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In boxing, everyone wants their moment
in the spotlight.
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A chance to prove that every sacrifice
made, every hardship endured, was worth
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the road traveled.
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Because beneath those lights, a fighter
can define how that journey will
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be remembered.
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And on Mexican Independence Weekend in
Las Vegas, Four fighters will step
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beneath them. Different roads, same
destination.
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Each ready to prove their road ends with
a hand raised and a legacy further
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defined.
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The higher the moment, the more focused
you have to be.
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This is why you get punched in the face,
why you go through the pressure. The
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moments before that bell rings and
you're looking at them, that's when it
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gets real.
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For Ryan Garcia, the spotlight is
nothing new.
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One of boxing's biggest stars.
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This kid is a superstar!
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And in February, Garcia reached a
milestone years in the making.
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Defeating Mario Barrios to become WBC
welterweight champion.
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A lot of fire, turmoil.
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It built me into the champion I am.
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But to be a champion in this sport, you
have to defend it.
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The first challenger?
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Connor Benn.
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The son of British boxing legend, Nigel
Benn. He's become one of the sport's
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most relentless and recognizable stars.
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But one thing has remained out of reach.
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A world championship.
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It's a 5-3 WBC title.
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Same title.
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My dad had the stars of the line. I need
to get that world title. And he's in the
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way.
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It's always personal.
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And the main event won't be the only
world championship at stake. At
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cruiserweight, undefeated Jai Opetiah.
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30 fights, 23 knockouts, and a
reputation for delivering violence
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every time he steps into the ring. Slip
up, one fucking shot, you're gone.
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Now he gets the biggest stage of his
career to prove he's deserving of it.
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I'm that guy.
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Standing across from him will be a man
with no intention of becoming knockout
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number 24.
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The Armenian-born Noel Mikhalian has
spent more than a decade fighting his
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way through the cruiserweight division
and a world championship of his own.
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He comes to Las Vegas as the Dark Horse
and perhaps the biggest threat yet to
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Obataya's perfect record.
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A lot of people can't miss an underdog,
but I'm sure my head will be raised.
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Four fighters, two world championships.
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This is their story.
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I don't think people understand the
levels I go to master the craft.
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This fight is going to be extraordinary.
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Ten years of hard work, suffering,
pressure.
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It's for this fight.
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It's for this moment.
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On September 12th, they'll share the
same spotlight.
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And beneath it...
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There will be nowhere to hide.
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Ready to put it all on the line.
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This is what it takes.
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I'm gonna knock this guy out. I'm gonna
render him unconscious.
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He's just not good enough to beat me.
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I'm gonna go in there and destroy this
man.
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This is Road to Garcia vs.
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Ben.
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With the fight booked, Ryan Garcia and
Conor Benn descend on New York City
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ahead of their September 12th showdown.
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A championship clash set for Mexican
Independence Weekend, one of boxing's
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most revered stages, long reserved for
the sport's biggest stars.
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And in Garcia and Benn, boxing has two
fighters seemingly built for the
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occasion these two guys you see why they
make a big fight ryan garcia whatever
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you want to say about him has explosive
power and ridiculous hand speak he has
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10 million social media followers and
connor ben like you look at them they
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look like a fight in a movie where you
would cast guys the two of them look
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like hollywood right For a British
fighter to go over and headline, see my
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ballerina fight for the WBC world title
in a sellout is big.
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On paper, a fight like this doesn't need
much selling.
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Rate Conor out of 10.
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Power. Life.
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Horror. Dude.
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Boxing IQ.
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I will make him quit.
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Makes me look like someone who's
competed at Super Middleweight. You
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think I'm worried about what a
lightweight can do to me?
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I mean, he's a big star.
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This is a chance to prove if he's at a
super, super high level, but I don't
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think so.
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But selling a fight means putting its
stars in the same room.
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Both their styles, when you match them
up, I believe it's not going to
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distance. I think somebody's going to
get knocked out.
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King Ryan, Ryan Garcia.
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And when Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn
enter the same room... Who's got the
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first question?
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Things have a way of happening.
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Question for Connor Ben.
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Brian says he's going to steal your aura
during the fight. How do you feel about
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that? I'm not really too concerned about
his little influence to my right. He can
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say whatever he wants. Ain't going to
make no difference come September the
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12th. Yeah, 12 round war proven.
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I'm going to knock him out five and
below.
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This not be a 12 round war. He's not
good enough to beat me. You think this
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man's going to beat me? You think I'm
going to let a guy from the UK come here
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and beat me and take my belt? You lost
your mind.
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He can clown around and shout as loud as
he wants.
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The loudest ones in the room are the
weakest ones in the room.
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You won't do shit. I promise you won't
do shit. I promise you won't do shit.
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Because long before this fight was
signed, there
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was bad blood.
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At the ring awards, he was really cool
with me and saying, what's up, blah,
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blah, blah.
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How's that going?
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How does it go? You tell me.
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We'll see. That's what they all say. But
somehow I find the target every time.
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No, I'm serious.
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He was looking for a moment.
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The most goofiest shit you could
probably do because it was so
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unprovoked.
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Ultimately,
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I'll tell you, it's personal.
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For me, I just want his title.
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And he's in the way.
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You keep running your mouth. Easy work.
Easy work.
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Easy work. Easy work. Easy work.
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Easy work.
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Easy work.
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Easy work. Easy work. Easy work.
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Easy work.
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I don't think Connor understands how
much I actually do love the game of
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boxing.
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I don't think he understands how much I
actually know about boxing.
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I think that he just sees me as
talented, but he doesn't know all the
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levels I go to master the craft.
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I just don't think he understands how
good I am.
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Talent has always been the easy label
for Ryan Garcia. But after a lifetime
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spent honing these gifts, what once
looked instinctive has become something
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far more refined.
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And far more dangerous.
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Nobody could really do it as good as me.
That's just the truth.
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You're just seeing the next evolution of
me.
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Ryan Garcia's game may have evolved, but
his most dangerous advantage is perhaps
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the simplest.
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Speed kills.
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Ryan's skills have helped make him
boxing's most followed figure.
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But whether inside the ring or beyond
it, Ryan Garcia has always done things
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his way.
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But beneath the celebrity, his identity
has always started in the ring.
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Brian did a very good job in social
media. But they got to know who you
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really are. And people never knew his
history.
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I remember I begged to leave and I was
like, I don't know if I was seven or
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eight. I was hitting the mitts.
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And everybody would just stop and stare
at me.
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And then I had that sense of, I want to
entertain the people looking at me.
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Like, oh, they're watching?
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I'm going to go harder.
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I was really talented sparring people,
beating up everybody,
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winning national titles consistently.
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I started posting videos, and once I
realized my sister had 10K followers, I
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was like, oh, I'm going to get more. She
was like, no, you won't. I was like, all
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right.
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I hit 10K and I was like, bro, I'm not
going to stop. And I went, I just kept
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going crazy.
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It became a game to me. I'm going to
post this, I'm going to post this, post
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this. And then one day I posted a video
and it went nuts. It's like, who's this
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boxer? Guys liked it, girls liked it.
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He just came with a lot of hate, you
know.
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Instagram fighter, you're not shit, you
don't fight nobody, offer it. I just
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kept on knocking people out, though.
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Every chance I had, I knocked them out.
I would post those videos and knock
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somebody out. It was like a rinse and
repeat, rinse and repeat.
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He was knocking people out.
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And that's like being a baseball player
and hitting home runs.
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In every fight that he had, the crowd
would get bigger and bigger and bigger.
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Ryan was loving it. He loved the
attention. He knew that things were
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growing.
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So many fun moments. So many great
times.
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A lot of bad moments, controversies.
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By the time Devin Haney stood across
from him, the chaos surrounding Ryan had
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become as much a part of the story as
the fight itself.
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For the Devin Haney fight, there's
something deeper than boxing.
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That's why I told people, it's not a
boxing match to me. The thoughts in my
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brain were bad.
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What do you guys want me to say? I've
already said everything.
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I'll break this whole thing right now.
That's how I'm firing. I'm strong.
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I'm strong.
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I'm strong.
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And on top of that, I'm fucking in La La
Land.
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Something is wrong with this
motherfucker.
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I'm going to tell you, something's wrong
with him. This shit not normal.
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Drinking, not giving a fuck.
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I'm real.
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I'm like this. I do drink. I do smoke.
Now what?
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People were asking me about the fight. I
don't care about the fight. I don't care
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how I beat him up.
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I wanted to hurt him, but really, really
bad.
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What prevails, discipline or disorder?
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The antics only fueled the belief that
he was outmatched.
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Haney entered as an overwhelming
favorite.
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Garcia, the massive underdog.
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But doubt had always brought something
out of Ryan Garcia.
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And under the brightest spotlight, it
did again.
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Did he do enough?
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Three knockdowns usually does the trick.
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Ryan Garcia!
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The victory would prove to be
short-lived.
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In a stunning blow, Ryan tested positive
for the banned substance Austrin,
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putting the biggest win of his career in
jeopardy. Such an unfortunate thing if
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you think about his performance against
Devin, because that was incredible.
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Just felt like a truly set-up.
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They know I was tested all the way
through the whole camp, and it was just
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a very frustrating moment in time.
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The result was ultimately overturned,
and Ryan was suspended from the sport
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for a year.
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I dealt with it horribly.
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Drinking, doing whatever I wanted to do.
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There's so many things that pull you
different directions.
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It's easy to become distracted. Very
easy.
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A year away gave Garcia distance from
the chaos.
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but not necessarily answers.
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And when he finally returned, the
comeback only brought another setback.
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A loss to Rolando Romero sent his career
to a new low. With
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his career again at a crossroads, Ryan
looked back to where it all began.
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Narrowing his focus meant returning to
something familiar.
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Someone who knew Ryan long before the
fame, the controversy, or the
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expectations.
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I actually got a text.
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I didn't even get a phone call.
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Hey, Dad, how would you like to be my
trainer right now for this championship?
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I was like, what?
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Okay. I'm like, sure. I said, you know,
let's do it.
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During the Mario Barrios camp, I had a
change of mentality.
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My back was against the wall, so it kind
of forced me to narrow things down.
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And I didn't know if I was going to get
an opportunity like that again.
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I had to rebuild my body. I chose
discipline and I chose to be a
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professional.
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He promised us a Ryan Garcia classic,
and boy, did he deliver.
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You learn your lessons, and then you
move forward.
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Did I have to get through a lot of fire,
turmoil, controversy?
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Yes, but ultimately, it built me into
the fighter and now the champion I am.
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A championship performance against Mario
Barrios may have delivered Ryan the WBC
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title.
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But for a fighter who has spent so much
of his life chasing, and living under
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the spotlight.
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Defending it may require drawing on
something more personal than ever
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before.
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I don't do it for the applause really.
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I do it for something that's deep inside
my soul and things that I hold true to
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me.
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My whole career has been filled with
setbacks.
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They test every part of you.
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But then I always find my way back home.
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It was a lot of soul searching, and this
is the next evolution of me.
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This is fire.
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Oh!
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What a shot!
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He's out!
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See how quick that was?
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This is going to be a really, really
beautiful performance.
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He's just not good enough to beat me.
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It's the bitter truth.
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For him.
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Sweet truth for me.
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Across the Atlantic, another fighter
prepares for the same moment. But for
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Connor Benn, what awaits in Las Vegas is
a chance to add something of his own to
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a family legacy decades in the making.
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I mean, this fight is a legacy fight for
the same title my dad fought for.
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His father, Nigel, had already carried
the Benn name to the top of the sport,
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becoming a multi-time world champion,
including a WBC crown and one of
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Britain's biggest fighting stars.
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At home, he tried to make certain his
son knew him only as dad.
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I, like, knew my dad, but I didn't know
my dad was this Hall of Famer, legend in
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the game.
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He shielded me from that.
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Even to this day now, we never watch
boxing together.
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We never watch none of my fights.
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Ever.
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He didn't want me to follow in his
footsteps.
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He worked as hard as he did so I didn't
have to live the life he lived.
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Me being in the army, I was a
disciplinarian with Connor.
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He didn't have it easy.
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He had it hard. I didn't give him
nothing. He used to ring Mum, Mum, could
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you send an extra £20? I need some
fishing chips.
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He didn't really understand the Ben name
until he came to England and started
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training.
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I was 19 years old, lived in an island
in Majorca for the majority of my life.
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Then we moved to Sydney and then I moved
back to the UK.
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Nigel brought him over to the gym. That
was the first time I had seen him or met
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him. I put him in for the spa and he put
the kid down in the first round.
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Just straight away you could see there
was something there in Connor Benn.
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The spotlight was on him straight from
the beginning. Obviously, he's Nigel
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Benn's son, so there was a bit of
pressure on the kid.
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He can box, and he can bang, and he can
fight. That's already in him.
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To me, I will always be my dad's shadow.
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What a great place to be.
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My dad's my hero, he's my legend, he's
my idol, he's my everything.
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He's just my dad to me. When I watch him
fight on YouTube, I'm like, God, that's
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my dad, man. He's a living legend.
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Just like his dad, Conor quickly
ascended through the ranks.
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It's very
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rare that great champions have great
sons who boss.
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He's on the brink of winning the world
title.
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No matter what I achieve, no matter what
I go to do in the sport, it'll only be
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one Nigel Benn.
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If I'm half the man my dad is, I'll be a
happy man.
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So as far from ever leaving my dad's
shadow?
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No, I never will.
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Undefeated at 21-0, Connor Benn appeared
to be closing in on the defining fight
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of his career.
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Then two positive drug tests brought
everything to a halt. As the process
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unfolded, judgment moved faster than the
truth.
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The fight for Connor's career became
inseparable from a far more private
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fight to preserve the man beneath him.
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It was a major shock, and it was
ridiculous to even think it because I
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knew that he wouldn't do anything like
that.
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If I ever thought my son was taking
performing arts and drugs, mate, I'd
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hang him out.
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I had to go through a case for two and a
half years and for me that time was the
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hardest traumatic time of my life.
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Radio shows, TV shows, non-stop, all
finding him guilty before the actual
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trial come about.
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I was touch and go every day.
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I couldn't even go down to the gym.
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I was battling depression.
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I was suicidal because I was scared to
wake up to the same reality I was
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living.
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I spent six months just staying with my
son because he was in a really dark
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place, hurting, hurting.
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I'm shaking, I'm getting ill, my bed's
covered in sweat most nights.
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It was just horrible.
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Listen, boxing's a small part of a big
life.
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I had that look in the mirror, I'm just
going, do you know what?
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With or without boxing?
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you have a priority here to be the best
version of yourself you can be say tough
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times make tough people each day gets
easier you learn to process them
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emotions and i believe that he's come
out at the other end of that a more
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tougher experience and wiser person i'm
looking myself in the mirror going
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connor this isn't who you are that for
me was what shows me who i am what sort
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of man i am i look back and i just gotta
thank god that you know i'm still here
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today After a two-year legal battle
failed to prove Conor guilty, his
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suspension was lifted. He was finally
and fully vindicated. But returning to
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the ring was only the beginning.
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Now it was about reclaiming the career
and the championship future that had
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nearly been taken away from him. This is
the really important part, right?
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Boom, boom. Watch the back leg. Step.
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And the road back would eventually lead
somewhere deeply familiar.
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to a rivalry that had begun three
decades earlier.
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Nothing more compared to the first
Eubank fight.
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It felt like the whole nation had come
to a standstill.
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You're only really talking a 30-year
feud.
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One of the greatest British rivalries of
all time.
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In the 1990s, Nigel Benn and Chris
Eubank were two of British boxing's
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biggest stars and fiercest rivals.
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They fought twice.
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Eubank winning the first, and the second
ending in a draw.
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Two fights that defined an era, but
never truly settled the score.
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More than 30 years later, their sons
would inherit it. Two silver spoon kids.
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To show it don't matter whether you come
from a life of luxury or not.
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Fight with this.
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That's what we fight with.
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It was a tough fight to take.
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Jumping up two weight divisions, being a
period of inactivity.
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Everybody was on his back.
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A lot of stick from Eubank. He cannot
beat me, that's for sure. This is the
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end of your career.
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I can't wait to smash the eggs out of
Conor Benn.
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Oh!
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Tempest flare in there.
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He got carried away emotionally with
what Eubank was saying to him.
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He'd done exactly what I'd done with
Eubank the first fight.
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It was like just sheer anger.
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And Conor!
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Oh, good shot from Eubank.
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And suddenly it swung more in favor of
Eubank. Here comes Eubank. Ben Hurts.
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The winner is Eubank Jr.
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I still feel that fight was mine.
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I felt like I had won, but I didn't win.
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So for me to lose on points, it was the
hard-pilled swallow.
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It wasn't just another defeat.
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It was another crossroads, not because
of what he lost, but because the way
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forward would require a different kind
of strength.
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The second fight, he didn't let Eubank
get into his mind, and he followed
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tactics totally to what we were doing in
the gym.
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The electricity ripping through this
wonderful stadium.
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This is what big-time boxing's about.
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And then I come back and I avenged it.
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It was like the best feeling ever. I
don't know if anything will ever come
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close to that feeling.
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Yeah, it's been a journey.
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Four, three, two, one.
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Starting to feel like... powerful, man.
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He's actually gone beyond my wildest
dreams, I think, what he's achieved
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already, to finish up fighting for the
world title.
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Wow. And this WBC, I call it the premier
belt, to go and fight that and fight
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someone like Ryan Garcia.
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He's me.
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Like the apple don't fall far from the
tree. He's me.
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More good than bad.
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Definitely more good than bad. We are
who we are because of what we put
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into the game.
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You know, it's not like he ain't living
off of my name. He's in his own lane.
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Everything that he's got, he's worked
hard.
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The name opens doors and the name has
helped me get to where I've got to, but
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you've still got to put in the work
because no one's in there fighting for
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you. Let me give 110% and just see where
the ceiling's at.
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And clearly it's world on us For all the
legacy Connor
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been inherited and all that still lies
ahead he's begun building something of
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his own With a life and a family far
away from the noise
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It's peaceful here it's quiet It's nice
when you have all that the madness
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going in your life, and then you just
come home
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This is our lake.
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We've got a family of ducks, and we've
seen the ducks be born.
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And we've seen the family, which is
lovely.
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My missus was adamant she wanted our
hockers.
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They're really weird things.
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They don't even, like, respond to
anything anyway.
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You've got to pretend like you're not
interested, and then they'll come up to
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you. What did I say? That I told you,
like...
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See, it's him.
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He's the feisty one. See the others
here, they stay clear.
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Going to build a paddle court.
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Going to build a cinema.
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You make it like a place where you
literally don't have to leave.
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Because in an ideal world, I never have
to leave my home.
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Is he hungry?
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Yeah. He's starting to eat me. I do this
for my family.
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I do this for the Ben name. I do this
for...
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My legacy, you know, and that's my
drive.
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Well, I've got to now leave next week to
go to America for five weeks. So for me,
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I go, actually, I'm being pretty
selfish.
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I say it's legacy for me.
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00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,440
I say it's selfish because I want to be
the best. I want to be number one.
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I want to be, I want to be.
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Not them, they don't care. They just
want me to be around them.
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00:29:47,460 --> 00:29:50,480
Ultimately, you have to be selfish in
this game. And for me, I put nothing
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before winning this world title.
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Is it any easier? No, of course it
ain't. It's painful.
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But you have to be selfish.
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I need to get that world title.
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The need for championship glory will
resolve itself in Las Vegas in the
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welterweight division.
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But on September 12th, the cruiserweight
world title may just steal the
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spotlight.
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Because lurking beneath the main event
is one of the sport's most destructive
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fighters.
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00:30:28,980 --> 00:30:31,840
Undefeated cruiserweight champion Jai
Obataya.
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Every fight changes my life.
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Every victory writes a new chapter.
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For much of his career, Jai Obataya has
been an if-you-know-you-know fighter.
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Revered by those inside the sport.
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But his ethos fit the exact mold Dana
White and Zufa Boxing were looking for
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back in January.
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What's up, gang?
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I've got a job to do, and that's win
fights.
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Without winning fights, all these
meetings, meeting fancy people, means
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nothing. Just looking straight ahead.
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You're there to make a statement every
time you fight.
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These guys are going to be making the
big fights happen.
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That would earn its phone around our gym
a lot.
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00:31:14,490 --> 00:31:15,490
We're going to earn it.
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That's what we're here to do.
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We've got to step in the ring and put on
a show.
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For Opitaya, putting on a show has often
meant putting opponents away with
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devastating power.
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You slip up, one fucking shot, you're
gone.
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I'm that guy.
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Opitaya has become known for inflicting
pain across the cruiserweight division.
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But boxing is as much about what pain
you can take as what you can inflict.
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In his first bout against Myrus Breedis,
Opetiah proved he could do both.
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Opetiah challenging the best
cruiserweight for his title.
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When he won that IBF title, there was
nothing that was going to beat him that
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day. Oh, big shot.
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He's hurt Opetiah.
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We just had the box.
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I just had to keep on.
471
00:32:05,700 --> 00:32:08,040
That granite jaw might be broken by the
looks of it.
472
00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:10,680
Bruised and bloodied and perhaps broken.
473
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,600
I've had to learn to turn a bit of pain
into motivation.
474
00:32:17,540 --> 00:32:24,340
With the title around his waist,
Opetiah's rise only accelerated,
475
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:29,160
dispatching contender after contender as
he established himself as the division's
476
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:30,180
most dangerous force.
477
00:32:33,940 --> 00:32:39,040
By March, that momentum had carried into
Zufa boxing.
478
00:32:40,139 --> 00:32:43,720
where Brandon Glanton became the first
man to test him under its banner.
479
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:51,560
When you're on the world championship
level, I believe it just becomes down to
480
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:52,560
minimal mistakes.
481
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,660
There's a lot of danger for Brandon
Glanton.
482
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,500
That guy was tough as nails.
483
00:32:56,860 --> 00:32:59,360
His face was battered and he just had no
equipment.
484
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,860
Put someone in front of me, I've got to
beat them.
485
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,380
It's that simple. Like, it's just a way
of life.
486
00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:09,610
Well, it's fucking pain and sacrifice,
so it just pays off, man. We're just
487
00:33:09,610 --> 00:33:10,810
going to keep pushing forward.
488
00:33:11,950 --> 00:33:17,790
At 30-0, with 23 finishes, the future of
the cruiserweight division appears to
489
00:33:17,790 --> 00:33:21,770
belong to Jai Obataya. But it is not
without challengers.
490
00:33:22,550 --> 00:33:24,930
Noel McAleon is also a world champion.
491
00:33:25,530 --> 00:33:30,550
Battle-tested through 31 professional
fights, a man no opponent has ever been
492
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:31,550
able to put away.
493
00:33:32,170 --> 00:33:36,720
Yet for all he's accomplished, Much of
his career has unfolded outside boxing
494
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:37,720
spotlight.
495
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:43,860
Toiling in obscurity on under-promoted
events, Noel's abilities have long been
496
00:33:43,860 --> 00:33:44,860
overlooked.
497
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:49,440
To understand why Mikhailian believes he
belongs in the ring with anyone, you
498
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,520
have to understand where he came from.
499
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,740
I was born in Armenia, in the capital,
in Yerevan. At that time, there was
500
00:33:55,740 --> 00:33:57,000
still war going on with Azerbaijan.
501
00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,460
So my parents decided to immigrate to
Germany.
502
00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:08,080
Going up, I always liked combat sports.
503
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,580
My parents decided to take me to
Taekwondo.
504
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,000
It was very difficult because I was only
using my fists.
505
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,560
My dad was a professional boxing
European champion and he engaged me to
506
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:20,560
start training.
507
00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:29,540
Long story short, I started my
professional boxing career in Germany.
508
00:34:30,889 --> 00:34:32,210
I wanted to be a world champion.
509
00:34:32,989 --> 00:34:35,650
I was like, just do it and see how far
you can come.
510
00:34:37,030 --> 00:34:40,250
It's a high-risk sport, but no risk, no
fun.
511
00:34:43,889 --> 00:34:47,370
If you follow my career, a lot of people
had me as an underdog.
512
00:34:51,290 --> 00:34:55,870
I feel comfortable as an underdog
because it keeps me hungry, keeps me
513
00:34:55,870 --> 00:34:57,130
focused, keeps me sharp.
514
00:34:58,490 --> 00:35:02,590
Throughout his rise, Mikaeli untested
himself against some of the division's
515
00:35:02,590 --> 00:35:03,630
most dangerous fighters.
516
00:35:04,050 --> 00:35:09,110
Among them, Myrus Breedis, the same man
who broke Opitaya's jaw during their
517
00:35:09,110 --> 00:35:10,110
world title fight.
518
00:35:11,030 --> 00:35:15,870
Though Noel was handed a decision loss,
the results remained controversial, with
519
00:35:15,870 --> 00:35:18,150
many believing he deserved to have his
hand raised.
520
00:35:20,090 --> 00:35:23,690
People can have their opinions, but
we're experts in boxing and we know
521
00:35:23,690 --> 00:35:24,690
what's real.
522
00:35:25,210 --> 00:35:29,630
Michaelian's next defining moment would
come with a world title on the line. In
523
00:35:29,630 --> 00:35:33,690
December, he defeated Badou Jack to
claim the WBC Cruiserweight
524
00:35:33,690 --> 00:35:37,570
Championship. You gotta respect what
Michaelian's doing. He's just continuing
525
00:35:37,570 --> 00:35:42,410
to work. And new Noel Michaelian!
526
00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:45,910
A world title may have changed his
resume.
527
00:35:46,290 --> 00:35:50,610
It didn't change how easily Michaelian
could be overlooked. That combination
528
00:35:50,610 --> 00:35:52,390
has earned him a fitting label.
529
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,180
the dark horse of the cruiserweight
division.
530
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:59,580
Now, Jay, this is my next big fight, and
I don't have no pressure.
531
00:35:59,780 --> 00:36:02,660
All the pressure is always on the guy
who everybody wants to see win.
532
00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:10,040
Really turn your hip.
533
00:36:10,340 --> 00:36:12,680
Once you turn your hip, you'll expand
it.
534
00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:16,220
Boxing is second nature to me.
535
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,780
I'm fourth generation of my father, so
it didn't come easy.
536
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:22,740
We worked very hard.
537
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:27,080
And as a dad, I think I was a bit hard
on him, but it was hard love.
538
00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:28,658
Left hand.
539
00:36:28,660 --> 00:36:31,680
From the start, my dad used to chuck me
in the ring with anyone.
540
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,580
So it was sort of sink or swim.
541
00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:38,760
Actually, you know, I was 16 years old
and fighting these grown men.
542
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,360
When you're a kid fighting these guys,
you've got no power.
543
00:36:44,220 --> 00:36:45,600
You've got to hit and not get hit.
544
00:36:46,660 --> 00:36:49,600
And I was just training and fighting and
trying to win.
545
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:51,360
I just wanted to be good at boxing.
546
00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:55,920
Now, I feel like I'm on the right path
to becoming the best.
547
00:36:57,340 --> 00:36:58,800
Everyone sacrificed for this.
548
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,160
Not just me.
549
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,420
My dad, my family. Who am I to waste
that?
550
00:37:09,540 --> 00:37:11,580
I don't know who's overlooking him
because I'm not.
551
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:13,800
This guy's trying to take what's mine.
552
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:15,580
I'm taking this very serious.
553
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,280
I've got no clue what his game plan is.
554
00:37:18,650 --> 00:37:19,990
but I'm preparing for war.
555
00:37:21,330 --> 00:37:23,110
Jay, he's a world champion too.
556
00:37:23,710 --> 00:37:24,970
He can fight technically.
557
00:37:25,530 --> 00:37:26,610
He can take a punch.
558
00:37:27,610 --> 00:37:31,030
I wouldn't call myself a veteran, but I
think I'm more experienced.
559
00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:35,610
There's a strategy for every season, so
I'm pretty sure my hand will be raised.
560
00:37:35,970 --> 00:37:37,530
I'm expecting a hard fight.
561
00:37:38,450 --> 00:37:41,590
On September 12th, my hand has to be
raised.
562
00:37:42,490 --> 00:37:43,490
Whatever it takes.
563
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,300
You know what is coming your way on
September 12th.
564
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:58,100
Live from the fight capital of the
world, the year's biggest night of
565
00:37:58,100 --> 00:38:02,900
boxing, Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn go to
war.
566
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:11,040
Throughout the history of boxing,
Mexican Independence Day weekend has
567
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,660
always been one of the dates on the
calendar where the biggest fights
568
00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:20,790
happen. On September 12th, on
Paramount+, Ryan Garcia defends his belt
569
00:38:20,790 --> 00:38:24,210
versus Conor Benn. This fight is going
to be awesome.
570
00:38:25,350 --> 00:38:28,330
Lightning fast hands, a devastating left
hook.
571
00:38:29,570 --> 00:38:34,670
If he defends his title in spectacular
fashion, this kid's going to be the face
572
00:38:34,670 --> 00:38:35,328
of boxing.
573
00:38:35,330 --> 00:38:38,530
It's the reason he has 10 million social
media followers.
574
00:38:38,910 --> 00:38:40,570
This is where I'm supposed to be.
575
00:38:40,790 --> 00:38:43,890
After I win, I'll prove myself as one of
the greats.
576
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:49,880
But Conor Benn is a destroyer. Son of UK
boxing legend Nigel Benn.
577
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:56,040
If Conor Benn can beat Ryan Garcia, he
is the next big superstar in the UK.
578
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:57,600
That is my legacy.
579
00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:01,520
I have to give everything I've got. I'm
going to knock this guy out.
580
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,280
He needs to be careful to step in that
ring with me. I'm going to destroy him.
581
00:39:06,220 --> 00:39:08,860
This is going to be something you do not
want to miss.
582
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:15,240
The best 200-pound boxer on the planet
is back.
583
00:39:16,340 --> 00:39:21,240
Jai Obataya and Noel McKellian, they do
battle at 200 pounds.
584
00:39:21,540 --> 00:39:24,000
Jai Obataya is an absolute monster.
585
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:30,340
30-0, undefeated with 23 knockouts, and
he is back down from nobody.
586
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,060
There's only one best in the world, and
that's fucking me.
587
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,140
But Noel McKellian is also a world
champion.
588
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,000
He is determined to hand Obataya his
first loss.
589
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,800
Two champions are colliding, and the
winner of this fight will be the number
590
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:44,800
one cruiserweight.
591
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:48,780
I promise you, this will not be a
12-round war. He's not good enough.
592
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,460
I'll come up here and smack them glasses
straight off your face.
593
00:39:52,660 --> 00:39:53,660
Now,
594
00:39:54,640 --> 00:40:01,360
there's nothing left to say.
595
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,680
Only the fight remains.
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