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From Never Fighting… to Stepping Into the Ring in 4 Months (London, Ontario) · Off the Bench - London

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You know, once that first punch hits, it feels
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real. Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to reintroduce
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your hosts, Malcolm the Milkman Noel and Scott
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the Visionary Home. This is the show where life
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and sports collide. We'll be right back. What
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up? Cheers. Five second rule. Five second rule.
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It's okay. The non -alcoholic beer will sterilize
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it. Yeah. Jesus. It's the biggest lime I've ever
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had in my life. Good thing we're live. All right,
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there we go. Cool. Ah, non -alcoholic beer. You
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know what I mean? Gotta be good for one more
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week. One more, well, yeah. Two more weeks for
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you. Less than two weeks. Less than two weeks.
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But, hey, I'm excited. If you're watching this
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right now, today. You're in the ring. I'll be
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in the ring. Yes. Right now, five days out, six
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days out, five and a half days out. I'm pretty
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excited. You're not terrified? No, I think...
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I feel like I was more nervous for my first sparring
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session. Okay. Because you have no idea what
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to expect. Before that, because, like, obviously
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I started in January. Right. I'd never been punched
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in the face with boxing gloves on before. Obviously.
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Well, I mean, I guess I had, but, like, not since
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I was a kid. And that was just, like, messing
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around. And that was without the hollow vaults?
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Well, yeah. Yeah, that was dumb childhood mistakes.
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Well, like, I want to start this episode different.
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We talk about it every week. Every episode we
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go on. Off the bench. Get off the bench. Go do
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something. don't one example now is that we're
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actually put into work what we say discipline
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you know getting out into the community you know
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making an impact um we're finally doing that
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and you know today special episode releasing
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on a sunday because you're going to be getting
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into the ring shortly and putting your money
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where your mouth is exactly um you've been doing
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this since january uh obviously like you got
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Roped into it in December, doing it since January.
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Yeah, but roped into it is, like, it sounds bad,
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but, like, you know I wanted to do it. Yeah.
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I just needed that extra push. It's fair. Can
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you talk about your journey in, like, since January
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to now? So, a lot of it for myself. Like, going
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in, I had no idea what to expect. Right. I didn't
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even know what the gym looked like. Fair. So,
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I go in, climb those stairs that I climbed. Plenty
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of time now. Some days going down those stairs
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is terrifying because you're like, we put in
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a lot of work today and my legs are jelly. Or
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you're just exhausted from doing it. But I had
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no idea what to expect. And it's an incredible
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community. There's great coaches at MTT. Between
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Jay, Denise, Alcides. Yuli coming in and yelling
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at everyone every once in a while. She's in between
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classes with the kids. But it's been a crazy
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experience. Going from knowing nothing, being
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able to feel myself progress through it. The
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way I'm moving is totally different now. Even
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compared to a month ago. It's crazy. Like the
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difference. Right. And I finally got a chance
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to like record a sparring session. I opened over
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a little week, like last weekend. And it was
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cool watching my watching it back. But also like
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thinking about it. I'm just like knowing the
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state that I was in. But then when I'm hearing
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from people, they're like, oh, OK, well, you're.
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It seemed like you kept getting better through
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the rounds. Right. Denise had us doing a kind
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of like simulating your fight. So everybody that
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had a fight coming up on Sunday did three rounds
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back to back. Oh. Like our fight. Okay. So you'd
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spar one guy. They'd switch out. spar the next
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guy they'd switch out spar the next guy so you
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can then the last person would just stay in for
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another three rounds okay uh so that was kind
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of cool uh because obviously you're sparring
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with someone who's fresh and you're you just
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went went around you're just taking a minute
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off and then you're back in it just like the
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fight okay but hearing the feedback from everybody
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that are like, oh, you seem like you got more
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energy. And I was like, in my head, I'm like,
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no, you're not. You didn't get more energy. You're
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just trying to survive. Yeah. But I think that's
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part of it because you're like, when you're with
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someone who's fresh, you're like, okay, I know
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they're coming. And then it gets you in that
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mindset of like, okay, I need to, you can't rest.
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You can't just take a round off. Sure. uh but
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it was it was cool but uh the training oh man
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boxing training is hard it's it's no other yeah
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there's no good example body yep and the amount
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of times where you're like you're sore like i
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just like like for myself like there was days
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where i like i couldn't even make it because
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i'm like my body's just burnt out that's right
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so like have you learned more about your body
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now than you ever did before I mean, yeah. Like,
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as far as, like, boxing goes, yeah. Because it
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teaches you more of the you can't dog it attitude.
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Right. Because, like, if you're slacking off,
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well, the other guy isn't. And if the other guy
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isn't and you are, you're getting hit, so you
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better focus. True, true, true. Because, like,
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playing a lot of other sports, you're like. You
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can take time off. You can go sit on the bench.
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You can take a rest. You can let someone else
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take over the game. Whereas boxing, if you let
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someone else take over the game. You're going
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to lose. Well, they're taking you over and you
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can't do anything. Okay. I know in a future episode,
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we're going to have a special guest on there.
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But, like, talking about what you're about to
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go through, how do you feel about the sense of
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community that just built in about four months?
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It's really cool. Like, a lot of the guys, shout
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out to everybody at MPT that's listening. Obviously,
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I know you're not listening to this when it's
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just dropping. You guys are busy. We're busy.
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I'm busy. I might actually link this like before
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everyone fights. And then, you know, while everyone's
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like warming up, they can listen to it. You know
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what I mean? Hassan, if you're listening. Yeah.
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Go Raptors. Go. Yeah. Hey, if I, if they keep
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playing well, they will be playing game seven
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on Sunday. That'd be amazing. Yeah. That would
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be amazing. And it'll be after the fights. So
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we probably watch it too. Fair. Fair. But, yeah,
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how's the sense of community going? Like, how
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do you feel about the community that's building?
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Like, you know, there's so many different fighters,
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so many different stories. Even with our podcast,
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we've built a community alone. And, like, now
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we've learned about MS. You know, we've learned
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about the ref fake side of it. We're going to
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be learning about, like, you know, future champs
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and other things coming up. Like, we've built
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this platform differently. But it's all in the
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sense of community through Punch NMS. And how
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do you feel about that? It's kind of incredible.
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It's like a community that I didn't think I would
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ever be a part of. Yeah. But like I've been on
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the outskirts of it. Yeah. Because you've dragged
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me to things before. Yep. And then so you went
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to like. fights at, like, the Marconi Club and
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I've been to a couple of your fights. Yeah. And
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you being the person that you are, you just introduce
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people. So, like, a lot of these guys I've seen,
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like, I've seen them fight before. Yeah. But
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then I didn't realize I have. So, like, I happened
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to... I was on YouTube, naturally. Mm -hmm. And
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I saw that all the fights... from Punch Out last
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year were posted on YouTube. On watchfights .ca.
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Yeah. I saw that and I saw a couple of them and
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then I was like looking through all the names
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and I was like, okay, yeah, yeah. Oh, these are
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a lot of these guys. Some repeat offenders now
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started showing up. But it's funny because I
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rewatched a couple of the fights and they don't
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look the same at all. No. Because that's what
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a year will do. i've only been doing this since
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january and i've seen that much growth in myself
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and they've been doing it for january to like
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a year and a half yeah if they started a great
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example is mckenzie you know she was on the first
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punch out now she's going to be on the third
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punch out and she did punch out two so like you
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see her transformation and i can't wait to see
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her transformation again for this card because
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she's absolutely going to be amazing she's going
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to be dominant Yeah, I'm excited. It's cool just
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being able to see the fight card. It's interesting
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when you know everybody. It's like you've experienced
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this with the fight to end before and punch out
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last year. So you end up knowing everybody. So
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you're like, I feel like everyone wants to know
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everybody. You almost just watch silently. True.
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Because you're like. it's weird cheering for
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either side. It is. And it's going to be even
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weirder because I'm not fighting on May 3rd.
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Yeah. So I'm going to be there. You better be
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cheering for me. As of now, you'll probably be
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standing in my corner. Yeah. I got you covered
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off the bench off. Like, let's go. But like,
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you know what I mean? Like, it's weird because
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like knowing what you're going to be going through,
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like there's, there's two aspects. There's, there's
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the gala, which is like, that's an amazing experience
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with fight to end and then punch out where it's
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like um a showcase in a sense it's not a guy
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more of a showcase and that's another experience
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and like still like having a walkout song and
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like having the crowd like kind of if they know
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your song they start sharing the song or start
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singing your song and then you like you dive
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deep into like your thoughts of like everything
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you've gone through in january to now you think
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about like what you've learned your mistakes
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and so forth and then you go into the ring and
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you hear ding ding and it's like bliss it's like
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why i'm so excited to hear the ding ding and
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not just a round bell at the gym yes yes that
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that sound it's like it's it's ding ding and
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it's like You know how in movies, you know how
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in movies where like a certain thing happens
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and there's no sound? Yeah. And then it kind
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of like rises up. Yeah. Before the drop. Yeah.
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That's what your fight's going to feel like.
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It's going to be like ding, ding. And then it's
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just like, it's quiet. And then you start hearing
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everyone like, go Scott, go Scott. Or you'll
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hear your opponent's name if he has fans there.
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we'll see we'll see i'm not i'm not trying to
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i know i'm gonna i should have a bunch of people
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there yeah i told wow i this is why i think a
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lot of people are looking forward to seeing you
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get punched in the face oh absolutely i think
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like Right now, we should have sent this to all
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your ex -girlfriends. Just so they put it in.
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Yeah. Do you want to see your ex get punched
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in the face? Yeah. Like, this is great publicity.
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For a good cause. For a good cause. Yeah. It's
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funny because, like, at work, I'm HR. So, like,
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a bunch of guys. And, like, it's construction.
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Like, eco -architectural glass. They've sponsored
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me. Shout out to Igor. So there's going to be
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a whole bunch of people from ICO there. Okay.
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So I think it's going to be interesting. No one's
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going to come into my office with complaints
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after they see me in the ring. Well, hopefully
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you win then. Yeah, that's the plan. You know
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what I mean? Hopefully you win so no one comes
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to the complaint. Now all you need to do is just
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have boxing gloves at the corner of your desk
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moving forward. So anytime they come to you,
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it's like... Just hang them on the wall by the
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door? No, at the corner of your desk. So anytime,
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is there an issue? Reach out to your gloves and
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be like, you know what, sir? No, we're good.
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Do we need... Or like have a bell and just like...
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You got your receipts, right? Actually, your
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boss may actually like that. He'd be like, people
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are actually following up because they're scared
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to get hit now. It's going to be really cool.
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I know we've talked about it with other guests
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and so forth, but what does Punk Show MS mean
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to you now? Now that you've gone through this
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journey? Well, it's just interesting because...
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I feel like we said this a little bit before,
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but it's us being able to stand up, fight because
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we want to, to fight for a change. Fight for
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people that can't always handle the fight. Fight
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for people that have to fight. They don't get
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the option. We get the option, and we're getting
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to choose to fight for them. uh just like kind
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of like boxing uh how it's that big community
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uh how you're only as good as the people on your
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team yeah it feels like we're jumping jumping
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in and being part of that ms team i get you so
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we're we're trying to help them fight we're trying
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to do it like obviously we can't fight for them
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but we can fight with them with them yeah we
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can fight to help support them. Yeah. We can
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do everything that we can to help people that
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need it. True. True. And even just like just
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raising awareness and like making people more,
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more aware about like the things that are around
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them. And it's showing that like, Hey, you can
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get off the bench. You can go do things. You
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can support your community in different ways.
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You don't need to have all the skills going in.
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Just because you don't know how to work out,
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you don't know how to do this, but you want to
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get in shape. You want to be able to maybe if
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someone, I don't know, they have kids on the
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way and they want to get in shape. That's fair.
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This community is a great way to get them there.
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True, true, true. It's just awareness about all
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that. No, I get you. How did you find the coaches?
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How did you find Jay, Yuli, Denise? I'll see
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this. How did you find them during this journey?
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How did they help you? Oh, they're amazing. They
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just keep pumping you up and keep you motivated.
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Jay loves to talk to everybody. Obviously, I
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knew I'll see this a little bit before, but not
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in this. like it's a different world it's a totally
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different world like i know from like the soccer
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world but uh even just like being able to step
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in the ring with them like do some sparring with
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them uh it's cool being able to spar people that
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you know know what they're doing so you can kind
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of like they'll coach you while they're working
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with you sure i know uh Well, it's like I called
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Alcides out the one time to do a five -minute
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round with him. Yes, yes. I saw my opponent did
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one on, like, I think it was he did it on the
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Tuesday. So it was like, hey, when's my turn?
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You can't let your opponent get any advantages
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over you. Yeah, exactly. So then we did that
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on the Thursday. I was like, oh, man, I should
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not have done that. That was silly. But it was
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good. It was a good learning experience. That's
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fair. That's fair. Because, like. I don't know
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sometimes you like get overconfident and you're
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like you need someone to just be like hey relax
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you're not that good but that was cool because
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he was like chirping me and like trying to get
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me riled up while we were while we were doing
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it yeah I but obviously that was the end of I
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think that was after after a class after sparring
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so after like doing it for two hours you're like
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you're gas your spend but perfect you've always
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got that extra that extra yeah which i kind of
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love so even though i i hate that we all hate
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being gas like oh yeah it's the worst there's
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no and it's like trying to run trying to do some
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bike work just to get that the extra it's tough
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well we were sparring a couple times uh but uh
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last week and uh that was fun i i think it's
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it's cool when you're having fun at sparring
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true and like obviously you're you're working
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you're getting to work in but like when you can
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have it a little bit more light -hearted you
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can yeah you learn when you're having fun i get
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you i get you um are you plus it was fun likewise
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likewise um are you getting any Scouting opportunities
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with your opponent. I haven't seen him that much.
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We haven't really crossed paths too much. Not
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in the last little while. I don't know if he's
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trying to be secretive or if he's not. I don't
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know. All I know is I'm doing the best I can
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to put myself in the best position to get that.
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Get that 1 -0. Now, is this like 1 -0 and then
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you're done? You're going to retire? I don't
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know. We'll see. I'll always leave the door open.
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You know that. Yeah. Opportunities come up. You
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never know. You know what I mean? Like, it's
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tough. For some fighters, it's like they already
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know that this isn't for them. They're just...
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Yeah. Finishing it. Others, you know, they catch
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that bug and next thing you know, they just keep
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wanting to go and go and go. Well, that's exactly
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it. Yeah. Like it's, it's such a different, different
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feeling. So. Yeah. I. Yeah, I don't know. I,
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I'm not sure if I'm going to continue. Obviously,
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I want to keep training. I get you. So you're
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saying you're joining FBT after this? More than
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likely, yeah. Okay. We'll see if my training
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pays off, then. It's going to pay off. It's going
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to pay off. Trust me. It's going to pay off.
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Overall, you know, you're about to get into the
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ring. What are you thinking right now? Like,
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have you been playing your fight song over on
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repeat just to get your mind ready? Yeah, so
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when we did the episode with Heather, and she
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was talking about how she put her fight song
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on every time she goes to the gym. Yeah. So that's
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why I started doing that. Okay. So it gets me
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pumped up. Okay. And I'm already, I've been envisioning
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my walkout. Okay. And so I'm pretty excited for
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it. That's sweet. I just bought some new wraps
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today. Oh, damn. I guess this isn't today, but
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I'll be wearing them today. Okay. So I was like,
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ah, we'll get some fresh ones. Oh, man. So you
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got fresh wraps coming. Yeah. Oh, man. That's
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sick. I'm excited for it. And you got people
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from your work, and obviously your work sponsored
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you for your fight. So the adrenaline is slowly
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peaking. Yeah. Are you sleeping at night, though?
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Yeah. Okay. So it hasn't hit you where like.
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I mean, I'm exhausted all the time. I sleep like
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a baby. So. You work this much and you're like,
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ah. It becomes natural. Yeah. But yeah, man,
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like. I'm pumped though. Cause like I'm, I've
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been like envisioning my walkout, like thinking
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about all that, thinking about like what's going
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on and thinking about like how, how I'm going
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to kind of try and approach it. Right. But we'll
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see. We'll see how everything plays out. Obviously,
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everybody has a plan until they get punched in
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the head. That's the biggest slogan is boxing
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for your first time. It's like, you always have
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a plan until you get punched in the face. And
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then the real action happens. I'm kind of, sounds
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weird, but I'm kind of looking forward to that
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part. Just to see, be like, you know, once that
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first punch hits, it feels real. Well, what kind
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of gloves were you training with the whole time?
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I've been using 16s and then the fights with
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12s. Yes. So I actually, I put on a pair of 12s.
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Oh, you did wear 12s. Okay. I put them on for
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starters. Shout out to Denise. Her old gloves
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were there. They were 12s. Boy, were they hard
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to get my hands into. But like, I just like,
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I think I worked the bag for like 15 seconds.
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And I was like, I like this. Yeah, it's different.
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Yeah. I was like, you've been training with 16.
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So then once you get the 12s on. Yeah. You know
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what? The defense is going to be a little bit
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different because you're used to the cushion.
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Yeah. So you're not going to have as much cushion
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with. with the 12s but your punches are going
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to be so much faster yeah yeah i'm looking forward
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to that i uh when i was i was talking to jay
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about it and uh he's like oh yeah like they don't
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uh like you'll feel it a little bit more but
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like it's not like don't worry about getting
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hurt and i was like oh i'm not worried about
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them hurting me Is that trash talking right there?
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I mean, it's a little bit. Okay, okay, okay.
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So we're getting close now. Well, there's no
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turning back now. Yeah, no turning back. So.
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I don't want to scare him off. Well, it's too
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late. He won't be able to see this. That's true.
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You can talk all the trash you want. Yeah, but
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trash talking gets differently if he watches
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this after. True. Then it's just mean. True.
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I'll make sure I release this so then he knows
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it's out. So I'll make sure he knows it's out
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so then boom. For me right now it's like obviously
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I feel like that's the mental warfare like hey
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listen to this podcast get psych yourself out
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right before the fight. Oh, man. Yeah. Maybe.
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Maybe. You know, we'll see. We'll see. It's weird
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because I like him. He's such a good guy. He's
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a good guy. And obviously, he's cheering on the
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Raptors right now. So I already made a bet with
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him, though. OK. Well, whatever your bet is,
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do you want to announce it or is it between you
26:56
two? No, I made this bet with him a while ago.
27:03
Winner buys the loser a beer. Great. Right? I'm
27:07
looking forward to buying that man a beer. He's
27:10
going to deserve it. So winner buys the loser
27:13
a beer? Yeah. I love it. Do you already know
27:18
what kind of beer he likes? I'm going to ask
27:19
him. Winner buys the loser a beer. That's fair.
27:29
Yeah, right? That seems like a good bet. That's
27:32
fair. Man, I wish I was fighting on May 3rd.
27:36
Yeah. Hey, I'm actually glad that you'll be sitting
27:41
in my corner, though, too. I got you. It's cool
27:44
to have someone there that you're like, oh, yeah.
27:47
Obviously, I know I trust the coaches and everything,
27:50
but it's just having that voice that you know.
27:54
I know your voice. You can yell from the crowd,
27:56
and I'll hear you, and I'll be like, I know exactly.
27:58
I got you. I got you. So that'll hit it a little
28:02
bit different. One of the cool things, though.
28:06
Jay had been mentioning it. Obviously, we get
28:10
there earlier on. Then we go through the weigh
28:15
-ins, the medical, all that. So we'll be there
28:18
for like two hours before the doors open. So
28:24
we'll be there three hours before the fights
28:26
start. So we'll be at Music Hall for three hours
28:30
before anyone steps in the ring. And then I'm
28:34
like halfway through. Yep. So it's going to give
28:38
me a lot of time to stop and think about everything.
28:41
But one of the cool things with Jay fighting
28:44
on the card, he hasn't fought on the card the
28:48
last couple years. I think he might have fought
28:51
on the first one. I don't know. Okay. But I know
28:54
he didn't fight on the last one. Correct. But
28:57
he'll be... Doing the walk, like, the medical,
29:02
the weighing in. So, like, obviously there's
29:04
a big line of everybody. So he'll be able to,
29:06
like, if anyone's there, if everyone's, your
29:08
coach is literally going through the process
29:11
with you. Yes. Which is kind of cool. He's kind
29:13
of holding your hand because he's doing it with
29:15
you. Yeah. It's like that brothership or brotherhood.
29:19
And, like, obviously we all know each other really
29:21
well at this point. Yeah. So we're all in this
29:25
together. Yes. But it's cool that he'll still
29:31
be there. No, that's honestly a great feeling.
29:35
Like, I could tell you. But it's going to hit
29:37
different when Jay's actually going through it
29:40
with you all. Obviously, Ontario boxing takes
29:42
over for a portion of it with the weigh -ins.
29:45
Yeah. Doing the medical and so forth. And everyone
29:47
kind of just, like, chills, kind of talks, kind
29:50
of goes through the process. Everyone has a ritual
29:52
that they do, whether it's, like, going into
29:55
a corner, the dark corner, put their headphones
29:57
in and, like, not take a sleep, but, like, visualize
30:00
their fight. Yeah. I feel like that's kind of
30:02
where I'm going to be at. There's a hidden room.
30:06
My brother -in -law, last year he did it, he
30:08
went upstairs and there's, like, this loft area
30:10
where he just hid and was away from everyone
30:14
just to, like, set his tones accordingly, which
30:19
is kind of cool. So it's a big area. Obviously,
30:22
you can get, like, Gatorade and whatever. And
30:25
then a few moments before your fight, you know,
30:28
you do your pad workout with your coaches and
30:30
so forth. You talk about everything and then
30:33
kind of go through the motions. Then you get
30:36
sent into a private room and then boom, main
30:40
event. Yeah. You know what I mean? So it's a
30:44
full experience and it's cool because like your
30:46
friends, your family are going to be there. Well,
30:48
it's not like it's one of those, like not everybody
30:50
gets to do that experience in general, but then
30:53
being able to do a fight at that venue and have
31:00
that, like, I'm looking forward to the whole
31:02
experience. It's going to be a game changer.
31:04
I'm telling you right now. Yeah. Um, but you're
31:07
also obviously with rec sports, you're going
31:11
to like, when you go back to like rec sports,
31:13
it's going to be like, you're going to know more
31:16
about your body now. You feel more confident
31:19
about your body. Like you just came from high
31:21
school. Like, you know how, when you go from
31:22
high school or college and then you go to play
31:25
rec sports, it's like, it's fun again. It's not
31:27
like I'm just doing it for the sake of doing
31:29
it. You're going to have that thrill again. Right.
31:34
Yeah. You've already lost a lot of weight. You've
31:37
toned up. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Like,
31:41
even just getting back to, like, my regular routine
31:43
is going to be different. Yes. You're going to
31:46
have more time on your hands, though. Yeah. It's
31:49
going to free up, like, three days a week for
31:52
me. Well, unless you follow that up or something.
31:55
That's true. Knowing you. Yeah. You know, you
32:00
can't have no days off, right? No days off. Get
32:03
off that bench. We're all through stuff. We've
32:06
been doing it, right? We started this podcast
32:07
called Off the Bench and it started off as like
32:09
a football sports podcast, but we've definitely
32:12
have grown. And I'm looking forward to like after
32:16
May, how we transition after, because, you know,
32:20
for the past few months, we've been heavily talking
32:23
about boxing. Yeah. Like, there's no denying
32:26
it. Like, our viewership might change because
32:28
everyone's like, oh, it's a boxing podcast. It's
32:31
like, actually, no, it's not. Yeah. I think it's
32:36
cool, though, because we're just, like, letting
32:38
people know, like, what we're doing. Yeah. Like,
32:40
if people can follow us, people can do whatever.
32:46
But if you're following us to get the most updated
32:50
news on sports. That's not us. Like, there's
32:55
other places. Yeah. There's places that will
32:58
give you up -to -the -minute news. Like, well,
33:02
where do you think we get our information? Yeah,
33:04
exactly. Like, we're not at the games. I'm not
33:06
Adam Schefter getting a bunch of... I'm not getting
33:09
texts from Chase Brown about what's going on
33:13
with the Bengals. Yeah. Hey, I got a... Oh, not
33:16
Chase Brown. I got a Jamar Chase jersey today.
33:19
Huh? Let's see. Okay. Looking forward to wearing
33:21
it. We're getting a new game this year. Yes.
33:24
Schedule comes out in May? Okay. Yeah, but, like,
33:28
for me, it's just, like... Yeah, what's your
33:32
experience this time versus last year? One thing
33:37
I'll say is it definitely was different this
33:39
year. Because originally I was getting swallowed
33:42
up in one fighter and then obviously halfway
33:44
through. So my game plan and all that kind of
33:48
had to switch halfway through. like that's like
33:52
the real fight game though because like things
33:54
change yes things change half of boxing is it's
33:57
awful making the right matchup yeah and like
34:01
hoping that no one gets hurt yeah no one gets
34:03
injured everyone's still available um so it's
34:08
tough it's i've been doing the best i can um
34:12
and training as much as i can out of you know
34:15
mpt and boomers i'm trying to like split my time
34:17
accordingly yeah as well as i'm still trying
34:19
to work right and i'm still trying that's what
34:22
i mean like we're both so busy it's it's tough
34:24
like i don't have all the time in the world to
34:27
do everything yeah and then still try to get
34:31
ready for a fight and like for me i don't get
34:35
the opportunity to scale my opponent so now i
34:37
gotta find my own fight yeah and like i've had
34:41
the luxury before of like i was able to scout
34:43
my first opponent i was able to scout and you
34:45
know he's watching he's scouting you yeah well
34:49
He has a full game plan because his coaches are
34:53
coaching. You know what I mean? Yeah. He gets
34:56
the full information. I get very little about
34:58
him. So I'll just fight my fight. I'm doing the
35:01
best that I can. I'm excited for it. I've done
35:07
some sparring with other people. And the one
35:09
thing that they've said is my growth from last
35:11
year to this year has definitely changed and
35:14
definitely has improved. um i'm adding to my
35:18
arsenal that most people didn't think of so they're
35:21
not they weren't guarding accordingly yeah so
35:24
i'm i'm happy about that that i've and like i
35:28
have to attest that to uh tanner at boomers um
35:32
when he talks to other fighters i'm listening
35:35
and uh he's telling me things that are working
35:37
for him you know i love it i love eavesdropping
35:40
eavesdropping is the best way of learning because
35:44
They may not be talking to you, but they're talking
35:46
loud enough that you can absorb that information
35:48
and you can apply that to your game plan. It's
35:53
even that. My feeds on everything are just infected
35:58
with boxing at this point. And I watch so many
36:02
clips of it now. Different little things. And
36:09
now it's just about applying it and remembering
36:11
all those little lessons. The one thing I'll
36:14
say, though, is the best advantage I have is
36:19
being able to go to Boomers and see those coaches
36:23
coach. And there's nothing wrong with MPT. And
36:26
everyone who's gone through the program at MPT,
36:29
they have that benefit. For me, it's like I'm
36:34
a very loyal individual, so I get to go to Boomers
36:37
because that's what brought me into the boxing
36:38
world. So I get extra eyes on me. Well, it's
36:42
just, it's a huge gym too. There's lots of people
36:44
there. They've seen every different style. So,
36:48
you know, talking to Tanner, Tanner's been a
36:50
huge help. Mark's obviously been amazing. Caroline,
36:53
the matchmaker, like she's great. She's communicated
36:56
very, very well. So I've always appreciated that
36:59
love and respect that you get from boomers. And
37:01
obviously NPT's been great because, you know,
37:04
I'm back into the ring because of them. Yeah,
37:07
I... At PT, it blows my mind because of how it
37:14
started. Three years. Three years. And it started
37:17
because Jay was a personal trainer who had a
37:24
client, had a couple clients that wanted to get
37:26
into boxing. And he had that experience. And
37:30
then it just spiraled. And he's such an accommodating
37:35
person that wants everybody involved. And will
37:39
literally bring in absolutely everyone he can.
37:42
And he'll work with you. Like, he just wants
37:45
people to be the best they can be. Yes. Which
37:51
is awesome. It's fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.
37:54
The way he approaches it is not the MPT community.
38:00
It's the boxing community as a whole. Yeah. And
38:04
he's trying to be, like, he's that connector
38:07
with... Because he knows that he's got connections
38:09
at all these different gyms. Yeah, yep. And it's
38:13
cool. It's like, we've sparred at Bushido. Like,
38:18
there's people coming from all over. Like, the
38:22
amount of people that show up on sparring days
38:25
and you're like, oh, I haven't seen that guy
38:26
before. And you're just like, where did he even
38:29
come from? They're really good. Yeah, new names
38:31
from Toronto. Yeah. I get you. No, it's honestly
38:36
sweet. I know last year we were able to go to
38:39
Sarnia for a few scoring sessions and talk to
38:44
a ref there. I think our podcast has definitely
38:47
helped some of the fighters and has given them
38:49
extra knowledge. So it's that sense of community
38:52
that we definitely built that's definitely been
38:55
huge. And it's showing that we're getting off
38:57
the bench in more than one aspect. Yeah, I love
39:02
it. Yeah, it's crazy. you know done i know it's
39:09
i mean it's almost done but it's not really the
39:13
event is done but it's a it's never done no no
39:18
the fight still continues so like yeah obviously
39:22
there's no like just like ms yeah the fight doesn't
39:27
stop here there's no deadline true there's no
39:31
like yes the This is when the fights are, but
39:36
then there's fights next weekend. And then there's
39:40
everything else going forward. Rock and mess.
39:44
The ride. All these other different events that
39:49
are going on. Obviously, with the success everything's
39:53
going this year, I can't imagine there would
39:56
be a reason not to have another punch out next
40:00
year. I think next year is going to be even bigger.
40:03
I think every year they're taking in that next
40:05
step, that next step, that next step. I think
40:07
the big thing is for anybody listening, getting
40:10
themselves involved. Get involved. If you don't
40:17
want to fight, buy a ticket. If you don't want
40:19
to watch the fights, make a donation. You can
40:22
either make a donation to you or me. Yeah. I
40:25
don't care who the donations go to. Yeah, exactly.
40:29
It doesn't really matter. End of the day, yes,
40:31
I would love to be. On the top of the list. Because
40:35
I like to win things. But. At the end of the
40:40
day. I think a few of the people who are going
40:42
to donate to me. End up donating to you. Because
40:44
they saw our blog post. But like. Honestly. It
40:50
doesn't matter to me. Who the donations go towards.
40:55
Because as long as they go towards the event.
40:57
It goes to the right cause. Like that's what
41:01
it's all about. At the end of the day. So, but
41:06
yeah, I, I'll be listening to my, probably listening
41:10
to my song right now as we speak. It's true.
41:13
And you got your fight shirt on. Yeah. You know,
41:16
that team off the bench. I got the white and
41:20
I got the black, but I think this is fitting
41:22
right now. We won't talk about it. We won't talk
41:25
about it. No, man. Like this is, yeah, this is
41:29
releasing on Sunday. So obviously. From off the
41:33
bench, you know, good luck in your match. Yeah.
41:36
Thank you. Kill it. I'm looking forward to it.
41:38
May 3rd, kill it. If you have a chance, come
41:42
out. I'll release this probably at noon on May
41:44
3rd, so it'll still give people an opportunity
41:48
to come to the London Music Hall in London, Ontario.
41:51
If you're in the area, whether you're in St.
41:53
Thomas or, you know. Yeah. Doors open at 2. Doors
41:57
open at 2. Fight starts at 3. Yep. Yep. It's
42:02
a great event. You know, everyone likes to have
42:04
a good time. Plus, it's awesome that it's done
42:06
like a Sunday afternoon. Yeah. It's like you
42:08
can still do things after. You can bring your
42:11
kids. Yeah. It's family friendly. Yep. It's a
42:16
fight card that's for the people by the people.
42:21
Yeah. You know what I mean? So definitely come
42:24
check it out. Show some support. We might get
42:27
to see him get punched in the face. Oh, you definitely
42:30
will see it when you get punched. You never know.
42:33
Maybe just be clean. You might be so clean that
42:35
you don't. Might run a clean fight. You know
42:36
what I mean? That's a possibility. Yeah. Who
42:39
knows? So, it is what it is. But, yeah, I think
42:45
it's a great episode. It's a great episode. Yeah,
42:47
we got to give people time to watch it before
42:50
they. It's true. If you release it at 12 o 'clock,
42:53
they'll get to this point and it'll be like.
42:55
One o 'clock, and they'll be like, oh, damn.
42:58
Yeah, well, doors open at two, first fights at
43:00
three. Yeah. It does the time. It does the time.
43:02
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