David Benavidez Meets Fresh&Fit
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Summary
David Benavidez is one of the hottest names in boxing. He is a three-time world champion, the youngest man to hold the WBC, WBA, and IBF middleweight titles. He has 24 knockouts in his pro career and is 15-0 in his professional career. He has been in Miami for a few months now and has been training at the Boxer Gym in South Beach, Florida. We are so proud to have him in the house and are excited for him to fight Canelo Alvarez on Saturday, April 26th at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Miami Beach. Tickets are on sale now for $100 for general admission and $200 for VIP tickets are available for $150. Stay tuned for the live show on the 26th in Miami on April 26, 2019 at Hard Rock Stadium. Tickets are available now! Canelo vs. Canelo is a super middleweight title fight that will take place on May 5th, 2019 in Las Vegas, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Tickets go on sale on Friday, March 15, 2019. If you are a fan of Canelo, you should definitely check it out! . We are going to have a live show at The Hard Rock in Miami, Miami, Florida on the 27th, so make sure to get your tickets early and get a seat before the doors open at 6pm on the 25th, April 27, so you don t miss it! We'll see you in person on the 28th, May 30th, 2020. We're looking forward to seeing you there. . . . We can't wait to see you there on the 29th and the 31st, May 9, 2020 in Miami! , May 9th, , and May 10, May 14, . Let us know who you want to be there? Thank you so much for listening to this episode of the Freshman Podcast! Love y'all! -Mateo & Mateo -The Freshman PODCAST - Thanks for listening! -P.S. -Manny & David Benavides - The Freshman Pod - Thank you for tuning in! - Thank You for listening? -PODCAST: -BENAVIDEZ: The Best of the Best? -The Best of The Best - The Best in the World?
Transcript
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We got Mateo in the house and David Benavidez, one of the hottest names in boxers.
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Also, CastleClub.tv that has all of our content, as you guys know.
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They're on Castle Club and on Rumble for obvious reasons.
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So make sure to check us out over there, man, if you want the whole backlog of everything.
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April 26th here in Miami, guys, in South Beach.
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It's going to be a live show with us, other guests as well, a lot of girls too as well.
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So stay tuned for it, and we'll see you guys there.
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You're going to get a live show, get to meet us in person.
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And you guys have been asking us to do more live shows.
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So it's going to be our first one that we're doing by ourselves.
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So make sure to come out and check it out, man.
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So we're trying to get as many of you guys in there that we can meet y'all.
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Yes, we know who you are, brother, but tell the audience who you are.
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I'm three-time world champion, 168 pounds, WBC, number one.
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Actually, the number one behind Canelo, trying to fight Canelo.
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You don't want to give me the opportunity, but we're still doing our thing, man.
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We're still putting in the work, you know, showing everybody who the best is and, you know, just making my dreams come true day by day.
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David Benavidez has been in Miami for the last couple of months now.
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It's a true honor to have a world champion like this.
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You know, we're getting ready for something big, and he's going to talk about that.
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So we linked up a couple of days ago at the car show that you guys had at Boxer Gym.
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And as well, you trained my guys to network for boxing.
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So they were asking about how you grew up, your childhood, things like that as well.
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My brother, Jose Benavidez, he's the one who really started this boxing, so I gotta give, you know, it all up to my brother because he's the one, he's the reason why I'm here.
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You know, basically the story is little brother wanted to be like the big brother.
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Some stuff happened, but I carried the name ourselves, and now we're here.
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We're here fighting the best, three-time world champion.
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I was the youngest ever in history to win the Super Middleweight Championship.
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I've been working extremely hard, and I actually got my nickname from Mike Tyson himself, the Mexican Monster.
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I'm very happy with the way things are going now.
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So like I said, you know, me just trying to be like my older brother.
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My father started us, you know, started, my brother's five years older than me.
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And then when I think at that time, I was like two years old.
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He started at five, you know, trained when he was seven.
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I remember my dad used to train us in the garage.
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My dad used to train us in the house, in the garage, and I remember I was at two years old.
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I used to go peek in the garage, see my brother train, and my dad one day said, you know, come in.
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My dad, in his head, you know, he was involved with gangs and all that stuff back then.
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If that ever happened, that he knew that my brother would take care of me and he knew that I would take care of my family.
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And that's basically how my life has been, man.
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I have 25 years boxing and I loved every single day of it.
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So take us through, first of all, how'd you guys meet?
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So the crazy story is I've known this guy since I was 13 years old because I got invited to train at the Wild Card Gym where Pacquiao was training because my brother was training there.
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My brother was a top prospect, best in the world, and then he got invited to train with Manny Pacquiao.
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I had stopped boxing for a year, and then when I was 12 years old, I went over there.
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I started training, and I remember I went to Bancroft in Hollywood, and I remember seeing this kid.
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He used to wear a gray sweater, an Adidas duffel bag, and then I'd always end up seeing him at the gym.
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You know, but I always related to the guy even since back then because his father was like my father.
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If you fuck up, I'm going to slap you until you get it right.
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And his dad was like that until I remember seeing him.
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And then when I came, I moved over here to Miami, so I was hitting him up.
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And we were there and we started talking about stuff.
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Now he's talking and then, you know, we ended up finding out that there was a dude that I seen that used to go to Bancroft.
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I really do feel like God brought me out here for a reason, you know, because now I'm at the best gym in the world.
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In the world, you know, he has his, you know, the way his gym is set up, I've been to a lot of gyms everywhere, and I feel like he has the best gym in the world.
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And I'm doing my thing, you know, I'm the best in the world too, so now we come together, and now we can combine both our forces and go tackle our dreams, you know, together.
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So what made you say, you know what, I gotta get out to Miami?
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With me, I've never been that type of individual that wants to stay in one place.
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I feel like the world is big enough where you have to travel.
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I originally from Phoenix, I moved to North Hollywood, then I moved to Long Beach.
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Then I moved back to Phoenix, then I moved to Las Vegas, then I moved to Oregon, and then I moved to Seattle, and now I'm in Miami.
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He's one of the top fitness trainers, a strength and conditioning trainer.
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You know, we still have the house, and now we're over here because...
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Right now, I'm financially stable enough to, you know, buy multiple properties.
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I feel like I got a cousin out here, too, that he lives here.
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So I thought, I might as well just come over here.
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How important is it for athletes to, you know, invest in themselves while they're earning the money so that they can create a future?
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I feel like it's very important because right now, especially for me, I'm just trying to buy, every fight I'm trying to buy a property, renting them out, making income where I don't have to do nothing.
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You know, because of boxing life, bro, to be honest, it's not a long life.
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I've been professional since I was 16 years old.
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You know, spending money on trips and all that.
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But when the money's not coming back in, you know, you got to look at something like, well, I need to make money somehow because boxing is not going to last our whole lives.
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This fight, I'm going to buy another property, too.
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Are you buying single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes?
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Condo, single-family home, but now we're looking into the duplex.
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Those are the ones where you make the most money at.
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I'm getting into that, but I want to get a restaurant.
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I want a restaurant, and now that I'm in the position to actually make that happen, then that's the way we're going towards it.
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Would you open it up here in Miami or where would you?
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The beautiful thing about me being in so much places, I know so much people everywhere.
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I can go to Miami, Seattle, Phoenix, Vegas, everywhere.
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I know a lot of people everywhere and, you know, I think everything will be successful everywhere I've been.
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So, as a fighter, right, everyone wants to know the routine of a fighter.
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So, Matteo and David, how can you speak to this for the audience?
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There's a regular training just to get in shape.
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Or there's a world-class training camp, a championship training camp.
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A championship training camp is me, how I get ready, how I'm doing it right now.
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Then I do conditioning and weight training at night.
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We go hard every day, every single day, because at this level that I'm fighting at right now, You can't take any day off because there's killers.
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I'm not going to put everything into my training camp.
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I'm not going to not put everything into my training camp because this is my passion.
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You have to put everything into your passion to see your dreams come true.
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And that's why I feel like I've been so successful.
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You know, I've had a lot of turmoils in my career.
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I've been up and down, up and down, but I've never gave up on myself.
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And I'm still here, and it's for a reason, because I love what I do, and I'm never going to give up on myself.
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So you mentioned that it takes you about 90 days if you've got a fight coming to get in shape.
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Honestly, it's not that it takes me 90 days to get in shape.
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I train more because I want to make sure everything is...
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Clean and polished by the time I get in the ring.
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You can do a training camp in six weeks, five weeks.
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And you got to make sure you work 100% on everything.
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By the time you get in that fight, there shouldn't be no room for no mistakes.
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And now I'm at the doorstep with something big.
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I'm fighting for another title at another weight class.
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So by the time this fight is done, I'm going to have four of those.
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And then we're still trying to look for that Canelo fight.
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Canelo is all that bullshit, like, oh, he needs to be respectful.
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Listen, I'm not going to bow my knee to nobody because I've earned my shot for the belts.
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The only reason this fight isn't happening is because he wants fucking $150, $200 million, which is absurd.
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Not even the promotion company makes money like that.
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So that's just basically telling me that he's scared.
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The thing about this, I try not to say much because if I say I'm scared, if I say he's scared, people say I'm a hater.
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I beat the people that tell me to beat so you can fight for the title.
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Can you explain to the audience what the mandatory is?
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So when you're waiting in line, there's a ranking list.
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Once you reach that number one shot, that number one spot, you have to fight for the title.
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And I beat him back to back and I still haven't got a chance, you know.
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But I feel like Canelo right now, he's a money man right now.
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You know, even if you're not the champion, the sanction fee is 3%.
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Boxing is really political when it comes to that.
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Because a lot of people watch MMA and they think, oh, well, isn't boxing similar when it comes to picking fights and setting things up, etc.?
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What's the main difference between the two when it comes to setting up fights?
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Because for a lot of people, it's like, okay, it's a no-brainer.
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So the one thing about it is it's politics and it's promotion companies.
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You see the UFC. I have a lot of respect for the UFC, by the way.
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Boxing, you got PBC, you got Dazzin, you got Golden Boy, and now you got the Saudis.
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The promotion companies, they don't want to share the pot.
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Imagine if we make a hundred million dollars or whatever, you gotta split it.
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I mean, it does make sense sometimes, but at the end of the day, they want to keep it within themselves.
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And now it's getting a little bit better where the fighters come together and make the fights happen.
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But if a fighter doesn't want to happen, like a fighter doesn't want to make the fight happen like Canelo, there's really nothing nobody could do about it.
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He had signed a contract that he was going to have three fights.
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Charlo, and then I was supposed to be the third one.
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And what the people, they tell me, like, bro, we can't force this guy to fight you.
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If he doesn't want to fight you, there's nothing we can do.
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So I'm in the position right now, but I'm not really too bummed out about it.
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If anything, when I keep winning and keep beating these guys impressively, the fight's going to be even bigger when it happens.
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If the Canelo fight doesn't happen, would you consider moving up in a weight class?
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This next fight, I'm moving up to weight class.
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Before I say anything about the next fight, it's going to be fucking big.
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Me and Gervonta Davis are fighting in a card together.
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It's probably going to be the biggest card of the year.
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I don't know where yet, but it's going to be big.
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And that's going to put me in the number one spot to fight the winner.
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When I was growing up and I had this dream, my dream was never, oh, I'm going to fight Canelo, I'm going to be done.
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My dream was being the best and being the greatest in my generation.
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Is it because your fighting style counter is his?
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I think it's just that he knows I'm a dog, bro.
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I've been making a lot of money since I was young.
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It's about becoming undisputed super middleweight champion of the world.
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I've barely started my training camp, but I've already been training for two months.
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I want to show him that greatness can be achieved if you really dedicate yourself.
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There should be a poll for these promotion companies where the audience says, hey, we want this fight to happen.
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In boxing, in the world of boxing, that's the only thing they're talking about right now.
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The thing is, somebody like David right now, he's a threat in boxing.
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So for Canelo, he's taking a risk going up against somebody like him.
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At the age of 27, we've been working in the gym, and he's cracking harder than most boys in that weight division that have been there for a long time, even all the way up to heavyweight.
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So when you have somebody like that that's a threat, that's not worried about the money, and that's willing to actually get in there and put a performance on for the people, that just shows and proves that the man is willing to do whatever it takes because of the love of the sport for his people, for his family,
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And then to be honest with you, when I heard that number, 150, 200 million, bro, not even Mayweather and Pacquiao got the...
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What that sounds like to me is he's getting ready for retirement.
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Canelo, he's getting ready to retire with that.
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I'm not coming to play, bro, and I'm not going to lay down for nobody.
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That's why he's doing interviews saying like all...
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I don't know if you guys are aware of it, but he gave the opportunity to Jaime Munguia.
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Jaime Munguia is only his second fight at super middleweight.
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I've been the gatekeeper, bro, fucking waiting for that opportunity.
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And then the excuse was to Canelo that why he gave up Jaime Mungu the opportunity.
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He's like, oh, because he's been really respectful.
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And he said he don't want to fight any other Mexicans.
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If y'all did a fight in Mexico City or something, they'll go crazy.
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So he did a press conference saying he was going to fight three more years.
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So I don't understand what this guy is saying, bro.
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Like, honestly, I feel like he's just losing a lot of respect from his people, the boxing world.
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I just got to keep working and keep fighting for my spot.
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You guys can see what the camp is kind of looking like.
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And recently, you met Jake Paul at Boxer Gym as well, right?
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And I went to his fight in Phoenix when he was fighting Anderson Silva.
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You know, respect for all his people, Andrew, all them people over there.
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And I'm just happy to be around these type of people.
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Yeah, let's play the video real quick, and then I got a question after.
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Makes me realize that my dreams are actually really close.
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And just enjoying what God put on this earth for us, man.
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He's so long, fat, fluid, having fun, good defense.
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We like to enjoy our cars, all the stupid cars of life and luck.
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Always come here ready to work, good spirits, good mindset, good mentality.
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No, I mean, obviously, uh, you know, you came to Miami to work.
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A lot of people come here to party and just hang out and shit.
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Like, you're here training every single day, going hard in the paint, so...
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To be honest with you, I'm going to tell you how it is.
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Jake Paul, I have a lot of respect for Jake Paul because he's an influencer.
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But when I see his training videos, bro, he's actually training like a professional boxer.
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He is a professional boxer, but he's training like he really wants it.
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A man that trains like that is dangerous because he has a dream to come true.
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And only a dream that he answers to himself that he has to make it come true.
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You know, Mike Tyson is older, but don't get it fucked up.
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The thing that I like about this fight is that Mike Tyson, he's going to get a fucking bag for this fight.
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You know, it's going to be a tough fight for him.
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If Mike don't come prepared, it's going to be a tough fight for him.
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Jake has been improving every single fight, but Mike Tyson is still Mike Tyson.
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I'm going to be there in support, but, you know, whatever happens, happens.
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I know a lot of people in boxing always ask me, who do you think is going to win?
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So, I'm happy that Mike Tyson is able to still make that money from the fight.
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You gotta think about it like this, you know, Jake's a smart businessman, right?
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So, in order to get somebody like Mike Tyson, you know, to fight against, if you think about it, and let's just say I drop a name right now, Shakur Stevenson.
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No, so to the average person, you don't know who that is.
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But if you go to India, into some bad area or ghetto, and you say Mike Tyson, they're going to say, I know that person.
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He's setting it up in a way that, you know, he obviously got the money or he got the investors to be able to put this together correctly and maximize as much as possible because the name is the draw card.
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And then by having Netflix involved to do the fight rather than any other platform that's going on...
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Are any, cause like, you mentioned, I think there were four, Daz and Goldenboy, what was the other two again?
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Like they're creating a whole boxing infrastructure over there, you're right.
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To try to like compete with Dubai's like entertainment place.
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Have you ever, like I've never seen this before, Netflix getting involved with boxing like this.
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Never, I think it's just a new, it's a new, it's a new thing now.
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So, I mean, these people, they have a lot of people that, you know, that tunes into their stuff, like around the world, you know, Amazon and Netflix.
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So, I think that's just going to be overall bigger and better for this point.
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Do you think streaming is the future, like pay-per-views are done now?
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And then the also thing that I like about these deals that other people aren't really considering is that it's going to be harder to steal the pay-per-views.
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Because if you think about it, Netflix and Amazon, they don't want to get their money taken from them.
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You have to have a membership to be able to even watch it so it's a secure.
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So now that's even better for the fighters, you know?
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So, and there's, bro, there's a lot of, I fought pay-per-view fights and most of them get stolen by the streams.
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And every fighter, every pay-per-view counts because that's how you get your money.
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Mateo, if I remember correctly, wasn't that one of your ideas for Netflix?
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Like, in the end of the day, you know, every single person that's around right now, you got Netflix on your phone, you got Netflix in your house.
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So they're very smart on how they've organized it and orchestrated it to this way because boxing was dependent on HBO, Showtime, ESPN, and they're all diving now.
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So now they're working on Amazon Prime and now they're working on Netflix, which are the two biggest platforms in the world, apart from YouTube.
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It's crazy how conventional cable television is pretty much gone.
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I mean, I remember you'd have to pay for the pay-per-view and watch, whether it was wrestling or boxing or whatever, maybe you had to pay for the pay-per-view.
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So, we had one of the guys you were training, actually, on CEO Network, my boy Peter.
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He said, how many amateur fights did you have before you turned pro?
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To be honest with you, that's where it gets funny for me, because I always never...
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My dad used to be mad, super mad, because we used to go to the tournaments.
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There'd be nobody in my weight class, so that's why I would never fight.
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But I was always in the gym working extremely hard.
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I'm going to tell you a little story of how it happened, too.
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They divorced when I was like 7 years old and then my dad and my brother ended up taking off to California when I was like 10 to train with Freddie Roach.
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So imagine I had trained my whole life up to this point so I had a whole time off.
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And I remember clearly, really vividly, I looked at myself in the mirror before I went to school one day and I was just so fucking chubby, bro.
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I feel like I'm going to hit a point where I do something about my weight and I lose it or I just keep eating and I'll probably never come back from that.
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And my mom understood, you know, because that's a big thing, too.
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Like, obesity and stuff, and you don't work out, bro.
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If you just leave it unattended, bro, you get to a point where there's no return.
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Would you say your environment changed a lot, too, helped with that process?
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Yeah, because my mom, she wasn't, she wasn't, uh, didn't work out or nothing.
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But, you know, I mean, I got to the point, and then I went to California.
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And then this guy used to see me put in work, too.
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Freddie Roach asked him to stay there so he could train him.
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Does your brother still fight now, or does he manage you?
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My dad and my brother used to tell everybody at the gym, like, you think my son Jose is good?
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And then that shit, like, I would turn red, bro.
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I'm like, wait till you guys fucking see me spar.
00:32:18.000
The first day of sparring, I spar some big fucking, big buff dude.
00:32:25.000
And people, then that's when people start paying attention.
00:32:33.000
I started sparring Lateef Coyote, Cruiserweight Champion.
00:32:36.000
Fucking put in work with him, throw down with him.
00:32:38.000
Kid Chocolate, the middleweight champion of the world, throw down with him.
00:32:51.000
And then after that, I got invited to Big Bear, 15 years old.
00:32:59.000
We had such great fucking sparring sessions, me and that guy.
00:33:02.000
And I give it up to Gennady Golovkin because when I think about role models, that's who I want to be.
00:33:08.000
He wasn't cocky at all, but that motherfucker was a killer.
00:33:19.000
Animal in the ring, but outside the ring, the nicest person.
00:33:26.000
Before he even made his U.S. debut, he was from Kazakhstan.
00:33:31.000
If you guys knew boxing, you'd understand the severity of who Golovkin was.
00:33:36.000
And then I ended up being his main sparring partner.
00:33:39.000
So from 16 to 19 years old, I was working with that guy.
00:33:43.000
Every sparring session me and him had were real fights.
00:33:48.000
So by the time I ended up figuring this guy out, everybody else became easy.
00:33:54.000
I'm very grateful for Golovkin because he himself put me on a different level.
00:33:58.000
Well, I can tell just how you meet people, interact.
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Even in the elevator, you're like, hey, is that your kids?
00:34:08.000
I just feel like, bro, sometimes some people try to act tough because they're really scared.
00:34:15.000
I feel like I get to live the best of both worlds.
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But if you fuck around with me, I'm going to fuck you up.
00:34:30.000
There's some people, bro, that are just really big-headed.
00:34:36.000
Sometimes when you take ego out of the situation, you get to live your life more comfortably.
00:34:46.000
I mean, obviously that's like the cornerstone of boxing, but I think people kind of underrate how important that is versus just hitting mitts.
00:34:52.000
No, sparring is not only hitting, it's catching the timing, working footwork.
00:35:00.000
And then also, too, you start to, in sparring, You feel that.
00:35:06.000
And it's something different about when you're a top level fighter.
00:35:09.000
Like with me, you go in there, you let that animal out.
00:35:17.000
You got to practice fucking not caring about people and beating the shit out of them.
00:35:20.000
Because how I say it, it's either they get me or I get them.
00:35:23.000
You know, and I'm never going to let them get me.
00:35:25.000
You know, they're always going to be the ones getting taken out.
00:35:28.000
So it's always just practicing that, you know, just on...
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Sometimes you don't even got to work hard, but just, you know, practicing the shots, head movement, defense.
00:35:39.000
I was going to ask you, so you said you spar like every day, right?
00:35:49.000
So, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, you spar, and then Tuesdays and Thursdays, you're doing, like, lifting weights or running?
00:35:54.000
So, I'm training boxing throughout the whole week, and then, yeah, it's Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, we do strained and conditioning.
00:36:02.000
Because also, too, boxing and training takes a toll on the body.
00:36:07.000
Strained and conditioning, shout out to Earl, what's his last name?
00:36:21.000
Shout out to all my people who have been training me for a long, long time.
00:36:28.000
And as time goes by, you know, I have 25 years boxing.
00:36:33.000
Now it's not really more about putting in the work as hard.
00:36:42.000
You're just free fighting or is it like, okay, I'm going to work on the hook here.
00:36:52.000
I was going to ask, how often are you hard sparring?
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At the end of the day, bro, if you're scared of getting hit, getting marks on your face, this shit is not for you, brother.
00:37:08.000
I wear this shit as a fucking, as a prize, man.
00:37:13.000
I love people to see me, but damn, that guy's fucking, he really goes in.
00:37:17.000
So this is just the price you have to pay sometimes.
00:37:19.000
Sometimes you be sore as fuck, you can't go, but you tell yourself, you know, I'm not going to give up.
00:37:25.000
Even in the sparring and in the training, people don't realize the fight is the easy part.
00:37:31.000
It's staying consistent mentally plus physically throughout that camp time that he was explaining, that 11 weeks.
00:37:39.000
And then you've got to try and avoid injuries at the same time.
00:37:43.000
And that's why he's saying as you get to that higher standard, recovery is so important.
00:37:47.000
And at the same time, you don't know what you're up against in sparring.
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It could be light sparring, it could be heavy sparring.
00:37:53.000
I was gonna ask, how often are you hard sparring?
00:37:55.000
When I get towards the end, like seven, eight weeks, it's all hard.
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It just depends if I'm friends with the guy or whatever.
00:38:05.000
A lot of fighters can actually practice things that you wouldn't necessarily do in the fight.
00:38:17.000
Before it goes out, you can actually practice on it and then do the final copy.
00:38:23.000
Because, for example, there was a fight between, I think it was Tank and Ryan Garcia.
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And someone said there was a leak with Ryan's injury that he was seen in sparring with the injury.
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And they told, well, I don't know if it's true, Tank, about that injury.
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Sometimes you get hit with shots and, you know, like, even, like, I got a little cut, you know, I'm getting cut here.
00:38:47.000
But at the end of the day, they're still trying to knock you off.
00:38:48.000
Sometimes, like Ryan, in his case, he said he got hit with a body shirt.
00:38:57.000
Sometimes you get hit to the body and you feel like this shit's broken, but it's not.
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So it's just different stuff, and that's where recovery comes in place.
00:39:05.000
But there's been times, bro, where I fucking rolled my ankle running bad.
00:39:15.000
If it's really up to the training camp and the trainers, if they think you can't go on with the show, then cancel it.
00:39:22.000
If there's still enough time where you can recover and then go into the fight, then it's really up to the team and the manager.
00:39:35.000
The Bohemian Grove and everything else like that.
00:39:37.000
To be honest with you, Ryan Garcia, I know him personally...
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I don't feel like he's doing it the right way, though, because he's talking about some topics that are really crazy, you know what I mean?
00:39:52.000
Maybe in his head he's trying to bring light to those situations, and I don't know what he's doing, but when the fight happens...
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Because people are going to be like, is Ryan good?
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And me, personally, I don't think that's doing it the right way.
00:40:17.000
I've never seen anyone kind of go that route of, you know, I was at the Bohemian Grove.
00:40:28.000
I feel like with him, he knows how to keep his name in the headlines.
00:40:38.000
He's probably gonna make a bag, so I don't know.
00:40:41.000
Yeah, I can read some of these chats real quick.
00:41:01.000
David, would you ever move up to 175 after beating Canelo?
00:41:04.000
Do you think Bival or Biter Viv would be great fights?
00:41:10.000
Yeah, so this fight right now that I'm going to fight at 175 is fighting for the interim belt.
00:41:15.000
It's going to put me in position to fight for the winner of Berger, Bia, and Bivol.
00:41:18.000
And like I said, bro, I don't think that fight with Canelo is going to happen.
00:41:24.000
And these guys, the ones at 175, they're some killers.
00:41:27.000
So now my mind is 100% set on them, focus on them, and we'll see what happens.
00:41:38.000
But at the end of the day, what I want to tell people is sometimes these fights or whatever it might be going in your life, if it sounds scary, the leap forward, it might seem scary.
00:41:51.000
Because the greatness and what's going to be achieved on the other side is much more greater than you being scared.
00:42:00.000
Fresh and Fit attorney goes, anytime a fat goblin hobbit chick introduces herself on After Hours, Chris and Moe put, I'm an optimist, bro.
00:42:10.000
Jay's Todd goes, David, can you name what you think is one of Gervonta's greatest weaknesses in the ring?
00:42:19.000
Gervonta is the best in the world for a reason.
00:42:33.000
Anthony Durrell was tough because he was really seasoned.
00:42:39.000
Okay, my toughest fight is when I fought for the world champion.
00:42:42.000
I'm going to give you the whole rundown of the story before that happened.
00:42:51.000
Then somebody was supposed to fight, but then that fight got canceled, and then they put me in there for the world title fight.
00:43:07.000
But in my head, I'm thinking, what if he wouldn't want me to stop?
00:43:12.000
The week of that fight, I swear to God to you, bro, I had a fucking...
00:43:17.000
I have a nightmare where I have a demon putting a pillow over my face and trying to kill me.
00:43:23.000
And I wake up with a pillow on my face like that.
00:43:47.000
The fighter, but because of everything I went through.
00:43:53.000
And that shit just alone, bro, you're trying to prepare for the biggest fight of your life.
00:43:57.000
And then that hits you, bro, literally two weeks before the fight, two or three weeks.
00:44:02.000
That shit just fucked me up, but like I said, bro, I'm going to do this for my family.
00:44:06.000
I know he's not here with us no more, but I know he would want me to continue, and he wouldn't want me to break down.
00:44:14.000
20 years old, the youngest to ever do it at this weight class.
00:44:23.000
Okay, what advice could you give to an amateur boxer looking to compete and win on a national scale?
00:44:28.000
How do I develop the courage to compete with the best?
00:44:32.000
So to be honest with you bro, how you go about that is you got to really make the decision if this is what you want for your life.
00:44:39.000
If this is what you want for your life, you want to be a world champion.
00:44:43.000
Once you make that and your mind up about that, every single day, Work as hard as you can.
00:44:54.000
If you really want to be on your phone, watch nothing but boxers.
00:44:59.000
You know, I feel like this is a big issue with the youth today.
00:45:02.000
They're fucking getting brainwashed with their phone and they don't even know it.
00:45:05.000
They see TikTok and all this shit, but they're not gaining nothing from it.
00:45:15.000
So if you really want to be the best, instead of watching bullshit, watch boxing all day.
00:45:20.000
What fight would you recommend people to watch, to learn, as far as like...
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I mean, every fight's going to have something that you can learn from.
00:45:28.000
But what do you think is one of the most educational fights?
00:45:30.000
One of the most educational fights that shows what type of heart you need to have to be a champion is Diego Corrales versus Castillo 1.
00:45:48.000
That is the best, the greatest display of heart, will, never giving up.
00:45:53.000
This man, he was Diego Corrales, you know, God rest his soul, he's not with us no more.
00:46:03.000
They were about to stop at the last round and he comes back and stops the guy in the 10th round.
00:46:08.000
So if you really want to learn how to be a technician, watch Mayweather's fights.
00:46:12.000
Mayweather will teach you how to be a technician.
00:46:23.000
So these defenses, they're not there for no reason.
00:46:26.000
The Philly Shell competes with the regular guard because this guard right here, as you can see, you can hit the body.
00:46:35.000
If you're really advanced, you know how to go around that.
00:46:57.000
I just watched Floyd do it all day and I'm just like, what the Very effective, but if you see it, he's not just blocking like this.
00:47:02.000
He's using his legs, he's using his head movement, he's using a lot of shit.
00:47:06.000
If somebody wants to learn how to box, watch Mayweather.
00:47:09.000
He's so technical and he does everything great.
00:47:16.000
Honestly, sometimes you have to set up shots to get the power shot.
00:47:22.000
The most important part is setting up the power shot.
00:47:25.000
Sometimes you want to throw up here to keep their hands up here so you go downstairs.
00:47:52.000
Even if you just watch him, he's a very lightweight fighter.
00:47:56.000
Bro, I'm going to give you a list of names of the boxers.
00:48:01.000
And when you see this guy at 40 years old and the way he moves and distributes the punches, the man cracks like a welterweight, you know?
00:48:24.000
And, you know, we sit there, we watch, and we see him in real life, and it's like, damn, you know, you learn a lot of these different styles and arsenals, and you implement it into your own craft.
00:48:43.000
But also, the thing I wanted to tell a lot of people too, bro, especially young kids.
00:48:48.000
Bro, with me, it was never a sure thing for me, bro.
00:48:52.000
The only reason I didn't is my dad didn't let me.
00:48:59.000
That's why I give all the credit to my dad because if it wasn't for that man, bro, I don't know where I'd be.
00:49:05.000
He's like, I'm not going to let you stop boxing.
00:49:09.000
I honestly thought my dad hated me because I'm four years old, wake up five in the morning, run fucking two miles, go to school, come back, train.
00:49:22.000
The only thing I remember is Getting my ass beat because I didn't want to train.
00:49:38.000
Sometimes, as kids, we don't know where we're going to end up.
00:49:46.000
With me, I didn't know I was going to be world champion, bro.
00:49:56.000
If I don't put 100% into it and I walk away, that's what's going to fuck me up in the future.
00:50:02.000
I grew up in a household like that, too, where my dad pushed me a lot, and I grew up hating him.
00:50:06.000
But then as I became older, I started to appreciate and say, God damn.
00:50:11.000
Do you think the reason why your father pushed you so hard was, you mentioned that he was involved in criminal activity before.
00:50:17.000
Was it to keep you away from the streets, you think?
00:50:25.000
You know, and I have a lot of respect for him because of that.
00:50:28.000
Because when I was growing up, I didn't know that.
00:50:30.000
But now that I see how the streets are, I see how people are, bro.
00:50:33.000
My dad, at the end of the day, was just protecting us.
00:50:35.000
And he didn't want us to go the wrong route that he had went.
00:50:42.000
People really underestimate the importance of fathers, man.
00:50:45.000
I've always said, like, a good dad will keep their sons out of jail and their daughters off shore poles.
00:50:49.000
You know, obviously, he instilled that mindset in you.
00:51:02.000
And then another thing I'm proud about too, my dad bought his house.
00:51:09.000
And that's why I'm so proud of that not only I am able to live good, but my dad is living fucking comfortably.
00:51:20.000
What do you do for work while you were growing up?
00:51:27.000
I remember my dad used to sell fucking cigars, sell cigarettes.
00:51:35.000
My dad made me hit the block, sell the whole movies.
00:51:43.000
Even when the girls came out, we'd go to California, get them, make me hit the whole fucking block where I lived.
00:51:53.000
I would eat the chocolates, I'd wear the grills.
00:51:59.000
And then my dad ended up being a manager at a gym in Central Boxing Gym.
00:52:06.000
That's why I had all my youth of boxing in Phoenix, Arizona.
00:52:09.000
And now I'm really proud because they did a mural of me, my father, my brother outside the gym.
00:52:18.000
My dad, he was always going to get it regardless.
00:52:22.000
He always made opportunities for himself and for us.
00:52:33.000
And guys, get your questions in now because we're going to end the show soon.
00:52:38.000
What are your thoughts on the future of boxing as a sport and what's the most challenging aspect of being a boxer?
00:52:44.000
I feel like the future of boxing right now is getting extremely huge because now, back then...
00:52:50.000
You wouldn't see fighters making $100 million, $200 million.
00:52:54.000
Now it's more revolving on Canelo asked for $200 million.
00:53:04.000
So now it's more, we have a bigger audience now.
00:53:08.000
You know, and now a lot of people could really make a lot of money off of this, bro.
00:53:15.000
Yeah, YouTubers are getting into it like it's huge.
00:53:19.000
That's why I never had a problem with the YouTubers getting into boxing.
00:53:23.000
If we can motivate somebody to get in the ring and actually do it themselves, that's what we want.
00:53:28.000
Sometimes people give YouTubers shit because they're making a lot of money, but bro, they're looking up to us.
00:53:37.000
Because some kids will never get into it, but seeing their favorite creator get into boxing is like, oh wow, this is dope.
00:53:41.000
Because I remember before, there was always the criticism, oh, boxing's a dying sport, blah, blah, blah.
00:54:09.000
Yeah, and you gotta remember, like, it's not just men, too.
00:54:23.000
Question, what is the minimum amount of, I guess, wins you should have, amateur, before you go pro, you think?
00:54:29.000
Like me, I only had 15 fights, and I turned pro.
00:54:32.000
It's just, if you're ready to go professional, you're ready to go professional.
00:54:35.000
There's some kids, bro, in New Mexico, 15 years old.
00:54:38.000
They don't have the ways to make money, so boxing provides them with the money, and they feed their family, and these kids don't have no amateur experience.
00:54:57.000
You apply for a professional book or a professional license.
00:55:01.000
You have to have a team and if they approve it, you just do the test, scan your head, all that stuff.
00:55:31.000
Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, the list goes on and on, bro.
00:55:34.000
I really love boxing, so I know about all these boxers, but there's just been so much great.
00:55:40.000
And I'm just, in this position I'm in, I'm very happy for myself to even be in the same, you know, doing the same thing that my idols were doing when they were my age.
00:55:51.000
Do you think Tyson's going to bring the peekaboo style when he fights Jake?
00:55:58.000
That's why I'm asking because I don't see anybody do it anymore.
00:56:04.000
I think Mike Tyson, he's always liked his style.
00:56:07.000
And the best person to do his style is Mike Tyson.
00:56:19.000
You know, so like with boxing, there's like a lot of trends.
00:56:23.000
So back then when Mayweather was fighting, everybody wanted to have the Philly shell.
00:56:38.000
Sometimes there's a fighter that comes in the generation that just motivates the whole boxing world.
00:56:43.000
There's people that have the Julio Cesar Chavez style.
00:56:54.000
Because obviously Mexicans fight a certain way, Russians fight a certain way, Americans have their style, Cubans have their own style.
00:56:59.000
What is the differentiation between the two for an average view that I might not know?
00:57:06.000
You just go in there, you fucking give it your all.
00:57:15.000
The boxing, the sweet science is like Mayweather style.
00:57:20.000
That style gets a lot of criticism because a lot of people call it running, but it's not running.
00:57:24.000
It's just being more intelligent, moving your feet.
00:57:32.000
And then usually in America, you got like the West Coast fighters and you got the East Coast fighters.
00:57:36.000
And you can actually tell a little bit of the difference.
00:57:39.000
You know, like when Zab Judy used to fight and all those guys from the East Coast, from New York, and they would fight, you know, people from the West Coast, from LA, and you'll see the difference from a place like Wildcard and somewhere like Gleason's.
00:57:50.000
What are some of the differences you would say from the East Coast, West Coast guys?
00:57:54.000
I think, you know, from the East Coast, it's more...
00:58:11.000
Slim Mobile goes, I'm a company truck driver who's on a 1099.
00:58:17.000
And switch that shit to S Corp ASAP. So it's possible.
00:58:19.000
Rick says, never sent out a Super Chat, but just a huge fan of the Mexican Monster.
00:58:24.000
Used to be a Canelo fan, but now a fan of David.
00:58:26.000
David is a future shout-out enough for putting him on as well.
00:58:32.000
No, I mean, I knew about you because my coach said, oh, David Benavidez was in the gym training and Jake was there, etc.
00:58:39.000
And he was like, yeah, Canelo's fucking ducking him.
00:58:42.000
So if you guys want to come down to the gym and see my sparring sessions, you'll realize why.
00:58:52.000
Thoughts on Isaac Pitbull and Canelo ain't scared of you, brother.
00:59:13.000
I think he adds a lot to the Mexican list of fighters because he's the same.
00:59:19.000
He puts everything out, puts his heart out on the line and fights with everything.
00:59:35.000
You're going to end up just like Raleigh Romero.
00:59:38.000
I already imagined your confused face on a canvas.
00:59:40.000
Canelo is the best Mexican fighter of all time.
00:59:45.000
That's why, you know, that's what makes the victories much more sweeter when you get to shut people up like that.
00:59:55.000
Because at the end of the day, bro, that shit pisses you off.
00:59:59.000
I mean, I know a lot of people say, oh, I don't let it get to me.
01:00:04.000
If you're reading somebody call you a piece of shit every single day for a month, that shit starts to get to you.
01:00:10.000
Negativity is negativity no matter how you put it.
01:00:12.000
So, I mean, The thing I gotta say about people like this, if you don't have the fucking balls to say that to somebody's face and you're just typing, then you're not a real fucking person.
01:00:20.000
If somebody talked to me like that in person, I'll fucking beat the shit out of them.
01:00:25.000
If you don't have the balls to tell that to somebody to their face, you're not a real person.
01:00:32.000
It's not like you're the one that's saying, yo, let's box.
01:00:43.000
I'm not going to fight him unless they give me 200 million.
01:00:48.000
You know what you're doing whenever you say that?
01:00:53.000
What do you think of a catchweight fight at 160 with Crawford?
01:00:58.000
You know, it's crazy because they were just talking to me about that.
01:01:14.000
But getting to 168, 160, that's another 8 pounds.
01:01:20.000
I mean, I would love to share the ring with Crawford if that opportunity came up.
01:01:28.000
June says, hey David, since you sparred with Golovkin in the past, is it true what they say about his punching power?
01:01:41.000
So I was the main sparring partner for a reason.
01:01:44.000
I am who I am and I was his main sparring partner for a reason.
01:01:49.000
The first day we sparred when I was 15 years old, I remember...
01:01:54.000
That's before he fought in the U.S., so nobody knew him.
01:01:56.000
And then my dad, he's like, hey, you want to spar?
01:02:01.000
So I turn to look at Golovkin, and he gives me, bro, the most killer look I've ever seen.
01:02:09.000
If my dad thinks I can handle it, then fuck it.
01:02:25.000
The reason why I know everything I know right now and why I'm so good is because his shots were so hard that you have to do things outside of your comfort zone.
01:02:35.000
You have to learn all this shit to not get hit.
01:02:43.000
I mean, I sparred with my coach a few times and he fucks me up and I'm like, God damn.
01:02:47.000
It's one thing to hit mitts, but it's another thing to stand in front of someone that's more experienced than you and fight them and then you're like, oh shit, I gotta avoid getting hit.
01:02:55.000
And not only the thing, the thing about it too is getting hit and also being able to think after.
01:03:03.000
And then, like, what you mentioned, like, about, like, setting up shots.
01:03:06.000
Like, that's so, like, that's something that's, like, underrated.
01:03:09.000
It's like, oh, yeah, I'm going to hit you a few times up top, and then, boom, hit you in the body.
01:03:16.000
So it's like, unless you box and, you know, you feel it, it's like it's, you can't describe it.
01:03:23.000
So, and I mean, to obviously do it on your level was fucking crazy, man.
01:03:37.000
To be honest with you, I think Bival is going to win.
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Because Berta Biev, bro, he's like almost 40 years old.
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He's strong, but I think Bival is more of a complete package.
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And, you know, he uses his distance really well.
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But Bival, I mean, Berta Biev, too, he's a monster.
01:04:05.000
If I lose 40 pounds in eight months, would you spar me?
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I have four to five years of experience, but I haven't done any boxing in like years.
01:04:42.000
Confront Canelo in person if the fight don't happen.
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I want to at least see him shit his pants in the presence of the Mexican monster.
01:04:57.000
I was going to say, he's not that much bigger than him.
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Yeah, and I think that's a big reason why he's scared is because of your reach and everything else like that.
01:05:06.000
And I also think that because his last, when he fought Bivol, he went up in weight 175, and Bivol, he throws a lot of combinations, really powerful, and kind of like the same as me.
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Obviously, the opinion I have is not because of what he's done in his career.
01:05:32.000
It's because he doesn't want to fight me, but he's a living legend.
01:05:34.000
But if you look at his record, when he comes up to 168, you find Caleb Plant, you find Billy Joe Saunders, guys that didn't have power.
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Once he goes up to 175, he fights guys with power.
01:05:48.000
What are your thoughts on the Fury vs Nagano fight?
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I was really surprised on that fight to be honest with you.
01:06:05.000
I just feel like he didn't take that fight serious at all.
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And I think that's what surprised Tyson Fury, that he didn't think that he'd be able to perform on him or fight with him on that level.
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Not to make a joke, but that's black power for you.
01:06:29.000
What did you think about his most recent fight with Anthony Joshua?
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I thought it was going to go way longer than that, but I think that just shows what level Joshua's on.
01:06:56.000
We could all agree that Golovkin was the most feared fighter in his prime, yet Canelo fought him and took all his belts, so how could you say he's scared?
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Bro, if you're just tired of me talking so much shit, come fucking beat me.
01:07:19.000
That's why he don't want to fight because he knows this shit ain't no game right here.
01:07:24.000
I mean, before he asked for the $200 million, I think the offer that my promotion company sent him was about $60 million.
01:07:41.000
$35 million and a $60 million deal, but you go with the $35 million.
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And I guarantee you he's not going to get that money with nobody else.
01:08:00.000
It's just at the end of the day, you want to...
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He don't even want to give the people the opportunity.
01:08:11.000
And when you have all the belts, bro, I mean, you could do it for a little bit of time, but come on, brother.
01:08:30.000
So it's like, for Canelo, it's like, bro, just fight him now.
01:08:34.000
The crazy thing about it, too, is everybody wants to watch it.
01:08:37.000
Which means everyone's going to pay to watch it.
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Which means there's going to be a sellout fight.
01:08:45.000
Because you still get money off the pay-per-view.
01:08:52.000
That doesn't even account for the pay-per-views after the fact.
01:09:08.000
He said that he, after your fight, he will fight you in September, but you have to get a fee of five million dollars.
01:09:29.000
I don't care about the money because once I beat him, that's when the money comes.
01:09:34.000
But I think they were just trying to see what I was going to say.
01:09:36.000
Because I had said before that if I would fight him for five million or even less.
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So they're trying to see, oh yeah, well, he wanted more money.
01:09:44.000
He didn't keep his word and said he'd only fight for the five million.
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And then the crazy thing too is that him and his team, they'd go and say, we never received nothing from Benavides.
01:10:04.000
Bro, how are you going to sign a three-fight deal with my promotion company in the fight that everybody wants to see?
01:10:09.000
You think my promotion company is not going to talk to you about fighting me?
01:10:14.000
He said that Al Heyman never talked to him about me.
01:10:20.000
You know, it's interesting because the people watching, right?
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The people here even are, like, watching it right now.
01:10:30.000
We got, what, over 10,000 of y'all watching right now live.
01:10:35.000
Almost every question that's come through is like, where's the fight?
01:10:40.000
So when we heard about that $150, $150, $200 million, I'm like, yeah, well, hopefully after he gets that money, he has enough money left over to buy a pair of balls.
01:10:57.000
Main event goes, big fan of David, you have an excellent high guard.
01:11:04.000
Also, to put in perspective, as scary as David is in boxing, in his prime, GGG or Triple G was arguably scarier.
01:11:14.000
I like what the guy said about Winky Wright because yes, I did.
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Winky Wright is definitely who I took it after.
01:11:34.000
The thing about it is too that you guys got to understand.
01:11:38.000
Golovkin, when he was coming up, when he made, bro, when he did his HBO pay-per-view, his first one, no, his first HBO fight, he was already 29.
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But I, you know, I've been champion three times.
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I've done a lot already, bro, at 27 years old, and I'm still going.
01:11:54.000
You know, so by the time, now these are the best years.
01:11:56.000
I feel like I'm really entering my prime, and I feel like people are really going to see the best of me.
01:12:03.000
You know, I can't agree with that because I'm barely getting started.
01:12:15.000
Strawberry goes, if any other fighter kept denying they'd strip their belt, why has a Canelo been stripped?
01:12:20.000
So because the sanctioning of all the belts, there's so much fucking money in there, brother.
01:12:32.000
Where else are they going to get that money at?
01:12:34.000
So, Canelo's promising that he'll fight me or he'll fight whoever after, but he never does.
01:12:39.000
So, I mean, I don't want to talk bad about the sanctioning belts, but that's just what it is.
01:12:44.000
That's the cold reality, that they're making more money with him.
01:13:07.000
There's so much behind the scenes that nobody knows.
01:13:13.000
But I'm glad that y'all are kind of shedding light on this because it's like, you know, somebody out there might say, oh, what are you doing?
01:13:20.000
They don't know the whole rundown about everything.
01:13:25.000
He's making the company so much money, the sanctioning belt so much money that, you know, they're just going to cater to him.
01:13:39.000
So who holds the belt sometimes is more important than if the best person holds the belt.
01:13:48.000
It's called the passing of the torch for a reason because Mayweather did that to Canelo.
01:13:53.000
So how the fuck am I ever supposed to get there if I'm not able to fight the best of the best?
01:13:58.000
Everything he's been through, I've been through, I've done the same thing.
01:14:01.000
But because he was able to share the ring with Floyd Mayweather, they made 2.5 million, or how much they make?
01:14:13.000
So I guarantee you, once I fight Canelo, his fans are going to turn into my fans.
01:14:16.000
But it's because you get that spotlight to perform and show yourself to the world.
01:14:24.000
I'm giving great fights, but I'm not selling 1.5 million.
01:14:28.000
Do you think it's because he's not at the end of his career yet and he wants to keep going and he knows fighting you will be a career member?
01:14:44.000
So it's just you got to put the work in, put the work.
01:14:51.000
But it's just I'm saying sometimes it's the passing of the torch.
01:14:54.000
If you really believe in your skills, come shut me up.
01:14:58.000
But that's the thing that he knows that it's 50-50.
01:15:02.000
Is there anyone else in that weight class you could fight at the same magnitude or not really?
01:15:13.000
These are the best guys there, so we're going to make it happen there.
01:15:18.000
Yeah, but that's all they're spamming in the chat right now.
01:15:21.000
Just so y'all know, if you watch this on the playback, it's not that he's talking about Canelo so much, it's that you guys keep fucking asking and he's answering your questions.
01:15:28.000
Slimmo Bob, what's your opinion on kids and girls you're hooking up with?
01:15:42.000
WFNFW, David, stay focused and keep working hard.
01:15:46.000
I always say I am because, you know, at the end of the day, I'm a family man.
01:16:01.000
Having my family, bro, it gives me so much more motivation.
01:16:04.000
I love being there with my family as opposed to being in the club or being this and that.
01:16:11.000
My little daughter, Chloe, she's three months old.
01:16:19.000
Do you think if you came here as a single guy, it would have been way harder to stay focused on training, stay focused on avoiding the club, avoiding girls?
01:16:37.000
Distraction for me, but I'm never going to let nothing distract me.
01:16:46.000
Right now, there's only a small window of time to accomplish what we want to accomplish.
01:16:51.000
I'm not going to say it wouldn't affect other people.
01:16:54.000
I've seen people just make money and We're good to go.
01:17:22.000
Do I make more mistakes or do I go forward and actually go after my dream?
01:17:26.000
And I feel like now, bro, to be honest with you, people, they're more self-centered.
01:17:32.000
A lot of people more on their phone, wanted to show off or Instagram or Twitter or all that.
01:17:36.000
Bro, that shit's cool, bro, but at the end of the day, in the real life, that shit does not matter.
01:17:40.000
For you getting to your dream, It's a solid distraction.
01:17:43.000
Some people, I feel like they're addicted to social media and they don't even know facts.
01:17:49.000
It's almost like they're living for social media rather than living in real life.
01:17:51.000
Yeah, and they make zero money on that shit too.
01:18:10.000
I don't know if it's June 15th or June 22nd, but me, I'm going to fight for the light heavyweight title.
01:18:17.000
Light heavyweight interim title, and then on the same night, Gervonta Davis is going to fight Frank Martin.
01:18:39.000
Hopefully we can bring you guys a Canelo fight because I know that's what everybody wants to see.
01:18:44.000
Man, the chat's been spamming it all the whole time.
01:18:47.000
So, I mean, I'm just happy to be able to be here with you guys.
01:18:53.000
And it's an honor to be here with you guys and be here with the fans.
01:18:56.000
Bro, because I started training boxing a few months ago and I'm like, holy fuck.
01:19:00.000
I got a whole newfound respect for the sport and for you guys.
01:19:05.000
Bro, I got to teach this guy like I was doing the class.
01:19:11.000
So I find enjoying that, too, just helping the fighters.
01:19:15.000
So my CEO network, they came through the box for training, right?
01:19:18.000
And then he came and showed them a lot of moves.
01:19:29.000
But nonetheless though, thank you Matilda for making this happen as well.
01:19:36.000
Yeah, shout out to Boxer Gym for sending us up, man.
01:19:41.000
Man, at the moment, it's been amazing just because we've got a few projects on the line.
01:19:46.000
You know, we're looking at opening up another location, possibly up in NYC, another one in the Middle East.
01:19:56.000
You know, I'm in the middle of also, you know, restructuring a few things with the brand where, you know, we've got the management company, we're getting fighters in.
01:20:04.000
Having David Benavides at the gym is an absolute, you know, honor and pleasure.
01:20:08.000
It's been attracting a lot of fighters, you know.
01:20:10.000
And it's just about, you know, fueling the brand and being very consistent with what we're doing and bringing more value to the people, always.
01:20:20.000
And for example, let's say you're a member, they care about you too as well.
01:20:22.000
And what's more important is that celebrities come in there all the time and they're humble.
01:20:26.000
They help people, they're social, so that's really good at Boxing Jam.
01:20:30.000
But yeah, guys, I hope you guys enjoyed the interview, man.
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We're going to be back with some lovely ladies here in about maybe 45 to an hour.
01:20:51.000
And yeah, guys, we'll catch you guys here in a bit, in about an hour or so, man.
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I ran, I ran so far away I just ran, I ran all night and day