Best of Boxing News Part 2: Ryan Garcia and Nahir Albright JOIN Unc & Ocho, Logan Paul CALLING OUT NFL players

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You can't be rolling around the city like this the night before games. Check out Game Recognized Game with Stewie and Miles on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ryan! All right, guys, welcome to the stage. Now he has an upcoming WBC welterweight title fight against Mario Barrios on Saturday. Barrios is working with Ryan's former trainer, Joe Goosen. Ryan, how you doing, bro? I'm doing good. Good to see you, man. All right, Ocho, take it away. Listen, obviously you have a big fight coming up. Based on film that you've watched, is there anything that you see from Mario that can give you problems in this upcoming fight? Do I think anything that can give me problems? Yeah, anything that he does well, that might be able to give you problems. You know, obviously, round by round, you have to make certain adjustments as the fight goes on. But based on what you watched from him in previous fights, is there anything that you have to watch out for? Well, you got to watch out for, I mean, obviously he has a good height and reach on him. We got to, you know, that faces some challenges, but it's something that we haven't seen before in years of fighting. I don't want to, I guess, go into too much detail. It kind of gives him an idea of what I expect from him. So for me, it's just I see some things, but we'll be ready for what he got. Yeah. Are you concerned? Do you have any concerns, any worries that your former trainer, who you worked with in the past, that knows you very well, is now in his corner training him? No, I really don't. Boxing, you know, it's – I mean, it is part of the trainer, but, you know, with Joe, I didn't spend that much time with him. You know, it would be different if it was somebody that, you know, I spent, you know, years and years and years with. But Joe was in there for a short period of time. And if anything, I think it gives me advantage. You know, I know exactly how he trains. Exactly how he trains. I know it ain't what I'm doing. I know how I'm doing. I definitely see it as more of an advantage for me. I do feel like it's messed up, though. I'm like, damn. Why do you feel it's messed up? Just because of the conversations I've had with Joe before. And it's just kind of like, oh, okay. the opportunity came, you took that pretty quick, you know, not even a call, you know? So, I mean, no hard feelings, right? It's part of the game, but I just felt like that was, that was a little weird, but ain't no loyalty in this game. Yeah. I mean, listen, that's business. That's the way business works. Obviously when it comes to trainers, they have an opportunity. Mario saw an opportunity to be able to train with someone that is somewhat familiar with your game. And most of the time, regardless of what they tell them, once you get in the ring, it doesn't matter how much training you do you still got to go in there and fight you still got to go in there land punch you still have to go in there with some sort of game plan and i'm sure you're going to be ready i'm pretty excited and what i don't want to do but i have to ask i don't want to put the the carriage before the horse when you win this fight i'm telling you you're gonna win i'm saying it ahead of time when you win this fight what do you see next for you as your big mega fight there's so many different fights all of us want to see you devin haney maybe Shakur, I think Devontae Davis right now. I think he's going with some personal issues right now. Is there anything you'd like to see after you get this fight over? You know, right now I'm not trying to look too far ahead, but I've said it. Yeah, yeah, that's what I said. I've said it before. You know, I'm really interested in the Shakur fight. It gets me going, you know, and those are the type of fights that you'll see the best out of me. So definitely he's somebody I want to look into after this fight for sure. Right. Barrios is a dangerous fighter. I mean, he ain't no company. It ain't like you just got to walk in. You got a Sunday picnic, right? I mean, he's a dangerous fighter. Obviously, we know what you bring to the table. And when you've locked in, you're as good as they have at the division in which you in. Are you locked in? Are you ready to fight come Saturday night? Can we expect to see the best Ryan Garcia? Oh, 100%. You know, I'm so excited to show everybody. You know, it's one of those things when you're so innerly confident, you just want to show the world what you got and what you've been preparing for. So for me, you know, I'm as locked in as I've been. So I can't wait the opportunity to show you guys. All I can do is say I can't wait to show you. That's it. I mean, I feel like talk is cheap at this point. You just got to do it. Why the long layoff? Why the long stretches? I mean, what's going on? You know, my whole career has been like that. You know, I get some momentum and then all of a sudden, you know, stuff happens and I'm forced to take some time off. I don't know. That's just how it's been. But you've seen me when I get some type of consistency in fights and in training camps, you see the best versions of me. So, you know, right here, you know, we went straight to work. You know, after the Rolando fight, we took the loss, but we learned a lot of lessons with it. And we got right back to work. So you're going to see a great performance this time around. After this fight, ideally, how many times would you want to fight in 2026? Can you see one more? I definitely could see one more, for sure. Possibly two, but 100% one more. We got to keep it consistent. That's key with me. You got to keep it consistent. You know, in boxing, that's what it's about. You know, you got to be active. That's the main thing in boxing. You got to be active. And, you know, that makes, that's when Canelo was the greatest, you know, when he was active. And Floyd and everybody, when they continue to fight, that's when their best performance are. And not only being active, you're one of the few fighters that I think doesn't duck any smoke. You don't care about who the opponent is. You want to fight the best of the best. and for that, if, win-win, obviously after this Bale's fight, I really look forward to you being able to get the Shakur fight or maybe you being able to get that rematch with Javante once he gets his issues handled outside of the ring. So, man, I can't wait. I'm excited. Obviously, Ryan, we met multiple times. You know how much I love the sweet sign, so I'm really looking forward to it. How do you feel coming into this fight? Are you good? Are you where you want to be weight-wise? Are you going to be able to make weight? I don't think there are any rehydration clauses in this, and so you'll be able to rehydrate, eat, and be able to have a great fight come Saturday night. Are you where you want to be? Have you had a great camp? No injuries, no setbacks, just full steam ahead? No, this camp has been amazing. Everything's dialed in from the diet to the training to the sparring. Everything's been on point. No problems making weight at all. So, you know, they just had the seven-day check-in wait, the WBC, and I was 149. So I'm right there. That's not even a cut, really. So that's what happens. When you pay attention to everything and you follow the diet and everything, it's easy. So we're definitely going to have a smooth night come Saturday. Ryan, what do you walk around? What do you walk around when, let's just say you're two months after this fight, what's your walk-around weight? I'd say like 160. Oh, yeah, that ain't nothing. Yeah, 160 is pretty good. But when I was when I took that year off, when they suspended me for a year, I was like 181, 182. What? Yeah, this boy was big. This boy was big. And it didn't look good either. That's the problem. Hey, I have a question. I've always wanted to ask this, obviously not really understanding it when it comes to winning. when you win fights and you win belts, whether it's WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, how do you feel? What do you think about sanctioning fees? Do you think sanctioning fees is something that needs to be done away with, or do you feel okay with paying sanctioning fees for belts? I just think we need to know where the money's going at, to be honest. If you agree to the sanctioning fee, I guess we should know where our money's going to, if it's going to a good cause or if it's going to retired fighters, like they say. or you know because i care about fighters that are retired and have issues um so for me i just want to know where the where uh the money's going i think that's key for me um i love the rich history of the belts and i love uh yes the organizations that what it represents and you know muhammad ali held those belts and all these great fighters of the past and i wouldn't want to get rid of them in any way. So for me, it's a double-edged sword, but there definitely needs to be some new regulations and a little bit more inspection, I guess. Right. How do we make sure we get the Ryan Garcia that we saw fight Devin Haney, which I believe is one of your best fights? Yeah. How do we make sure on Saturday night that Ryan Garcia shows up against Barrios? It's all within me, man. I learned a lot of lessons, especially after the Haney fight and even what I represented, you know, during the Haney fight, you know, I didn't treat my body like a temple. You know, I definitely just thought I was super human. You know, I thought I could just keep on doing stupid things and my talent would take care of everything, but those stuff catch up to you and God humbled me in a real way. And, you know, it's all about being disciplined and making sure that, you know, every part of your body's working like a system. And once I understood that and I really took time, you know, after my five-year-old rollies just to really learn myself, learn my body. And then I just started building momentum. And then I felt like myself again for the first time in a long time. And I think that's when I seen the light again. And I was like, okay, I'm really that guy my hands are really that fast I'm really that guy when I'm locked in I'm that guy nobody can really touch me like I then I just felt that way then like it just carried over all the way through camp and then now I'm just in love of just making sure I'm the sharpest the cleanest I could be and just healthy just like I just know nobody could like really mess with me when I'm at my top my top of my top game because I'm fast I'm twitchy and I just I'm on everything so So, you know, I fell in love with that. I'm like, damn, what am I doing? Like, I really got it like that. I cannot give it up for whatever reasons. You know, it's all about sacrifices in life. The greatest things in life has came through sacrifice. And I needed a reality check and I definitely got it. How do you what have you done? There have been some negative comments to your reputation, maybe some of the things you've said, some of the things that you've done. But what are some of the concrete changes that you've made in your life to make sure the things that that have transpired that kind of kind of held you back, kept you from being the best person that you can be? What are some of the changes that you've made, be it personnel in your life? Maybe the steps that you've taken that make sure that we don't get the year and a half ago, two years ago, Ryan Garcia. Yeah, I mean, a lot of it had to do with just, you know, mental health issues. So we definitely started there. And then we had to, you know, really take a step back and realize what's really going on. You know what I mean? It's like, why am I drinking so much? Why am I crashing out so hard about certain things and, you know, not caring about myself? I was in self-destruction mode after the Haney fight. I just after feeling like I was set up and, you know, and and just feeling like so it was so injustice because in my heart. Yeah, I may have been drinking and doing all that, but I never, never took steroids in my life. And I'll go down to my deathbed with that. And it just hurts me because I got tested the whole time through and it really damaged my heart. And I just wanted every I just wanted to, like, say, fuck everything. I don't care about anything. I don't care about my reputation. I just lost it. Like I definitely went into a manic state of just not giving a fuck. You know, and it really destroyed a part of my life and a part of my reputation, part of my relationship with God, everything. I just I wanted to tear everything down, everything. So it was just self-reflection, therapy and staying away from toxins that will mess with your brain. You know, you don't drinking is not good, kids. And I would go into the healthy lifestyle. You know, if you could learn sooner rather than later, do it. And yeah, I may have kicked his ass off a couple of shots. But don't you think that's possible to do it again and again? Might not ever happen again. You know, it'll never happen again for sure. I don't know how I won that fight. But basically, yeah, just cleaning my lifestyle, making making those changes in my life, in my heart. And shifting my eyes towards God. And that's really what it did for me. I respect that, bro, for you accepting, for you taking accountability and says, hey, I've made some mistakes in my life. I understand the mistakes that I've made. And I'm doing the best job I possibly can to make sure this Ryan Garcia going forward is something that I can be proud of, my family, my fans can be proud of. So Ocho and I, I'll take my hat off to you, bro. Congrats. Yeah, most definitely. I just, like, at this point, it's like I'm fighting for a world championship. and you know part of me is like maybe it's good I never really got that championship yeah I got the fame and yeah I had all the money and everything but to represent what a champion really is I don't think I was ready to do that you know what I mean it's like to be a champion I see like an honorable dude that you want to you want to see like damn that's how he holds himself you know what I mean I know I'm ready for that now like when I get that title I'm gonna hold it proudly and I'm gonna I'm gonna kick ass and we're not running from no smoke as a champion I promise you that. That's 100%. After Saturday night, I'm ready to rumble again. I ain't gonna just keep holding that belt. Yeah. Well, I tell you what, you win Saturday night, come back on here and tell us how you did it. Oh, okay. I got the invite already back. Let's go. Hell yeah, you got the invite. You can come back anytime you like, man. Hey, look, best of luck. You look like you're in great shape. You're in great spirits. You had a great camp. Ocho and I, the night camp family, wish you the absolute best of luck. and we look forward to talking to you down the road. Hey, see you guys soon. All right, bro. Appreciate you, man. Peace. That's him. Ryan Garcia takes on Mario Barrios. It's going to be a great fight. But we'll have it here. You know, we're live. We're back Saturday night after the fight to give you all the details round by round to see what happens. Next Monday, our 2026 iHeart Podcast Awards are happening live at South by Southwest. This is the biggest night in podcasting. will honor the very best in podcasting from the past year and celebrate the most innovative, talented creators in the industry. And the winner is... Creativity, knowledge, and passion will all be on full display. Thank you so much, iHeartRadio. Thank you to all the other nominees. You guys are awesome. 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I mean, honestly, like, I might get in trouble for this answer, but I think it's like definitely happening in the WBA. And yeah, we talk about our mistakes, too. They pulled me to the side and was like, hey, man, we got a call last night, man. You can't be rolling around the city like this the night before games, you know, doing this, doing whatever. And of course, family stories. And I'll be like, mommy, why did you miss that? Mommy, do you play basketball? Check out Game Recognized Game with Stewie and Miles on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Daniel Jeremiah. And I'm Greg Rosenthal. And this is 40s and free agents. The games may be over but the NFL never stops This is my favorite part of the calendar Yeah mine too Greg Free agency the combine the NFL draft pro days trades This is where teams reshape their future This is where Daniel Jeremiah makes his money. On 40s and free agents, we break down every move that actually matters. From my draft evaluations, mock drafts, and team fits. To my top 101 free agents and how real rosters are built, cap space, contracts, and all the tough decisions included. You got quarterbacks on the move. We got teams rebuilding. It's hope season. Absolutely. It's hope season. We'll tell you what's real, what's noise, and what it means for your favorite team. Smart analysis, real conversations every week. I don't know about the smart, but definitely analysis. Listen to 40s and free agents on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ocho, Ryan Garcia beats Mario Barrios excuse me, Mario Barrios to win the WBC welterweight title Garcia put on a clinic he landed more power shot punches through eight rounds against Barrios than he did in the entire fight against Rolly Romero according to CompuBox Ocho, you know it seemed like Barrios was trying to protect himself against the left because we know that is Ryan's power shot. But all he did, it seemed like his thing was throw the left out there and then hit him with the overhand right. And he landed that shot anytime he wanted to. Every time he threw it, it damn near got home. And from the time he made him touch it within the, what, the first 30 seconds, first minute of the fight, Ojo, he felt this power. He was like, well, damn, I ain't expect this. And he didn't have, I mean, I'm surprised that his corner didn't have an answer or a counter because I don't understand you want to neutralize the left. but if he doesn't do that, you got to have a counter to his counter. Ocho, what did you think about this fight? I mean, Ryan dominated the fight all the rounds, obviously all 12 rounds. I was hoping Barrios would have much experience as he has in the ring. I was expecting him to adjust at some point. Obviously, when Ryan set the tone and dropping him early, when he hit him on top of the temple, obviously that made him a little gun shy. He didn't really want to throw because he didn't want to get caught. Outside of that, Ryan did the same thing, basically all 12 rounds, huh? Jab, jab, check hook every so often, right hand, one, two. And it was really the same thing. I think for anyone, and for Barrios to have a chance tonight, he would have had to take some chances. He would have had to make the fight ugly. He would have had to fight on the inside and just go to work. And he didn't do any of those things. He didn't make any adjustments. I mean, based on what I could see, and Ryan dominated the entire fight. He did. And that's what makes you so frustrated with Ryan. But when he had a conversation on show, he said, man, look, I wasn't taking the fight serious. I was getting drunk. I was doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. He says, but I'm serious about this fight, and you're going to see a different King Ryan Garcia. That's what he told us. And he was very calm. He seemed very posed, very composed in his tone. He didn't get too high. He didn't get too low. But what I saw tonight, this is the Ryan Garcia I want to see. This is a guy that was taking his craft serious. And we said in the Devin Haney fight, I said, man, if the man, If he took fighting serious, if he got himself in shape, he was in shape tonight. He wasn't tired. He wasn't fatigued. He fought. All the things I think his corner told him, like, bro, stay out of the ring. Hey, keep the fight in the middle of the ring. You don't want to get on the ropes. Keep the fight in the middle of the ring. And then, hey, you can do whatever you want to do to him from that range. But I was very impressed with what I saw, Ocho. But like I said, it seems like Barrios was expecting the left. And he was protecting himself against the left. And you're right. The only time Ryan really threw the left was a check hooky. He wasn't trying to throw it with no power. It was just easy to check him. But every time he just stuck that jab out there and clubbed him with the overhand right, I'm like, damn, Barrios. Yeah. Put an umbrella up or something. Damn. At some point in time, you got to block it and knock with your head. Yeah. I mean, and it's so funny. When you think about how simplified the one-two is and to be for the same thing to work for 12 goddamn rounds for an experienced fighter like Barrios to allow it to work for 12 rounds and not making the necessary adjustments round by round and being able to adjust to it and find an answer or a counter to that, I mean, that tells a lot about Ryan Garcia, his hand speed, but also the power he possesses once he got him to fall down early. Whatever game plan Barrios came into this fight with, it was out the window. Yeah, I think that was the thing, Ocho. I don't think he expected Garcia to touch him like that early. He definitely didn't expect to touch the mat that early. And it's easy to say, you know, well, do this, do that. But you felt this power within the first minute of the fight. He set you down. He set you up, put you on your ass. Yes, sir. And so you're like, no, I don't think I want to go. I don't think I want to go back in there. You know, hey, I want the honey. Yeah. But those bees, those bees are protecting it. and so he fought cautious and like I said, and I agree with you, I thought Ryan Garcia, we came on so I didn't really, did he win? Was it a shutout? I mean, I'm sure it was. I didn't see a round that Barrios actually could have won. I don't either. And I thought Ryan did a great job. We mentioned he landed more power shots through the first eight rounds. He landed more shots than he did on Barrios in eight rounds than he did in the entire fight against Rowley. He was mentally, physically, emotionally, whatever thing, you were psychologically unprepared to fight Rowley. And this fight, this was the Ryan Garcia that many expected, like this kid got talent. If this kid were to take his craft serious, if he were to prepare, he can go far. And the thing that I like about him, Mocho, he don't dunk. He's already falling, ain't he? He fought Tank. He fought Roley. He fought Barrios. He ain't ducking. Nah, it's not. I would love to see him and him and Shakur fight. I think having a boxer with the IQ that Shakur has who will be able to make the proper adjustments round by round despite this one thing that beats speed as fast as Ryan is with his hands, but it's one thing that beats speed and that's timing. And having someone like Shakur who is his defensive prowess, speaks for itself, I think that would be a great fight for Ryan and Shakur. I'm not sure if it will happen this soon, but that'd be a dope one. Score cards, 119-108, 120-107, 118-109. I'm trying to figure out what round they gave him. Somebody gave him two rounds. I'm honest with you. I'm just a chat. Maybe my TV froze because it took me a while to get the Amazon Prime so I could watch the zone. So maybe I missed something. I'm serious, Chad. Did y'all see a round in which Barrios won? No. Oh. Maybe I had to go take a pee break. because that man beat the brakes off Barrios. I like the middle judge. The middle judge had it because the knockdown in the first round, that's a two-point round right there on choke. Yeah, absolutely. So 120 to 107, I like that. I think that's how the scorecards should have lined up. Right. But Ryan Garcia gave his father Henry his WBC title after securing the win, saying, I'm dedicating this to my dad. He had Henry on his trunk. I think now, don't you get a chain? You get a belt or you get a chain? Because they was talking about, I saw something on social media about a chain. Well, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I mean, the chain, is that something new? Yeah, I guess. I guess, you know, people think, you know, guys got tired of paying the sanctioning fees for the belt. Oh, yeah. And they're like, you know, it's supposed to, some of the money go to the sanctioning body, which is WBC. Right. Some of it goes to retired fighters that, you know, that's falling on hard times. I don't know where, but now they got a pendant. So I don't really know. But I just know Ryan Garcia looked really, really good tonight. I was impressed with the way he fought tonight. And like I said, when he came on, was that Wednesday night on show that he was on? I think it might have been Wednesday. It was Wednesday. And, you know, he was excited about coming on. But just listening at him talk, yeah, he's had some hard times. He's been, you know, under the influence. And he said, hey, he was drinking. I mean, he let it be known. He also mentioned about some mental health issues that he was dealing with. He seems to have got those things rectified and got those behind him. He's taking his training series. He said he had a great camp. He's in great shape, and he was ready to fight. And, you know, he's like, hey, he's going to make it look easy, and it looked easy. Yeah. Yeah, it did. It looked easy, Ocho. I mean. Yeah. I mean, listen, again, it was kind of weird to me. I mean, Barrios is a former champion. I was expecting more from him. Yeah, I was too, Ocho. Especially from him with having as much ring experience as he's had, you know, throughout his career. I'm not sure why he looked the way he did. But obviously, I'm not the one on the end of those punches that Ryan is throwing. So I can understand. But I expect him more, honestly. Yeah. Yeah, and I think the biggest thing is that he took it serious. I mean, how great do you want to be in a given sport? How great do you want to be in a given craft? Because if you want to be great, you take it serious. You don't do some of the things, some of the destructive behavior that he had going on and says, I want to be a champion. I want to be great. I want to be remembered in this sport. Well, what you were doing is saying that you don't want to be remembered and you want to have a very short career in your given sport because that was the path that he was headed down. And I'm glad he was able – I'm glad with the help of family, friends, and loved ones, someone that was around him got in his ear and says, Ryan, if you want to be great, what you're doing is not going to help you be great. And he was able to get back on the right track, and hopefully he stays on the right track. Because like I said, Ocho, yeah, there are some fights. I like to see him against Shakur also. this fight was at what 149, 150? 151? What was this fight at? 147. So it's got to be 147. 147, yeah. 147. Because he mentioned that he was 149 and a half when they weighed in the other day. So he was only two and a half pounds. So that was nothing. He had to weigh in on Friday. So two pounds, that ain't nothing. but he looked good he looked good I was very very impressed with Ryan Garcia tonight he showed us up Mocho and we know he has this kind of ability yeah yeah absolutely I mean if you go back and look at it now everybody says with the steroids and this or that but he did a number on Haney he did yeah now Tank Tank called him Yeah, but take it hard take it heavy There's a reason why they call it take for real. I mean, you know, he might be the smallest tank We've ever seen, you know, sometimes the smallest person they get the name tiny. Yeah, I mean the biggest Yeah, I mean you call tiny list of tiny that man six three 250 and that that's that's another another thing is I mean from the casual boxer I'm not sure if you can see the mistakes that that Ryan is making with the lunging and the throwing the one-two and then lunging, he's off balance. I mean, the boxers, the pure boxers, would take advantage of that. They take advantage. I don't even think people can see it. I can see it where he's off balance, but he's trying to throw combinations, but he's not even playing it. You know, a Tank or a Shakur or some of those that- Yeah, they'll pull a counter. Shakur definitely a pull a counter. Yeah, pull a counter and they'll take advantage of some of the mistakes he was making tonight, but he was so fast and Barrios was so gun-shy and scared to throw, he was able to get away with it. Yes, and the thing is you got to be careful with all that lunging and all that because they'll time it up perfect. You know what? Pacquiao had a bad habit of that. He do this and coming in there. The bouncing. And Marco Antonio Barrera, bam! Yep. And the bell rang, the school bell rang, the church bell rang, and he still didn't get up. So you have to, you, when you, when you fighting great fighters, you have to be careful. You really have to be on point. Oh yeah, you got to. Uh, Shakur is technically sound. He's a technically sound fighter and you can't make the mistakes that you made against Barrios and expect to beat Shakur. He'll make you pay for every mistake. Every last one. It's like, oh, you know, the teachers, like some of them teachers, they ain't let no mistake go like, damn, she done ran out of red ink on my paper. She had to get a whole new pen. she's circling everything it should have been a comma and it was a period it should have been an exclamation point of name but damn but congratulations to Ryan Garcia the WBC welterweight champion as he beats Mario Barrios in convincing fashion 119-108, 120-107 118-109 and he is the WBC welterweight champ There's been some great guys that's held that belt. You go back to Sugar Ray and Tommy Hearns and Floyd. Bud. Yeah. Now he got it. Yeah. I'm excited. I'm excited. I want to know who the next fight is. I mean, do you rematch? Do you rematch Roley? Ask to fight Roley again? You know, I don't know. I'm curious. I'm curious. It's so many good fights that can be made. I mean, what's next? It wasn't Barreiro. It was Juan Marquez. Juan Marquez that KO'd Pacquiao. Pacquiao? Yeah. When he laid him out front? It was a trilogy fight, wasn't it? I think it was a trilogy fight in which he got him. But he was winning. Pacquiao was winning. Yeah. Pacquiao was winning the fight. He got reckless. and boom and ding, bell, and he couldn't answer the bell. He caught on that rhythm. He caught on to his rhythm, that bouncing, bouncing. Sugar Shane was like that. If you know that Sugar Shane would always be full, he'd throw. Mm-hmm. Gary, Antoine Russell defeated Andy Hierroca by unanimous decision. Russell retained his WBA junior welterweight title with a score of 117 to 110, 116 to 111, 116 to 111. Me personally, I thought it was a little closer than that. Hey, that 10th round, I thought it was going to be a draw. Because of that 10th round, I thought it was going to be a draw. Young Bull, Gary was fighting. He was the aggressor the entire last round. I'm saying, wait a minute. Come on now. But listen, Gary, I don't think Gary was hurt at any point in the fight. He caught a body shot early in the fight, but he didn't show any signs that it actually hurt him. I mean, listen, it was a good fight. It was a good little scrap. I wouldn't want to be a judge in this one, though. I wouldn't want to be a judge in this one, but Gary did win the fight. I mean, happy for him. It was good. That opponent, well, he wasn't easy at all. No, no, no, no. I don't even know how to pronounce his last name, but it wasn't easy at all. Aroka. Yeah, Aroka. Okay, yeah. But the thing was, Ocho, I thought Russell got off to a great start. because I thought the early rounds, like the first two or three, four rounds, I thought, okay, man, this is going to be easy work for Russell. Yeah, cakewalk, huh? No, sir. No, sir. Old boy said, nah, it ain't about to be that. It ain't about to be that easy for you, bro. They asked Russell after the fight, he was like, nah, let me build up this. That man done built up his reputation. Let me get by this. He's like, I don't want you, man. Let me hold on to my build a little while longer. What y'all trying to do? I just got the bill. Yeah. And you're trying to make me turn it over to somebody else. No, but Shagor says he has great respect. He said, I guess they sparred at some point in time. Yeah. So he's very familiar with the young man. But I thought the fight was closer than 117 to 110 and 116 and 111. But, hey, the judges saw it differently, and that's all that matters, Ocho. It's how they see it. and they saw it 117 to 110, 116 to 111, and 116 to 111. In the post-fight interview, Russell avoided calling out WBO champion Shakur Stevenson and took aim at WBC champion Dalton Smith and IBF title hole Richardson Hitchens. Ocho? Mm-hmm. I mean. Hey. Go ahead. No, go ahead. Go ahead. What did you say? Hey, you see, man, I look, I want Tank to get his ish together. I want Tank and Shakur to fight. We got a while before that. You might, yeah, you might well let that one go. It's going to be a while. I say maybe a year or two before, before Tank. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Man, Shakur ain't sitting around waiting on him to do two to you, no one year or two. Yeah, but I'm just talking about Tank's situation. It's not going to be this year. Definitely not going to be this year. So maybe, maybe in 27, maybe. but you know Tank got to get his stuff situated on his end. Yeah he got to get his life in order man. Yeah but once he do and he come back he still he still even with the mishaps you know outside the ring he might still be the face of boxing because everybody is still waiting for him to get back and be on point. But the problem is Ocho even though he has those issues going on and he can be sparring if he's not incarcerated and hopefully that doesn't happen but we'll have to wait and see. Ocho, you got to fight. Yeah. You got to fight. And Ali was able to spar, but he wasn't fighting. Right. And he was never the same. Yeah, it's not the same. After that three-year hiatus, he wasn't. You take time off, it's hard to come back. Tyson was never the same fighter. Now, we understand that with a totally different set of circumstances, Ocho. You know, I mean, you could only do so much in there. I mean, he's like doing push-ups. I mean they wouldn let him go to the gym but in that sport or any sport in order to be good at it you got to stay active You got to stay active. Think about it. It took Jordan time. Because when he came back, he was like, yeah, he had a game here, but he wasn't a gym. You're like, damn. But then once he got time back, but just imagine two years as a boxer? Yeah, that's crazy. You got to be in the ring, Ocho. I know, you got to. It don't matter how much sparring you're doing. Yeah! It don't matter how much, you know, fighting, actually fighting and having ring rust, you know, and you can spar all you want to, but actually fighting and being under them lights is a different ball game. And, P, you know you do have ring rust, so when he does come back, he's going to have to fight someone that really ain't much of a challenge. You can't put yourself in harm's way, so it has to be someone that you know you can beat just get yourself back in rhythm get yourself back get a feel for being back in the ring again and get comfortable running wind spritz is not the same thing as training camp I don't give a damn how many you run and how many you run hey we running 14 16 seconds and we taking 45 second break let them blow that damn whistle and go two minute or no huddle and see how your ass huffing and puffing man please I don't care nothing about them wind sprints. I don't. I don't care about no 40 tests. I don't care nothing about no conditioning tests. When they put them pads, that helmet on your ass, it's like, okay, no huddle. Okay, two minute period. It's different. It damn sure is. Completely different. And so I can understand a guy that the inactivity and the ring rust because all of a sudden, I mean, to be able to see, you still see, but to be able to see those punches once you get in the ring. and the guys that you spar with that's not Shakur Stevenson that's not a Keyshawn Davis that's not the top echelon echelon fighters and like you said Ocho when he does come back he's gonna have to fight somebody hey basically a tomato can yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah don't don't put yourself in the harms but you ain't got nothing to prove get to get yourself back in rhythm get acclimated being in the ring being under the lights people you know the the people that love boxing that they're gonna enjoy it and when the timing is right that's when you make that big fight that's when you make that mega fight you don't come back and just give and you will step in it right right away and put yourself in i i like i like calling it harm's way but you know you don't make that fight yeah get a couple easy ones under you yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah i you know who i want to see next honestly who i want to see lamont roach and shakur that'll be a good a fight. 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Smart analysis, real conversations every week. I don't know about the smart, but definitely analysis. Listen to 40s and Free Agents on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We're getting closer to seeing Logan Paul and LeBron Bell, Locho. My million dollar open bench to fight an NFL player has caused an uproar. Here's an update. Nobody is willing to put a million dollars in escrow and be flown here to Puerto Rico, all expense paid, and boxed with three professional judges. They all want to formalize this with a streamer, venue, press conference, all that. I get paid, but not risk their own money. But I don't have time nor interest in that. I won't step away from WWE to coordinate and train for an event. but if any player wants to actually put up a million dollars in fight at my jail with official referees and judges, show yourselves that includes you, Le'Veon Bell. Hmm. And... Hey. I like that. What you think? It's gonna happen? Hey. Le'Veon, I might be able to get... I might... I come up with a quarter mil. But I want 500 in return. God damn, man. Are you like Don? Tell me the person that gambled that puts up 250 and then expect 250 back in return. Hold on, what happened? Hey, you Don King, boy. Hey. Hey, you Don King with it. Le'Veon said, this is what Le'Veon said. Bro wants to spar, and that's fine, bro. We can spar if that's what you want to do. Let's practice, and for sure, a million-dollar bet, but we run rounds until a person then quits. No need for your judges. Cameras on for sure. No need to hide from the public. Just want to see this, Logan responded. Ten eyes gloves, no headgear. Three minute rounds until someone quits. Next weekend, $1 million bet, money in escrow, no judges. You choose the referees. Down for boxing or MMA, just let me know. Deal. We have a contract drawn up and sent. I like it. Nah, we want to see this. but they don't want no cameras I don't know but my problem look I think Logan Paul is a phenomenal athlete I think the wrestling and stuff and what he and his brother has been able to do in the YouTube space and to be able to create content and make themselves wealthy beyond expectation but you don't get credit for fighting somebody that doesn't fight I mean how much do you weigh 175 180 go fight Benavidez. Go fight Benavidez. Come on. You're not no fighter. Ocho, I don't get credit in my prime for catching on a guy that doesn't play DB. Right, right. What credit does I get for that? So if you say you're a fighter or you want to fight, you need to fight somebody that fight. You know, Le'Veon has a background in boxing, so that would be a decent fight for both of them. You know, I agree both both are skilled both have taken taking the craft of of getting his taking it serious. Yeah, they can take it serious, but the better beat it better. Damn better. Yeah. Yeah. Oh man. They kill him. Oh Joe, what what NFL player making 10 15 20 million dollars. They're not boxing in their spare time like that. No, and it's too much for them to risk. Yeah, they would. And you know, honestly, no matter who it is, is what? 1,500 players in the NFL? Yeah. They probably I doubt they make it past two minutes, round one. Oh, for sure. I doubt. I don't care how. They don't know how to breathe. They don't get in there and try to bounce because they see everybody else bouncing back and forth and all you do is burning energy. It's completely different. Completely different. And you don't train for that. Fight blood. Not no you don't want to see him fight bud no that's not fair that's unfair I think I think he thought that you know because of what he did with Floyd I don't know how serious Floyd took it or anything like that but I mean hey I'll watch it I'll watch Le'Veon and Logan Paul fight yeah I like it I like it. So, I don't know. But I think the thing is, he got hurt because Tom Brady. Called him out his name? No, he said he was cute. He said, you know, you do this cute. Because he said he WWE, he was an outstanding athlete, things of that nature. Right. And you know, Tom, man, look. Sometimes Tom forget that he Tom Brady. he gives you the artist truth and the truth coming from him is thing a little bit man yeah for sure because he's like oh that's cute he's like but you're not you're not no not no not not an athlete but i think you know in the wwe i mean you watch him the way he moves oh yeah oh he could easily be a full-time wwe absolutely he absolutely could he's phenomenal in there and like I said he and his brothers carved out a nice niche and they they look pay you to my next weekend I don't know hey hey uh uh uh Elbeil let us know you're gonna make this happen man call in the nightcap we want to see what's what's what's cracker lacking and see what's going on. Hey, me and Ocho might bea come down there. We might come down there and do night camp live from Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico? Yeah. Okay, I like that. That's a short flight for me. That's about what? How long the flight from- I don't know what Puerto, I don't know how close it is to Miami. Chad, how far the flight from- Who you think I am, Majella? That might be right there. Chad, how long is the flight from Miami to Puerto Rico? What did they say? Two hours? I'm still... Chat moving slow. It's definitely closer to you. Yeah, yeah, it might get... It's definitely, yeah. Hold on. Oh, it's only one hour. Oh, 45 minutes. Oh, yeah, it's only an hour. Flights to Puerto Rico, San Juan to Miami takes approximately two hours and 42 minutes to three hours, covering a distance of 1,050 miles. Dang, bro. Budget carriers like Frontier and Spirit Airlines offer direct flights with fares starting between $60 and $150. See that? See Spirit? You see why Spirit is the greatest airline there is? You see that? Spirit take you right there. Puerto Rico, less than $150. Come on, man. That's what I'm talking about. Whole NICAP team on Spirit. Nah, I won't be on Spirit. I think Delta. Let me see if Delta go to Puerto Rico. Why would you go on Delta and you just heard the good deals that Spirit has? My life ain't about no good deals. Spirit is the only airlines that never had any issues. Now we might have a fight or two. Yeah, see? And they go to, oh, as a matter of fact, they go right there, yep. Delta fly directly to Puerto Rico. Mm-hmm. They got cheap flights too. How much? Delta Alliance operates numerous flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, JFK, Minneapolis. So I would probably have to fly from Vegas to Atlanta, Atlanta to Puerto Rico. Sounds like a lot to me. It's going to be more than $150. I got some miles. I use my mileage. Nah. you ain't got no miles on spirit oh i i i got oh i got miles i got i got this probably write your miles down on a piece of paper on a post-it note handed to you you got 550 miles i got about on on spirit i probably got maybe maybe 762 000 miles i got like a let me check my email i got about I should be close to bottom. What you fly mainly? American, Delta? Well, if it's me, for me going somewhere, I'm on spirit. Now, work, like having to come here, it's American or United. But that's not me buying. Now, if I'm flying out for work, work, they purchase what they see fit. That's going to get me in on time. Yeah. I'm going to have to use my mileage I don't know where I can go to use them though Puerto Rico I ain't using no damn miles to go to Puerto Rico I would go somewhere I'm going out of the country okay okay I'm going to see type in where and chat GBT where should I go Where can I go with one million? One million what, Scott Miles? Yeah. Shoot, you might want to see. We can go to the DR. We can go to Mexico. With 1 million frequent flyers miles, you can book multiple around-the-world trips. First class, 10- to 12-hour flight. Return, you can go, I can go to Tokyo, London in luxury. Nah. I'm telling you, there are two blessed places for you to go. Either we go to Mexico. I ain't go to damn Mexico use my airline miles for no damn Mexico. The hell? Alright, what about we go to Haiti? What? You never been to Haiti? No, I ain't never been to Haiti. It's beautiful out there, huh? Use frequent five miles to go to Haiti? Yes. You want to go to places you've never been before. All that exotic stuff. There are a lot of places I ain't never been before. You been to Mexico? Yeah. No, you haven't. I have, we played a game in Mexico. That's not going to Mexico, that's for work. I'm talking about like, like going. No. I ain't been a lot of places. I let you, come with me to Mexico. No. Like, we good. I want to take you to Juarez. Not good. I want to take you to Sinaloa. No, I don't need to go nowhere. I don't need to go. I want to take you to Guadalajara. Nope, I don't need to go none either. I'm gonna fly Qantas. I'm gonna fly United Emirates, Qantas, and Singapore Air. Where you going? Somewhere where I can fly those. Nah, that sounds like it's too far for me. Mm-mm. I can do some things. Nah. Nah, but I would definitely watch Le'Veon and Logan Paul fight. I would. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. That's for sure. Absolutely. But I think the one guy, didn't some guy, some guy say he'd come down there and fight him. Oh yeah, the lineman, I forgot who it was. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you saw that too. Yeah, whoever it is, not Deion Dawkins, it was someone else, I can't remember his name. But I saw him on the mitts, I saw him on the mitts. He good on the mitts? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, Deion Dawkins was on the mitts, that was Deion Dawkins was on the mitts. It was another player too, I think. But this player here, I think he retired. You think he said he beat hell out of Logan and his brother. No, I ain't going no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm not going any place that's close. Dubai you know we got a whole lot of Dubai Yeah yeah As a matter of fact somebody was flying to Dubai I heard they had to turn the plane around For real Yeah Dude I wouldn be flying in that airspace right now anyway Hell no. Yeah, listen, I told you the best place to go. Ocho, ain't no hoot chat. Does anybody use frequent flyer miles to go to Puerto Rico, to go to Mexico, to go to Haiti? Listen. No, you use buddy passes. Nah, listen, I'm trying to get you to have the time of your life where you don't have to go that far. You right there. Every- That's the whole objective. I want to go far. I just want you to see my country, man. That's all. Far from the prying eyes. Man, please. Oh, we got a special guest joining us. Now it's time to welcome Nahir Albright. He had a great 10-round bout with Frank Martin that ended in the draw. Did you think you had done enough? Well, first of all, thanks for joining us. We really appreciate that. Did you think you did enough to get the win, to eke out a narrow victory? Yeah, I did. I felt like I definitely pulled it out by like a round or two. I mean, I knew it was a close fight. So, you know what I'm saying? Like, when they announced it, I was like, I can't be too mad. But I felt like I won. You bucked him early, though. You caught him early. I was like, damn, he might get old boy up out of here. Yeah. Hey, obviously, I'm sure you watched the fight by now and looking at some of the things you could have done and not allowing it to go to the judges' scorecard. I'm sure there will be a rematch. I'm not sure if you guys have talked about it. what things do you do based on what you've seen, watching what you did in the past fight, do you think you need to do in the next one if one comes about where it doesn't have to end up in the judge's scorecard or actually in the judge's hands where it won't be a draw and it goes in your favor? Yeah, I feel like I started kind of slow. I feel like, you know, if I put pressure on them earlier, you know what I'm saying, I could have definitely got the knockout. Let me ask you a question. What was going on with the mouthpiece? because I felt that you was giving him an opportunity with the mouthpiece. You was stopping the fight and getting him a chance to break. I was like, man, back down to the mouthpiece and keep the pressure on him. I know, yeah. So, like, I had, like, a cheap mouthpiece because, like, I had, like, a Walmart mouthpiece. I had a boy. I was going to say you with the Dixie got a mouthpiece, bro. It was a Walmart mouthpiece. And it was last minute. My other mouthpiece, I had lost it. So I heard up and grabbed a mouthpiece, bullied it down. And I was like, all right, I'm going to film me. go fight and then yeah Tim Brown came out I'm like damn you know what I'm saying what happened don't y'all have custom out pieces um at least I mean you get a custom outpiece uh for a couple for a little or nothing here you'll get a couple of mile pieces for like 250 300. I know yeah yeah for sure definitely in the future fights I'm ahead yeah also I have a question at your guys level I obviously the elite level when you think about your game plan going to the fight and saying, well, maybe if I did this, let's say you want to say, you know what, maybe if I press him a little bit more, doesn't that put yourself at risk, you know, being able to take chances like that, pressuring the fighter, knowing that he can exchange and punch through punches? Do you ever think about stuff like that where you started off slow, where you're a little bit more cautious because you're not tired yet, everyone is fresh? No, you're right. Like, you know, you definitely got to be strategic and things like that, but it was a lot of openings. Like when I went back and watched it, it was a lot of openings that I saw, you know, that I could have exploited. So that I'm saying in that aspect, I could have still started early because I saw like certain openings that I could have did. You know what I'm saying? I don't think you ever felt I don't really felt that you felt like like, oh, but he got power. I can't come in here. I mean, you walked in the front door. It wasn't like he hit you with anything that really got your attention. Nah, he called me with one good shot, probably in like, I think it was round five. It was like towards the end. Yeah, he called me with a good shot, feel me? It buzzed me a little bit. But I didn't mind that. I'm like, this is my opportunity. So look, he gonna have to do more than buzz me. I'm gonna keep coming all night. Like, that's my opportunity. So hey, it's gonna be what it's gonna be. That's my mindset. Right. So I'm not sure. I don't know if you can tell us, but obviously, superb, superior fight, great performance from you and with you having a performance like that, I think you should be able to get the fight you want to, especially depending on who you want to call out or who you want to fight. Is there anybody in mind, if you don't get a rematch right now with Frank, is there anybody you'd like to fight next? Yeah, to be honest, I want a world title shot. Like, feel me? Richardson Hitchens, Shakur Stevenson, anybody like Gary Russell, like all the champions that's in my week. Right. I'm trying to fight them. I feel like I'm ready right now. as Ocho mentioned you said okay you those are the guys that you want so you want those guys are you willing to bop it so are you going looking to bypass the rematch I don't know if there's a rematch clause or anything I don't know if there's they're clamoring for it but you say I want a title fight so are you looking past a potential rematch in order to move forward I mean if the if the rematch is there we could run it back because the fans the fans want to see that like you know me and I'm trying to entertain the fans and things like that. I'm going to give the fans what they want. Me and Frank could run it back, but if that's not there, I would love to fight for a title or, like I said, a title eliminator. How much time do you take off from the gym before you get back in there? Obviously, you want to give your body a chance to recover. I'm not saying you're injured, but obviously after a football game, you're sore. You're banged up. And so when it comes to boxing, after a fight like that, 10 rounds, how much time do you get yourself off to relax, take a vacation before you get back in the groove of things? Yeah, I just take off a week. That's it? Yeah. But like when I come back, though, I'm not like going crazy hard. Okay, okay, okay. Yeah, I'm going through the motions and stuff like that. But I take off a week where I'm like, I go get a massage. I'm soaking. You know what I'm saying? Resting, spending time with my daughter, things like that. Okay, that's right. How so are you after a fight? I mean, obviously, I mean, you're somewhat sore. You done got punched in your face. You got punched in the arm. You got punched in the chest. So if the sword is, are you more sore after the fight or say maybe the next couple of days? Nah, it take like two days to hit you. Like the first night, first night you feel it a little bit. You feel me a little too. But two days later, you feel like a car hit you, bro. I promise you. Like, you're like, dang, I thought I was good. Like, but nah. It sneak up on you. Like, definitely like two days later. Right. Yeah. You familiar with the Davis brother. Do you see yourself in a situation fighting Keyshawn? Yeah, I've been to Keyshawn Let's Run It Again. I've been to Keyshawn Let's Get It Popping. I guess his team it seemed like his team telling him not to fight me or something like that. I think he want to fight me too, but his team nah, just stop mentioning his name or something. You know what? We always talk about it. Uncle and I, we always talk about it. Obviously me being a boxing enthusiast. Do you think there are too many people in the way where fans want to see certain fights and boxers actually want to make those fights happen, but they have too many people that in the way of great fights actually happening? It seems like the team is in the way of the fans getting the fights that we want to actually see. Yeah, absolutely. It's a lot of business that goes into the boxing world and it definitely do block mega fights and stuff like that. Right. Yeah. You know, if you notice, Ocho, I don't know if you let me know what you think about this. Everybody talks about how they want to fight everybody. I fight everybody, everybody until they get the belt. And then they want to pick and choose who they fight. They don't want to fight everybody no more. Everybody says that because it sounds good. Yeah, I fight anybody. Whoever that 140, who's at 145, 135, I fight anybody. The moment they get a belt, no, I'm good. Right. But, but, but now here, Mr. Albright, isn't it, doesn't it become a business at that point? Once you do get a belt, whoever you do fight has to make sense from a business perspective and being able to maximize as much as you could, you can make because it's called prize fighting for a reason. Yeah. And once you get that belt, you're able to command a little bit more than normal, huh? Nah, yeah, that's true. Like you will want to make the mega fights instead of like fights that's not going to bring in as much money. Right. But I'm saying I feel like you got it. It's like you got to have on. You got to have it in you also to build a legacy. Get the fans what they want to see to like, you know, I'm saying I feel like when you fall in love with a sport like that, that's going to bring the biggest money. I'm saying when you really when you take shortcuts and like just try to chase the money, I feel like this is going like block your blessings for over. But yeah. would that Andre Ward say my legacy is what I leave for my family that's my legacy right but here's the thing Ocho you know how business works if you don't get to pee what they want soon enough you'll be out of business people want to see people want to see fights if the fights with you and Keyshawn or the fights with you and Shakur or the fights with you hey fight hey let's get it on because like you said Ocho it's what people want to see they're going to watch it and people will pay for sure definitely who were your inspirations growing up I'm sure you've been boxing for a very long time obviously watching your performance you were sharp as hell you were able to fight on the inside sitting in the pocket you were able to fight at distance so you have to have some inspirations that you look at that you study to be able to perfect your craft and stealing bits and pieces from them and adding them to your game yeah for sure I like Sugar Ray Leonard I like Sugar Ray I like all the sugars I like Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Chicken Mosley they all got that explosiveness smoothness so yeah I like well I'm sure you've heard the news by now we're not breaking news to you but in September I think September 16th Floyd Mayweather will take on Pacquiao Pacquiao too early prediction what you think how this thing is going to play out they're pretty much past their prime 48, 49 years of age two guys. It's on Netflix. It's going to be you know, what you thinking? I'm thinking, I think Floyd going to do what Floyd do. I think Floyd going to leave off right where he left. I think he going to pick Manny apart. That's my prediction. I think Floyd is a master at his craft. He going to pick up right where he left. Left off. Look, a lot of people say, man, I don't want to see that. I want to see Shakur and and Keyshawn, I want to see Shakur and Tank. I want to see a fight like that. Why we got to get guys – we got guys in their 20s that we should be – that got belts that we shouldn't have to wait for guys that's all damn near 50 years old about to get an ARP car to fight. You said you'll fight. Hey, hey, the man said you said you'll fight. Yeah, like give me a title shot now. I need a title shot now. Feel me? I'm here. So when are you looking? Okay, you just fought last week. So when are you looking to fight again? I think I'm actually scheduled to fight May 16th on RDR Promotions card. That's my current promoter, RDR Promotions. So it's going to be in Newark at the Prudential Center. So I don't have an opponent right now, but they're looking for somebody. Obviously, if you come off a fight against Frank Martin like that, when you fight again, you know, and you said in May? Yeah, May 16th. Would a fight like that be a tune-up for a bigger fight, maybe before the end of the year? Yeah. Or do you pick someone of the same caliber as like a Frank Martin? Nah, I think it's going to be more so like a tune-up to stay sharp. Yeah. And just waiting on either, like I said, a world title or Frank Martin again. I'm saying my prediction is I think me and Frank Martin are going to end up on a Floyd versus Pacquiao card. I'm putting I'm putting I'm putting I'm putting 20 yeah 2026 I'm putting it in the air me and Frank Morgan gonna be gonna be on Netflix fighting on the undercard of uh Floyd and Pacquiao I like that hey can you imagine Unk in Vegas huh Mr. Albright Frank Martin Albright too at the at the Las Vegas Spear Spear how you say it Unk Spear yeah that's right yeah I forgot to put How many times have you fought three times in a year? Because if you fight, you say you've got a potential tune-up May 16th, and then again you'll flip it around and do it again on September 16th. That'll be your third fight. How many times in, say, the last three, four years have you fought three times in a year? You got me there. It's been a couple years since I fought, like, feeling consistently like that. But I feel like the more you're active, it's the sharper you're going to be, though. So, like, that's working in my favor. So, yeah, it's never a bad thing. But you remember the guys that you mentioned? Guys used to fight back in the 70s, 60s, 70s. Guys used to fight three, four, five times in a year. Yeah, used to fight, like, every other month for real. 18. For real, yeah. But I think the thing is now, Neer, is that the payday is so big because they weren't making the money like you guys make now. And so now you can fight once or twice and get the money that they were getting and they'd have to fight six, seven times to make the money that you guys are making fighting once or twice. So I get it. If I don't have to take that unnecessary risk by fighting multiple times, three, four times in a year, because that's what Floyd normally fights. He's Cinco de Mayo, and then he fights in the fall. That's it. Yeah. Yeah. I like it. Where are you training at? What stage you in? I'm at Jersey. Oh, you're right down the street. You're right down the street. I'm going to have to. I'm going to come down there and get some work with you, man. Oh, yeah, for sure, bro. You trying to spark? Yeah, I mean, if that's what you want, I only use my jab hand, though. All right. Hey, hey, hey. I mean, don't do it too bad. Just hit him in the body. Don't mess this up. Just hit him in the body. All right, for sure. I'm good. I'm good. Just don't. I mean, take a little something off it. Nah, nah, nah, nah. You ain't got to put that barbecue. Don't put that barbecue sauce. Don't put that barbecue sauce. that sweet and sour on it. It's good. I like chicken nuggets. Whatever he bring is going to get blocked. Okay. We good. Yeah, man. Well, I want to say congratulations, but that was a great fight. It was a draw. You didn't get the outcome that you wanted, but you didn't lose. You didn't lose. Naheer Albright, good luck down the road, man. So hopefully, if you have the tune-up in May, come back and talk to us. All right, for sure. Can I sing a song for the ladies on this drum? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hold on, hold on. Sing that thing. You know I sing too. We can do it. Word? Word? Yeah. 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