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This episode sees me joined by a huge tea with me favourite Sean
McComb AKA Bang Bang Gravy Chip AKA the Public Nuisance AKA Sean
Mack. Now Sean fought a few weeks ago
now in in New York and fought a fighter way higher up the world
rankings than him, someone near the very top.
And I think everyone can agree Sean was like robbed of a
decision and huge controversy, but just another controversy in
the long line of decisions in boxing.
And I was gonna form the thing everyone I know that's in the
boxing was gonna form because he deserves every success.
He's a great guy and a great boxer.
And he won his fight but somehow got the decision against them.
So we want to talk a little bit about that and then about the
comedian's charity boxing. And when I tell you he's got a
wild story that happened to him just after his fight in New
York, I mean, a wild story. I mean, Wilder than any anything
that happened Ryan Garcia's fight.
So we. Oh, no.
What do you. Yeah.
Have you seen that film The Wheel of Brendan Fraser?
That's only because you body shame me earlier.
Can I say something? You look great.
I wish you didn't. But come here, show people.
I don't get all. Willie T took his top off and
can I say something? Do you look like the son of a
Victorian? No, this not daddy.
The son of a Victorian straw man.
Yeah. Yeah, that is how I look.
Does that make sense? Like your dad would be like the
top straw man and you've just taken it up and you're looking
good. I feel like 1 of What's his
name? And Piggy.
Blinders, one of them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, like a hench.
Yeah, you're, you're a henchman. And piggy blinders.
Yeah, like a young henchman. Yeah, yeah, like a child
henchman. He's meant to be asleep.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Oh, no, please don't. We're just trying to get through
the start of this episode. My guest is none other than
Shawn McComb. And we are joined towards the
end to do some comedians for the to do some protections for the
comedian charity boxing. We're joined by Aaron Butler,
who obviously knows his stuff when it comes to competitive
combat. These gentlemen, please enjoy
this episode of the TV ME podcast with my guest, Shawn
McComb. I didn't know you drink tea.
Have a fur few cups of tea up here.
Yeah, I told you were coffee always I.
Would have a coffee in the morning 11 a day.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's it.
I I up until yesterday, I was on three a day and I've started to
feel it bad. And then you always crash.
I know what I'm feeling like an addict.
I was feeling like an addiction to it, like if it didn't have
one, it was in my head and I didn't even necessarily want it.
But I have it for a gig before a show.
We'll have a coffee. I suppose you're getting it, and
by the time a show comes around you, do you feel a bit tired?
Supposedly. Could you drink coffee before a
fight? I could do, yeah.
But is there, is there a danger that it would like Spike and
then? Oh yeah, it's another thing as
well. It's just because back because
depending on the show and who's on, they're cubing outlets
pushed in quicker. Oh, right, right, There's no.
Do you eat like you like snacks or anything?
Not alive, but do you do that? Yeah, you have like jellies and
chocolate and stuff in the corner.
But I'll tell you about I have a completely different experience
in New York. So we get picked up at 5:30 to
go to the venue, right? I thought I was going to be
expected to be in the ring at around 9:00 PM.
Takes you half an hour to get through New York and the
Brooklyn. So went to Brooklyn, got in
first I need them is hey Sean, we got to take night burn them
in. In the UK and anywhere else I've
ever been. He always did a drug test after
the fate. I got in there like we need to
take a sample of urine before the fate.
We want to do a spread test. It's called.
I was like, right. They explained it to me for the
paperwork for a drug test. They take half before the fate
and half after the fate. Not the same.
You don't have to hold that pest.
For the same pest whenever you want, but they used to have to
do a sample before and a sample after.
So I've done that, went back to the changing room.
Then they have two people from the Commission, the New York
Commission, just like following your own shadowing you.
So I got back to the changing room, sorting all the bag out
and it must have been say 7:00. And we're sitting there and I
was like, right. This is after you've done the
sample. After I've done the sample, so
the commissioner's still in the changing room to just linger
around. I don't know why we're watching.
I don't know why, but we're just talking in the corner and the
change. We're having a laugh and I go to
eat a couple of days. Of course, normally you can't do
it and I was like what? So you can't have anything?
I was like phone *. She's from what, The Commission.
Commission. She was like, you can't have
anything, You've just done a sample.
I was like, you know, so. You've done I'm.
Going to do another sample after.
So you can't have anything? Kind of.
You can't even have cheating. I was like, what?
I'm fucking starving. Hey, if you eat something, you
need to restart this whole test again.
Go back and try and do urine as well.
Burn them and you can get states, right?
Because someone just stand them watching.
Yeah, like they're watching. So I was a pang off.
I'm starving. Which takes you out of the
routine that you used. To yeah, you're sitting
listening music and we bit of chocolate.
Yeah you feel like if you could always have like like 3 Cadbury
buttonings. They're like the caramel ones as
well, right, Because they're late, but they're chocolatey,
you know what I mean? They're nice and and a lot of
Jelly ships just have a couple of bags of jellies, just
different ones. Just like Jelly babies.
Stuff like that and I couldn't have any because I was afraid
that I make it stays free and I'll be in their freezers.
So did you feel Star? We got like I was.
Starving on the ring. Now don't get me wrong, most
people probably panic and I said she's gonna fuck me.
I says I'm panicking but I just started thinking I've sparred
fast at hundreds of times. Yeah, right, right, right.
And it's it's not. It's not a problem so.
Have you, since the New York fight, have you?
Do you feel like that's kind of all you've been talking about?
Like obviously everyone, everyone feels European and
feels obviously you being robbed and all that, but it's difficult
to like, I suppose even for me you're like, what do you say?
I know. It's just, you know what people
do say to me? What do you say?
They even start a conversation for me.
Sean, what do you say? Yeah, there's nothing you can't
say. It's done.
It's been and gone and. I think a lot of people
obviously like floors you, but I think a lot of people would
dwell like boxers would dwell on it and get in their heads and
you're unless you tell me different and you're very good
at just putting up as much as you can, put them behind you and
just moving on to the next thing.
That's all. That's all.
My whole career, like, even as an amateur, I've suffered like,
controversial defeats. Yeah, a lot of times to go to
major tournaments, like go to Olympic Games, go to the
qualifiers, like bad ones. And I'm like, what do you do?
Like this is like a big set back in the amateurs.
Yeah, I've just learned to go. It's out of my control.
But it's mad that like, because I even remember the Taylor
cattle fight. Yeah.
And about 85% of people were like this daylight robbery.
This is the only one I've seen where 100% of.
People. But did you know straight away
at the startup? Do you don't know like I have
him here? I knew the whole time was going
to be my told everyone I was 6 to 1 shadow on the booties.
Yeah, I don't gamble. I was telling.
Neither do I, but I got my mate I was.
Like I was like, he will never get me at that price again ever
again. Yeah, because this is the
biggest platform I've been on against the number one ranked
fader. Yeah.
And after I beat him to want to go fuck, we can't pay him that
price again. Yeah.
So that was the only opportunity, but.
Could you tell he knew you speak early as well?
Or like after the second round, I knew because he started, he
started panic punching like we were called, like he's thrown
like big winging shots to try and catch me from a foot from a
distance, which means he's just, he's rushing the shots, he's not
thinking about stuff and he's frustrated.
So at that stage I was like, he's big.
Because it was such short notice as well, you wouldn't have this
like if that fight had a was announced 6 months before, you'd
have the support there. But obviously it's four weeks
notice, so there's not a chance. So it's not even.
So you want to talk about the odds being against you, but then
there's no I don't know how did you hear people be in there for
you must have been this because that's all obviously for him.
You're going over a short notice one man battle you and your
coaches. And then when because I when the
announcement was the scores were being read out.
Even then, I think a lot of people might have like just lost
their head. But you could tell, you could
see you saying like that is not possible.
But then you were very cool about it, you know, at the time.
I understand that people were being.
Yeah. And they're being like, see the
respect I have for anyone of Fates, yeah, including yourself.
Top fader, by the way. But I've made the respect I
have. In our game, no.
We all respect each other because we know what we're, we
know what we're getting into. Like we have, we have the same
understanding. Yeah.
Do you know what I mean? So you have to respect that, and
it's mutual. You look at me, you ain't
respect. That is just.
You know, like, you know, I'm one though as well.
I don't know. You know I have 100% record
like. Undefeated and I know that time
you put on a master class against.
You know, I've been a number of people like.
Johnny Bo, That's what I mean. Like the odds are saying that to
say the reach he just crafted just.
He's 7 foot three. I was going in with a with a
foot, a foot and a third difference in between us, but
that didn't stop me like. That self belief.
Look, I just couldn't have had. I couldn't have let anybody
down. Like I just knew and I knew as
well. Yes, I knew he had a difference
on me, but I knew the heart difference was stuck to my
favourite. See, but only even know what I
know. No one else would have seen that
before. Because like you were.
Oh. I was on the feet of going into
that, and so was he. So someone's all had to go.
Yeah, yeah. Thanks, it wasn't your fate.
Another day. But I I don't know, people would
have lost their hair, but you looked very calm and you're
obviously respectful to your opponent as well.
Because it's not his fault. Yes, it's really not his fault.
He knew. He knew his father in his.
He didn't even celebrate widely as well.
So like I was just trying to give him his respect as a fader,
but the judges like. It's a bit like when Kieran
Bartlett came in the top three at the Comedian stars.
In your eyes, you know, your brothers, that one of the
judges, one or two judges, you know, it was hollow for him, you
know, and he did kind of celebrate it.
But I thought, you know, he did what you should.
He didn't do what you should, What you did, you know, which is
sort of just keep your head down and be happy that you'd made it
through it. Yeah, well, he was sick.
He's the Arnold Barbosa of stars and eyes.
I've always said that. I mean, I've always said that.
But see, the judges, do they just like you're like a referee
in football, They can't do interviews after.
They're sort of anonymous. So the the accountability isn't
really there. So they don't have to be
interviewed after and say why they thought that.
But sure, it feels like the the TV crew should be going, will
you score that for Barbosa? So what was your thinking behind
that? And then they could explain it
to you. I think they may have to do a
written report. All they need to do is say to
the governing body is this is how I seen it from the angle I
was sitting at, the pressure was coming from Barbosa, single
shots were coming back from Macomb.
So their report be like Sean beat him up for the whole fight,
but we think he won. Yeah.
Sean won every round, bar maybe two.
Yeah, maybe. Maybe.
So it's like and the WB 1 going to admit to the judges being
wrong, they're never going to appeal reappeal is a nerve or
ever going to overrule that disease.
Has that never happened? No.
What? Because if that happens once,
then every past result is going to be brought back up again.
Like Jack Carroll and Josh Taylor are going to be brought
back up and it's going to be why did you overturn this one but
not overturn, Yeah. Yeah.
Where did you see the differences?
What, like it would just open a whole kind of room?
I thought the Fury and Gani fight as much as like an
exhibition and Gani definitely won that, but it didn't feel
like it was a huge injustice because they're both getting
paid. It's an exhibition and Gani's
already a huge star, doesn't need that win.
But you taking out a four weeks notice and you know being
further down the rankings in him and it not be in your home
crowd, surely more reason to take your performance in the
account you said Do you get to speak to on their bus back or
something? On the bus back, so my club mom
was with me, Tommy McCormick, and we were getting off the bus
and it was like, it was like was actually ball games, like I was
judging your fate. I was like.
I was like, you're loading up. Stop by.
I was like, yeah, what? What one were you?
Just three judges won't give it to you.
Yeah. I was like, I'm the one with the
red. I said I give it to you, too.
And I was like, yeah, how do you justify it?
Yeah, like, how do they justify? And he was just like, I'm sure
he couldn't say much about the other judges, but he just went,
yeah. And even the referee after like
the referee was just like, wow. But it's like a is it a weird
one that say like that night, say you, you win a fight, you
obviously go out and celebrate. But it almost felt like although
they gave the decision against you, it got way more people
knowing who you are like, but you do a wider audience, loads
of people on your side. Now you're going, he deserves
this and he deserves that. And you climbed up the rankings
after. So is it a weird thing where
it's a it's a loss on your record.
It's a decision against you on your record, but almost it's
propelled you a bit forward as well.
Yeah. It's propelled me in terms of
like people knowing, hey, I'm and yeah, and support, but I
don't know what's going to propel me in terms of
opportunities. I just have to, but maybe I
don't know how it works. Like I hope it does, but right
now the the hardest part is not knowing where my like, what
happens now? Who's going to feed me?
Yeah. Because does that mean that
fighters who are ranked like the top fighters, the promoter is
going to keep them away from you, away from them because
they're going, This is why would we bring this guy in who could
be I'm a banana. Scan.
Yeah, human banana scan. Banana and pyjamas slipping in
the ring. If anyone will come in and
bananas and Pyjamas theme song to the rings, you Yeah, but
yeah, so that that almost goes against you.
So it's just like if that will not fate.
I was mandatory to fate here from Lopez for a world.
Yeah, Tiffany Lopez is like parent for parent and apparently
top five parent for parent failures in the world.
So that for me is like life changing opportunity.
Yeah, neither. Didn't get the decision.
What happens? I like, where do I stand?
Like we've obviously appealed decision, but where do I stand?
They go back to fight domestic faders for like a fraction of
the money, like a fraction, but I'm trying to get that
opportunity in. Or does a promoter come in and
send me? Surely in my head I'm going from
knowing nothing about him in a total outsider.
I go Golden Boy who were running that night of the fight and they
were on the whole night. Yeah.
So I'm like, why are they not on?
Do you go on that night going let's have more, come on, have
more fights? Can they make money off me in
America? They can name, they can, they
sell me out. What about like one barge you
put on the leprechaun suit, No. I've lots differently.
Madison Square Garden, obviously, I think it like
completely right, like need to get the American audience in
the. It's not a river.
Funny story with that whole situation, right?
I was on that shore, isn't it? First of all, right, I was the
first person to be told I'm going to be on that shore.
Madison Square. Garden Square Garden.
What year? Awesome.
Patrick's Day 2019. Right, Right.
Happy days. Sweet told Polly.
We were living the guy in Glasgow told by told phone to
like close people. I was like lies.
I ain't getting on the show. Jamie coming for me.
I'm going to get me on that show.
Max undercard brilliant happy days.
Lisa Parley was fainting on car France on the card in December
before that March right on a Frank Warren show car from Fort
Josh Wynton Patty Barnes Matt the fate before it.
Patty Barnes was then told look lesson stay gloved up.
He was doing a warm up. Stay gloved up.
You're on next after Carl Parley was doing a warm up ready to go
out the guy from Queensbury promotions and he goes party
take a seat. You're not on next Sam Maxwell's
on next as a he's a Queensbury fair.
You're going to go on off time, but then the whole room is anti
vestige because Frampton's fate's over.
Yeah, party goes on my fuck that damn gloves off me and I was why
I was in that fucking feet last thing, get them gloves off me.
So we're like what party just cut the gloves off, stuck his
clothes on my home. Never thought so Frank Warren
thing thing a pair. Frank Warren fined him to pay
the fader till he was meant to fate party wouldn't pay the
hang. So anyway party's manager phoned
him started slobbering him on the phone saying you fucking
you're giving Frank Warren you're a fucking thorn and I
said Frank Warren drinking, but you need to pay us for a place.
Frank Warren repaired me my full purse of the the world title
Fred I got in Windsor Park so he can tear it up and was just
better back and forth back and forth.
Party barge and body barge right, So he's like in a bad
mood in the house in Glasgow and he comes back down again.
Fucking he's phoning me again and he phones me again like
fucking telling me you better fucking knock on the head on
Twitter, you know on Twitter. And I give no that five my
phone. Just stop it because I get the
fucking headache over probably go right, OK, I'm sorry, I'm
sorry. I hung up my phone and say fuck
shit. So I was party, but now Larry
phones again and talking. He's like he was away up the
stairs in his bedroom and he was talking when it when this phone
come on for like 30 minutes and when it starts like Oh yes,
right. Look, listen, I'm sorry, I'll
apologise to him. I'll apologise.
So he got offered the money anyway.
He didn't have to pay the money and he was like happy and all he
was to be very happy about it. His manager was like look,
talking to me and he's like looking into the inferior
instead of putting Sean on that card and fucking New York and
I'll put you on it because you didn't get the fitness Amber and
understand your frustration. I understand you're a 310 minute
being. I understand you deserve a good
slot on a card. That's what you're looking at.
So I couldn't hear the phone, but he's going to meet and he's
pointing laughing. Hang on, fucks he laughing?
Hang on, hang on. What the fucks he laughing at
news? Yes, yes, 100% Isaac.
They don't tell no one. He's taking off phone Jimmy and
I'll change it. I'll get Sean off.
Sean hasn't a face even told he's on the card.
He's just been told that we're trying to get down the car so it
won't is hard team on, somebody's going on.
Hang on, what the fucks? You laugh?
Not hung up the phone is like lads, lads, I'm fit in New York
on some parties day. I'm mixed on the card.
I was like, fuck what? He's like, he's on the phone and
taking your spot. I was like, don't tell, don't
tell me fucking serious. I was like, you're a wee wanker.
No laugh. That's the way he's getting on.
I was like, fuck, I have a cup, Jimmy Carla phones me back goes
look, so I'm going to get you another car.
Look, sorry about that, but just potty fucking nicely.
He's a big man and ice boxing and just thinking straight to
put him and make on the same card.
He says, look, listen, no worries, like follow them.
If anyone deserves it of the creative heart, it's potty.
So I was that. I accepted it and then of course
he was all the American because this boy snap me.
So when I get beat, the foot of them sit in the corner and
everyone he's just sitting there that I shot him off their faces.
I got the last laugh. Everyone else would be sounding
fucking through sympathy and Commissary isn't he's.
Just on the flight the next day for Leprechaun.
Look at what you fox it says on the as your videos.
Fuck, I'm little late focus. When he told that still really
about fighting at Windsor and getting knocked out with that
body shot and then getting taken away in a stretch.
Then he he walked back out to watch Fountains fight, I think.
And then he had to come back out in a stretcher or there was
something to do with when he was backstage.
That's what I think they they offered him a stretcher and he
was like, no, no, no, I'm OK. And he went out and watched the
fight. And he had.
To come and get a stretcher to take him back in.
So what? What did you do straight after
the fact? Did you go out?
I went back a bar in New York, sponsor me licence, so I told
all my ones that went over to travel to go back or see them
after. But of course I didn't get out
of the arena until like 2:00 AM and I'm back.
I'm out for like 2 drinks, 3 drinks and then we left.
I was at then the next day me and everyone done a few things
touristy about the Chelsea Market.
Got tacos? Got for a few drinks.
I've been is that Taco place where you tell there's like 2
stations at it and the first one is you tell them whether it's
like tacos or. Hard shell.
Yeah, and then you go to the next place and they make it up.
Yep, I have the. I have had those exact tacos.
Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
So I lowly AM and I'm over like doing a few things and I got a
drink. I met up with a few mates over
and just went out that day and had a few drinks and that was it
really to give us much much to it like.
See, in my head, you're getting phone calls like the next day
from all these promoters and all you know.
And nothing, just silence. My phone is like, you couldn't
even start to begin where you didn't know where to begin on
like WhatsApp for hundreds of messages.
Instagram, like hunt like versions.
Yeah, versions of like. Because we always think the next
plant, you realise it's boxing on like that.
Wherever I think everything's planned out for you, I think you
know who the next person's going to be and.
See, like, because you took like, even as promoters, they
don't even know who's going to win.
Yeah, yeah. So they don't even know that.
They don't even know what's next, right?
I mean, like, they're probably going nice.
Barbara was just going to win. And then we're going to get the
TFM Lopez fit. We've been on the same name for
so long. That's our plan.
We're going to navigate you this way.
And I want to upset the Apple heart and they're going and.
I'm taking that. I take it they were the last
thing they'd want. Issue you'd have a rematch with.
100% just why? Why?
Like what do Ioffer? Yeah, because they were comedy.
If you have a bad one, you can just get up the next night and
do it again. Yeah.
You can't. Can't do.
It and then travelling home and all that, did you feel like, was
there no sense of like in a way it's been well worthwhile trip.
It's worthwhile because there's the global stage.
You got the performer, you know what I mean?
I got the performing of work like a.
But not just you get the performer, you get that platform
and then you deliver that performance on Yeah.
You know, so like I made the most of the platform hard in
terms of my performance and I people know hey, I'm so I'll
benefit from it, hopefully from. That and the build up to that to
be on that card, especially the Devon Haney, Ryan Garcia build
up. I don't, I don't remember
anything like that in boxing. Nah, never.
I don't be either. I remember the build up, the
Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, when they had all these back and
forths and it was intense and everyone was talking about it.
I don't know if I've real if there's been much build up
since. Yeah, I think that was proper
serious it. Was because everyone watching
what's going on. Garcia shouldn't be.
I was thinking he should be able to fight.
The same here I was thinking this.
I was texting Oscar De La Hoya going listen, if you if you need
me, I'll come over. I'm ready to go.
But he that was. Did it feel like a circus
backstage? I thought it was a circus.
I genuinely thought it was just a shit show.
Doorway fit and the way and rang or she was like, I'm not going
for the public way and he just he just he made us all wait and
I was like, I want to work him myself and rang or diving in his
backstage and he's waiting and he's like, Oh, you get
frustrated because everyone's hungry and everyone's like
trying to rest and he's just in his hotel like fuck you.
And he just has this bad attitude and respect for other
fighters that I thought at that time.
But you know what, after watching his performance and I
was just like he played us all, everyone.
I'm convinced his promoters were completely.
I don't think he told. I don't think he told anyone
what he was going to be apart from maybe the photographer that
he told before or videographer or whoever it was because when I
was the at the press conference, even like burner hot 1 was like
like cut this now. Just stop asking questions till
the guy, he was presenting the press conference.
He was like, yeah, this is just going, yeah, I like just fucking
knocking there. It's mind games on a whole
different level whole. Different level he just
completely done up a whole you and.
Me are the same, like we don't really.
We don't use mind games. We don't need them.
These are our mind games. That's how I mean like we, we do
the work, yeah. We don't need in someone's mind
like. No, we're focused.
We're not focused on them. We're fulfilling.
Something. On ourselves.
That's the difference. And then when you do, you just
travel home by yourself, you go to your coaching team, do.
You know what my problem isn't all day picked a fleet with.
D was the over. D was over, D was over.
There was a good squad. He got in.
I take it and he was our. New York, He must have.
Slept there he was engaged Spurts.
He must have. He may have travelled as me, I'm
sure, but he got it and then he was in good sports.
You know what? I could see the.
I could see D taking like a jet ski from Belfast over, you know,
she had some mean I can't see him on a flight.
I fucking smart, but I wasn't on the fleet with him, so I didn't
get to see odd side of things. But what I do know is when they
arrived in the JFK, I knew they were Latin because they want to
try and get straight to my way in.
And next thing I got a video sent by and they're all in this
big stretch limousine with a chains pumping my dad, all my
dad. They just does not belong like
and there's about sad and rid of them in the backyard limousine
with a chains pump and drank and like fuck.
And they all brought this training year and they were
telling me I don't want to go to ROM now in Central Park and
we're going to do this. We'll do that.
Not one just he says in another limousine array.
Then it was drank. It was just at the window, Yeah.
So I wasn't nervous yet. On the way home, they booked a
flight from another terminal, another airline for me because
Golden Boy booked my fleets and my team's fleets.
So even like Darva, my fiance, she, I booked her fleet, but
with the early and they all travelled from Terminal 4.
Me and Marty, he was part of my team, travelled Terminal 7.
So we dropped them off. So hold, hold on here, right.
So on the way back with both taxis to go to the airport,
we're at their bar, have a few drinks before we're going to the
airport to fly home. They was like, what are you
planning for taxi? We're like $110.
I was like, no, I can't stand 2 taxis and we've got another
limousine. So we've got.
You've got a taste for. It you've got a taste for it, so
long is it? That's such an expensive Hobbit.
So we've got another limousine right at the airport.
I'm over change pumping and having the drink.
We're having it off. We dropped thems off me and when
he dropped thems off in terminal 4 and then we went to Terminal 7
done our bags security with Feel like Carol and then went to the
bar in the airport and I had a few drinks in the airport bar.
I went to the shop in the duty free to buy like Doritos and
snacks for the plane. Come back Marty's with this
group of people, 2 girls and some woman who's a medium.
She told me she's a medium from Dublin.
She started reading me, started saying like, I don't want to be
really sick. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't
want read or all emailing. So Marty's having this back and
forth over because he's like, Nah, it's not true.
See, it's awful shit. They're just going to keep going
until they get something right out there.
So he's like, then he's talking their daughter.
And then it turns out we all know people from like from
Dublin. I obviously I'm trained in
Dublin, so we all know the same thing.
If people were talking away and then there was a photographer
with his and stuff and he went on the plane and then the cars
were getting the bags and they went on and then the cars come
back and they're like, mom, mom, come on, let's go quickly.
This last call so that we were all getting our stuff together.
Then we're still talking again. And then she came again and she
was like, come on, it's last call.
So the car runs down and I was like, right, let's go.
So we lift our bags, start walking down to the flight and
you know, like when you go to the gate and you walk down and
we ramp towards the plane, we walk down and the fabs just like
their Hostess was just like not getting all.
I said what? He said you're on Toxicute.
I was like had a few drinks. Marty just seen ready.
He was like, you're on the phone and laugh, all right.
And he was like, you're not getting on.
I just went, Marty. I said he won't help and the
girl started. The woman that was with us, her
two daughters were on the flake she was walking down with.
This was not her own. She wasn't.
Even one group, she was the medium.
Yeah, she should have said it coming.
That's what I said. She should have before.
So I says fuck me, you know, some medium, you know, I never
seen this coming. She started laughing.
Yeah, I know. And I walked up.
So Marty was like, come on, he's jealous.
This is for like, like no one. You're not.
You're not getting on. He's like, why?
Because we're little like no, he's like half the flame on the
drink. I mean, you sort of drink on the
flake. Not not at that level.
I was like, I just went, I've just stopped back.
Literally my house fold folded and the car started tripping
into and she was saying all much and I just walked off.
I'm not admitting that's why I walked right back up the ramp
and back it on the gate. And as I get it under the gate,
there was like fucking 4 police officers stopping there.
They're like, hey, hey, wait here, what's going on?
I was like, I don't know, like he was like wait here and I was
like and he was like I was having a bag on my shoulder and
he was like, sit down. I was like sit down more like
sit down the floor. I was like, I'm not fucking
sitting down the floor. He's like sit down the floor and
I shit shit in my face. I was like you fucking stupid,
not sitting on the floor over and shit.
I don't know fuck all wrong and he just got me fucking here
around so can't cough something. I was like, what the fuck?
So Marty and they didn't go. They didn't walk down towards
the plane. They just stay up the gate.
Marty and that girl come fucking walking back up the gate and
they see me on the ground like what the what the fuck?
So them two were like to come over, question the girl,
question Marty what was going on.
They explained while I was sitting there handcuffed Marty,
I was like, what are you handcuffing them for?
So Marty started recording what he's handcuffing them for and I
was like, fuck me, is there a treat me to get all here looking
fond. They're like, and they're
lifting me up, fucking started pulling me out off the flight
and then. Everyone looking.
There was no one about. There wasn't much people about.
Just Marty and that girl Carl. And they were like walking down
and they put me in their back in ambulance, put me in a straight
jacket with the handcuffs on. I was like, what?
The fox was like this guy in the back of an ambulance and I was
sitting like strapped to the chair of a handcuff.
And I was like, that's what I was like.
I was like, what the fuck? I was like, what?
I was like, mate, I was looking at the guy and then the back.
I was like, mate, this is unnecessary.
It was like, it's just procedure.
Procedure for what? Not for misuse of all Misuse of
Drugs, me drugs, you fucking hand that.
I've had a few paints, folks, relax, take him off.
He's like, hold on a SEC and he's like.
Has Marty been put the straight? Jacket No.
I was like what the fuck? Marty's one arguing at the game.
Two star murder. You want to see the stuff that
we're saying at the gate and that's why I walked away.
I was like, this is Justin. We're never getting on.
I ever was ever. Any hope of us getting on, we're
not getting on. I feel like you're the only one
who didn't argue with the decision.
I was, and that's to see the girl.
Carl still amazed me on the scrum.
When you need the appeal by your bar from Erlangus because you
said nothing. I was like fuck me.
So now I'm barred from Erlangus as well.
So anyway, once the cops the cops got handcuffs off and was
still in a straitjacket and then the foul was like I made the
tickets off. This is just on that.
Sorry. Fuck me.
Like what it means like I'm all right.
He can tears me for fucking drugs you wanted and he's like,
OK. But the guy in the almond seemed
to think it was called out a black guy when I walked up and I
was like, they told him I'm this guy, that I was being aggressive
when I says I wouldn't sit down. On the floor, yeah, yeah.
Obviously, why the fuck we don't than doing wrong.
So they've obviously seen the black animals caught as well.
They were like just talk it that way because Marty and Carl were
sweet right here in the back. So they were like, yeah, they're
in the Marty was. They say like say the almonds
talk on the police and talking to the almonds guys like where's
he going? They're like he won't take him
to Jamaica Queens Hospital where he's like I'm going or turn.
Like you don't need to go. He's like I don't want to go
where he's going. Yeah, they're like, OK, they put
him in the back of the almonds, too.
And the car on the back of numbers.
Oh. You feel like this?
They once the cops left they took a straight jacket off me
and I was just sitting going like mate this is fucking this
is a waste of state funds. This is on that side.
There's people out there who need this.
I was in New York for fucking 10 days and I every corner and
every fucking doorway I walk past or someone land there were
fucking half there legs missing and you have me strapped to a
straight fucking jacket going to Jamaica Queens hospital.
Get this off me, please. So he's like an old man.
It's just procedure. We have to fall through.
And I think you stop saying it's procedure.
It's not procedure. What are they doing?
What's Marty and fucking Carlton?
They're not. It's not the procedure frame.
So we're going to end the Mimi, run all these tests, these CT
scans though, and Marty was just on the Vetras phone.
I see in Jamaica, Queens hospital, you have never seen
anything. They guess in relief.
You're like A&E and there's. An E.
Scans. CT scans blows the whole lot.
Could you what would happen if you had been like I don't want
you to take my blood I. Don't know, it wouldn't let me
discharge until until they did take blood so probably was just
kept me along or phoned the police when I left.
And they on what point did they go?
Everything's clear. After the CT so we were in there
all night. I fell asleep no and CT.
Scanning your brain, yeah, but. Dumb blood in the don't CT scan
at the very end and then I just teach and see all the nurses in
place. They loved us Marty just on the
phone and like S place was like Beirut.
I mean like there's no wards. It's just a big open room or
just people run the better and like pick beds down there and
like I was one stage like I was like what what I had to do right
here. I mean I'm discharged myself and
the guy regard was that you can't discharge yourself because
you need to see these coming. Boy, give me.
A Are the police still with you? No, they're gone, but there's
police around the building. Like there's like security
around the building, but I'm like, I'm discharged myself.
Get Me Out of here. This is fucking unnecessary.
That's why I'm like, Get Me Out of here.
Installer procedure. One more, one more.
Time. So by the way, they could have
surely done ACT scan of your brain.
And even though you're saying I'm a boxer, a fight, there
could be, there could be damage there.
That. Like what are they looking for?
I don't know what they're looking for because I don't
know. I don't I don't know why they
don't see TS like it was just there was no need for it at all.
That is. So like I was like what the
fuck? And then and I be straight after
I was like right, it was like a birdie get me in here.
Your mum was like OK, it'll only take 5 minutes.
And I was like why doesn't that just put me in this like when I
arrived and. I'm like oh and are you texting
durable during this? Nah.
Because she's on a flight, right?
What I mean, she's on a flight, she's in the air.
So then when she lands, how do you tell her?
Marty told her. Marty told them in a group chat
They weren't getting on the flight as it was all happening
and I was handcuffed, so they sort of knew and they were like
any I was going to fuck happens. You see them in the backyard
anymore, but out of. Town how drunk we.
Out of town, probably about. Yeah, I mean.
Their name. But it was.
I was like, I wasn't out of control.
Drunk. Yes, I was drunk, but I wasn't
out of control. Yeah, like you know what I mean?
But then I think see, if you're a businessman and and you know,
and you're in your first class and you, you have a pseudo, they
let you they. Let fantasy on the way at the
airport. I was trying to pick an hour.
I was trying to put myself in the first class.
There was an old TC bill. Yeah, so I wasn't out of it.
How do you find out, by the way, what happens then when you when
you do get to leave hospital, what do they go right?
We're happy to let you leave for.
This one right where you go. I send it and.
Then where do you? Go I get ACT scan.
I walked at me, right? I was like a part of me right.
Let's go there. This is doing my head on and
like you need to send these forms.
I turn around and obviously there's people who are on all
these weekends will be hospital goods and I looked across and
some files and I guess and I as soon as I seen the font, I turn
around. Go tomorrow.
Look at that big bean bag like I've been burned.
I mean like open for anyone to see like no matter he walked in.
Never seen that like that big bean bags long.
What the fuck are we doing here? You not belong here.
And then what? Do you go straight to the
airport again? We got a taxi straight down to
Times Square and for an or paint.
What they mean Fiddler for a paint?
That's a great bar. By a man we Carl was still with
us. Still what this?
Today, so I have to go and pick a hotel.
I'm a big the hotel and then me and Marty went to Popeyes, got
something neat, went back to the hotel, fell asleep for a few
hours got up next day got a taxi because our luggage always
stopping the airport got a taxi straight to the airport, went to
our Lingus says here we weren't we didn't get on our fleet
yesterday. They give you a new fleet, we've
got a new freight checked our bags and they were the nicest
people in the world and go through we're working up the
three security. I was like fuck, our freight was
the five to five. Yeah, we're way early for the
freight and we're going through security and Marty, Marty was
like no drinking today, no fucking drinking.
I've they fucked. That's coming from you.
You're a long got us in this position.
So we've got three security. Carl's still there.
Got these.
Get up and the security and we read Happy days.
I literally took my shoes off came up.
I heard hey, Sir, hey, Sir. I'm like, man, it's like yeah.
And the girl's point. I turned around and there's
someone from Erlingist and was like, hey, can you come here and
he's like what He's like come here.
He's like he's not right on the flight.
I was like, what he's like, yeah, Erlingist did when you're
named 3 on up at the gate, they've radioed and they're not
landing on the flight. He's were abusive.
I was like, I wasn't abusive like says as a group is were
abusive. I says fuck shit.
How are we getting on where like?
And he was like, and I was like, oh Jesus, we don't have to pick
any flight. So we had to go on fucking
transfers for new flights. We picked the flight with Delta.
Was Carl a little? Carl wasn't a little I don't
know so. Carl's mistake is should chatter
do? That's what.
That's right. Carl's Carl is like.
No one deserves this but, but definitely not Carol.
Definitely not Carl, no. Why?
Because Carl was stone cold sober and her two daughters were
on the flight. Black.
I got two daughters on the flight black because they
sappers well on our Carl. Carl just from over the end.
She usually get another flight. How to pick another flight with
Delta and? I knew you banned from her.
How do you know you're banned? I don't know them banned it says
until investigations over but your woman Carl's been message
me on Instagram saying you need to like AP list because you're
going to speak to sister because you've done nothing wrong.
It's like me. I said some stuff because Mr.
Stewart. Can I see some of the videos
stuff? I don't know if I have the
videos but Marty hasn't. If you do, I'd love to see that.
That's fucking not just most fighters.
What to do after a fight? They normally just say an ice
bath. I would rather I could have done
my ice bath instead of that fucking carry on because that
was the most fucking nothing's ever easy to.
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We're always doing that podcast pizzas now.
It was great. Great, I was a ticket.
I was sad I couldn't be involved this week, but you're 1.
Week. I will, but you're involved now
because you're just an episode, no blasters.
Yeah. This gentleman welcome our
Butler to the podcast. Now we've brought you on because
we know that you know, you're not a boxer, but you're
certainly in the game. Yeah.
You want me to break it down? Yes, he's act like his punditry.
Is he just? He knows the game.
He knows he knows the sport. And then out of it, yeah, Dabble
A dabble. Did some MMA commentary at the
weekend there. All that sort of, Yeah.
That fit the fight, the regional sort of thing Card, yeah.
Any big knockouts? Not like a big sort of knockout
in like one punch flatline, but like there was a few TKO
stoppages. Yeah, I would never, you know,
we're didn't box, obviously. I'd never ever do MMM charity,
MMA or anything like that, no. Why?
It just looks totally. Different level disciplines.
Yeah, it's just too much discipline.
It's a lot, isn't like. Yeah, like I can obviously stand
up and trade, but I, I can't probably could, you know, go to
the ground. Look at you use words like
trade, no you. Evolved if you want to trade.
Pokémon cards, Yeah, yeah. And their Premier League swap
shop. I can't fight.
But yeah, I'll, I'll take a lead shiny off you.
But there's way more to learn in MMA.
Yeah, like the grand game, Jiu jitsu, judo Craddy like it's.
How? Do you like more?
Tag, dude, Yeah, I think all these disciplines.
That's what they do. Usually a fighter will like just
specialise and like it's wrestling but then they have a
bit of strike and and then they can use the wrestling defence to
like implement bits of strike and it's a whole different.
Art, I told you, Sean, that's what he's.
Talking Sean. You know me, Jean.
No big deal. What's the is this Dojo you're
in? This is yeah, my sensei give me
this T-shirt. This is ZKJ Dojo MMA Jim up in
Antrim representing. So look, I'm sure most people
know by now, 26th of June, comedians, charity boxing, the
red team and the blue team I'm fighting Sean Haggerty, there's
a lot of brilliant fights. Red team coach Sean McComb, blue
team kind of idea on this. Blue team coaches in the
building and just told me you don't give a fuck.
That's sad. That's breaking news.
You're like, you're just dropping right there basically.
Like basically walked in and says.
Fucking. Fucking he did.
Blue teams fall apart. Do you not know like the
connection we have within our togetherness within?
Our red team's a bond. I can feel it.
I mean, there's an energy there. There's.
Too much energy sometimes. Like I lose the plot in the
geminal and Sean will talk me down, you know?
You have to settle. Him.
Yeah, you know him. My bastard.
Just ready to go. He's.
He's on the jack-in-the-box, will train at 10 and I opened
the door. I don't know how I get in, but
he was upstairs for headgear closing from She Didn't fucking
in your Shadow boxing. 10 at night.
And I like. I'm getting real, although we're
still out for the fight, I'm getting really, really good at
the noises. Call.
Call like a week. Oh yeah, little freak Sean, why
is my opponent Wessel like the pause up?
I was, I was playing football last week and I was we're just
down. The ball was nowhere near as I
played upfront and I was just singing for a wee 2nd and the
guy, he went what are you doing? What were you saying?
That song, End of beginning. Do you know that, sombre friend?
When I'm back in Chicago, I was just saying that.
What are you doing? Do you play football?
You know, like, do you, do you make the box when you're getting
the ball? Like we hit the ball one time.
It was brand. New shot I was.
Brazing the shoulder tackle. But look, Aaron, you're, you're
short of, you're in the OK then. I'm looking at a lot and what's
good about the comedian's boxing is that I just get to enjoy.
That's it. I'm jealous of that, genuinely.
Because you know, the commitment that takes the do like what
you're doing, like no one wants to train all this time to lose.
Yeah, you want to fucking win. So like, and that make that
Spurgeon to do extra sessions, train more and it becomes your
life a wee bit, you know, a wee bit a lot the the you have
fighter for life. But how how you find it
different from last year? And I think the matchups this
year are much closer than than last year.
So, so like I think that's that's going to create more
exciting fights and want to create better training as well,
well for you guys. Do you know, I feel like the
training last year was just try and get really fit and learn
what you kind of should be do learn how to stand completely
traditionally and do all this stuff, Whereas this time it
feels a bit more like actually I can go, Oh, that suits me.
We better to start the there's. More it's more tactical now.
You can be more technical now because he's been in there, he's
had the one fight experience. You know what it's going to be
like on the night, so you carry that into the next place.
So I feel like I can, I feel like before it was just like,
just get out of this without getting hit too much.
And now I'm going, oh, I, I'm thinking when I'm sparring, I'm
going, I want to do this. I remember even last year there
was loads of people just running.
Yep, 10 load 5K just. Getting fit as well.
I'm all right. I've done like I just, I've done
soccer this morning. That was a.
Different level. This is boxing.
I do my fitness in the in the in the gloves only.
Yeah, we have Andrew Ryan who's in your team who famously a few
weeks ago was like I'm going to get my fitness going first and
then I'll start boxing like 4 weeks and we were like made just
do the boxing, get fit by boxing.
Yeah, boxing. Do do both at the same time Fit
2. Box yeah 5 Boxing.
But it's been, it's been great. Obviously Sean had his fight,
selfishly, went and took a fight in New York and the Golden Boy
around he. Twisted me on my back and.
I'm still all right so. Anyway.
So we're we're getting it. I thought you said to me, what's
up? So we're.
You know. Sweating here.
No, Sean. He text me for books all day
though. Me thinking off the cop was just
on the way. Me.
I didn't Sean throw. No, she didn't.
But yeah, this year it feels. It feels more technical.
Yeah, like I can. I'm enjoying it.
You're way more than it than last year.
I can tell because you're you're actually, you're watching other
fights now and you're watching old fights and you're just the
only fights. I'll watch whatever main card is
on at the weekend, but I just watch his fights all time I'm
sitting. If I'm in the gym, I just put go
on YouTube stick on some of your last few fights and I just
because the bet. The best thing was we were in
Plunkett a few weeks ago and P2 was taking the schools.
He said this and I went all red and giggled.
No, he goes. You can tell you've been trained
by Sean. Oh, you.
Oh no, that got you. Who?
Who do you? He watches you to get like
pumped for fights. Who do you watch?
To get you maybe Johnny Bull. And do Johnny Bull.
Ryan Garcia backstage, that fight was like, can I have the
TV? You're like, no, no, no.
He knocks out his tooth. It's great, but it still counts.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I watch you. Yeah, just watch a a variation
of everything that's going on. I just watch for a fair
weakness, what they're good at firstly, and then we're going to
exploit. Your opponent, you mean?
Yeah. So you're just.
I was just watch my opponent there.
Would you be a big proponent of tape study then?
Yes, because I not not a big one.
I'll watch like one or two, maybe get an idea of what he's
good at. Repeatedly tell myself, tell
myself that's what they do well, that's what they do well.
I can take that away from them by implementing this.
Yeah, for a few weeks now. When I get closer to fate, next
fate week, I'll tune back in again and just remind myself
what he does Good. Yeah.
And then explode. It is there certain opponents
that that's that comes easier to exploit than others.
Like is there some opponents you may be watching go fuck?
It's going to take me a few fights here and a few little
breakdowns to sort of catch on to what he's trying to set up
and do here. And then there's other ones
where you're like, oh, I can see right away where I can get the
weakness here. Yeah, it's a lot of faders have
different strong points and there's people here more like
have a waiter variety than others.
And there's people who just aren't even like technically as
gifted as others, but they're just carries serious power.
So you're like an ESD switched on and just don't get hit.
That's that's a simple tactic, That's like do not get fucking
hit. But I think everyone's, well,
most people are taking this seriously.
And so the red, why the blue team fall apart before the beat?
Because the blue team got it together in the last few weeks,
but they've fallen apart. Yeah.
But the red team are just, the red team are just ready to just
go. Everyone's been doing their own
thing. We just, we've been simmering.
And they were about to cook. So I want Aaron Butler to maybe
we just walk through the fights. And you, you caught her.
You see it because you were there last year.
Yeah. You know, everyone.
Yeah. You tell me who you want an
opinion on the fight, I'll tell you I should.
Work from the car down or up. Well I would always go prelims
the main. Professor The.
Robin Order isn't set the stone. Okay.
But I thought Johnny, let's start with Johnny versus Ian.
Johnny versus the Ian is an interesting one because there's
been an age gap there. Johnny's doing more training
this year, so I expect to see a better performance from Johnny.
I don't really know much about Ian currently at the minute.
I know that he sort of struggled against Cormick last year, would
lean towards Johnny just because he faced A tougher opponent last
year and because he's probably doing a bit more sessions and
the youth factor, and he's also quite tall, lanky, he's got a
bit of reach about him. So I would favour him over Ian
in that one. I'll say this, Woody Ian's a
wild card. Well, he is, yeah.
Ian just drove. Yeah.
Hits hard. And if he caught Johnny with
something big, I could put him down.
Hits hard the. The Yeah, John just needs to
keep the tooth in the mouth this year.
That's a victory for. John, I think Johnny will be
will be quite technical, stay in a stance, all that kind of
thing. Johnny should be using this but.
Ian I wouldn't like the fight against it.
And very unorthodox. Yep, yeah.
Causes feet when he punches, but it's just harder than the read.
Yeah, it's harder. The reader.
But I think it's a nice match up though.
It's a good fight for both. Johnnys on our team this year, I
think he's been doing his own stuff.
He has. Right, so you're going with
Johnny Wynn? I'm.
Going Johnny for that one, yeah. Let's go Jasmine V Claire
Corrigan. I know jazz mentally is like,
and I'd say this in a good way, crazy.
Like it's like it says to me at gigs and all, she's like, yeah,
I'm going to try to get her to Round 2 so I can knock her out.
Then like get her to round two as if like she's holding back.
She's holding back from round one to knock.
Around, she's the most committed person.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Which?
Is ever training? And so because of that, you
know, I would lean Jazz because she is so determined and
committed and has the mentality whatever.
But look, Claire Flippin doesn't shy away from anything, isn't
afraid to get in there. Would you say that Jazz didn't
do it last year? So Claire has an advantage
because she did it last year and knows what it's like.
There's that, and also I think Claire is taller too, which
could be a factor if she maybe leans a bit of weight on her
sort of tyres at the arms a little bit early.
And that Jazz maybe isn't expecting that to happen.
But just just on train and alone, I only know.
I don't know if Claire's doing much training at all.
I don't know, but I know Jazz definitely is.
And so for that, I think Clare commute flying last year, yeah,
smothered her work a little bit, smothered it can get.
Her but after round one she emptied the tank basically in 40
seconds. Jazz will be like aware of that,
that that could happen again. Yeah.
But technically I think jazz very good.
Seeing the drills we were doing, I just went to watch the other
week the way she was slipping and Duncan she was.
Britishly there's no I don't have to crack their own
technique. Simple news which it's just
coordination sounds really good coordination.
She can. Actually, she's a new crawdy, I
believe. I think she's a black belt in
crawdy or something. I think she may have told me
that from when she was younger, like.
So maybe that's carrying over a little bit.
What about them? The bottle of breakfast?
Andrew Ryan versus Connor Brown. This is a wild card fight for me
because I know Andrew and Connor are going to be sparring leading
update together. They're meeting up for a few
sessions and blah blah blah. I.
Couldn't do it. So I, I think they're, they're
planning to take it a wee bit easy on each other and just have
a bit of, a bit of cry. I don't think they're going to
be, they're not going to go flat out.
They're not trying to kill each other and knock each other out.
I've, I've sort of from what I hear on the inside first two
rounds, bit of fun talking about third round.
That's cool. They just go for it.
I've got other ideas, Audrey. That's the thing.
You know less than me. All changed on the night and
when you get in there and who knows maybe someone gets in
first round and goes. Here, as make Tasian says,
everyone has a problem until you get a punch and.
Face you know what I mean yeah the other but that's you know
the crowd there change your name first round you think oh I fancy
we first round koi think the plan could sort of go out the
window we bit with that fight I think they will just have a
fight fight I hope they do anyway I don't.
Want to be a good test of trust issues?
Yeah, someone saying here, we'll go away swinging.
But Andrew, me and Andrew sort of did a bit very lights boring
because he hadn't done it before.
Yeah, and you know, this was in hooked, right.
And he's like, you know, he's like take a beat because I've
obviously been doing this for like a year or whatever.
He's like, I don't want to do. I was like, listen, I'm going to
your piece, like whatever you want to do, I'll do that because
I don't know people who are way better, you know, and still will
be doing that. And you do shit yourself a bit
and, you know, sort of just messing about.
And he's throwing overhand rights.
But if he caught me with it would put me to sleep.
Oh yeah, Andrew, his big challenge on the night will be
just settling himself down because he overthinks
everything. Like if you do any live show
from, he's always asking 1,000,000 questions.
He's always repeating the same thing over and over again.
He's his nerves come out very, very obviously.
And because of that, I kind of give the edge to Connor Brennan.
And also Connor Brand has some experience in kickboxing before.
I think he's had a few amateur face.
That's an easy on the switch over.
What do you mean like? As in ohh yeah, you were great.
Yeah, totally, totally. Yeah.
Soundstreak and that's yeah, yeah, Constrick and same stance
in their stance. Yeah, yeah.
Sean Michael Levy, Pete Giffen. I said this to you before, Pete,
Pete had a better show than I thought he would last year
against Sean. I actually thought Sean would
make easier work of him and do better against Pete.
But Pete held in there and took a few big shots from Sean and
just kept coming. Like sort of like that Homer
Simpson syndrome of, you know, gets gets clocked and just and
that that hurts your confidence more when you hit someone with
your biggest shot and they're just standing there still like,
all right, let's keep going. So if that happens to Sean
Mcalevi and if look, if Pete can take Sean Haggerty shots, I
believe he can take Sean that Gallevi shots and just keep
coming forward and keep punching.
The size advantage is pretty big too.
Pete's had a knee injury which will hinder him a little bit.
Sean's in Thailand for three months.
I don't think he's fitting much training in.
I wouldn't. That's why he's there.
Yeah, he's just doing Muay Thai boxing the whole time on the
Gear, but on that Thai sterile. But they weren't.
Listening. No.
Drug test of the rank or see offence anyway because he would
have fucking popped for everything.
Yeah, they're not. You ran.
I shouldn't have that clear, but yeah, I would think Pete Giffen
takes that one. I think he should.
Not easy, but yeah. I think, Sean.
Yep. I think Sean's out the country.
For they were both on our team last year.
Yep. And like, yeah, I was very
praised at Pete, to be honest, even up in holy trendy.
I think Sean, I can remember Sean.
I got his nose posters and stuff like him.
Yeah. And he was like, sorta.
Stand. Away from punches and Sean has a
big. Nose and and yeah, yeah, yeah,
you don't know. But see, that's a big target.
But every time he turns Reynold, Peter have to talk.
But qualified for heads. And they do.
Do they still run the comedy club together?
Pete does it now because they're away, but then when Sean comes
back he'll run it type thing. Yeah.
So, you know, I think the closer you are to someone, the more of
a good fight it can be. I.
Agree. Yeah.
You know. Emotional attachment involved.
Yeah, I think, I think Sean will win that.
I don't know how much Pete. I think Pete really is training.
I think whoever trains the most wins that fight.
Yeah, yeah. And that's not the case with
them all. But I think whoever trains the
most wins up. Yeah, the the.
Last year, P had a lot of nervous energy.
And the changer? Yeah, he was late.
I just had to go over and reassure my feet.
And I think she always nervous because he's fighting Darren,
who is older. Darren's tough and they grew up.
Sean knew Darren from growing up and Darren would have been this
like older kid obviously. And that can't get in your head.
Yeah. Darren James.
Darren Matthews and James McKechnie James is the as Faulty
knows from doing the marathon team with him, James the hardest
man to work out. He's the most laid back guy in
the world and I don't know whether he is very fit and he'd
be great or if he's not doing anything.
For me, as I see it on the outside right now, the easiest
fight to call is darn and James and I would give the darn all
day. I think James is like as
intensely trained and as you know, or take it James, that is
tough darn stuff like. James is strong.
James is. Stalky Yeah, yeah.
But like you say, James is so LED back.
But that may work on the night. More relaxed.
He needs to learn fundamental. He needs to learn the
fundamental. Thorns burning nervous energy
and James is just like. I don't, I don't think.
I think James needs to get in quick to learn technique Stan.
Tomorrow for me, yeah, right on Friday.
Yeah. All right.
OK. Has James did any sparring?
So far, no. Say he needs dance on those.
Sorry, he may have. He's been going to Collins
Place, Saturday, Saturday mornings.
Maybe they've done a wee bit then.
Yeah, fair. Enough, but I think he knows he
needs to. You don't want to get fucking
beat up, so I think he will. Yeah, but Arnold put it on you
if you let him look. Yeah, but I think, I think James
could hit hard, but you'd favour Darren because he's done this
quite a lot. And also, you know, James has
that build like AT Rex build like he's got the short stocky
arms shorts, you know, flipping like he'll really have to get on
the inside with darn some big shots off, you know what I mean?
Whilst darn could just flip and use the.
Head Diona Brona. Again, Diona is such a height
wise and lanky. Like she's done white collar
before. She did it before she got the
experience. I don't know how serious Brown's
taking the train. At all the Well, I'll say this,
Bruno was in here a couple of weeks ago.
Was she doing some? No, she was doing ours.
Me, Bruna and Andrew. And she's looking great.
West Belfast scraps. She's when you're talking to
her, she's as tough as old bitch thing.
Oh yeah, you won't cross her on the street.
No, why the other? So maybe, maybe she just lets
out that bulldog a wee bit and just just goes for like.
That will that be like when you have someone really tall, I
think someone very short. Is that a tough fight to watch
almost, or could that be a good fit?
Not going to be a good fit because it's it's literally a
stale. It's two different 2 completely
up to say so do you all have to keep her long and we're only
being close so then it's a matter.
Of but I think the coach will would be better at going like
fuck it, I'm just getting in here taking a few punches, but
I'm going to get in. Yep.
So what's up the team with them? They're not let her in.
Yeah. Punch her from distance on the
way in. Yeah, metre.
So she's like having to think twice about just walking in.
I that one, again, like you said with Pete and Sean, that one
comes down to fitness. I think who's done the more
training and who's got the better cardio because you know,
all well and good, you could be broning, you could go in and
start swinging 20 seconds into that.
If you're puffing, it's an easy fight for Diona, you know, and
vice versa. You know, if Broni just puts a
lot of pressure on doing and Donut can't back up and follow,
you know, it's more at the minute.
I slightly edged the owner, but you know, anything's up in the
over that one. She we haven't, she hasn't been
in yet, but she has been doing stuff with Sean.
Yeah, up, up. Oh, the only Yeah, she.
Has we're actually gonna win the day, only I'm here.
Opposition. Yeah.
What else? You have.
I think we're maybe getting to the the main ones now are.
I can't think of any of the. Other, right.
So we'll go gas Colin and Ronan. Ronan.
It's hard to bet against a former fighter and the the
especially one like Row, who flipping.
You know, big heavyweight has been in those situations before.
He's not. Going to get stylish last night.
He's good. He is and look disadvantages
he's 48 so you know, as you get older you lose that speed and
and whatnot, but at his weight, you know it's.
About power and plus, I think Colin takes over, you know, in
general, you know, we'll get the workouts in and that kind of
thing. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
So there's a baseline of fitness and strength.
There. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's a really tough one, the. I'm picking Ronan just because I
can't pick against the factor, you know what I mean?
But. But that's not to say Call made
a good show on. Himself that he hasn't been like
competitive competitively fitting, but I would say he's
been in the ring for a few times even like in terms of like maybe
some form of animation as well over the years.
Just try not because like that's what he that's what he acts what
interests him. He loves carry on.
So even like holding and close and grappling and spoiling the
fate. He could be good at that and I
don't think. Neither of them are going to be
afraid, they're just getting the other one.
In the skin. But as you say, everyone is
going to be more fluid. Yeah, more.
Relax more. Yes, the muscle memory.
But either of them are capable of landing a punch should really
hurt the other one. Yeah, absolutely.
Two big heavy hitters each of them.
And it would be very scary if one of them did land a flush
punch on each other. Because you're good night luck.
And again, Patty McDonald almost beat one last year.
Yeah. David in a dream.
He's the ultimate guy who's not fighting but calling people out,
so you're going running on it. I'm going running on, Yeah,
yeah. But I'm excited to see that
fight. I think it's going to be
fireworks. Right.
I'm going to sit back from this one and just let you talk it out
because I'm involved. Well, he's your coach as well,
so he's obviously going to have bias too, which is fair enough.
Sir, I know, but call it the way you call it, the way you see it.
Sean Hegarty versus Shane Todd. The way I see it is this Sean is
going to be very motivated to fight.
You ain't more motivated than he was to fight Pete and that's
going to bring out the best in him.
You know, again, there is a bit of an age gap there, but I think
Sean is still a little bit athletic and he still, you know,
can move and and things like that can move, you know what I
mean? Like still got a bit of speed
about him. Still got a bit of speed is one
of the necessary. Walk.
Is that a simmer Free? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. But it's a hard, it's a very
hard fight to call because you are both mentality wise, you
both believe in your own heads that you're going to win, which
look, you should just be going to be a fight thinking you're
not going to think you're losing, but you both believe it
in extreme extent. If I were to talk to Sean right
now, he would tell you straight stone faced, I'm going to beat
the fuck out of she. And if I would say to you right
now, you would say I'm going to beat up Sean.
Fair enough. I don't.
Think it's as easy as that because he's got good
experience. You play mind games here.
I won't be doing mind games this year.
No, don't know my game but he's done like 4 white collar events.
Yeah. So I think there's more.
More pressure on the form there could be, yeah.
I don't know. What do you think, Sean?
I think it's going to like the way I'm approaching the fate is.
I think it's going to be a real technical battle.
I don't think it's going to be an easy fate at all.
No, no. I do believe in Jane's
capabilities, though. Me too.
I'm just believe that obviously when I I just believe when in my
boxing, actually as a coach. And when I asked him to do
something, he doesn't hesitate. Yeah.
So I believe that I can exploit what Shawn does wrong.
Yeah. And when I asked him to do.
It he just doesn't knows how, he just trusts he.
Works and doesn't. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, and Coach? Works and it's like.
Yeah, which is the best? Thing it's a coach's dream,
yeah. The coach versus the coach's
dream. Would say.
And the coach's dream. The opponent's.
Nightmare. You know what I think it'll be?
I'm looking forward to it because I think it'll be a
brilliant fight. I think it'll be.
I think for you as well, because I think he'd be a big step up.
He's fairly. I'm fit, yes, and I love no
matter what I do. I love a challenge and I think
no get an OK mess about with my games, right?
He is bigger and stronger, right?
So I've got he's more muscular, that sort of thing.
But I love that. Yeah.
Because it'll make me work harder, and if I win, it'll be
more satisfying. But I think I do think, joking
aside, there is more pressure on his shoulders and I think he
would feel he has to win more than I feel like I have to win.
Yeah. You do have a speed advantage, I
would say, though I think I think you're faster than them.
I think you've probably got a bigger reach than them.
I. Have a bigger reach than anyone
on Earth. You do those.
Things then when you put the fingers in too.
If we were doing fingerless gloves, you'd be fucked.
You're. Probably smacking an organ.
On the night, anything can happen on the night.
I also think that. Events.
Back taters, yeah. The fans are fans.
I also think it will be such a good fight because there is 0
Bob. I've known Sean for nearly 20
years and we've never had a argument or anything like that,
not out of Fallout or Clash or anything.
So there's no, no, but no one's going into it being like too GD
up or too angry. So I think we'll both be
relaxed, and that's why it'll be a good back and forth, yeah.
100% if I had to call today I would edge do you right, but
it's going to be an exciting fight nonetheless.
It is. Mickey V Party.
My honest opinions on this Paddy has surprised me with his
training, despite everyone and probably even himself.
He said to him last year what he'd be doing this year, and
he's training nearly every day. Yeah, and he's looking great.
Absolutely. He's lost.
I sparred on them a couple of weeks ago and he's already a
month and a half out or whatever we are from the fight more than
a month and a half. He's fitter, 1,000,000 miles
fitter than he was. Yeah.
And he's, and I looked at him in this, he just, he looks better
technique, healthier, more confident too, probably.
So I think he's going to be a far better version of himself.
Mick is a such a naturally talented boxer and that's such a
big positive for him. Yeah, his.
Technique is. Brilliant.
He actually doesn't mind getting a hit and I think that Paddy now
being so fit and losing the weight starts to even and
outweigh more. Yeah, from looking at it on the
outside, if you were to tell. Me to call.
This fight last year I'd have said.
Easy pick Mick, but seeing Paddy lose the weight, dedicate
himself to the train and that's going to make him feel good,
perform better. I do think he's taking it way
more serious this year than he did last year and I just it's
much more difficult to call now. Mickey's been in Australia, you
know, how much is he looking after himself?
His diet is drinking, all that sort of carry on that he does.
He's far like you know, we should.
He's far. He's doing for and he's sending
me stuff and he's. Going like I'm doing this and
doing that. And like in the Clippy Santos,
he landed that big juicy. Shop yeah, he has that in the
locker like that. So many has that and it's like.
He's capable of relying on this technique and his abilities to
be like a natural, but like cannot carry you through three
rounds. At a decent.
Pace or someone who has been trained, they're looking after
themselves. So like it's going to be a
bottle of like if he can sustain that three round pace and it can
be a completely different fate. But if he can't, there's no
point in being good for one there.
Because we all seen last year Paddy can take a punch like he
he'll take the punches. Mickey's went around because he
took it off Roman and and he still and we burst.
He still come back unfit and try to give it another go.
So like this year, being fit, being healthy, losing the
weight, it'd be it could be a whole different ball game.
Like, look, I think it's Mickey's fight to lose and I.
Think it's Mickey's. The reason I say that is because
I do. Favour Mickey.
But I only favour him if he's training right, eating right,
looking after himself, looking after his body, getting well
rested. If Mickey does those things,
Mickey takes it. If he doesn't do those things, I
think there's no reason why Paddy can't capitalise and take
advantage of that. It'll be a great fight, it'll be
a fantastic. Is that the main event?
Are you allowed to say a main event?
Yet no, I don't know. That or call and rule, I think.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Great fight.
Wish the best luck to everyone who's.
Fighting and performing on the night.
I can't wait to see it all, watch it all, see who proves me
wrong, proves me right and it'll be good.
Crack. Best pundit in the game.
There you go guys. We both tell you that I'll be
opening a. Betting table The event, yeah.
Someone who's got a betting book we should Why don't we do?
It'd be good to do we. Could do one for charge if it's
illegal. No, I mean like.
Wait, a lot of gambling? My dad.
Doesn't every wedding we go to? Can I say that?
What's? A battle.
Oh, whatever. We can, buck.
A bread. Aaron, thank you for.
Your bread thank. You name of the bedroom right
there the thank you for your. Expert.
Insight I can't wait for everyone to be angry at me
because I didn't pick them. Yeah, that's going to be.
Great the the everything I say I'm just literally just being
awesome called is don't get offended, don't like them
literally, and I could be wrong on every single pick.
Yeah, that's but yes, you're well.
Thanks for having me here. I appreciate that you will be
sure. Cheers as always for for.
Coming on and just like just get it.
Who do we need to text and ring to just get a big next fight
sorted. What's your next move?
Yeah, I want this as well. But that's the thing when he
wants to fight him. No, I'm sort of.
Are you? Under Eddie Harn, no.
I'm actually not. So.
Eddie Harn is going to bring. Shows to Belfast he did say
obviously we lose cracker and stuff as well.
Why is Eddie Hearn not making Sean McComb at the SSE?
Because I don't know. I genuinely don't.
Know but we need I can make money I can make him money
because I can I. Can be I'm a headline actor.
Yeah, I can headline night like and every what's their right
opponent? I can Daphne headline shows like
Dillian White Dillian White we reach out to.
Turkish that guy who's? Doing the box and stuff that.
What's your? Your.
What do they call him? Your.
Your Majesty or something? Your.
Excellency, we reach out to Your
Excellency, we get you versus Jake Paul.
Let's fucking get a good one. So what?
Pete Taylor for me yesterday. And says Jake Paul may have an
interest in the same. Way MVP.
Promotions, yes. MVP based off.
The back of that fight, yes, he. Says we have someone.
Who's going to rot? Him and because he's against.
Controversy. Yeah.
Within boxing, Yep, even short pen faders, he's against all.
That's if he calls it ball 1. He calls them all.
Yeah, like pay your faders you miserable comp so.
We just like that. Just like that same action.
So like, so there's opportunity there if something like that
comes off, could be bigly massive.
Because he'll always put the money out.
For a big opponent that they accept it, yeah, OK.
I mean, not want to fake me, but when the money's on the table,
they're like, fuck it, I have to do what I want you to do.
I want you to. I don't know if it's boxing.
Up on a failure this year just as an event.
I think they're it's in the Odyssey and the SSE on the 3rd
of. August I think something along
the right. I want you to have a decent
opponent at. That and then the next fight is
at the end of the I want you fighting again in December,
November, November, December. I want you to have a winter
fight against Ryan Garcia. Ryan Garcia?
Yeah. I'll be amazing.
You. Not you, Flatline.
Whoever it is in August, You. Grab the mic, right?
Away you just go, Ryan Garcia. No, you call out.
You have someone in mind? Yeah.
In the division, someone higher in the rankings, call them out.
That's dead. Call them out in front of that
live crowd. That's what I'll.
Say. That's it.
It's only. 11 fade away and you're back in the mix.
We want you back. In that straight jacket in
Jamaica, Queens. Hospital Queens.
Shell tape the chair. Strap the chair.
You should. Enter the ring like that, but
it's like Tyson Fury does the. Standard, standard procedure.
It's standard procedure with Home.
Standard procedure, Sir. Sorry.
Cheers for coming on. We've been.
Training and are going to be training.
At Missile Fitness Kennedy Way in West Belfast.
That place is unbelievable. Aaron Butler should go take
themselves. I'm sure they should have a
rejoin A gentleman saying up Richard, because see anybody who
goes. It's like a religion I see Good.
Results from a tour, we'll see pictures and stuff.
Yeah, it's a brilliant the. Coaches are are sacking them.
Is that where the Domino's is? Right beside.
There's a Domino's right beside it there.
You go smelt on the way I. Know what it does?
It teaches your discipline. Tests you're disappointed, I'd
be shed a few. Trained them and they just.
Went straight and they're like, oh.
Smell of it yeah, yeah, their. Ship yeah, and just taking a car
and. You've had a bomber.
So shut up today. Bye, my lover.
Bye my friend. You have been the one she would
have done. You've been the.
One for me. Bye.
My lover toxic. I.
Bet on Sean now. And I'm still.