1 00:00:01,919 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Well, it is my pleasure to be joined on our 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,280 podcast this week by Lamont Roach. Lamar Roach, you have 3 00:00:07,599 --> 00:00:11,320 another challenging fight coming up December sixth. You'll be main 4 00:00:11,359 --> 00:00:14,560 event of the PBC Prime Video pay for view CARDI 5 00:00:14,599 --> 00:00:18,960 B challenging the WBC Interim Junior Welterweight titleholder, Isaac Pittbull 6 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:21,760 Cruz in the Great Fight City of San Antonio at 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,719 the Frost Bank Center. So welcome to the show. The 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:26,960 last time we spoke was before you had your last 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,640 fight against Tank Davis earlier this year, so you know, 10 00:00:29,679 --> 00:00:31,440 I got it before we get into everything with Pitbull, 11 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:33,520 which I find to be a very intriguing fight, to 12 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,439 be honest, we got to get into a little bit 13 00:00:35,439 --> 00:00:38,240 about what we've seen earlier this year. That fight was 14 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,079 back in February. You moved up in wait to lightweight 15 00:00:42,119 --> 00:00:45,640 to challenge him for his WBA Lightweight championship, and you 16 00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:48,679 were held to what most people considered a highly controversial 17 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:51,920 draw in that fight. A lot of people thought that 18 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,920 you won that fight, that the referee blew the knockdown 19 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,079 call in the ninth round, did not penalize him by 20 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:02,359 points or DQ for running to the corner getting wiped off. 21 00:01:02,359 --> 00:01:04,840 There was all kinds of things that went haywire. They 22 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,400 screwed up the potential for replay. So all these months 23 00:01:09,439 --> 00:01:11,359 later where you made him take the knockdown in front 24 00:01:11,359 --> 00:01:14,879 of the whole world, how do you reflect on that 25 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,359 fight and what the heck happened? Do you feel like 26 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,000 you were robbed? 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 2: For sure? 28 00:01:19,519 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 3: It's exactly how you you know, how you described it though, 29 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,879 that's exactly how I feel. I mean, it's it's it 30 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,519 was in plain sight. So it's sad. It's sad that 31 00:01:28,519 --> 00:01:32,959 you know, boxing comes to situations as such and it 32 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,879 doesn't go the right way like it's supposed to. 33 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,799 Speaker 2: This is that wasn't the first time, and it probably 34 00:01:37,799 --> 00:01:39,159 won't be the last I had to say. 35 00:01:39,879 --> 00:01:43,879 Speaker 3: And you know, it's just it's just, you know, spill 36 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:45,840 milk that I really can't cry over. 37 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: But I do definitely feel like I was robbed. 38 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 3: I think, I mean, watching the fight, I thought I 39 00:01:50,879 --> 00:01:54,000 won without the knockdown being counted as well. 40 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,959 Speaker 2: But you know, everything's subjective, right, that. 41 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,239 Speaker 1: Is very true. But one of the things that really 42 00:02:00,439 --> 00:02:02,519 irritated me about it, and I don't have I didn't 43 00:02:02,519 --> 00:02:04,359 have a dog in the fight. I was you know, 44 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,959 looking forward to seeing you guys put on a highly competitive, 45 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,280 good interesting fight. But what irritated me was that they 46 00:02:11,319 --> 00:02:15,080 put replay in place for the commission to examine these instances. 47 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,080 That was obviously the perfect example to view the replay 48 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,080 of what occurred when he went down on the knee. 49 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,280 After the fact, the Commission in New York recognized that 50 00:02:25,319 --> 00:02:28,240 it was a knockdown, but said because of their technical 51 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,919 issues that they were having supposedly with the production truck. Yeah, 52 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,120 exactly that they people will some people will see the 53 00:02:35,159 --> 00:02:37,000 video of this, others will hear the video you are 54 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:41,199 given the supposedly the quote marks ye, so that they 55 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,080 recognized it. But because it wasn't able to be viewed 56 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,080 by the replay official within the time frame during the fight, 57 00:02:47,439 --> 00:02:51,719 they couldn't suddenly post fight award you the extra point 58 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,599 give you the win because they didn't know how the 59 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,719 final three rounds would have played out. You know, if 60 00:02:56,719 --> 00:02:59,159 everybody knew there had been a knockdown. What is your 61 00:02:59,319 --> 00:03:00,800 thought about that aspect of it? 62 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,479 Speaker 3: My thought is just, you know, they definitely dropped the rock, 63 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:14,719 and I think, uh, it's I just I just think 64 00:03:14,759 --> 00:03:17,120 it's a little shady, that's all. 65 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: That's a great word. That's a great word for it. 66 00:03:19,759 --> 00:03:21,479 Speaker 2: I just I just I definitely just think it's a 67 00:03:21,479 --> 00:03:22,120 little shady. 68 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:25,719 Speaker 3: I think a lot of things come in the factor 69 00:03:25,879 --> 00:03:31,120 when you have a superstar and such who brings uh, 70 00:03:31,159 --> 00:03:34,639 how do you say it value to a lot of 71 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:41,199 people involved with the event and maybe the potential next event. 72 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,919 So it's it's just it's just a little shaky, that's all. 73 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:46,080 That's how I feel. 74 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,199 Speaker 1: Well, you mentioned about the next event. So it was 75 00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:53,960 a good fight. Some controversy. Boxing never helped sell a rematch. Uh, 76 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,120 you know, he exercises right to a rematch, so we 77 00:03:57,159 --> 00:03:59,319 all thought that would happen. First they talked, you know, 78 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,719 he said right away, you want to get right back 79 00:04:00,719 --> 00:04:03,240 and during as quickly as possible. Obviously you did. Also 80 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,360 they talked about doing it in June. Then it was 81 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,840 supposed to take place in August, and then a lot 82 00:04:07,919 --> 00:04:09,759 of stuff went on. He ended up pulling out of 83 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,840 the fight to take what was going to be a 84 00:04:11,879 --> 00:04:14,560 far more lucrative exhibition fight, not even a real fight 85 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:18,079 against Jake Paul. I guess somebody, allegedly nobody can really 86 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,319 argue if you're taking a huge payday, I suppose. But 87 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,399 how did you feel about basically getting strung along post 88 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,600 the first fight in February for him saying we'll do 89 00:04:27,639 --> 00:04:29,839 it this way, you'll do it, then he'll take accept 90 00:04:29,879 --> 00:04:32,519 the rematch, and then he belled on you kind of 91 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:33,360 left you high and dry. 92 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, he definitely did. 93 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 3: That's dirty business and that's what contracts and stuff I'll 94 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:39,720 put into play for. 95 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 2: And you know, if if I was a guy who 96 00:04:43,879 --> 00:04:45,439 was super pressed. 97 00:04:45,079 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 3: For you know, money or anything like that, you know 98 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,040 you can easily go to arbitration. 99 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: That didn't take place. 100 00:04:54,519 --> 00:04:56,079 Speaker 1: That as you decided you didn't want to do that. 101 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. 102 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,959 Speaker 3: It's just coming to a point where you know that's 103 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,439 going to be strong along too. It's gonna be a 104 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,079 lot of bs, and nobody wants to go through more 105 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,279 bs than he already. You know what I'm saying that 106 00:05:10,319 --> 00:05:13,680 he already put me in or put me through. We 107 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,920 already knew that the fight was kind of in limbo 108 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,680 as we were in camp, so it was just really 109 00:05:18,759 --> 00:05:22,160 pissing me off, honestly. But you know, once we came 110 00:05:22,199 --> 00:05:26,079 to terms with they are pretty much aren't going to fight, 111 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,319 it was just like, all right, where do we go 112 00:05:28,319 --> 00:05:30,959 from here, but we always been working since to find 113 00:05:31,079 --> 00:05:33,600 the next to do so, so we always knew that 114 00:05:33,639 --> 00:05:34,120 we were going to. 115 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,639 Speaker 1: Fight this year when you when you heard he was 116 00:05:36,639 --> 00:05:39,480 taking the Jake Paul fight, and they went through their 117 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,279 press tour, and then we all know what happened about 118 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,879 the lawsuit from a girl, an ex girl friend, that 119 00:05:44,959 --> 00:05:49,199 alleged yet another case of domestic violence committed by Tank Davis. 120 00:05:49,199 --> 00:05:52,040 Obviously we'll go through the process with that, uh, But 121 00:05:52,079 --> 00:05:53,959 he ended up getting dropped from the fight, so he 122 00:05:54,399 --> 00:05:56,839 doesn't get a what would have been still a lucrative 123 00:05:56,879 --> 00:06:01,600 payday and a rematch against you. He doesn't get perhaps 124 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,000 an even more lucrative situation with Jake Paul and isn't 125 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,720 fighting at all. What is your thought about that? It 126 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,720 seems to me like karma maybe. 127 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't have any thoughts. 128 00:06:12,439 --> 00:06:16,399 Speaker 3: Whatever happened happened, doesn't have anything to do with me anymore. So, 129 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:21,040 you know, I wish the best to anybody who is 130 00:06:21,079 --> 00:06:24,560 involved in that, you know, that situation with MVP, with 131 00:06:25,439 --> 00:06:28,000 you know, the other side, whatever the case may be, however, 132 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,600 they move on. They better figure it out. But I 133 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,839 don't have any thoughts about it. I don't have anything 134 00:06:33,439 --> 00:06:36,199 to focus on. But Pitbull cruise December six. 135 00:06:36,519 --> 00:06:38,439 Speaker 1: Well down down the road, whatever happens, would you like 136 00:06:38,439 --> 00:06:40,399 to maybe see Tank again just to settle that score. 137 00:06:41,399 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 2: I doubt it. 138 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,519 Speaker 3: I'm just off the simple fact that he wouldn't, you know, 139 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:46,279 rematch me. 140 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 2: It's like the proof is in the put in. If 141 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:53,279 you look at everything at face value, it probably doesn't happen. 142 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: So that would get to Pitbull. So I have to 143 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,040 say I was a little surprised that Pitbull and his 144 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,720 team took this fight. You are not a big name. 145 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,800 You're certainly a bigger name than you were before you 146 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,600 fought Tank Davis. Uh and put on an excellent performance 147 00:07:07,639 --> 00:07:10,959 in that fight. Were you surprised that they called your 148 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:12,839 name and decided to then ask to fight you? 149 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:23,279 Speaker 4: Uh, surprise, No, because people kind of always been an option, 150 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:28,680 Like I'm pretty sure they were knowing of it, Like now, 151 00:07:29,279 --> 00:07:31,000 surprise that they say, yes, Well. 152 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,439 Speaker 2: Maybe a little bit okay, but but. 153 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,759 Speaker 3: You know, uh, surprised that you know, I'm saying that 154 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,600 they that they were aware, and because we were aware, 155 00:07:39,639 --> 00:07:42,439 we've been aware, so you know, he was always on 156 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,199 the list of what can happen next. 157 00:07:45,759 --> 00:07:47,759 Speaker 1: But they picked they picked you out and I sort 158 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:50,639 of anyway, my take was view you as as the 159 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,600 favorite and him as the underdog. Your five foot seventies, 160 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,839 five foot four. He's always a smaller guy, but you 161 00:07:55,839 --> 00:07:58,560 obviously are going to be much bigger than him. You're 162 00:07:58,560 --> 00:07:59,959 obviously a very consummate bock. 163 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:00,279 Speaker 2: Sir. 164 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,199 Speaker 1: You have excellent defense, You're fast. Uh, you've we talked 165 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:05,800 about it before the Tank fight, how good of a 166 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:08,079 chin you have, and you certainly showed that against a 167 00:08:08,079 --> 00:08:12,199 big puncher like Tank Davis. How do you approach him then? 168 00:08:12,199 --> 00:08:12,279 Speaker 2: Like? 169 00:08:12,319 --> 00:08:14,079 Speaker 1: What do you have to be warried from him? I 170 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,600 already know what he has to be warried from you. 171 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:18,519 You know you have to be. 172 00:08:18,519 --> 00:08:23,439 Speaker 3: Worried of, you know, just his powerful punching wide looping shots. 173 00:08:23,639 --> 00:08:29,160 There's not a list of things that you have to 174 00:08:29,439 --> 00:08:33,759 look for. There's things that he does well and that 175 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,440 he makes work for him. But that's that's his plan A, 176 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,440 B and C. So, uh, if the if the shots, 177 00:08:40,519 --> 00:08:42,480 if the big looping shots don't work for him, where's 178 00:08:42,519 --> 00:08:43,039 he going to go? 179 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,399 Speaker 2: Like? What is he going to do? If the relentless 180 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,799 pressure doesn't work for him? What is he going to do? 181 00:08:48,159 --> 00:08:51,039 Speaker 3: So, you know, I have multiple avenues to win this fight, 182 00:08:51,399 --> 00:08:54,600 and I'll explode them all night until you know, either 183 00:08:54,639 --> 00:08:56,000 the bell rings or he falls. 184 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,399 Speaker 1: Well, the way the way you just put it, I 185 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,399 was what I was sort of thinking, like, he has 186 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:03,720 one way to win, which is a good way, but 187 00:09:03,799 --> 00:09:06,679 that Lamont Roach had probably three or four ways. 188 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 2: To win for sure. 189 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, one thing about this. You still are the 190 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,240 WBA Junior Lightweight World Champion. You defended that title once, 191 00:09:15,279 --> 00:09:16,759 but in your next fight you moved up and took 192 00:09:16,799 --> 00:09:19,639 the challenge to fight for the lightweight belt against Tank Davis. 193 00:09:19,919 --> 00:09:21,559 Now in your next fight after that, you're moving up 194 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,200 yet again tow one hundred and forty pounds to take 195 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,240 on Pitbull Cruise for his interim belt. So I wonder, 196 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:29,440 does this mean that you are done with one hundred 197 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:30,679 and thirty pounds or is it still in the back 198 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,399 of your mind that someday you might go back down 199 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,320 and defend it, or I don't know how much longer 200 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,360 the WBA would even allow you to hold it after 201 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:37,480 all this time without defending it. 202 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so, It's in the back of my 203 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,840 mind for sure. It's just look at so be realistic. 204 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,759 Look at the platform that I'm on, look at the. 205 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: Caliber fighter that I'm taking on. 206 00:09:49,919 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 3: If there's anything similar or bigger than a Pitbull fight 207 00:09:55,080 --> 00:10:02,200 at one for the super Lightweight Interim Championship at one thirty, 208 00:10:01,799 --> 00:10:03,480 then then there's a conversation. 209 00:10:03,879 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: So it's not a matter if you can't make the 210 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:05,799 weight anymore. 211 00:10:05,799 --> 00:10:07,639 Speaker 3: Some guys would say, yeah, no, no, no, no no no, 212 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:09,559 I can make the weight for sure. 213 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: So you and Pitball should be a good fight. I mean, 214 00:10:11,399 --> 00:10:13,159 like I said, pretty good matchup. It seemed to me 215 00:10:13,159 --> 00:10:15,679 you're in a great fight city like San Antonio. Yeah, 216 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,200 I'm sure you've worked it out where you're making like 217 00:10:17,279 --> 00:10:19,200 a pretty good purse for this and you are fighting 218 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,919 for the interim belt. But I always think about it. 219 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,080 Don't fighters want to fight for real belts like the 220 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:23,759 main titles? 221 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: Oh for sure, definitely, And I think me securing this 222 00:10:29,399 --> 00:10:31,840 one would. I'm because I'm different. 223 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 3: I'm going to press the fact that I'm the intern chap. 224 00:10:36,519 --> 00:10:41,600 This puts me because even on the wbc UH ranking chart, 225 00:10:41,799 --> 00:10:45,799 there's champion, Intern Champion, then number one contender. If I'm 226 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,639 over that number one contender, I'm pressing Subrill Matias or 227 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,840 the winner of Dulton Smith and subreal Matias to fight 228 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:53,919 the next fight literally. 229 00:10:54,399 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: So that brings in to my to my uh, I 230 00:10:56,639 --> 00:10:59,279 guess my last question is that if you are going 231 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,679 to stay a one hundred forty pounds, if you beat 232 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,879 Pittbull Cruise or even if you don't beat pit Bull Cruise, whatever, 233 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,240 but that's a really good division right now, you'll be there. 234 00:11:06,279 --> 00:11:09,159 Pitbull is there. Tthymo Lopez is the lineal champion, he's 235 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,840 the WBO champion. He's probably fighting Shaquor Stevenson, who was 236 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,600 an excellent lightweight champion who's coming up in wait. Probably 237 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,679 for that fight. You got Richardson Hitchins, a very talented fighter. 238 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,320 You mentioned of course Sybrill Matias, who you'd be on 239 00:11:21,399 --> 00:11:26,200 course for in the WBC. You know your Washington brother 240 00:11:26,279 --> 00:11:31,080 Gary Antewin Russell has one of the as the WBA belt. 241 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,399 How do you feel about the weather than Mattias, because 242 00:11:34,399 --> 00:11:36,320 that's the one you would be probably steered towards based 243 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,960 on the organization. How do you kind of feel about 244 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,279 the wealth of talent there? And in particular, you know 245 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,120 you didn't get to do the rematch with Tank, who's 246 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,879 your DMV guy. You know all from DC and from Baltimore. 247 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,279 Russell is like a big time All DC championship showdown, and. 248 00:11:52,279 --> 00:11:57,039 Speaker 3: Man, I love that fight. I actually if people don't know. Okay, 249 00:11:57,039 --> 00:11:59,279 So the options that were presented to me by PBC 250 00:12:01,639 --> 00:12:10,039 were people Gary Russell Jr. Gabriel floor Is, and somebody else. 251 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,799 I told I told them no to. 252 00:12:15,919 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 2: Gabe. I told him no to Gary Russell Jr. 253 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 3: Because what the hell has he done in the last 254 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,080 four years And why does he think he did? Why 255 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:29,240 would I gift him a title shot in his second 256 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,600 fight back in four. 257 00:12:30,399 --> 00:12:35,639 Speaker 2: Years and one third And and it would have they 258 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,679 said thirty five. That's weird, but you know, I guess 259 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:41,320 it wouldn't have been a title shot exactly. 260 00:12:41,799 --> 00:12:47,639 Speaker 3: And he's like being disrespectful like woon wom It's not 261 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:51,879 gonna work like that. No, SORRYO scooed over, and I 262 00:12:51,919 --> 00:12:54,519 told him we obviously we said yes the people cruise, 263 00:12:54,879 --> 00:12:59,159 but we countered and it's like, let us fight Gary 264 00:12:59,159 --> 00:13:01,360 and swine Russell. That was that was my first option 265 00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:05,639 me personally, that was my first option. I was like, 266 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:09,759 scratch those and asked Gary Antoine Russell, does he want 267 00:13:09,799 --> 00:13:10,559 to fight yes or no? 268 00:13:10,919 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 2: Straight up? 269 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:17,039 Speaker 1: I guess the answer was no, and you guys all 270 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,960 know each other from you know, being running in the 271 00:13:19,039 --> 00:13:23,759 DC circles. I assume, yeah, so if you win, maybe 272 00:13:23,799 --> 00:13:26,519 the unification you can will give him a reason to 273 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:27,120 maybe fight you. 274 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,919 Speaker 3: That's what I'm I mean, because he actually said that too, 275 00:13:29,919 --> 00:13:33,240 and I am from a champion standpoint. I understand he 276 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:36,159 said that all fort at one thirty. I haven't done 277 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,960 anything at one Okay. 278 00:13:38,919 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 2: I believe that. But after I make some noise here, 279 00:13:42,759 --> 00:13:43,679 I'm not trying to hear that. 280 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,799 Speaker 1: Well, you'll be You'll be on roughly the same schedule 281 00:13:46,879 --> 00:13:49,639 you're fighting Kickball in December. On the sixth of you win, 282 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,799 you'll have that interim delp you know, he will have 283 00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:54,720 a fight. I assume they're going to reschedule him on 284 00:13:54,759 --> 00:13:57,639 the Jake Paul event that was postponed. He was supposed 285 00:13:57,639 --> 00:14:01,440 to defending his mandatory against Arioka. Uh maybe we'll see it. 286 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,840 But in the meantime, it's Pitbull Cruise December sixth a 287 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,080 PBC on Prime Video Pay Review in San Antonio. Laman, 288 00:14:08,159 --> 00:14:09,360 I thank you very much for your time and I 289 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:10,519 wish you good luck in this fight. 290 00:14:11,039 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 3: Thank you, my god. 291 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:12,799 Speaker 2: I appreciate it.