THE W.A.D.E. Concept - WEEK IN REVIEW - CONOR MCGREGOR SUSPENDED, RAJA JACKSON FACING UP TO 7 YEARS, BOOTS ENNIS FIRST ROUND KO AND MORE...

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Herd with Colin Cowherd: THE W.A.D.E. Concept – Week in Review (Oct 12, 2025)

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Overview

This episode of "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" (featuring the W.A.D.E. Concept) delivers sharp, in-depth commentary on four major fight sports stories: the surprise suspension of UFC star Conor McGregor, the legal saga surrounding Rajah Jackson, insights into the Gervonta “Tank” Davis vs Jake Paul exhibition, and an analysis of Jaron “Boots” Ennis's explosive debut at 154 lbs. The host employs his signature candid, analytical style, consistently probing beneath headlines to question motives, timelines, and repercussions.

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1. Conor McGregor’s 18-Month Suspension and UFC Return Timeline

(Segment starts ~02:32)

Key Points & Timeline

• Breaking News: Conor McGregor suspended 18 months for three "whereabouts" failures under the UFC’s new Combat Sports Anti-Doping Agency (CSAD), not USADA.

  • Dates: Missed tests on June 13, September 19, and September 20, 2024.
  • Eligible for return on March 20, 2026.
  • Suspension was largely kept under wraps—host suggests McGregor and UFC insiders likely knew before the public.

• Critical Analysis: Host questions the transparency and fairness of the suspension:

  • Notes that McGregor’s first missed test aligns suspiciously with pulling out of the Michael Chandler fight at UFC 303.
  • Suggests circumstances and timeline feel “a little suspect” given McGregor’s international travel and injury claims.

• Reduction in Ban:

  • Standard penalty for three whereabouts misses is 24 months.
  • McGregor’s sanction reduced by six months due to "cooperation and circumstances" (injury, non-competition at the time), though host questions if injury should be an excusing factor.

• Timeline Skepticism: Host points out the confusing logic of suspension timing, as McGregor was allegedly out of the testing pool for 9 months (Sept 2024–July 2025), yet time still counted toward his ineligibility.

Memorable Quotes

• "This is major news, but not for the reasons you think. What do I mean? The breakdown. Let’s go." (02:32)
• "Conor could still fight at the White House card, and that’s fine. But there is some interesting parts of this that make me a little bit skeptical as to what happened here." (03:35)
• “If Conor McGregor reentered the UFC’s drug testing pool in July 2025 but was already supposedly serving an 18 month sanction … how is this all working?” (09:18)
• “I don’t again, I could be just tinfoil hat on this thing, but it’s just interesting … timelines of when certain fighters get suspended and then get lifted off suspension is, we’ll just say, a little bit skeptical ...” (07:12)

Conclusions

• The host asserts McGregor will probably headline the UFC’s "White House Card" (summer 2026)—and that the timeline conveniently syncs up with this major promotional target.
• Expresses doubt about the clarity and fairness of anti-doping policy application to superstar fighters.

Notable Moment

• Host references McGregor’s abrupt “signing off” on social media one day before the news dropped, fueling speculation of a coordinated PR move (16:15).

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2. Rajah Jackson Faces Potential 7-Year Prison Term

(Segment starts ~19:00)

Key Points & Timeline

• Situation Recap: Rajah Jackson (son of UFC legend “Rampage” Jackson) pleaded not guilty to felony and misdemeanor battery after a brutal, livestreamed assault on pro wrestler Psycho Stu during a LA event.

  • Footage shows Jackson slamming and repeatedly punching the unconscious victim.
  • Faces up to 7 years if convicted, with sentencing enhancement for “great bodily harm.”

• Host Reaction:

  • Strongly critical of Jackson’s lack of remorse, both during and after the assault.
  • Dismisses rumors that the incident was a “work” (planned stunt for show), citing clear camera and witness evidence.
  • Calls out the internet for excusing or downplaying the violence.

• Legal Analysis:

  • Wonders why Jackson pled not guilty with overwhelming evidence against him.
  • Suggests the plea may be a negotiating tactic for a lighter sentence.
  • Observes that Jackson’s actions were driven by ego and a need for social media validation, further condemning the lack of adult guidance.

Memorable Quotes

• “Rajah Jackson showed little to no self-control, showed at least ability to cause battery and want to cause battery to Psycho Stu. And at the very most, I thought he attempted to murder point blank period.” (20:56)
• “It’s a miracle in my opinion that Psycho Stu even breathes right now, and not through a straw, but Rajah Jackson pleads not guilty. Hilarious.” (21:14)
• “You do the crime, you gotta do the time, man. Like, I don’t know how any adult hadn’t sat down with Rajah … his own dad, Rampage, had said on podcasts, he was afraid his son was going to jail.” (25:45)

Host Verdict

• Predicts jail time is justified; skeptical that the not-guilty plea will result in acquittal.
• Next court hearing: November 24.

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3. Gervonta “Tank” Davis vs Jake Paul: Camp Insights & Exhibition Stakes

(Segment starts ~31:47)

Key Points & Timeline

• Background: Tank Davis set for a high-profile “exhibition” bout with Jake Paul (November 14); segment includes analysis of an exclusive interview with Tank’s long-term coach Calvin Ford.
• Preparation & Motivation:
  • Davis was prepping for a Lamont Roach rematch before the flashy Paul fight was finalized—host explains he’s chasing the “massive bag” Jake brings, not legacy.
  • Coach Ford acknowledges Paul is “big,” but believes Tank’s skills and experience will bridge size gap—while warning against underestimating Jake Paul’s seriousness.
• Equipment Dispute:
  • Ford is concerned about glove sizes. Tank typically fights in 8 oz gloves; Paul will have significant advantage if both use larger gloves (10-12 oz).
    • Ford wants Tank in 8s, Jake in 10s for fairness, “because it’s an exhibition and they’re already fighting at weird weights.” (37:09)
    • “If they don’t have to weigh the same thing, why do the glove sizes have to be the same?” (37:15)
• Tactical Focus:
  • Training footage reveals Tank focusing on relentless body shots—host interprets this as a direct strategy to sap the much bigger Paul’s stamina.
  • Warns that Tank must remain focused: history shows taking Paul lightly leads to disaster.
• Coach & Host on Stakes:
  • Ford: “[Jake] ain’t giving you nothing... You start hitting Jake with some shit, he ain’t gonna fight back? So I said, you gotta take him serious.” (41:17)

Memorable Quotes

• “This fight might wake him up ... might bring that beast back you always talk about.” (43:34)
• “Trying to go headshot for headshot with Jake Paul when he’s probably—Jake’s 7 inches taller than he is … I don’t think that’s a great idea.” (49:19)

Host Takeaways

• Sees the gloves issue as a big concession from Davis, justified only by the financial windfall.
• Praises the mentality in Tank’s camp, especially Ford’s insistence on not underestimating the threat, be it circus or not.

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4. Jaron “Boots” Ennis Announces Arrival at 154 lbs with First Round KO

(Segment starts ~54:30)

Key Points & Timeline

• Fight Recap: Ennis knocks out Usima Lima (WBA #8, IBF #6) in about 90 seconds—debut at 154 lbs.
• Technical Insights:
  • Ennis looked explosive and comfortable at the higher weight; took a punch, delivered a technically dazzling sequence (orthodox to southpaw, counter uppercut).
  • Host notes: Lima was not a “world championship caliber” opponent, but Ennis performed as he should: “This was light work for Jaron Boots Ennis.”
• Next Steps & Stakes:
  • Calls out Virgil Ortiz for a “superfight”; describes both as the “two most dangerous men at 154”.
  • Also mentions potential clashes with Xander Zayas, Abbas Barao, and Belt hunting.
  • Emphasizes: “No more of this, though… No more warm-ups at 154. We're getting straight to action here” (59:34)
• Host Perspective:
  • Ennis’ job now is to “say names, call people out, then go and get it done… hopefully that’s what’s next, but I don’t have those answers. Guess we’ll find out.” (62:08)

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Notable Quotes

• On UFC Suspensions:
  • "Timeline wise, things are off. But that's just my take...comment below what you guys think." (17:26)
• On Rajah Jackson:
  • "Raja was not going to stop hitting Stu...try to hurt him to the point where he potentially murders him." (25:33)
• On Jake Paul vs Tank Davis:
  • "If Tank knocks him out...he won’t get the credit for it. That’s ridiculous. It would be ridiculously hard for Tank to actually knock Jake out." (51:40)
• On Jaron Boots Ennis:
  • "Him and Virgil Ortiz are the two most dangerous men at 154. And I think, man—even without a belt...that’s a world title fight and I need to see it." (61:48)

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Final Takeaways

• Conor McGregor’s suspension is real but shrouded in uncertainty; the timeline aligns too perfectly for his expected high-profile return.
• Rajah Jackson’s legal woes are grave and self-inflicted—the host sees little chance of acquittal.
• Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’s bout with Jake Paul is a financial “blessing” that comes with real risk, especially if he underestimates Paul; his camp’s caution is both telling and smart.
• Jaron Boots Ennis is the real deal at 154, but now needs to prove it against elite opponents—Virgil Ortiz or bust.

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This episode delivers thoughtful skepticism, sharp fight breakdowns, and an unfiltered look at the business and personal dramas at the heart of combat sports right now.

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All right, folks, we are back with some breaking news out of the UFC today as Conor McGregor has been suspended for 18 months for a whereabouts violation. Not just one, but three times from what's called the Combat Sports Anti Doping Agency. No longer is the UFC with usada, it's the Combat Sports Anti Doping Agency. And this is major news but not for the reasons you think. What do I mean? The breakdown. Let's go. All right, so this hit the airwaves about 30 minutes ago from Carlos Contreras Legaspi, a writer for ESPN deportees. He broke the news that Conor McGregor has accepted an 18 month period of ineligibility for a violation of the UFC anti doping policy. Gregor failed to provide accurate whereabouts on June 13, September 19, and September 20, 2024 for test collection. He will be able, or, excuse me, eligible to compete on March 20, 2026. All right, so number one, what does this mean? Well, Conor McGregor, secretly, over the last year and some change, has been serving Anti Doping Agency suspension. I don't know if he knew about this and it wasn't public yet. This is only public for the first time for our eyes. Is this something that Connor has known for a while? Because there's been a lot of talk about his return potentially. He kind of pipes up and says he's training again and then he stops or he's training behind the scenes, but hasn't given a full answer. Also, he's been talking about the UFC White House. Ariel Hawani reported yesterday on his show that Conor McGregor had not come onto his show for reasons that they would kind of leave open ended. He essentially, he's like, I didn't, he didn't cancel on me. We just thought it was best not to have him on the show yet. And this was yesterday he addressed that supposed to been on his show last week. Conor did go on Fox News and say it's ready soin sealed and delivered the White House and I'm back as back. Which meant nothing because Dana then came out and was like, yeah, no, we haven't negotiated with any fighters for the UFC White House card. But with all that speculation, this tells me that Connor probably knew already before we did and has been quietly serving his suspension now with about six months until the UFC's White House card and being retroactively given this suspension. Conor has been serving essentially since September 21, I assume 2024, which would make him eligible in March 20, 2026. So Conor could still fight at the White House car, and that's fine. But there is some interesting parts of this that make me a little bit skeptical as to what happened here. If it was just a whereabouts miss, because Conor is all over the world on his Lamborghini yacht, right? Flying here, boat, traveling there, different islands every day, every week. I got some questions, so let's take a look at the article that was written here. About this and see if there's any details that I'm missing. The Combat Sports Anti doping announced today, Conor McGregor of Dublin Oilen has accepted an 18 month period of ineligibility for a violation of the UFC anti doping policy. McGregor missed three attempted biological sample collections within a 12 month period in 2024, which constitutes a violation of UFC ADP. UFC athletes are required to provide accurate whereabouts information at all times so they can get contacted and submit to biological sample collections without prior warning. McGregor's misstest occurred on on June 13, September 19, and September 20, 2024 and were each classified as a whereabouts failures by SNAD or the Combat Sports Anti Doping under the UFC ADP. Although McGregor failed to make himself available for testing on those dates, SNAD noted that he was recovering from an injury and was not preparing for an upcoming fight at the time of the three missed tests. Really quick, want to make a point here. That's true, but it's very interesting, these dates, especially the June 13 date, because that just happens to be the day I think before, but reported on the day that Conor McGregor pulled out of the Michael Chandler fight at UFC 303. Remember, at that point we had heard about his toe injury, a potential broken toe, but there were very odd circumstances surrounding it. Number one, you know, there was an announced press conference that was supposed to take place in Dublin and then it just didn't happen and we didn't really have any answers for it. And rumors started to swirl that potentially Conor was injured and was not going to be able to compete, but he missed the test the day they, or the day before they call the fight off. I'm not saying. I'm just saying that is a little suspicious as to what potentially was a reason for that. And then a couple of months later, in September 19, September 20, not really sure what to make of that. Conor, like they said, wasn't preparing for a fight. Could that have been something where he's on the mend and trying to heal up in xyz? Sure. But why wouldn't that make him available for the test? Because he's injured. And how is that an exception for anybody else who's injured either after a fight, before a fight, whatever else. And I think everybody, you know, understands how strict formerly USADA and now Combat Sports Anti Doping is with keeping tabs on everyone, regardless of where you're at in the world and you having to keep tabs with them. This seems like the same way that USADA operated under the UFC as well. But it's interesting, Connor the first one he misses was an in camp test because they were in camp UFC 303, right around the corner, Connor and Michael Chandler about to go do their press conference and Connor pulls out and either misses the test after he pulls out or misses the test and then pulls out. I would love to know the timeline on that because I think that's super important and we're not getting any details on that, but we continue. McGregor fully cooperated with CSAD's investigation and accepted responsibility and provide detailed information that CSAD determined contributed to the misstest. Despite the mitigating factors. CSAD emphasizes that accurate whereabouts filings and the ability to conduct unannounced testing are essential to the success of the UFC Anti doping policy. Taking McGregor's cooperation and circumstances into account, CSAD reduced the standard 24 month sanction for three whereabouts missings by six months. His period of eligibility began on September 20, 2024, the date of his third whereabouts failure, and will conclude on March 20, 2026. This is also very interesting information because I think, as everybody knows, there was a parting of the sea between the UFC and USADA when it was the United States Anti Doping Agency running the drug testing policy for the ufc. And that was because, at least partly, USADA operates on its own. It is a testing program on its own that was hired by the UFC to conduct testing. I could be wrong about this, but the Combat Sports Anti Doping Agency or program doesn't. I don't know if that's any different from the ufc, if that's something that is controlled in the UFC or if that's something again that's hired out. But kind of like we saw in certain circumstances, even with usada, the timelines of when certain fighters get suspended and then get lifted off suspension is, we'll just say a little bit skeptical, a little bit suspect because a regular fighter would have served a 24 month suspension. And again, they said he didn't because I guess his cooperation in fully accepting the responsibility of it and taking circumstances, which I'm not sure what the circumstances would be. They said he was injured. I didn't know that was a circumstance for not testing. But had he served the actual 24 months, that would have given him March, April, May, June, July, August, September of 2026, a full two years after the 2024 double miss in September. So that wouldn't have allowed Conor McGregor to fight on a potential White House card. Dana has said they've made no actual bouts yet for the card. He said that no one's been scheduled he said there's talks between certain people like a Conor McGregor and there hasn't been anything concrete, but that tells me if there is anything going on behind the scenes that this just so happens to make Conor McGregor available for the White House card. Just so happens that it perfectly lines up to where three months after his March 20 reinsertion, he is able to hit the ground running with some training. Now again, I'm not saying anything funky is happening here. I'm just saying it is very interesting. Something else that's interesting to me is if you guys remember back a couple of months ago, Conor McGregor supposedly re entered the testing protocol or the testing pool towards the comeback to the UFC White House event. This was on I think July 15th and that's starting to make me go, hold on a second. How is this all working? Because if Conor McGregor reentered the UFC's drug testing pool on July 15th of 2025 but was already supposedly serving a 18 month sanctioning from that time while he was out of the testing pool, is that what I meant to believe that those times that they weren't coming and retesting him because he's out of the pool from September 2024 to July 2025, that counts as a part of his suspension time or his sanctioning time? Even though they weren't continuing to test him because he's out of the pool, it's not like they chose to not test him during that time period. It's just that he that he's out of the pool, there's no point in testing him. He's not able to be tested. So how does that really work? Starting things are not adding up here. I don't again, I could be just tinfoil hat on this thing, but it's just interesting. And even from the CBS article where we see the report of Conor McGregor officially returning to the UFC drug testing pool, that only made sense because we didn't think he was already sanctioned. So how does it make sense now? There's another part of this article where it says, however, the official UFC anti doping website indicates that McGregor has completed his first test this year. We're tested 11 times last year, mostly before a planned fight with Michael Chandler at UFC 303. You're pulled out of the fight with a broken pinky toe. The two former UFC champ, the two time, excuse me, two division UFC champion, hasn't fought since Dustin Poirier beat him in July 2021. Very, very interesting stuff here. Number one, the fact that the day he pulls out of the Michael Chandler fight is the first day he misses his test or the day before he pulls out, he misses it. I can't remember the timeline there. Number two, the fact that he gets six months off his two year sanction for cooperation and circumstances. Circumstances we don't really know. Number three, how he still is serving an 18 month sanctioning whilst not being in the pool for October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May, June, nine months of that. I'm not really sure how that works. He's not even in the pool. How can he be serving a sanction? I know it's a competition sanction, but still aren't. Isn't he supposed to remain in the pool to serve that time? Anyway? This is some crazy stuff and it's important for a lot of reasons. Number one, it probably does confirm to us that Conor McGregor is going to fight on the White House guard. Maybe not in all certain terms, but the way this is lining up, the reason this is being announced or being written about now, how this news came out, where it came from, I think it all makes a little bit more sense because this feels like they had to get ahead of it. They had to speak about it before Conor started to plan a return. And by the way, here's something else again. Tinfoil Hat WADE Here. Conor McGregor yesterday hopped on Twitter to say, hey folks, online, I'm out of here for a bit. See you again soon, my love. Unwavering. Thank you all. A little convenient for anyone. The day before this comes out, Conor's like, yeah, I'm off socials. Did he know what was coming or is this all part of the move to get Connor? Because we thought, okay, this is going to be refocused. Connor. That's why he's getting off social. Connor maybe had an obligation with Fox News. That's why he didn't go on. Ariel Hawani, maybe Ariel had this story. Was going to ask Conor about it again. Does it matter in the long run? No. Conor will probably be back in time for the White House. But it does make you ask some questions as to what was going on around that Mike Chandler fight because I was the first guy to say that. Conor, you know, if he had an injury, this would be the first fight he'd ever pulled out of. Usually Mr. Reliable. And maybe he did have the injury. Something's not making sense here. Timeline wise, things are off. But that's just my take. Comment below what you guys think. Conor McGregor suspended retroactively up until the point of March20, 26, 18 month suspension for failing his whereabouts requirements three separate times, one of which was the day before he pulled out of the Mike Chandler fight. And just so happens it's three months before the White House card in which Conor McGregor will be eligible. And I don't think that's a coincidence. I think that means Conor McGregor will be fighting at the White House. Don't have any answers on anything. I'm just asking questions. What do you guys think? Let me know. Will Conor McGregor be on the White House card? Will he be ready? And will he be adhering to the UFC's Anti Doping Policy and making sure he clarifies his whereabouts for tests? I don't have those answers, but guess we'll find out. Folks, we are back on the way concept presented by the Ring magazine. And today I have an update on the Rajah Jackson situation. Apparently Raja Jackson has been charged with a couple of different battery charges. One felony, one misdemeanor. But we're going to talk about the details and why he pled not guilty despite all video evidence pointing to the contrary. It makes absolutely no sense to us. Maybe for him. Either way, I don't see it going his way. And he could be going to prison for a very long time. What do I mean? The breakdown. Let's go. He is the star of a weight concept. All right, so MMA fighting and Damon Martin has written an article saying Raja Jackson pleads not guilty to battery charges after assaulting pro wrestler faces up to to seven years in prison if convicted. Son of UFC legend could face serious jail time. Okay, number one, kudos to the LAPD and the prosecutor's office for actually filing not only, you know, misdemeanor battery charges, but felony battery charges. That's the only thing I can think of that would get him seven years. I don't know why he wouldn't get attempt murder charges. I mean, there was a pre meditated I'm going to go fuck him up charge. No, he didn't say he might. I don't even remember what he said, but it wasn't. I don't think he said, I'm going to murder him, but he essentially said, I'm going to beat him until they stop me. It was live streamed. And for those that don't remember, Roger Jackson almost killed a man as he beat a professional wrestler, Psycho Stu, into a concussed and bloody pulp whilst everyone else just watched him do it. And then when people tried to intervene, he threw them off, went back for some more until more people tried to intervene. If you guys didn't catch this story. I got multiple videos. We'll link to it at the end here. But the point is Rajah Jackson showed little to no self control, showed at least ability to cause battery and want to cause battery to Psycho Stu. And at the very most I thought he attempted to murder point blank period. He tried to punch him until he was either tired or just felt like he was done, which didn't look like was coming anytime soon because he hit Psycho Stew, the pro wrestler that he slammed on the back of his head and then proceeded to hit 23 three straight times while he was already knocked out. It's a miracle in my opinion that Psycho Stew even breathes right now, and not through a straw, but Raja Jackson Pleads Not Guilty. Hilarious. But let's see why. Raja Jackson pleaded not guilty in court on Thursday after he was hit with a felony battery charge and a misdemeanor battery charge for assaulting a pro wrestler at an event in Los Angeles this past August. After he was arrested in September and released on $50,000 bail, Jackson, the son of former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Quentin Rampage Jackson, was back in court for his arraignment after the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office moved forward with the criminal complaint against him. Two charges include sentencing enhancement for allegedly causing great bodily harm, which could add an extra three years to a prison sentence. Based on the charges, Jackson could potentially face seven years in prison if convicted. The 25 year old is due back in court on November 24th for a preliminary hearing setting in his case. Jackson, a pro fighter, was arrested in September after he assaulted Stuart Smith, AKA Psycho Stu, during a Knox Pro event in Los Angeles where Jackson was scheduled to appear. The entire altercation unfolded after Jackson was scheduled to interfere in a match but ultimately went off script. He picked Smith up into the air and slammed him back to the ground. 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Listen to the Chinatown sting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

[A]

Was already unconscious before other wrestlers were finally able to drag him off. Smith was admitted to local hospital where he spent several days in intensive care with family members and later revealed he suffered trauma to both upper lower jaws, laceration to his upper lip and a fracture to his melixa bone, which resulted in the loss of several teeth from the assault. Prior to the ring incident, Smith and Jackson were engaged in a separate incident when Smith hit Jackson with a beer can. Prior, might I add, lightly believing Jackson was another pro wrestler involved to help hype the show. Video showed Smith later apologizing and the two shook hands. Jackson was then seen on a live stream saying that he was going to get his revenge, quote, for real. After jumping into the ring for the planned showdown with Smith. The vicious assault was captured on live stream, which led to an investigation by the LAPD before Jackson was eventually arrested. Jackson has not publicly addressed the incident since it happened. Now he faces potential prison sentence if convicted on all charges. Now, there was, I think, an update here from TMZ Sports as they caught Raza Jackson leaving his court appearance asking him some questions. He doesn't say anything here. It's just him leaving the court and walking off.

[B]

Do you feel remorseful about what happened?

[A]

Do you have anything to say to your fans?

[B]

Thank you, Raja.

[A]

Yeah, Raja. Don't feel remorseful for any of that stuff. And he had opportunities to feel remorseful multiple times whilst he was punching a man or trying to fight the people getting him off of the guy he was punching into oblivion. And after the event where I think the words he used were my bad, I can't let people keep trying me. And I got to prove I'm not a bitch. No legal expert, but I, I think that usually means he's going to be acquitted of all charges, right? No, listen, I don't know how this case is going to go, but it's clear as day that Raja deserves to serve jail time here. Deserves to serve time in prison. Seven years, honestly, for, for what he attempted to do, which again I think was caused great bodily harm to Psycho Stew. It wouldn't be out of the question for me, honestly, it wouldn't be because I will stick by this until the day I end up passing. Raja was not going to stop hitting Stu. He did not pull any punches. He was trying to assault that man. Hurt him badly for his get back over what he had gotten into an altercation with Stu earlier in the parking lot. An empty beer can, that stuff. Placed his hand on Raja's head and then slapped a beer can on again. Stu shouldn't have done it. Didn't realize that Raja wasn't a pro wrestler. Raja then spoke with Stu. They shook it out and then Raja, because he was on live stream and because again, 25 year old Raja is not a kid, but is acting like one. And I hate the, the idea that oh, he's just a kid so it's okay. Or he's just a kid, he didn't know any better. No, he's 25 years old. It was getting rage baited by probably a bunch of 12 to 17 year olds in his Kick livestream and whatever future he had in fighting, whatever or ideas he had as far as what he wanted to do up in flames like that all over his ego and the fact that he couldn't stand a little trolling from his chat based on the interactions he was doing and was happening to him on live stream. And we've talked about, you know, how Rampage Jackson handled the situation, which I thought was really, really bad. I thought it was, was just at first ignorant, second, indifferent. And then third, you could see there was a reality that set in with Rampage. It was like, yeah, this is bad. My son may need to go away for some time. And I respected that. The reality of this case is pretty simple. Raja has no idea how to control himself. It seems like in a setting where someone attacks his ego and I don't know if that's a behavior that has been learned over the time he's been live streaming and having to interact with people that aren't in front of him and being trolled by chat and actually his dad or just a lack of awareness in general as to what happens when you assault someone, when you actually batter someone into the point where they're days into the hospital. And again, I'm only covering this as an Update. But it really, really frustrated me how the rest of. Of the other side of the Internet or the other side of the. The. The opinions on this case went where people were saying that Rajah was working and that psycho Stew wasn't really hurt and they were worked punches and all of this nonsense how Raja wasn't going to get charged because it was a work. Yeah. Really? You sure? That's what I thought. Um, seven years, potentially for Raja, and again, that's the max. I don't think that Raja will probably end up even serving that long, but you do the crime, you got to do the time, man. Like, I don't know how any adult hadn't sat down with Raja and either told him that the way he was going was going to end up with him fighting someone or potentially getting in jail. His own dad, Rampage, had said that on, I think, a couple of podcasts. He was afraid his son was going to go to jail. Turns out the fear was a warranted one because Raja got himself into a situation where he let external factors affect his ego, and potentially he's going to go away for a long time for it. They said he has another court date in November. We'll keep updated on this story. But if you're asking me my opinion on if Raja Jackson deserves to be in prison, deserves to go to jail for X amount of years, the answer is, yeah, he does. Don't know him as a person. Can't comment on his character outside of this incident, but he wouldn't be going to jail for his character outside of this incident. He'd be going to jail for what he did to Psycho Stu. And what he did to that man, in my opinion, was punch him until Raja got tired, Punch him until he felt like he was done. Which for me lines up with try to hurt him to the point where he potentially murders him. And before we get out of here, I do want to talk about the plea of not guilty. I have to assume that that is some way for him to take a plea deal. I don't really know a lot about, like, how you plea and what happens when you plea a certain way, but usually you would think if Raja wanted to take a deal and shorten his sentence, he would plead guilty and then they would work on a deal. If you plead not guilty, you're trying to fight this, and I don't mean trying to fight in the way that he did Stu, where he just stood over him and threw punches on a defenseless individual. He's gonna have to try to fight live stream Camera evidence, his own admission of what he wanted to do on camera as evidence, the actual assault being captured, witness statements that were there, everything. And none of it goes in his favor. So to plead not guilty, I. I'm not a legal expert. I have no idea why someone would do that if every bit of evidence was there and they weren't looking at taking a plea deal. But we'll see. We'll see. His lawyers probably know better than I do, but I got two eyes and I saw what happened and so did everybody else. And that jury and that judge will as well. So what happens next for Raja? He's got a court date in November. I don't have those answers. Comment below what you think and in November we'll revisit it because then and only then, guess we'll find out. All right, folks, we are back on the way concept presented by the Ring magazine and today we got some insight into the training camp for Gervonta Tank Davis and what he and potentially his team are the most concerned about with Jake Paul and what Jake Paul could be the most concerned about with Gervonta Davis. As we know, big exhibition coming up November 14th. We are going to do a live stream watch party for that. I don't know in what way, but we got to make it special. You guys know when I do these watch parties, they are insane. We want to have some guests. We may do a 24 hour, I'm not sure. Leave in the comments what you want to see. But we may be seeing the formulation of a game plan and tactics from this training footage from Gervonta Davis. And I think I may understand the key of what they want to do, how they want to go about it, and why Jake Paul might be in more trouble than I originally thought. What do I mean? The breakdown. Let's go. All right, so Calvin Ford, coach for Gervonte Davis, has been for pretty much since Gervonta started boxing. Sat down with Marcos over at Fight Hub. Shout out to Marcos for the footage. Man, he's always killing the game with interviews and everything else. He sat down with Marcos and they talked about Tank and potentially what he will do after the Jake fight, why he's doing the Jake fight and what their biggest concerns are, which your biggest concerns end up being what you turn into your biggest weapons. The things you're most concerned about, you look to exploit because that's usually the other person's greatest strength and behind is their greatest weakness. So I'm going to take a look at this interview and show you guys why I think Jake might actually be in a little more trouble than I originally thought with this fight and why I'm going to be more excited to see what Tank brings, if the mindset is where I think it is.

[C]

So how are we with, with everything, man? How's Tank been? Good. Hairspace, great. Headspace looking good. You know, just trying to go through our stages. You know, it's like pre camp, then camp, you know, get them from. We ain't fought in a while, you know what I'm saying? We was getting prepared for a Roach and then we got blessed with this fight. That's how I look at it.

[A]

You know, interesting comment there that they were getting ready for the Roach rematch and then this fight was, you know, he said they got blessed with this fight, but this fight came through. So the plan was actually to go and rematch Lamont Roach, which is something that I think he should have done. I think they, they, you know, for, for Tank's legacy, for, you know, just the sanctity of pro boxing when it comes to a world champion and, and what they do with that world championship belt. I think he should have taken the Lamont Roach rematch. It seems like they were going to. But the obvious reason that everyone I think knows why they didn't is because Netflix and. And a Jake Paul fight come with a massive bag. Like, there is probably no comparison to what Tank will make to fight Lamont Roach or anybody else compared to Jake Paul. Whether you like that or not, it's the truth. He is a money fight and so is Tank. And that's why they're going to do a shit ton of viewers on Netflix and why they're going to both make a ton of money. So the point I want to take away from that is that they were starting to get their minds and body ready for Lamont Roach, which means that Tank was in somewhat of a serious pre camp, right? Somewhat of a serious, you know, workout regiment, getting himself in shape. Not the Tank is super out of shape, out of camp. I don't know that. But this means that he was mentally preparing for a fight regardless. It's not hopping off the couch, Tank, which is not what you want to see even against Jake Paul, because the least serious you take Jake, and I've said this about everybody that's fought him, ones that don't take him serious, the ones that say he's a YouTuber and everything else, they end up losing or they end up looking like, oh, wait a second, this guy was a little better than I thought they end up either getting taken by surprise or actually sometimes losing because they don't realize that Jake actually takes this serious. So this is good to hear. Just already right off the rip, they were already doing something.

[C]

Surprised. So tell me, you know, when did you hear about this? They've been going back and forth for years, tanking Jake. They've been going at it for years and it would have happened sooner, you know what I'm saying? But we have hiccups in life. That's what I call it, hiccups. But they lessons to learn from but we back on track and keeping it moving. When you heard about the fight, were you like wait, wait what? Like we're doing what? Actually when I heard about the fight, they called me and said what you thought about the fight? I say the fight doable, you know what I'm saying? Because I watched Tanki for years and I watched other young men and gyms, you know, deal with big guys, you know what I'm saying? Yes, he's big. To me it's like Jake having his first open fights. If anybody know about the amateurs going open then you go pro. So you know he's going to fight a guy that does have skills.

[A]

Okay, so that's a, that's an honest, I think assessment from Calvin Ford on, on where Jake is and why he thinks this fight's doable. I mean I think everybody is under the same understanding that skill for skill. Jake Paul is not the same level of boxer as Tank Davis. It's not even remotely close when it comes to the skill of the sport. Now what makes up for the difference in skill is Jake's massive size and Tank's lack thereof. Jake's power versus Tank, skill, experience, timing, speed, all that. But Jake still has some stuff right. He still can crack. He's still for his size is a little quicker than people think and he has a decent enough jab on him. But they see something more than maybe something. They see a lot of things that they can take advantage of. I'm sure Jake and their team says the same thing. But you heard Calvin specifically say I, I've seen what smaller guys can do with bigger guys in the gym. I mean Calvin's been around not just boxing, Tank, whoever. He's been around the highest level of boxing for a long time now. I'm sure he's seen countless of sparring footage for fighters of completely different sizes and how you have to in those sessions, not necessarily in a real fight, but in those sessions you have to problem solve In a different way. And that's what they're gonna have to do here to get Jake to break Jake down. They're gonna have to problem solve in a different way because they can't get hit clean too many times and they can't stand in front of him and trade punches. That just can't happen. So you have to do something else differently. But he's also a little concerned, which is good. Again, I like a coach that shows, even in an exhibition like this, who, you know, whatever you want to call the fight. I like a coach that every time you la gloves up, they take it seriously. Whether it's sparring, whether it's a fight, whether exit, whatever your reputation, legacy, if you want to call it that. For Tank, all these things that you've already built professionally are on the line. So you have to take it that seriously. So just as much as he sees weaknesses in what they, they look at for this fight, for Jake, they see stuff that concerns him. And it's not just power, it's not just size, it's something else. Let's take a listen.

[C]

My only concern is, you know, the gloves, you understand what I'm saying? Because we don't fight in 12 ounce gloves. We don't use 12 ounce gloves. That's training gloves, you know what I'm saying? I'm like, that's £2 away from Jake. He fights in tens. Tank fighting eights.

[A]

So he meant to say 2 ounces, not 2 pounds.

[C]

He losing 4 ounces. There you go. So my thing is, I said, they said put Tank in eights, put them in tents. That makes the fight more interesting, you know what I'm saying? And we'll go from there because. I understand. And I brought that question up to one of his handlers. They was, no, we don't want to do no mismatch. It's supposed to be expedition, you know, now y' all want to win expedition.

[A]

I'm dead. So I, I don't actually disagree with Calvin Ford here. I said this when they made the exhibition in the first place. I was like, why doesn't Tank get to wear the gloves that he normally wears? If we're doing an exhibition and the weight doesn't matter, then why does the size of the glove have to match? Right? If they don't have to weigh the same thing, why do the glove sizes have to be the same? We're not. None of this counts on a professional record anyway. So let Tank fight in the gloves he normally fights in and let Jake fight in the gloves he normally fights in. Jake already has a massive power advantage putting tank in 12 ounce gloves and Jake in 12 ounce gloves. It's not the same thing really, is it? Right, because Jake trains in 16 ounce gloves, 18 ounce gloves, 20 ounce gloves. You're already on the, on the size part of this. You're already giving up a massive disadvantage. If your tank by being 60 pounds less than the guy now, granted your skills, your ability, all that on your side, you have that as an advantage for yourself. But why don't we try to keep the things that we can at least somewhat similar to how they normally fight? And that would be the gloves. I think that it would be, I agree with Calvin. I think it would be great if Tank got to fighting eights and Jake had to fight intense because it's an exhibition and they already fighting those same weight gloves anyway. To put him in the same way is actually giving Jake another advantage. If it makes sense, like you put Tank, who's already smaller and a glove that's already heavier than he normally fights in to hit a guy that's 60 pounds bigger, that's advantage Jake on every front. And the advantage for Tank is just experience, skill, ability. But like when it comes to the rule set of things, it all favors Jake. There needs to be a little bit more given to Tank in the rule set to make it, like Calvin said, a little bit more fair for what they're normally doing. If we're talking about 10 ounce gloves for Jake and eight for Tank, that's not a major difference difference. But it is when we're talking about how Tank normally fights in eights and jumps to twelves to fight Jake. His arms aren't used to that, his weight, his stature isn't going to be able to carry that. The gloves are going to feel a lot heavier. Again, I think that's just fully advantage Jake. I don't like that I said this in my first video. They should have done it. I thought it was going to be like eights and fourteens, but eights and tens, I would even be like, yeah.

[C]

That makes sense, all these prescriptions, but you want to be great. Being great is really pushing the ML, get what I'm saying? You know, Tank don't really care, you know, so when I bought this up, he said dang facts, you know what I'm saying? So again, you know, he can weigh the tens and we weigh the eights, then we gotta fight, you know the.

[A]

I agree with him. I think that's the most fair way to do it.

[C]

Wait how's that gonna work out? Like 1 190, 195. I thought it was gonna be 190, so they gave him 5. So again, they keep giving, giving, giving, and, you know, I ain't worrying about.

[A]

And the reason a guy like Tank keeps giving and giving and giving is, again, I. I circle back to this because it's. The only logical answer is because this is a major, major bag. That's why he's giving up so much. Did he give up that much for Ryan Garcia? Hell, no. Ryan Garcia was weight drained. Now, again, I know it's a completely different circumstance, but Ryan Garcia got weight drained down to 35, had a weight rehydration put on him, and still Tank was able to go out there and do what he did. But Ryan Garcia made all those things happen because he knew Tank was a money fight. So it's kind of Tank taking the Ryan Garcia role in this fight where he is kind of the B side. You're not even kind of. He is. And so he's having to make a lot of concessions to get this and get this back.

[C]

When you see this fight, do you see, like, Tank just having his way with Jake, like, given, like. No, no, no. I'm gonna tell you this. This is what I tell Tank. And Tank said it in the interview. I said, tank, y' all going there doing your thing. I said, he ain't giving you nothing. Let's look at it. Look at all the persons he fought. He ain't giving them nothing. Especially when he fought Tyson, he took a lot. He stripped Tyson of a lot of things. And I said, he ain't giving you nothing. You mean to tell me you start hitting Jake with some shit, he ain't gonna fight back. He said, fact. So I said, you gotta take him serious. You know what I'm saying? Because he talked about he had you on a hit list before this fight even happened. So his mental is on you. And he said it in the interview. How you think about something, make it come out, and look where we at.

[A]

Then he's not wrong, man. Listen, as much as everybody has jumped on this fight and talked about, you know, exhibition circus, whatever, this, there is one reason and one reason only that Jake does these type of fights. Yes. I mean, well, two reasons. One is a major bag. Two is to take legacy from these professional world champion, former world champion. Fighters, Boxers. Fighters and boxers, really. He did it with Tyron Woodley. He did it with Ben Askren. He did it with Mike Tyson. Well, kind of, but that's the entire goal. He had Gervonta on this, you know, quote unquote hit list for four years because he wanted to take the shine, the legacy. I'm better than he is. I'm a better boxer than Gervonte. I beat Mike Tyson. I'm on Mike Tyson's record, all that, right? That's what he wants to do. So again, I will say, if you come in and take him lightly, he can not only ruin your night, he can ruin your legacy. And that's what you can't have happen if you're Gervonta Davis. And this is why I like the way Calvin Ford is talking about this. Not like, yeah, we're gonna go and do our thing. Whoop to whoop, whoop. No, we have to lock in here because, yes, it's a great bag. Yes, they're treating us well. But on fight night, that guy's not going to treat you well. And he's not just going to stand in there. He's going to try to hurt you. He's going to try to knock you out. And he's £70, £60 bigger than you. So I, I like the attitude. I guess I should say that they're taking with this. Now. Tank has not necessarily displayed that same mindset, so I hope that's what they're working on in camp. Tanks, like, ah, You're a clown. YouTuber. Can't do that. You cannot do that with Jake. Underestimate him and he'll hurt you or hit you with something that you weren't supposed to get hit with. There'll be a moment in the fight that goes a little differently than it's supposed to. That's what you can't have happen.

[C]

I think, you know, like, the, the.

[A]

Boxing fan is looking at this maybe.

[C]

And thinking, like, Tank, there's levels to this. Tank has been fighting his whole life. Like, yeah, the weight is a big difference, but, like, Tank's a mean guy in there. Like, once he sees red, he's gonna go after him. And, like, that's the part we want to see. We don't. We don't know his performance of this fight. You know, Tank been talking this way and I understand that, why he's talking that way. He's been doing it for so long. No, if you work a regular job, you've been doing it so long and you seriously, like, you want to get bored. So this fight might wake him up. You know what I'm saying? This fight might bring that beast back you always talk about. I don't want to do certain things because I need my beast to be in me and Van around me. He's at a good place right now, great place.

[A]

That's the thing that you worry about with Tank, not only as his career goes forward, but just for this fight. How much motivation does he have outside of just the money that's involved in it to get into that mindset of a boxer again? He's talked about it in World Championship Fights. Frank Martin and Lamont Rose talk about. I don't, I don't like fighting. I don't want to do this anymore. I want to go to therapy and get all this anger I got out so that, you know, I can go raise my kids. And that's a great, super awesome thing. And fighting, you know, when you're not doing it as a need anymore and if you're not motivated to be a fighter and that's not that killer instinct's not in your head, it's probably not for you because the other guy has it it and he's hungry. When you get to that point, you probably should exit the sport. So we're gonna have to see again. We've had questions about.

[C]

All I know is what I've been told.

[A]

And that's a half truth is a whole lie.

[B]

For almost a decade, the murder of an 18 year old girl from a small town in Graves County, Kentucky went unsolved until a local homemaker, a journalist and a handful of girls came forward with a story.

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I'm telling you, we know Quincy killed her.

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We know a story that law enforcement used to convict six people and that got the citizen investigator on national tv.

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Through sheer persistence and nerve, this Kentucky housewife helped give justice to Jessica Curran.

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My name is Maggie Freeling. I'm a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist producer and I wouldn't be here if the truth were that easy to find.

[A]

I did not know her and I did not kill her or rape or burn or any of that other stuff that y' all said. They literally made me say that I.

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Took a match and struck and threw it on her. They made me say that I poured.

[A]

Gas on her.

[B]

From lava for good. This is Graves County, a show about just how far our legal system will go in order to find someone to blame.

[C]

America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people and small towns.

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Listen to Graves county in the Bone Valley feed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And to binge the entire season ad free, subscribe to Lava for good. Plus on Apple Podcasts Podcast.

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How can a 101-year-old woman fall in love again?

[A]

And I help a man atone for an armed robbery he committed at 14 years old. And so I pointed the gun at.

[C]

Him and said, this isn't a joke.

[A]

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[B]

In early 1988, federal agents raced to track down the gang they suspect of importing millions of dollars worth of heroin into New York from Asia.

[A]

We had 30 agents regulated to go with shotguns and rifles, and you name it.

[B]

But what they find is not what they expected.

[A]

Basically, your stay at home moms were.

[C]

Picking up these large amounts of heroin. They go, is this your daughter? I said, yes. They go, oh, you may not see her for like 25 years.

[B]

Caught between a federal investigation and the violent gang who recruited them, the women must decide who they're willing to protect and who they dare to betray.

[A]

Once I saw the gun, I tried to take his hand and I saw the flash of light.

[B]

Listen to the Chinatown sting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

[A]

Tank in A lot of fights recently about his commitment to the sport and commitment to just being able to, to go into that Tank mode, right, Go into that killer mode if he can't access it versus Jake. That again, that would cause a ton, a ton of spiraling and, and all types of bad stuff that they don't want to have happen. But anyway, the takeaway from this interview, this, I'm not going to show the whole thing, but that small segment of an interview is that there are. That's an honest response from Coach Ford about what Tank's doing in camp, how his mindset is, how Coach Ford is, is there to kind of reshape the way he thinks about this and what their concerns are. Now let's take a look at our first footage from Tank's camp versus Jake and see what he's been working. See, bro, this is why Tank pisses me off, man. This right here is why Tank frustrates me to no end. Look at the talent and the skill and the effortless power and snap and rotation and change of direction and, and angle cutting that Tank possesses. And I know I'm glazing a little bit here, but just hear me out. This dude is nasty. Tank has been. As a, as a prospective viewer of boxing, Tank has been one of the most entertaining styles of fighters I have watched in my lifetime. He is just snapping effortless power. And again, Tank is about five foot nothing, five foot one, two, whatever. But look at where all these punches are aimed. Everything to the body, everything to the body. Chopping downstairs, chopping, chopping brick hand. Now this, even his shots upstairs here, that's still a body shot. On Jake Paul, everything's a body shot he's throwing even when he's, he's changing the levels of the shot. That's a body shot. That's a body shot. That's a body shot. That tells me what I kind of originally thought. And this is just a clip. We don't have any insight into, into full game plans and sparring and things like that. But this is a drill obviously on the heavy bag where he's, he's one. Changing the, the variation of shot, right? The speed and power of shot, changing the angle of the punch, but going for time. So this isn't necessarily a, a ton of technique work. It may not even have anything to do with what they're trying to bring to the Jake fight. But when I watch it, I see a guy that's targeting the body and it's the best thing that Tank could do for this fight. I mean, trying to go headshot for headshot with Jake Paul when he's probably Jake's 7 inches taller than he is, I'm assuming he's going to have a bit of a reach. Even though Tank has a kind of freakish reach for his height, I don't think that's a great idea. And again, you're at eye level with Jake's belly button damn near. So you're going to have to be able to land shots right there on the waistline. And it's probably the best idea if you actually want to knock Jake out in this fight, if you actually want a game plan, because, again, it's an exhibition. But if you want a game plan to get him out of there, you have to attack the body. Not that it's necessarily going to hurt Jake to the body and he's going to cripple, but it's going to slow him down. Or at least that's the idea, is to slow him down, to drop his hands. And that way that we're in the, whatever, 6th, 7th, 8th round of this fight and those hands start to fall a little bit and Jake's gas tank is being tested. And then Tank, when he closes distance, and he will have to close distance damn near the entirety of the fight, unless Jake's just like walking forward the whole time. I don't think that'll happen. Then you'll see Tank, if he's heavier with his volume because hands are going to be heavy, but his volume usually lacks, then see him step in and go upstairs. But the body work will be key. Tank's already, you know, again, his natural level will be around the body shots, too. It's going to be a little difficult, I think, for Jake to punch down and hit him cleanly, especially if he doesn't do it early. Especially if he can't get Tank to respect him early, it's going to be tough. Unless, like I said, Tank just stands there and brawls with him, which I don't see happening at all. So if Tank can make a miss, get inside, work the body, make him pay there head movement off center, pivot out, be slick and do it again and again and again. That is when we could see a potential Tank Davis knockout. And if that happened, if Tank Davis actually knocks Jake out, he. He won't get the credit for it. Like, oh, that's what you were supposed to do. You're, you know, world champion boxer. But that's ridiculous. It would be ridiculously hard for Tank to actually knock Jake out. Like, I'M just, that's like 70 pound difference. 60 pound difference, that means something. And Jake's not some guy that's never thrown punches. He's a relative novice when it comes to, you know, skill level that Tank has. But still he knows how to protect himself. And again, his body structure allows for some mistakes to happen that he wouldn't have to pay for like he would if he was 135 pounds. Point being, I would be impressed. Very. If Tank knocked him out cold or dropped him with something, you know, hurt him badly because how much bigger Jake is and he knows how to operate in a boxing ring, it's not like me getting in there with Gervonta. I should be sparse, worked out in 30 seconds. But Jake has a decent amount of professional fights, has beat some guys that had a decent record on his, on his actual resume and understands what he's doing in there. This is all Jake does is train boxing. It has for the last six, seven years. So like I said, if Tank knocks him out, which if his head is in the right place, not just literally but metaphorically, his mind is in the right place. He switched on and he's able to get Jake vulnerable to the body fight could change very, very quickly. But that's what I got folks. Let me know what you think in the comments. Are you liking the mindset of team Gervonte Davis? Are you liking where is coach Calvin Ford's headspace is? And they're not taking Jake lightly but they're also seeing weaknesses there they can take advantage of. Maybe like we see in this training footage. Again, big shouts to fight hub for getting this footage courtesy of them. Maybe it's the, the, the body shots that Tank needs to get to. Maybe it's Jake potentially not understanding the power even at 135 pounds that tank has. Who knows. But I like the this for Tank Davis. I like this. And, and the other thing is if Tank is, is talking about retirement Lamont Roach Jake and then we're done. What if this training camp and maybe a knockout performance from Tank Davis gets him back in to the boxing mindset. Scratch that itch. And gets him to want to take tough big time box office in his weight class fights. You never know what can happen. But Durante Davis is in training camp for Jake Paul. Calvin Ford says they got a healthy fear of some things but they're ready to go in and take advantage of some weaknesses. What are they? Will they do it? Don't have those answers but guess we'll find out all Right, So we are back on the way concept presented by the Ring magazine and I just saw Jaron Boots Ennis introduce himself to the 154 pound division in epic fashion. He has arrived at this division and he is going to be a problem. What do I mean? The breakdown. Let's go. All right, so Jaron Boots Ennis vs Usima Lima tonight at 154 lbs. Boots in his debut at 154. Now he comes out and stops Lima in about a:30. This was light work for Jerome Boots in this. Now, let's be honest, this is not a number one contender fight of any sort. But Usima Lima, you know, he's ranked at number eight by the WBA. He's ranked at number six by the IBF, 10 by the WBC. So he's not a high level guy. He's not a guy that's, it's a world championship caliber when you have the likes of, you know, Sarah Boichuk and, and Xander Zayas and Sebastian Fundora and Virgil Ortiz and Abbas Barao and you know, Keith, like there's so many other Israel Madrimov, there's so many other guys that potentially we could be talking about at 150 that are going to be high, high level opponents for Jaron Boots Ennis. And we're going to get into that in just a second. But this was still a big time performance. This is still exactly what Boots needed to do. He needed to come in, make a statement not only with his fist, but then make a statement on the microphone. And he and Eddie Hearn both did that after the fight. This was, this was light work, honestly, for Jaron Ennis. Again, we wanted to see what the transition from 147 to 154 would look like. Would he still have the explosiveness? Would he still have power? Would his power be better? Would still be, you know, light on his feet, be able to fight out of both stances? And we're not going to get every answer to that question tonight. What we did get is a powerful, definitive puncher and drawn Boots. And it's in a guy that can take a punch. By the way, the, the, the exchange that spelled the beginning of the end for Lima tonight was an exchange that both fighters landed in. Boots got tagged with a shot. His shot just landed more clean, more powerfully and with, with more intention than Usima Lima's did. So when we look at the exchange, what happened in this fight, Boots came out orthodox versus a southpaw and Lima and Both guys had talked about knockouts and, you know, putting on show, stopping performances, sending messages with their performances. But what you saw was Lima wanted to be very not cautious, but he wanted to be smart. He wanted to fight smart. He didn't want to fight reckless and potentially get stopped, potentially get put out. You know, potentially have one of those nights where you overextend versus a sniper like Boots. And it's a. A great counter puncher off the back foot and the front foot and out of both stances and that go bad for you. Found out though, even boxing smart can still get you caught because Ennis didn't respect any of it. Whatever Lima was trying to do, and it's just walk straight forward. And again, it wasn't even enough time to really establish anything because while Boots started orthodoxy, it didn't really need to establish any of it. He just flipped back southpaw and he said something interesting. And I don't know who said it in the actual commentary booth, it was Todd Grisham, Sergio Mora and Chris Mannix. And someone said that Boots was gonna switch southpaw at some point. And he liked fighting southpaw against other southpaws because they don't usually fight southpaws like he is. Someone that's mastered both stances. Much like a Terence Crawford would have loved to see that fight at 1:54. Probably never gonna happen. But it is an interesting thing because southpaws do have bit of an inherent advantage when fighting right handed guys because they only usually spar right handed guys and right handed guys usually only spar right handed guys too, because there's not many southpaws out there in every gym that you go to. And if there are some southpaws, they're not great southpaws that you. You know what I'm saying? So now what ends up happening is that both southpaw fighters. Lima wants to go jab left hand. And something you don't necessarily see a lot out of another southpaw is a counter to a jab left hand by an outside step, leaning to the outside uppercut underneath the backhand, which is exactly what Jaron boots in his thru, which is crazy. And he gets clipped with the left hand, but I guess just better chin wins here. It's not like it, you know, Boots didn't defend this super well, but he just kind of rolled with the shot. And while strolling with the shot, bang, the lead hand uppercut. And it was a beautiful, beautiful shot. And then from there he hurt Lima and swarmed him left hand over the top. I think it dropped him actually with the backhand lead hook, chopped him and then dropped him right there with about a minute into the round. And then when Lima got up, he teed off on him again with three or four more solid punches, I think dropped him again. And then eventually the referee stepped in and Lima's corner actually threw the towel as well. This was a dominant performance, which by the way, is exactly what it should have been. Lima is not a tough, tough, high level superstar opponent, but he wasn't meant to be for this first fight at 154. It was meant to see how Jaron Boots Ennis gets into this weight class, how he goes along and, and honestly for him to send a message, to make a statement that he does exactly what he's supposed to do to lower level competition. And that's essentially buried. Now everything opens up now. We have the interesting matchups, we have matchup that Boots called for immediately after the fight was over, which is the fight for, I guess the WBC interim title. Even though Dora has the belt, his fight called off for supposedly a hand injury. I don't really know if there was more detail on that, but him and Thurman, their fight's off. So he's kind of sitting out for a bit here. The whole event had got postponed. So you have Virgil Ortiz potentially. He's got a fight coming up obviously, but he's frustrated with not getting his title shots at 150. Seeing as hopefully Virgil Ortiz gets his business done with Erickson Lubin, you can come back and have Virgil Ortiz vs. Jaron Ennis and that be a showdown because they wanted it at 147. Both guys said that both guys didn't want the fight. Now we can potentially get the fight. If you can't do that. Then Boots got on the mic and him and Eddie Hearn both said they want Virgil Ortiz, which is probably one of, if not the biggest fights you can make in American boxing right now. Let's be honest. I know that neither of them hold the belt, but that these two guys are looked at as if they're going to stay at 54, which may not be the case. I think both guys will end up going up to 160, maybe even 168, but for now, kind of the, the boogeyman at this weight class. So of course that would be an insane fight. But if you can't make that, you have Xander Zayas who just won the WBO belt. That may be something that Boots would look to, I would Favor him in that fight. You have Abbas Barao, who won the WBA belt just recently, and that guy is a, a monster as well. That would be a fight. I mean, Boots is the interim with the wba, so that could be a fight to be made as well. You have the IBF belt out there. There's so much that Boots can do right now that has him in a ton of different scenarios for big fights. But the two things I think you can do right away is say, okay, well, he either is going to take the Virgil fight, depending on what happens with Virgil and Lubin, or he's gonna go belt hunting. Those are the two paths right now for Boots Ennis. And again, I don't want to overstate this, this performance and act like it was, you know, him walking in and dropping Virgil Ortiz in round one and winning the fight. It's not that. That's not what happened. Again, Lima is not that level. He's just not. But it was a good, needed, solid stamp of approval performance for Boots. Just to get him in front of eyes, just to get him established at this weight class. Now is where the real business starts. Now is where you go and prove it, where you go and put. And again, he's doing exactly what he needs to do. Say names, call people out, say, I, I'm better than a Bas Barau, I'm better than Fundor, I'm better than Virgil Ortiz, better than Xander Zayas, better than all these guys, and then go and get it done. So I love this performance for Boots. I love the, the trajectory he's on. Him and Virgil Ortiz are the two most dangerous men at 154. And I think, man, even without a belt, I don't really care, to be honest, if they have a belt. If they don't, that's a world title fight and I need to see it. So hopefully that's what we get next. But yeah, short, concise breakdown here, quick to the point, because that's exactly how the fight went between Jaron Boots, Ennis and Usima Lima. This was not even close to a competitive fight. Complete blowout as it should have been. And Boots did exactly what he needed to do. No more of this, though, by the way. I'm, I'm, I don't want to see any more of this at 154. I don't want to see, you know, we need another warm up or we need another. No, we're getting straight to action here and I want to see what Boots can do at 154. Can he go belt chasing? Can he go hunt all the belts? Will he fight Virgil Ortiz? Is he one of the best in the world? I think he is. I need to see it now at this weight class. I needed to see it against Virgil, Fundora, Barral, Zayas, Thurman. I need to see it against all of it. Hopefully that's what's next, but I don't have those answers. You guys. Let me know. What did you think of this performance from Jaron Boots Ennis? He wins by first round knockout, making it look easy because it was in his debut at £154. Don't know what's next but guess we'll find out. Ever go to McNachos on game day and realize the cheese is missing or the chips or both? It happens all the time. 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