Sam Goodman talks the spiteful build-up to his showdown with Mark Schliebs and headlining his own card in Wollongong. Video Mitch Jennings
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00:00 The Magic Man's here, have no fear. March 13th, I'm bringing it.
00:04 I don't know where he gets his confidence from because to be honest,
00:20 I think he's just talked his way into this position.
00:23 He's a big man on social media, he's a bit of a tension whore.
00:27 As soon as there's a camera in front of his face, he's got a lot to say.
00:30 But look, he's got nothing to say when you put it on him.
00:34 You've got the biggest gift in Australian box.
00:36 Put a Sam Goodman fight on, in three rounds you'll be asleep.
00:38 Thank me later.
00:39 Biggest gift in Australian box.
00:40 Ask your team.
00:41 Tune in, tune in, Mr. Pootman going straight into the toilet.
00:45 Real original, real good, real good.
00:47 I had a Pootman before I got here actually, it was a good one.
00:51 Yeah, you probably shit yourself.
00:52 Yeah, I shit my...
00:54 [Music]
01:10 Sammy Goodman, we just saw the back end of the press conference there
01:14 and a bit of fireworks, there was a bit of feeling in that one.
01:17 Yeah, look, he's rubbish for me last name, he said a few things online.
01:21 And look, he tries to be your mate when you see him around the traps.
01:26 And look, I'm not about that.
01:28 You know, if you're going to carry yourself one way online
01:30 and in front of a camera, then, you know, stick true to it.
01:33 So that's who I am.
01:35 You know, I'm usually pretty respectful and go about my business
01:38 as just a boxing fight for me and something I've got a job to do
01:42 every time I get in the ring.
01:43 But yeah, he wants to, you know, have a bit of needle
01:47 and throw a bit of disrespectful.
01:49 And yeah, no dramas with me.
01:51 But, you know, don't expect me to fight fair as well, you know.
01:54 So it's what it is.
01:55 Why is this?
01:56 There's no complacency, you know, every fight I approach the same
01:58 and I'll go through the same training, the same amount of rounds
02:01 and as I do every other time.
02:03 So look, my coaches and my team wouldn't put me in the position
02:06 to be in the ring if I wasn't taking things serious.
02:10 So look, and you know, you just look around
02:14 and I'm bringing an event like this down home.
02:17 That's enough motivation for me to prepare at the best of my ability.
02:22 And, you know, it's a bit of pride in myself for my own work.
02:25 You know, I don't want to go in there and not look the part
02:28 and not show the best version of myself.
02:31 So look, I'm not motivated by him,
02:34 but he's just someone that grinds your gears a bit.
02:38 So look, he's just a frustrating dude.
02:41 And yeah, that's all I can say about him.
02:43 He's just fake.
02:45 Not too long ago, you know, I was pouring beers across the road
02:48 and, you know, just to keep me going in boxing.
02:50 Now I'm headlining a no-limit main event show
02:54 at the entertainment centre.
02:56 So it's something I've definitely thought I could do
02:59 and something I'll back myself to do
03:01 and something I've really, really wanted to do
03:04 since I was a young kid.
03:05 You know, I remember coming back here
03:06 and watching fights when I was growing up
03:09 and we don't get many of them.
03:11 So look, I'm just hoping we can make it as big a turnout
03:14 as we possibly can.
03:15 Everyone gets behind it.
03:16 All the local communities get behind it
03:18 and, you know, it can be the first of many great shows
03:20 we've been down to Boolongong.
03:22 So look, I'm very proud to be doing it
03:25 and I'm a proud Boolongong boy
03:27 and yeah, I'm stoked that it's finally happening.
03:30 It's all noise, you know,
03:31 like I'll get sent a bit of it or whatever,
03:33 but I try not to scroll and click on everything.
03:36 Everyone's got an opinion.
03:37 Everyone's allowed to have one.
03:39 So look, it's something I don't really look into too much.
03:44 You know, there's some things, you know,
03:46 you hear people saying you do feed off it a bit
03:48 and you do want to prove a few people wrong,
03:50 but I try not to get my head too caught up
03:52 in that sort of stuff, you know,
03:54 'cause, you know, you read too many good things,
03:55 you get full of yourself
03:56 and you read too many bad things and you're no good.
03:58 So look, yeah, I try not to pay attention to it
04:03 and I just try and listen to the people
04:04 that are close around me, my family and my team.
04:07 And, you know, I'm dictated off what they say.
04:09 I know who I am and I don't need validation
04:12 off anyone online or on social media
04:14 to tell me who I am and what I'm about.
04:16 It's gonna be cracker, you know, it's gonna be massive.
04:19 So I think we'll get this place rocking,
04:22 the mad bunch, you know, we're local now.
04:23 So you see what we're like when we're traveling,
04:26 now you're gonna see what we're like at home.
04:28 So look, I'm very excited, very, yeah, it's gonna be wild.
04:33 Everyone's welcome and, you know,
04:34 the bigger it gets, the madder it gets.
04:35 So look, yeah, we just gotta keep building it
04:38 and it's gonna keep growing and everyone's welcome.
04:41 You know, if you like a good night out
04:42 and you like a good time, get on with the mad bunch.
04:45 So we just, I think we just recruited Isaac Hartman as well.
04:48 So, you know, I didn't hear him calling Muenca,
04:51 but look, they're all on board now.
04:53 But yeah, it's gonna be good.
04:55 It's gonna be big and yeah, if you wanna be a part of it,
04:58 you know, get your tickets, get on board
05:00 and yeah, let's get it cracking.
05:01 - Room for a choppy journey?
05:02 - Yeah, absolutely, always, mate.
05:04 (laughing)
05:04 Always, more the better.
05:05 - Savvy Goodman, thanks, bro.
05:06 Appreciate your time, thanks.