake has a pretty decent punch output for a guy that's
200 pounds. He hits hard in his own right, but doesn't have the skill and capabilities anywhere close
or the feet or the hand speed or the eyes anywhere close to Tank Davis, but has a power that
Tank Davis has probably never felt. And that's not because Tank hasn't been hit by hard
punchers, but just because Jake is naturally 70 pounds bigger than him, right? So 10 rounds,
three minutes, who starts to show the wear and tear first? I know if tank touches him on the
jaw, it's probably not going to feel like roses, regardless if he's 135 or 150 or whatever he steps
in that night. He's still a tank and is still put guys down as he's gone up in weight, but Jake is just
so much bigger. How much will the power that tank has at the lower weight classes affect him? How much
will Jake's power affect tank if he can't touch him, right? Jake hasn't fought anyone near the
level of Tank Davis, at least not in their prime. So there's just so many things that are going to
come out of this. And we have a lot of time. We'll report on anything that breaks. But as of right now,
I'm coming to you guys with the news that Jake Paul will be fighting Tank Davis. Again, no official
announcement from Jake or Tank. There was, again, a leaked announcement from Netflix and the
Ring Magazine, among others, reporting that this is going down. And I already know the comment
section is going to be on fire. So light it up down there. Let me know what you
think about this fight, about Tank's career, about Jake's career, about this whole thing,
about the sport of boxing, what happens next? I don't have those answers, but I guess we'll
find out. All right, folks, so we are back on the way concept presented by the Ring Magazine,
and we are just weeks away from the fight of the year, Canelo Crawford. If it's not the biggest
fight of the year, which it probably is going to be, it is definitely the most important
fight of the year for the sport of boxing. And today, Canello Alvarez held a media,
workout that gave a little bit of insight into what he's working on for this fight and potentially
exposed either a massive weakness or a massive strength depending on how you look at this fight.
I want to show you what potentially could be the biggest difference maker for or against
Canelo and give you a little bit of background as to why I'm leaning the way I am with my pick
for this fight. I'm not waiting until fight week to give a little light prediction. So let's do it here
today. So let's take a look at this leaked media workout footage that Canello dropped today. Just a couple of
weeks out and I have a feeling knowing the veteran that Canello is, knowing the experience level he's at,
this footage doesn't get out or the media doesn't get a hold of it unless he wanted them to.
So what's this media workout mean for Canello Crawford?
Well, the breakdown, let's go.
All right, so I'm going to mute a lot of this because there's like music blasting throughout.
But Canello held an open media workout today.
And some of this footage is from Fight Hub.
So shout out my guy Marcos for being on top of it.
One of the best in the game.
He's getting some of this and other media outlets were there.
But as we go into this footage, remember,
Canelo is the unisputed champ at 168.
Terrence Crawford coming up from really 147,
but he had the fight at 154 with Madrimov, so sure.
Two weight classes, more like three, though.
And the big narrative going around this fight is,
how does Crawford handle Canello's power at 168?
How does Canello get back to Canello old ways of moving his feet
and utilizing his jab and working on?
more of just his upper body movement and his defense to offense transition and not just throwing power
punches and can Crawford be able to fight like the counterpuncher he is and still make Camillo
miss and make him pay like he has at the lower weight classes and also how does his body hold up
at 168 those are the questions but Canello's open workout may provide some of the answers let's take a look
first we see him shadow boxing circling to his right which in this case would be away from
the Southpaw stance of a Terrence Crawford, but just basic stuff. And you see one of the big things
that Canello does, and listen, I'm not a professional boxer, I'm not a fighter, and I don't think
in any way, shape, or form I should have any position to critique and criticize Canello. But one of
the things that he's gotten in trouble with in the last couple of fights, I wouldn't say trouble,
more so just him working against himself, is him being able, or I guess not being able to cut off
the ring. You know, you go to the Williams skull fight, and you go to the Williams skull fight,
you watched him chase William Skoll around and around and around that ring. And yes, William
Skull was running from him. That was pretty clear to see he was on his bike, utilizing his jab,
but you didn't see Canello cut him off. You didn't see him move laterally to be able to stop a lot of that
running or stop a lot of that circling around the ropes, which is his responsibility if he's going
to take the front foot and look to establish himself offensively. And when I watch Canello here,
he's gotten away with this pretty much his entire career, but I watch him crossstep a lot. And you see it
right there where he goes from circling, he rolls under the right hand, and instead of moving
laterally, replacing his back foot with his front foot, he L steps and then crosses over, which
instead of just moving laterally and shifting, like I said, shuffling to his right off of the L step,
off of the reset, which would allow him to be ready to go and ready to fight again. It takes him that
extra beat to get back into fight stance. A couple of reasons for this may be, you know, listen,
he can gain a lot more ground by taking that lead leg.
stepping it across and resetting. It just, it feels to me like it takes too much time. And when you
are spending time, taking the lead leg, crossing it over, and there's a guy in front of you that
does want a counterpunch, like a Terrence Crawford, that does want to be a bit more mobile here and
not stand in the pocket with Canelo because why would he do that? Exchange power punches with
Canelo Alvarez. Don't use your feet. Not to say that Terrence is a runner because he never has been.
But to try to reset and cut different angles, you don't want to be stepping all over your stance and
having to reset and reset and reset instead of being ready to fire when Terrence Crawford
eventually does change angles, eventually does circle out or eventually does go from South Potta
Orthodox. If the Canello is trying to L-step and step over himself, that's just wasted motion
and a guy that's coming up in weight that does maintain a bit of his speed could potentially
take advantage of. I see it time and time again with him. It's not a massive deal because that L-step
and walk can absolutely reset you as long as you come back with a feint or come back with something to
put your opponent on the back foot. It's not the worst thing in the world by any means. It's just
it feels like for the things that Canelo has struggled with in his last couple of fights, you may
want to see something a little different there, maybe a little bit more of a shuffle. But we move on.
Let's take a look at Canello on the bag. This is courtesy of Sports Illustrated. He's on the heavy
bag at some UFC gym here and he's just doing a little bit of work. Right hand left hook.
Head movement, right hand left hook. Bang, bang. Now again, do I, do I? Do I,
I think that Canello is going to throw this way necessarily in a fight. No, number one, his feet are
very flat. And again, Canello has made a living off of being able to stand in front of guys and utilize
big time power and be a little flat-footed, right? Upper body movement, head movement, and then
throwing shots behind it. Being defensive and then transitioning back to his offense has been a
strength of his, especially as he's gone up in weight, where he hasn't had to utilize as much
energy, right? Where he's fighting bigger guys that he needs that power punch to put away,
even though he hasn't put anybody away since Caleb Plant,
but that's another topic for another day.
You see him very flat-footed throwing the right-hand lead,
bang, left hook behind it.
Head movement, jab, right-hand, left-hook.
And then right-hand, bang, left hook.
And you notice the way Canel throws his hooks.
It's almost like there isn't a lot of winging to it.
It's almost like a shovel hook,
or it's almost like an up jab
where you get over that lead leg and bang the up jab,
except he's kind of throwing it
the hook, but it's, I don't know, it's hard to really describe, but it's not like a normal hook.
He's stabbing that in there. It's not like a come across and slap hook. He's really trying
to damage. And Canelo, one of his best shots over the years, has been that lead hook into the
backhand rear uppercut, or that lead hook into the big right hand over the top. And he really
starts to, and I think he took some of this from Triple G in their fight. He really chops down
with stuff as he sits down on punches here. But again, one of the big question marks around this
fight is what would Canello do a little bit defensively? Like what would he do a little different?
Then he has, you know, per se in the Dmitri Bivo fight. Because as much as people want to believe that
the only reason Dmitri Bivol beat Canelo Alres was because he was bigger, I disagree. And I think that
if people do believe that, they're in for a rude awakening. If Canello continues to just stand more
ploddy and flat-footed and look to throw just, you know, pot shots and power punches without the jab set up
and without the same level of output,
because Terrence Crawford will expose that, I think,
in a way that Dmitra Bivold did,
when, yes, Bivol's size allowed him to take some of those power shots
that we don't know that Bud Crawford will.
But look at the style in which Dmitry Buell fights,
that Soviet, Eastern European, bladed stance boxing style.
It's not what Bud Crawford does,
but it allowed him to land a lot of volume
and a lot of in-and-out movement,
and he kind of walked Canello down
and put Canello on the ropes in that fight.
completely different fighter than Bud Crawford. My point is, I don't think Canello can do what he's done
to a lot of the 168 pounders and just stand there in front of them or walk them down and be flat-footed
and throw his combination big-time power. The entirety of the fight, I think later in the fight,
after he's established a bit in the beginning, and you start to do that and break a fighter down,
I could see Caleb Plant style overwhelming. I could see a little bit of the Billy Joe Saunders thing,
but you're going to have to set things up. Terrence Crawford's too good with his eyes. He's too good with his
counter punching. He doesn't have to run away from you to use his feet and cut angles. I don't see
Canello just standing there and looking to just throw power punches all night. I really think for him
to be successful, that jab has to be working. And I say all that because when I look at him on the
heavy bag there, I don't see him putting a ton of effort into the speed and power. I don't see him
putting a ton of effort into moving around the bag. I see him working specifically on a combination that
he likes off of some head movement and using that to maybe set up something else that he has a little bit
more powerful in the bag. Here's him working on the mitts with Eddie Rinozo, double jab,
and then you see that stick of a right hand. Double jab, touch, touch, bang, right hand. And again,
Canelo just decides, I'm going to go for a walk, right? And he just takes off. Now again,
Eddie Rinozo is standing southpaw here. And I don't know if that's a purpose when he's holding
these mitts because Terrence Crawford will probably be in a more southpaw stance. And we know that
in the past, Canelo has, you know, somewhat struggled with Southpaw fighters, but that could just
be Renozo just holding the Mids a certain way. But you see even there, Rinozo goes Southpaw,
and he's simulating an attack here from Terrence Crawford. I'm trying not to take too much away
from this, but it's the only footage we've seen, mitts-wise, or otherwise, of Canello in this
lead-up, but when you do fight a Southpaw as an Orthodox fighter, one of the first things that
a lot of the game plan is tailored around is getting this lead foot on the outside of your
opponent's lead foot because it opens that lane for your right hand in this case for Canello being
the orthodox guy for his right hand to come straight down the pipe should he want to set it up with his
lead hand and then look to this laser beam one down the middle right here Eddie rinozo has the outside
track and he's holding the midst but then as we go back and watch watch how canelo manipulates the
space touch touch with the jab and then he steps on the outside straight right hand down the pipe that
is a good right hand versus a south paw because it's very much manipulating the speed and the
distance and the angle, all in a couple of punches. I like that because it's layered. And again,
I could be making a mountain out of a molehill, but you watch Canello go from the inside track
with his foot to just pepper in that jab out, touch, touch, step outside, then right hand. So you don't
give away the tactic of trying to get that outside foot, but you set it up with the lead hand. Look at
what I'm doing here. Step outside, bang. I like that. Very interesting. And again, you see Canello
getting under the lead hand after finishing his combination and trying to protect himself by stepping to the
outside, cutting the angle, and then Nernozo wants him to go left, and then circle back with the
right hand. So there's a lot that you can take away there. Number one, big time right hand from
Canelo. Bha. Stuck in that there. And then again, that crossstep, which I do not like,
him rolling under kind of a lazy left hook to throw a right hand left hook over the top. And again,
I'm trying to look at it as Rinozo playing the role of Crawford out of Southpaw.
And there's a couple of things that I like, some that I don't out of Canello. But then again,
it's just a drill and I'm probably making way too much of it but again it's it's all I have to go off of
so I have to take it for what it is and those are the only clips that came out today in regards to
canello's media workout so what do we see there we see a little bit of what he wants to do to
take advantage of a right hand south palm matchup get his lead foot on the outside bang the right
hand down the pipe set it up with the jab and maybe even fire that jab at the lead hand of
crawford to just get it touch touch step outside right hand down the middle we saw canella doing
a lot of cross-stepping, which is, I think, a bad idea versus someone who has good angle manipulation
like Crawford does, right? Every wasted movement is going to be a capitalization for Crawford to try
to fire back on it. Canello is going to be there to be hit with some counterpunches. Make no mistake
about it, Canello will stand in the pocket. Yes, he'll try to make Crawford miss, but sometimes
they'll even eat a couple so that he can be there behind that high guard, taking punches,
to look for one of a big ones on his own counter shot. So that can be a little bit of the gamesman
chip too. That can be a little bit of the chess game going on. It's who's going to land the bigger
counter punch and how many of those can Crawford take moving up to 168 versus Canello who has been there
and is fighting a guy that has fought a lot smaller weight that hasn't seen the power like we talked about
the narratives being built that Canello brings at 168 even now. All those things will come into play.
I think a big, big important part of this fight is just how much Canello utilizes his lead hand because I'm
telling you it's going to be the most important thing in this fight. I really think if
Canello is back on his jab and is able to mask some of the stuff that he will.
loves to do, which is that lead hook to the body, smashing hook on the arms, on the body, on the
shoulders. If he's able to hide it, just a little bit, and then hit you with that timing, that
Canelo Alvarez timing that's been perfect, that put down Amir Khan, that put down Billy Joe
Saunders, that found the button on Kovalov, those punches, that timing, it's not just speed,
it's not just power, it's the throwing in between, it's finding the right shot. Those things
can make all the difference in the world, because I would almost bet everything I own,
that if Canello lands clean on Crawford, it's going to have far more of an effect.
effect than Crawford landing clean on Canello. And that's not even because both guys don't possess power. Crawford possesses power. He's put a lot of guys down. The Canello we've
seen has an iron chin and I watched Crawford get rocked by Gamboa. Again, different time period. I get that, but I don't think that as you get older and even as you go up and wait, that somehow makes you more readily available to take flush punches, right? Usually those two things, the combination of getting older and going up to a weight that you didn't naturally fight at, tends to not.
actually help out your chin. Tends to make you a little bit more vulnerable to getting hit with big
punches, especially when you're not someone that cuts a ton of weight to begin with. I don't think Crawford
was cutting a ton of weight when he was at 140, when he was at 147. So him now trying to bulk to get to
168, it's definitely going to have a factor in the fight. It's definitely going to mean something when he
gets touched with a shot from Canello. Who's not, by the way, a natural 168 in his own right,
but still that power carries for him. We still don't know if it will for Bud Crawford. But it's not
just about the power and making this as simple as Canello's power versus Terrence Crawford's skill.
We take out so many factors like Canello Alvarez's skill, like Terrence Crawford's timing,
like Canello Alvarez's manipulation of your guard and your defense and Terence Crawford's
angle switching and leaving you in bad positions with your footwork to not be able to answer
when he fires off. Using your own momentum against you as you try to walk him down and then he
steps in with his lead foot pivots out and he's at a 90 degree perpendicular and you're looking
over your shoulder like what the hell was that? These type of things I think are going to be more
interesting than just saying, well, if Crawford can handle the power or well, if Canello can find his
chin, those things matter. But let's talk about the intricacies of it. Let's talk about the nuance that
those things both imply, which is that Canello is going to fight differently than he has as of recent
168, almost a style of like, I'm going to big bro you, which it feels like he's done to everybody at
168, but as of recently hasn't been able to stop some of those guys. And for Crawford, it can't just be
him sitting there and letting Canello walk him down and put him on the ropes and land whatever he
wants at will just because he doesn't want to open up versus a 168 pounder or he can't be someone
that's uncharacteristic of himself he can't go out there and throw a ton of volume right he can't
be out there looking like Dimitri Bivol that's not how Crawford fights he has to be able to get
some respect early on from Canello to be able to draw Canello in and make him pay when he does get a
little overconfident when the hands do go up in that high guard and he just wants to walk through
everything or when he starts winging out those shots and not setting it up with the jab or when he
cross steps and gets his feet tangled up and gets himself out of position, Crawford, unlike
William Skull, unlike Edgar Berlanga, unlike Jaime Mungia, who didn't make him pay for those things,
Crawford has to, and he has to do it with some authority. Because honestly, the way I look at this
fight is that it's very difficult for me to see Terrence Crawford winning by knockout. Not to say it's
not possible, because it definitely could be. But I think the path to victory for Crawford is to be
able to counter Canello when he comes in with lazy footwork, or when he stands flat foot,
When he only throws one or two at a time and Crawford can throw three, four, five back,
I don't see him walking Canello down, even though he said that at the press conference.
He walked Canello down. He's going to walk him down because Canello's supposed to be the bigger man,
but we'll see about that. And trust me, I've seen the pictures of Terrence Crawford.
He looks like he's filling into 168 just fine, but that looks great on camera.
It does. It looks amazing and still shots. It looks good when the muscles are glistening,
and he's all flexed up and he's tired from his workout. But what happens when you have to fight that weight?
And I'm not talking about Canello's power.
I'm talking about body physiology.
A weight that Terrence Crawford's never fought at.
A weight that he's not used to going rounds at,
at least not outside of just the gym.
We're talking about a stadium full of people.
60,000, 70,000, whatever it's going to be at Elegion.
And your first time at the weight class.
And it potentially could go 12 rounds.
And oh, by the way, you need to win more of those 12 rounds.
And I'd argue that the only path to victory for Terrence Crawford is a decision win.
That's just the way I see it.
Doesn't mean it's true.
Whereas Canello can get down on those cards early and look to just,
beat Terrence Crawford up and make him adjust to that weight class by going deep into the fight and trying to maintain a style that I don't know his body is ready for and that no one knows his body is ready for so
There's a ton of things still to come but I wanted to make this video because finally we get some camp footage from team Canello
Crawford's been pretty open at least in bits about his camp footage right he has shown some footwork
He's shown some shadow boxing. He's shown some mitt work. He's not been super shy. It's all on
Crawford's YouTube channel and when I get back home. We'll probably watch a lot more of that because we'll have two weeks to get
ready for one of the biggest fights ever. But as we sit here, I just wanted to get a quick
update on Canelo Crawford. And what I think are some of the biggest strengths that Canello is working
on and some of his biggest weaknesses. Comment section, let me know what you think down below.
Who wins this fight? What are you thinking from what you've seen in just the small clips out of
Canello's training and some of the stuff from Crawford's training? I don't have the answers as of right now.
I know it's why I'm leaning, which right now, logically, I think it just makes more sense to lean
Canello. But maybe my opinion could switch. Or maybe.
it won't. I don't know yet, but September 13th, the fight goes down, presented by the Ring
magazine, His Excellency Turkey Alasheek, TKO Boxing, Dana White. They just announced the broadcast
team. It's John Ann. It gets Max Kellerman. I'm pretty sure I saw Andre Ward on there.
It's the who's who of fight commentary, broadcasters and reporters. Michael Buffer will be in attendance.
It will be a night. None of us will ever forget, but the real question is, what has
happens in that main event when canello steps in with terence crawford i don't have those answers
but it's only a matter of time less than a month away on september 13th when they step in what happens
then guess we'll find out oh my goodness folks we are back on the way concept presented by
the ring magazine for one reason and one reason only yes i missed you guys i know it's only
been one day but have a little bit of separation anxiety and two. Canelo Alvarez just brought a pound
high level fighter that just so happens to be someone that Terence Bud Crawford wanted to fight and has
a lot of similarities in his fight style. His nickname is another word for putting feet in protective
wear and using them to stomp out the competition. Canello just brought Geron Boots Ennis
into his camp and this ladies and gentlemen could change.
everything. What do I mean? The breakdown, let's go. So earlier today, it was reported
that Geron Boots Ennis has joined the camp of Canelo Alvarez. I don't know if this was for a day.
I don't know if this was for the rest of the week. I don't know if he's been there for a bit,
but this is a big deal because not only did he come in and train with Conello, it looks like
some sparring went down. As you can see here posted by the Ring magazine, Canello and Boots Ennis
standing there together. By the way, Boots Ennis looks bigger than Canello in this picture. And we all know
that Kinell is not a massive 168 pounder, but Boots Ennis at 147 was having trouble making the weight
still is going to 154. Just so happens to be the two weight classes that Terrence Bud Crawford just
came from 147 to 154. Boots has a fight coming up soon for his debut at 154. You have to think
sooner or later he's going to be grabbing a belt because he's in a title eliminator coming up anyway.
But again, it's very interesting because we all know how good Boots Ennis is and it's interesting
for a couple of reasons. Number one, you look at this picture and Boots Enis is a monster.
can see him going to 160 pounds and still doing very well. I think he's going to do great at 154.
But the question you have to ask yourself is why? Why would Canello bring in Geron Boots Ennis?
And it's not just because Ennis is a great boxer. It's not just because Ennis fought at the highest
level of 147 and it's going to be at the highest level of 154. So he's a smaller guy that Canello
can use in camp to see how a smaller guy of this era moves as Canello has maybe not had as much
experience with that since moving to 168. Usually he's the smaller guy.
some of the bigger guys. But that's not all this is. This is a message that Canello is looking to
replicate exactly what Terrence Crawford has in his arsenal, has in his tool set, because
everybody has wanted to see the Boots in his versus Terrence Crawford fight because it's a stylistic
matchup. That is very interesting. Both guys fight out of both stances. That's right. Boots will fight out
of Southpaw and Orthodox. Both guys are very good using their defense to create offense.
Boots, one of the best at Philly Shelling, catch countering, being able to do it out of both stances, has a beautiful check hook out of Southpaw.
As Orthodox fighters throw their left hook, he comes over the top with his.
And why would Canello be looking for someone that could throw a beautiful lead hook and a backhand as a counterpunch
rolling with their defense back to their offense?
Oh wait, because that's what Terrence Bud Crawford does so well.
Boots is explosive, he's got great counterpunch timing, he's got good awareness, his feet are good,
he can walk you on to punches. He can lead the dance going first, not just looking for his
counterpunches, but underrated, I think, in his aggression to lead the exchanges. This is a perfect
get for Canello. And I'm not even trying to play the one side of the other. Canello fans,
Crawford fans, you're going to think whatever you want to think. But the reality is,
getting this kind of sparring is a massive deal for Canello. It's going to give him probably the best
look you could get for Terrence Bud Crawford outside of sparring Terrence Bud Crawford. I'm
I can't understate how important even just a couple of days working with Geron Boots Ennis is going to be for Canello
just to see a bit of the tempo, a bit of that switching of stance, because let's be honest,
there's not many guys that Canello has fought that have fought out of both stances and done it as fluidly as
Boots Ennis or as Bud Crawford will do in their fight.
So yeah, I can't understand how big of a deal this is.
And I even saw people online today.
Again, I don't like to play the whole back and forth fan thing, but you saw people, even Terence Crawford
fans admitting that this makes them a little nervous.
And we just came off the back of me breaking down some of Canello's training footage from a couple of days ago.
And now that I look back on that, you know, how many boxers are going to put out footage that they don't want people to see?
And as much as Canelo is just going to do whatever he wants, like he doesn't, clearly doesn't care what goes out if it's something that can be controlled.
He's obviously not showing sparring, but like Mitt work and other stuff like that.
He doesn't care.
But did Canello sandbag me a little bit?
And everybody in that media workout to show just what he wanted us to see without really giving any.
big time details because off the back of that media workout where he showed a little bit of kind of
some methodical movement and kind of ploddy flat feet and cross stepping and his footwork not really
being super crisp and the punch is not being super fast off the back of that right just sandbagging a
little bit he drops this freaking bomb on us with boots and us and them training together like i said
it it can't be understated and what we're going to do now is we're going to take a look at this video
to see what the work looked like.
Again, keep in mind, Canelo is going to show us
what he wants us to see.
And the people around Canelo,
the boots in his camp, which this video comes from,
are also going to do the same.
They're not going to disrespect him
by putting out footage.
He doesn't want people to see.
So let's take a look at this
and we'll see how Canello looks
and if there's anything we can take away from it.
Beautiful.
Canello on the cobra bag
looking just fluid.
Looking a little more bouncy there.
His steps looking a little bit more crisp
And then they go to Boots out of the Orthodox
I mean Boots is just he is huge
For 154 pounds that dude has to be walking around at 170 to 180 pounds
He's massive I understand now why he can't make 47
I get it so there you go
Ennis Lima that's pretty much the only footage we got out of the camp and again this isn't an
Indicator as to how this fight's gonna go at all
It's all still speculation and what type of Canello shows up and what type of Bud Crawford
side.
Like I again will stay by what I think Canello needs to do, which is get active with his lead
hand and obviously use his feet more in this fight to play defense to offense versus just
bending at the waist and standing flat-footed in front of Bud Crawford.
But really the questions are going to come from Bud Crawford in that camp.
What can you do to make the difference coming up to weight classes, fighting at a weight you
never have against the best guy Bud Crawford has ever fought. And Canello has fought everybody.
But this is clearly the biggest test for Bud Crawford. And obviously the size is a part of that,
the weight he's going to fight at, the power at that weight. We've talked about all that.
But then you look at also who's being brought into Terrence Bud Crawford's camp. And also,
we're going to go back to a little bit of a side beside here to kind of show you the difference in
size. Again, I don't want to make too much of a big deal about it, but it is important to talk about.
but just a couple of days ago you heard Shakur Stevenson,
who is obviously very close with Bud Crawford.
He was in camp talking about what they were doing
and basically saying, listen,
the power is carrying for Bud Crawford at 168.
And you can see them here training together.
And someone posed the question,
which was better to have in camp for either guy?
Was it better that Bud had Shakur Stevenson in camp?
How much work could he get from a guy that's 135-pounder
to replicate Canello or just to give him a look
and give him any sort of work compared?
to having someone that isn't necessarily a one-by-one carbon cutout of Bud Crawford,
but does do a lot of the same things.
Him and Boots have a similar style of fighting,
and I think Boots may even be a little bit more well-versed out of both stances than Bud is.
Bud will, I think, switch stance, but mainly wants to operate out of Southpaw,
especially against Canello.
I have to say, to me, as much as I love Shakur Stevenson,
for this fight specifically, the best work that Canello could get,
really out of anybody you could bring in that I'm thinking of is boots.
This is probably the best work you could get to to prepare for butt.
And when you see a stand side by side, you see two thick boys.
I know, full paws.
But look at this, man, Canello, jacked up.
Boots, even fucking bigger, jacked up.
And then we go to the next page and you see Terrence Crawford,
who again is building into the weight class,
but doesn't necessarily.
And maybe this picture is not one that's representative of how much muscle he's put on
to get at 168, but doesn't look like his frame is holding the same type of weight as these two guys
standing side by side. He looks a little more slender. And again, that's not a bad thing. I don't want
you guys to miss Reed what I'm saying here, but it could give some answers as to what kind of
Bud Crawford is coming in, a more mobile Bud Crawford, one that's going to look to outbox
Canello, and that's really the road to victory for Bud Crawford. If he is able to get a stoppage in
this fight, that would be incredible. That would be historic because
of Canello's chin and because of the way Canello fights. But I do see that the clearest method
of victory, yes, you know, having to fill up and be able to take some of the power of Canello by
adding some weight and obviously going to 168, you're going to have to keep some weight on regardless.
But being more agile than Canello, being able to use his feet more than Canello is clearly
the way to go. So a more slender frame may help with that. But man, this is getting interesting.
And for all the people that thought this was going to be Bud Crawford's too skilled, too slick,
and Canello's somehow too old to people.
They're like, ah, Canelo's, he's too old.
He's past it because he hasn't stopped anybody at 168
because, yes, his performances have not looked as great
over the last two, three, four years
as they had in the previous years and throughout his career.
But Terrence Crawford's older than Canello Alvarez.
Terrence is 38, Canello's 35, I think.
And listen, Bud Crawford has been dominant throughout that stretch.
It doesn't look like age is caught up to him much.
Maybe the Madrema fight, if you want to go there.
But the narrative has kind of been like,
Oh, Canello's not got enough skill, whatever.
And then I watched as the online community today,
which maybe I shouldn't be reading too much of that,
but they flipped.
Or at least they went, wait a second,
he brought in boots in us.
Okay, now this may change my mind a little bit
because of course that's a massive bring to camp,
but also it shows you that Canello isn't just going into this fight saying,
I'm going to be Canelo Alvarez that I've been over the last two, three, four years
that's going to walk into this thing,
try to walk my opponent down,
throw almost exclusive power shots, try to tire you out, and then knock you out late,
which hasn't happened, right? He dropped Berlanga, couldn't stop him. He dropped Mungia,
couldn't stop him. He hurt Ryder, couldn't stop him. Like, lost to bevolve for trying to do the same thing.
That hasn't worked as far as what Canello usually does, which is get him out of there. Sure, he's
continued to win fights, but fighters are starting to get hip to it. William Skull just ran around
it. Didn't stand still, so Canello couldn't really get those power punches off. So he thought
Canello was just stubborn and saying, okay, well, I'm just going to keep doing it the way I've been doing it because it's easy work,
blah blah blah you're wrong there's clearly a renewed motivation in both terence crawford and canello
alvarez and this move for canello to bring boots in us in and at least get a day's worth of work
just to get a look at someone's switching stance just to get a look at someone being able to protect
themselves and counter and be just as good as an orthodox fighter as they are as a southpaw a guy
that does represent 154 pounds and is going to have agile feet can walk you onto shots can get aggressive
with you can cut angles. I mean, you can't ask for much more than that. And that is why I am
fired the fuck up for this fight because it's a remodivated Canelo Alvarez, a guy that has done
everything in this sport. Like, I don't question the motivation of Terrence Crawford. Now,
I really shouldn't question the motivation of Canello Alvarez, but when you started to hear him
wanting to fight Jake Paul and then the Williams Skull fight was like, that didn't look like
the best version of Canello. And then they announced this. I needed to see a switch. I needed to see him
tune back in to the Canello that still was on a mission coming to 160 pounds and even to 168 pounds
trying to become an all-time great. Now he's already an all-time great and you wonder what else
motivates him to keep going into sport. Hell, I asked him that question right in front of his face.
Why keep doing this? You've done everything you need to. And again, it may be me overstating things,
but when I see this, as much as we don't know going into the fight and fighters are going to
keep things as much of a mystery as possible, not just so the public can speculate on it,
not just so we have something to wonder about and to tune in to see,
but because they don't want to give up more to their opponents,
because they don't want their opponents to know more than they're supposed to.
But again, how did I start this video?
Canelo Alvarez is going to show you what he wants you to see.
Terence Crawford is going to do the same thing,
but I don't question the Terence Crawford motivation
because this is the biggest fight of his career.
This is the historic fight for him.
Becoming three division undisputed is the story.
For Canelo Alvarez, you fought everyone, you beat most of the first.
of them. You became world champion in so many different divisions. What's the point? What is it still?
And today, with this picture with Geron Boots and us, if you had any questions about his motivation,
Netflix, awesome. Atleget Stadium, great. Terrence Crawford, pound for pound, awesome. If you needed
just a little bit more of a boost to say, oh, Canello is taking this as serious, as I've seen
him take a fight since maybe the Caleb Plant fight. And the way that fight got personal, that and the
Billy Joe Saunders fight, they got very personal and Canello took it very personal, and those performances
has showed that. Today, him bringing in Geron Boots Ennis as a sparring partner, as a training partner,
as someone to replicate Terrence Crawford. Yes, it shows that Canello is taking Terrence seriously.
It shows that he's concerned for sure about the different qualities and attributes that Terrence
Crawford has. It shows he's preparing himself the best way possible, but more than anything else,
it shows me that Canello Alvarez is taking this as serious as he's taken any other fight in his
career and that he's remotivated to prove something. And that makes for a very very, very,
scary Canello and again I'm not just trying to beat the drum of Canello in this video
but this is major news so we had to cover it make no mistake I think Terence Crawford is
working his ass off right now I think Terence Crawford will be in the best shape of his career
the most prepared of his career having to fight against a ton of odds moving up in two different
weight classes doing so against a guy younger than him that has more accolades than him that has more
experience in big fights than him that has fought everyone and done everything in this sport
all things are against Terrence Crawford here. So don't get it mistaken. I do believe Terrence Crawford
if he's able to win this fight. This is a more historic victory for him than of course it is for
Canelo. But it's also why I don't question anything about what Terence Crawford's doing. It's also
why I know he's getting prepared for what Canello brings. I just wonder if it'll be enough.
Because you guys know my prediction right now. I'm leaning Canello via a late stoppage.
And him training with Geron Boots Ennis almost makes me more convinced that,
sooner or later, in between the switching of stands, in between a little bit of those angle changes
and Canelo trying to track him down at some point, Canello will find his target.
And if Bud can't stay mobile and, like I said, looking as slender as he is, stay active and stay
on his feet and keep the respect of Canelo Alvarez, I do think Canello can stop him.
And that would be a first for Canello in a very long time since the last time I thought
he took a fight personally, all the way back against Caleb Plan. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong,
feeling something watching all this stuff play out but you guys let me know in the
comments below am I am I crazy for thinking this is a massive deal that Boots Ennis
links up with Canello and that Canello gets a first-hand look at probably the best
switch dance boxer in the sport right now a guy that could replicate what boots
wants to do maybe even do it better out of both stances and a bigger body yet still
agile I think it's a big deal so I want you guys to let me know Canello fans
you got to be hyped about this tell me why in the comments and bud fans
are you sweating a little bit if so if not tell me
why down below but what happens on fight night will this link up with boots this close to the fight
mean that much for canelo could he figure out boots in this bar will he be able to figure out the
puzzle that is terence crawford on fight night and can crawford defy the odds move up and wait
and secure an historic victory i don't have those answers yet but folks i am pumped and it feels
like day by day by day this fight gets bigger and bigger what happens on september 13th live
on Netflix from Allegiance Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
I don't have those answers, but I guess we'll find out.
All right, so we're back on the way concept presented by the ring,
and today I'm not here to talk to you about high-level fighters.
I'm not here to talk to you about big-time matchups or interviewing a fighter
or I'm going to show you any training that I did with a fighter or anything like that.
Today I'm here to simply talk about one of the worst things I think I've ever seen
on a live camera involving a combat sports athlete.
And I don't even want to call this individual that.
Because the story I'm about to lay out for you guys
doesn't describe an athlete.
It doesn't describe someone that is well adjusted
or has a responsibility to be a combat sports athlete
in all phases of life.
What I'm about to show you is someone looking
to take advantage of the fact that they're trained in combat
and their short temper, terrible judgment skills,
and decision making all wrapped into one incident
that damn near killed someone.
And had it gone the way of the person perpetrating the attack, they probably would have.
That may sound harsh, and you guys don't have to believe me, but when we're done looking at some of this footage,
some of which I can't even show you because we're on YouTube, I think you'll agree.
And what I'm talking about is Quentin Rampage Jackson, former light heavyweight champion in the UFC,
former pride champion, has a son named Raja Jackson, and they have been streaming on kick,
and Raja is apparently trying to become a professional MMA fighter, has a wrestling background,
I think he's 0-1 as an actual pro fighter.
They have been interacting father and son and training and all this.
And I didn't know much about Raja Jackson,
other than the fact that I can clearly see now that he's not well adjusted
and his critical thinking skills do not apply almost in any case.
And that he's got more than one fucking screw loose
because last night he almost killed someone.
And I don't even know as I'm recording this
where the health of the other individual stands.
But Rizer Jackson was at a pro wrestling event somewhere in Los Angeles.
and what started is a pretty innocent kind of misunderstanding,
one that probably shouldn't have happened,
and I'm not going to excuse that,
but also the response to it was so out of control
that I can't even describe it without showing it.
So let me get into this entire story and we'll talk about it,
but Raja Jackson attacks a pro wrestler,
alive in an event, and almost killed him.
And honestly, in my opinion,
Raja Jackson needs to serve jail time.
Like, this is not an innocent mistake of a young man.
this was a premeditated attack.
That almost murdered someone.
And there's no excuse for it.
But let's get into it.
So like I said, I'm not even going to be able to show you all this attack.
Leo, I guess I'm going to play the video, but we're going to have to blur what happens when we get to the attack portion.
But here is how everything started.
Roger Jackson rolls up to a pro wrestling event, a small local pro wrestling event.
This isn't the WWE.
This is a local citywide wrestling event.
I think put on by Rakeshi, and we're going to get back to that in a second,
because there's going to be some liabilities involved with how this thing actually happened
and how it was allowed to potentially happen.
That's not going to just involve Rajah Jackson,
but it's also going to involve the promoters of this event,
and Rikishi, whose event this is, his pro wrestling company that puts on these events.
But here's how everything started.
You know me?
Hell no.
Yeah.
Hey, that's that.
Hey, I think that's a little.
Oh.
Oh, you're going to.
Easy.
Easy.
Easy.
He's not a fucking worker.
Bro, no.
Yeah, what the fuck was that?
You got, you're good.
What the fuck was that?
You don't sell it?
Yeah, he's not a fucking fucking work in.
Bro.
What the fuck was,
hold on, hold on.
I don't play that shit, bro.
No, I will fuck him up,
I know, I know you will.
We're good.
I will fuck him up, bro.
I don't play that shit.
Sorry about that, dude.
Nah, I will fuck him up.
I know you were.
I got you.
I did not play that shit at all.
Nah, I got you.
I'm good.
Follow them.
You don't know me?
So as you can see here, if you're not familiar with the pro wrestling business,
you see this individual with his shirt off in the beer belly,
and you see the guy behind him with the cowboy hat.
These are pro wrestlers, right?
It's not amateur wrestling, which is an actual live combat sport.
Pro wrestling is a bit of theater.
It's what we call sports entertainment,
meaning there isn't an actual competition going on.
People aren't actually fighting each other.
it's simulated combat for the fans to see their favorite stars, especially in the
WW, like a John Sina or Randy Orden or The Rock, go out there and put on a performance, right?
At the local level, it's a little bit sloppier. It's a little bit less camped.
And obviously, the people involved are not the smartest, brightest, and best of the pro wrestling
business. This individual in particular, what I assume happened here was the guy on the right
who apparently is a former soldier and has PTSD and wrestles to help him with his PTSD after going overseas.
He is, I guess, assuming that Raja is another pro wrestler there because he's backstage with the other pro wrestlers, right?
Or in the parking lot with the other pro wrestlers.
Like, you can clearly see everybody around is a wrestler.
And he is, I guess, assumes that either Raja understands what pro wrestling is.
and he's there as a wrestler,
or that he's a fan that's back there
trying to mingle with the wrestlers
and this guy takes a liberty,
which he should not have done,
and the guy cracks what's clearly a worked can
that, again, the pro wrestler should not have done.
I'm not going to condone the guy hitting him with the worked can,
but it was clearly an empty can
where he was trying to go to Rajan and be like,
oh, you don't know me?
Well, check this out.
Like a little bit of a fake punch
like they do in pro wrestling.
Oh yeah?
You want to see something?
And he expects Raja to react like a fan or react like a pro wrestler would where they stumble and oh my goodness
You hit me with something. Okay, we're working together brother
Oh you know he's gonna see he's not a fucking worker bro. So you hear his buddies around him and again you see
More context for this kind of being the pro wrestler area and the guy may be thinking that he was just
Raja was a pro wrestler maybe trying to make a name or just one that he didn't know and they didn't know each other
So that's the way you communicate with the other wrestlers, brother.
You gotta show me that you know how to work.
And the guy with the shirt off says,
oh, you're not gonna sell it.
So again, it's clear he thinks that Raja knows what that means.
He thinks that Raja either is a pro wrestler
or knows what selling is.
Because he hits him with a can and Raja just stands there.
Like, what the fuck are you doing?
The guy clearly fucked up,
not knowing that Raja didn't understand any of the pro wrestling stuff.
And he shouldn't have hit him with the can to begin with.
But the context of what's happening is simple.
The guy thought Raja was a pro wrestling.
wrestler and Raja obviously had no fucking clue what was happening.
What the fuck was that?
What the fuck was that?
You don't sell it?
And even there, you see him put his hands on Raja again, not something that he should do,
but it's a head collar tie-up that a lot of pro wrestlers will do as either a greeting
or as a way to see if you're about the business, see if you're a worker.
And again, Raja has no idea what this guy's doing, so he's like, get your hands off.
So at this point, that's all we know.
And Raja hasn't done a thing wrong yet.
And the wrestler, again, made a mistake thinking that Raja was a wrestler
and went a little too far with the can crushing and putting his hands.
He shouldn't have done that.
But again, this is the point we're at.
Now, I'm giving you this for context because what happens next is very important.
So that video cuts off, but where it picks up is this right here.
Yeah, I'm sorry, bro.
Hey, it's going to all work out.
Yeah, I appreciate it.
I didn't know.
I got it.
You're still with a camera.
I get it.
We're working out.
Well, he's going to come out on your matches.
I know you keep thinking we're working.
We're always working.
I get it.
I get it out.
Now you're on.
You know what I'm saying?
We're always working.
So there you hear it.
The guy with the beard, the war vet, Scott PTSD,
he said, listen, I didn't know you weren't a worker.
I'm really sorry.
He apologizes twice there.
To Rajah, apologizes twice.
He says, hey, I saw the camera.
saw you, thought you were a worker.
Again, worker meaning thought you were another pro wrestler,
thought you were like maybe doing a skit,
and I was going to, you know, with the camera there,
I wanted to do a skit too.
And it's just one of those things.
If you think someone's a pro wrestler and they come up,
it's that little line that gets blurred between real and fake
all the time in the business.
But the only people that are supposed to be blurring
the lines between real and fake are the people actually wrestling
because they know that it's not real.
And they're trying to convince other people that it is.
That's what this guy, this pro wrestler thought.
And then you hear the guy in the middle.
middle, say something like, hey, you know, we're going to have him come out during your match,
Ouse, because we're working, you think we're working, we're always working. So that's the first
inclination that they were going to try to make something out of this in the ring, which obviously
in retrospect was a terrible idea, because you're dealing with someone, and this is why I will
put a little bit of this on the promotion, Rakishi's people or whoever decided to set this up.
These pro wrestlers are like, oh yeah, we'll just do something as a part of the match to make it up to
you, right? As an act of good faith.
is not a worker. He has no idea that this is supposed to be worked. Or at least he doesn't want
it to be worked. He's still clearly pissed about the whole thing. So to include him in the match
is a terrible idea. I got it. That doesn't have any pro wrestling experience. I don't care what
his dad did at T&A or wherever else. And is clearly not well adjusted. Doesn't care about this
fake shit and is looking to hurt someone. So again, I just wanted to give you broader context.
This wrestler apologizes multiple times to Rajas and say, hey, I didn't mean anything by it. I'm
really sorry. I'm really sorry. I apologize. I thought you were a pro wrestler. You're clearly not.
I thought the camera was like you doing your thing. That's not the case. I'm sorry.
So that's what we call ending it, right? It should end right there. Rajah said have no other
reason to do what he's about to do. There is no excuse for it at all. Now with that being said,
this show decides to put Raja in a match or at least in a spot of a match. He is going to be
in the match with the guy, at least in some fashion, which again,
is a terrible idea.
But here's him at least explaining what was told to him,
and I'm gonna have some pushback on it.
This shit is not scripted, bro.
I don't know when his match is.
No, they didn't tell me to fake him,
they said I could hit him for real.
Yeah, they allowed me to hit him for real.
If he hits me back for real, I don't give him fuck.
I want him to.
So Raja is saying,
that the promotion said you can go in there and hit the guy during his match.
Tell you guys this, they told me to hit him and just leave.
Somebody who pulled me off of him will leave.
I'm telling you, I'm going to hit him as many times as I can't watch.
And then you hear Roger say, I don't give a fuck if he hits me back.
I want him to.
This is where I have some pushback.
There is no fucking way.
As a pro wrestling fan, as someone who is trained in the business right here in Orlando, Florida,
down at Team 3D gym with some of the battered.
dudes in the industry, at least the guys that understood the line between real and fake that
push that line. I'm talking Team 3D, Bubba, DeVan, Billy Gunn. There is no shot in hell that
these people told a trained professional MMA fighter that he could walk into their ring and
punch one of their wrestlers for real until someone pulled them off. Rakishi, someone that worked
in the business at the highest level, would not allow his guys to get hit their shit kicked in
by an MMA fighter for absolutely no reason,
all because of whatever incident happened outside
and was very quickly resolved and apologized for.
Here's where I think one of two things is happening.
Either Raja heard him say that we're gonna work with you in this match,
we're gonna have you do a little work thing in the match,
and he took that to mean I get to do whatever I want
and punch this guy for real.
Or he heard, we're gonna allow you to work in the match,
and Raja heard enough there and went,
oh, they think it's gonna be a work,
They think it's supposed to be fake.
I'm going to fuck this guy up for real because people got to quit disrespecting me
and people got to quit playing with me.
This is where things turn very badly because he did what's called in the business
taken to liberty, a guy that is a trained MMA fighter,
a guy that understands he is a danger to everyone around him if he so chooses to utilize
the skills he's learned and to use the aggression of his chosen sport in a simulated combat zone.
And again, while this entire thing is stupid to even include him in a match,
that's absolutely ridiculous.
and the promotion should be liable for thinking that was a thing they should do.
I don't know about waivers or anything else that was signed.
That's completely assinine to think, oh, yeah, this guy just had a little bit of an issue with our guy outside,
so we need to work it into a match, brother.
That's Rampage Jackson's son.
He's going to bring the eyeballs.
No, that's fucking stupid.
You're talking about someone that doesn't understand pro wrestling,
and he's going to get in there, and you can't control it.
What honestly really was probably said to Raja was,
hey, get in the ring, take our guy down, and, you know, really throw him.
some worked punches at him. I make it look like it's something, but don't actually
fucking kill him. And we'll let you stand up, get your hand raised, and look like the big
tough guy that you clearly fucking want to be. Now again, I'm getting a little fired up because
of what happens next. Here is the actual video of Raja doing what he did, getting into the
ring, which again, apparently was told to him he was allowed to do by the promotion.
Absolutely fucking stupid. But then he takes it a step further, takes liberties with everybody
in there that is not looking for a fight, that is not looking to defend themselves from a fight
because it's been agreed upon, apparently, that he's going to come in and do some works,
even though Raja is trying to explain it like, no, I can really go in there and assault this guy.
Because when's that ever been the case?
Roger's 25 years old.
I don't want to hear stupid kid making mistakes.
This is not acceptable in any walk of life where you just get to go, yeah, no, the company
said I can go in there and beat his ass.
Bullshit.
There was clearly a fuck up from the company allowing him to even get into the ring.
But it was obvious that he was not supposed to fuck.
murder the guy. Throw a couple of work punches, stand up, and look like the tough guy you
clearly wanted to fucking be. But that's not what happened. Instead, Raja took things
into his own hands and acted like a complete fucking psycho. And I'm gonna play this
video, but we can't even show most of it, Leo. So like, we're gonna have to blur a lot
of this, but just know that he jumps into this ring and damn near kills someone.
So right away, single leg. This guy's knocked out, cold. He's out, cold, just from the
takedown. Now again, just look at everybody around you. This guy standing up at the
commentary booth. He realizes that that takedown was not a worked takedown. He realizes
this is already going to go out of control because Roger slammed this dude on his
fucking head and he proceeds to throw 20, 20 unanswered haymakers at this fool while
he's already unconscious and the severity of violence and the lack of understanding to
stop and get off of this guy. And by the way, again,
the referee, the other wrestlers, probably being a little shell shock that this is real.
No one's stepping in, no security stepping in is, is another complete fuck-up by this company.
Was it knockouts, Knox?
What's this company?
Knox Pro wrestling.
A complete fuck-up all the way around from them.
But a lack of fundamental understanding to say, I'm going to kill this person if I don't stop.
Or to have the want to continue beating on an unconscious man until he is dead is what you see here from Raja.
No thought to stop.
no thought to hold up. This guy's going to try to stop him, which makes this even worse because
even in Raj's own words, he said, I'm going to throw punches and someone's going to pull me off.
Well, here comes the guy to pull Raja off. And what's he do? If he knows that this is supposed to be
how it's going to go and guys are there to pull him off, what's he do? Nope, just keeps throwing.
Just keeps throwing. Go try to get him again. Look, he tries to shove the guy off again and
keep throwing. This guy comes to get him. He tries to let go of him and get back to it.
Then obviously all chaos breaks loose and they try to hold on for dear life while their buddy is
laying there completely and utterly unconscious after being attacked, mercilessly attacked.
Now that video, as much as you guys could have seen of it, I don't think I can show it all to you.
Just know that he slammed this guy on his head. He was out cold immediately there.
He landed 20, maybe 21 unanswered punches where the guy's body is convulsing on the floor.
Whilst again, Raja said, oh, I'm going to throw some punches and their guys are going to pull me off.
And that's what we're doing.
Who in their right mind would think that means throwing actual punches?
And I don't even know if that was the actual agreement as to what was supposed to have happened.
This is all just from Raja himself, which clearly his decision making isn't the greatest in the world.
He's clearly not well adjusted upstairs.
So I have a little problem trusting what he's saying at all.
But if that was the case and they tried to pull him off him and he throws them off and goes back for more,
you're an absolute fucking scumbag that has no ability to fucking think,
or whose ego is so fragile from what happened hours beforehand,
where he had an empty can kind of swung on the side of his head.
Very lightly, I might add.
And again, it was immediately apologized to when the situation was revealed
that he was not a part of the show or the festivities or pro wrestling at all,
and apparently was squashed in that moment to then go and do that shit.
On live camera.
What the fuck was he thinking?
He wasn't thinking.
I mean, I don't even know why I'm asking that question.
I know what he was thinking.
He was thinking, I'm going to fucking murder this guy.
I'm going to hurt this guy to where no one can play me anymore.
No one can make me look like a bitch anymore.
And that's not me exaggerating.
This is what Raja said right after he committed full-on assault
and probably attempted murder.
What fuck is playing with me, bro?
Real shit.
One of them little bitch from fucking bit me.
I'm tired of everybody fucking playing with me and shit.
I'm always playing and shit.
Call me bitch and shit.
Not no fucking bitch, bro.
At the end of the day,
I'm gonna stand off with my fucking self
because I'm tired of everybody fucking playing with me, bro.
Real shit!
Come on, man, we're leaving, man.
We're walking away, bro.
Let's not tell you shit.
Let's go.
Come on, Roger, let's go.
Let's go, Roger.
Let's go.
Roger, I'm telling you, let's go.
You listen to me.
Listen to me, Roger.
You need to listen to me right now, Roger.
Let's go.
You got shot a junkie and shit.
Let's go.
You ain't going to do shit to me, bro.
You can't do shit to me.
You can't fuck with me, bro.
You can't fuck with me.
I'm shocked.
How genuinely fragile,
Raja Jackson's ego is.
I mean, this is a real life looking to someone
who legitimately thought
that beating a helpless man senseless,
being a guy who thought at the very most,
you guys were going to do a little worked kind of situation,
beating this shit out of him
until you almost kill him was a way of saying,
I'm standing up for myself. I'm not a bitch.
What?
And then he yells out, well, y'all jump me, y'all jump me.
No one is fighting, but you, you moron.
There was not supposed to be any fighting going on.
Talking about jumping this and jumping that.
Y'all got to quit playing me like I'm a bitch.
Who?
The only person that made themselves look like a bitch here,
the only person that made themselves look like an absolute moron,
who made themselves look completely unhinged,
And like they need to be ridiculed and honestly put behind bars for aggravated assault and potentially more is Raja Jackson.
Like he's living in a different reality than what is actually happening.
No one jumped him and no one treated him like a bitch.
There was a situation that shouldn't have happened earlier on in the day.
It was a misunderstanding and one that was quickly resolved.
I apologize for profusely that I think, in my own opinion, Rajah Jackson used
when he heard they were going to allow him to be a part of the pro wrestling match.
He took advantage of that situation and be like, oh, you punked me on my stream, you hit me with
that can on my stream.
Fuck that apology, I'm gonna hit you back and I'm gonna try to hit you until you stop fucking
moving.
Scumbag shit, and again, I don't see how he's not charged here.
I really don't see how he's not charged.
And I'm not even trying to make this like, how could you do this to this former veteran
with PTSD, but this is the guy that Raja attacked.
Bro, in 2009, I had just got out of the military, probably about six months earlier.
I got out of the military.
joined Knoxboro, you know, because I needed something to focus on. I needed something to
help me adjust back into civilian life. You know, a lot of veterans, it's hard for them to
readjust into civilian life coming from the life of the military. I'm an American soldier that
suffers from PTSD. Being in front of a crowd, it doesn't give me as much anxiety and aggression
as I thought it would. Like, this guy clearly does pro wrestling as his way of coping with what he's
gone through overseas, but the way that Rajah Jackson treated this guy, this whole whole
situation is just unbelievable. Now the last thing that I want to talk about is Rampage Jackson's response to
his son doing this on live stream. Number one, I want to say this. Rampage had nothing to do with this.
And for me to act like I know the situation of Rampage and his family life at home, I'm not going to do
that. I don't know. But Rampage was on stream as well with Sneco and found out about it live.
They ended the stream. And this is what Rampage had to say about the entire incident after.
He said, I wanted to clear up the misinformation about my son Raja.
First off, again, we'll get into what he actually says,
but probably the worst fucking way you could start a tweet
about your son maliciously and viciously
assaulting someone to the point where they were out cold
and did not wake up for a very long time.
Apparently, according to the pro wrestlers
that were trying to get Psycho Stu is the name
of the wrestler, trying to get him to wake up.
Apparently it took a very long time,
and maybe even until he got to the hospital
for him to wake up and I don't even know
what his status is currently.
But starting off on a terrible foot here, Rampage, talking about the misinformation about your son.
We saw him on camera beat a man senseless.
Anyway, I've been confirmed that the wrestler Stuart Smith, aka Psycho Stu, is awake and stable.
Raja was unexpectedly hit in the side of the head by him moments before Smith's match.
And Raja was told that he could get his payback in the ring.
I thought it was a part of the show.
Now again, we have the footage to show that, yes, Raja was hit unexpected.
with an empty can on the side of the head in a very worked way.
It wasn't a full swing of that can.
There was nothing in that can to hurt him.
And it was clearly done as a way to be a part of whatever skit,
Stu, the wrestler, Psycho.
Stu thought Raja was doing with the camera and the live stream
and him thinking that Raja was a pro wrestler.
What Rampage is not saying here,
and it's a bit disingenuous for Rampage to do when we have all the footage,
is that not only was this not just before the match,
this was immediately followed by a profuse apology from Stu
and the other pro wrestlers around that did not know that Raja was a worker
that did not know Raja wasn't a pro wrestler
and the whole situation was resolved right there.
He then goes on and says,
Roger was told he could get his payback in the ring
and then there's a comma,
I thought it was a part of the show.
So if Raja was told he could get his payback in the ring,
which again, I assume he is getting from his son telling him
that that's what the pro wrestling company told him.
And them, meaning Rampage and Raja, legitimately thinking that that meant Raja could go into that ring,
pick up this wrestler, slam him on his head, and throw punches at him continuously until the guy died?
That's what they thought the payback in the ring was?
Rampage knows better.
He's been on movie sets.
He has worked in pro wrestling before.
He knows what a work is.
And that's not it.
Bullshit.
Now again, Rakeshi's company, this Knox wrestling company,
they're going to have some fault involved here.
as well for even proposing the fact that Raja should get in the ring with their pro wrestlers
because he's not trained. He clearly doesn't understand the business. And even if you tell him it's
supposed to be fake, even if you tell him to go in there and not throw real punches, you can't control
what he does as a guy that's not well adjusted, as a guy that's still clearly pissed off, has a
temper issue, has a fragile ego, and is looking to hurt people. That's on them too. It was bad
judgment and a work that went wrong. Yeah, no, that's bullshit. Raja was not working.
at all. Raja was not faking any of that. He was looking to go in there and hurt that guy.
Again, Rampage, this is all shit, dude, this is all bad. Terrible, terrible, terrible response.
Raja is an M.M.A. fighter, not a pro wrestler and had no business being involved in an event
like this. True. I don't condone my son's actions at all. He suffered a concussion
sparring only days ago and had no business doing anything remotely close to physical contact.
Okay, yeah, I mean sure. Him suffering a concussion and sparring a couple of days ago, okay,
yeah, he shouldn't be involved with any physical activity because
Concussions are a real thing.
But trying to use that as the way to say, oh, my son was suffering concussion symptoms,
and that's how this potentially could happen.
Like using that as a defense in some way is, again, just a terrible look for Rampage if that's what he's trying to do there.
Then he goes, as a father, I'm deeply concerned with his health and the well-being of Mr. Smith.
That being said, I'm very upset that any of this happened, but my main concern now is that Mr. Smith make a speedy recovery.
I apologize on his behalf and to kick for the situation.
I mean, yeah, Rampage is trying to protect his son,
but you just can't, you can't say some of this stuff.
You can't come out right away,
and I'm sure whatever legal representation they're going to try to get,
because there is going to have to be some legal representation.
Like the lawsuit, if not for criminal charges that are going to get pressed,
the lawsuit itself is going to fucking hit Rampage in his wallet.
To start this tweet off by saying, I want to clear up the misinformation,
it was a work that went wrong.
He was told he could get his payback in the ring,
and he puts payback in quotes.
They better have that in writing or in voice form somewhere.
But that's just a bad, bad response from Rampage
for what potentially can't happen legally in this situation.
And this entire, entire situation is the fault of his son.
No offense or butts about it.
His son chose to go into that ring
and make a statement to everybody else out there
that he was the tough guy by intentionally trying to hurt that pro wrestler.
I only have to assume it was because of that incident earlier on
that Raja clearly didn't get home.
that it stung his ego, that it was on live,
and his chat was probably clowning him for it,
and he was probably looking at his kick chat and going,
oh, I'm a bitch, huh?
I'm a bitch, and there's a bunch of fucking 12 and 13 year olds
in his live stream chat going, yeah, go in there and fuck him up.
And a 25-year-old man can't make the adult decision to say,
you know what?
Whatever is going on in this little fucking internet chat on my phone
is not worth me potentially going to jail for a very long time,
or worth me losing my screws and murdering someone,
or attempting to just,
assault them in a way that leaves them permanently damaged.
Roger Jackson didn't do that, he fed into it.
He allowed himself and his ego to go in there and take advantage of the situation and put
a fucking beating on this guy's psychostew.
Roger Jackson is not an example of a kid making a mistake.
He's an example of a scumbag using an opportunity to assault someone as a way to say, I'm
not a bitch, and y'all are gonna stop playing with me.
That's an absolutely egregious, egregious use of combat sports and martial art experience.
This is the thing that you get into martial arts for to stop guys like Raja Jackson from
doing it to people that can't protect themselves.
You get into martial arts to be able to defend yourself from psychos like that.
And the first thing you learn when a part of martial arts and training different disciplines
is that you are a walking weapon.
You are someone that has the means to inflict violence, but through the martial arts, learn
the control to not do so, learn the discipline and the humility to not use your physical actions.
instead to de-escalate in all situations.
And yeah, man, this is just fucking stupid.
And listen, I offer a lot of opinions here on combat sports,
but this may be the first time where I offer the opinion
that Roger Jackson should be in jail for what he did here.
This is inexcusable.
And this is no offense to rampage or anybody else.
I know that's his father, but there is no excuse.
There is none.
And it's not some 16-year-old kid, 17-year-old kid, 18-year-old kid.
That's a 25-year-old man that made a choice to damn near in someone's life over his ego.
I'll even go as far as a little bit of clout and standing on business.
I told you guys the internet has fried people's brains and it really has.
And if you're defending this, you're one of those people.
Completely awful.
But yeah, that's the situation.
I don't know what's going to happen next year.
Pray for the safety of Psycho Stute.
That was on the other side of this just complete and utter vicious assault.
I hope this is a signal to live streaming entities like Kick,
like Twitch and anybody that's on those platforms that you are always,
developing a digital footprint of your actions. And hopefully this is a signal to everybody
looking to do the next biggest thing for cloud, everybody looking to press people and get in
fights and everything ego driven and nobody being able to take a step back and take a breath
and say this is not the right place, the right time, this is going to turn out badly.
Hopefully this is an example of what not to do and what combat sports and MMA and true
martial arts are not meant for. Complete scumbag move from Rajas.
Jackson and I'd have to think charges are at least
going to be pressed and filed
and what happens next. I don't have those answers
but I guess we'll find out.
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.
We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it.
We just contributed to it out.
We're the first people to do podcasts. We get to ask
other people questions because we're sick and tired
of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired
is a strong way to put it, but you know,
tired and sick. Tired and sick.
Listen to Hey Jonas on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
Just listen. We don't care where you hear it.
Another podcast from some SNL, late night comedy guy, not quite.
Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends.
Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier.
This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer, Streeter Seidel, help an
a cappella band with their between songs banter.
Where does your group perform?
We do some retirement homes.
Those people are starving for banter.
Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and Friends on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas.
And I'm C.J. Toledano. It's our favorite time of the year on our podcast point game, the playoffs.
We're digging into the biggest surprises of the season. And I'm looking back on some of my greatest playoff moments.
If we didn't talk ever again, I was hungry.
You just understood.
That's how personal it got.
Wow.
Then after that game seven, Mark keep coming to him. He's like, you know I love you, dog.
You know, it's all love.
This was just playoffs.
This was just basketball.
So listen to Point Game on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Will Ferrell's Big Money Players and IHeart Podcast presents soccer moms.
So I'm Leanne.
Yeah.
This is my best friend, Janet.
Hey.
And we have been joined at the hips since high school.
Absolutely.
A redacted amount of years later, we're still joined at the hip.
Just a little bit bigger hips.
This is a podcast.
We're recording it as we tailgate our youth soccer games in the back of my Honda Odyssey.
With all the snacks and drinks.
Why did you get hard seltzer instead of beer?
They had a bogo.
Well, then you got them.
Listen to soccer moms on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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