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00:00We're here at the WG convention in Acapulco, we're day four I think, day three, day four?
00:05Day four.
00:06How's it going so far?
00:07All been great.
00:08Everybody loves you, I see you get love from Chavez, from Duran, from Riddick Bowe.
00:12From Willie Sickbeck.
00:14Why does everybody love Jeff Fennec?
00:17You have to ask them.
00:18Why does everyone love Jeff Fennec?
00:25So tell me the story about, you're in Atlantic City,
00:27you were coaching Mike Tyson at the time?
00:30You were friends?
00:32About Roberto?
00:34No, you and Mike Tyson went to visit Roberto Duran.
00:37But how did that come about?
00:38It was in Las Vegas.
00:40Roberto was fighting, I was there and I knew, so Mike and I, we jumped.
00:47Were you guys friends?
00:48Were you trained together?
00:49Yeah, we were trained together, yeah, yeah.
00:50We're not training, just friends, hanging out.
00:53I took Mike to Roberto's room and he loved it.
00:56You never met him before?
00:57No.
00:57You know, it's funny, Mike told me that two fighters got him into boxing,
01:00Muhammad Ali and Roberto Duran.
01:02He loved Duran because he was badass and he loved Ali because he was pretty or whatever.
01:05He said the first time he watched Roberto Duran fight right now,
01:09he wanted to be a fighter, yeah.
01:11So without Duran, there's no Tyson?
01:13Yeah, yeah.
01:14He still always would have been a Tyson.
01:19So what was that meeting like?
01:20It was after Duran lost, correct?
01:22Yeah, no, this was before the fight.
01:24Okay.
01:25So we just went, we went in the room and yeah,
01:28Roberto was just laying there on his bed, we had a talk.
01:31Of course, Mike and him had a cuddle.
01:33Yeah, I took Roberto a couple of gifts from Australia.
01:36Yeah, where'd you bring them?
01:38I was sponsored by a watch company, it's called G-Shock
01:41and I gave him a few watches and stuff, yeah.
01:43He liked it?
01:44Yeah, he loved it.
01:45G-Shock are still around, same company?
01:46Same company, yeah.
01:48Duran, where's your watch?
01:52You don't just wear watches here, really.
01:54Nobody has any watches on?
01:56I try to tell the time.
01:59But that's cool, and now what, 20, 30, 40 years later,
02:02you guys are still here, still talking?
02:04Yeah, yeah.
02:05What year was it?
02:06Mid-80s, had to be, right?
02:07Yeah, I reckon the other one, late 80s, yeah, yeah.
02:12Before William Joplin.
02:13So let me ask you this, are you taking your own piñata home?
02:15Because there's a Jeff Fennec piñata.
02:17No, I'll leave it here for you, really.
02:19No, I'm good, I'm going, I can't fit in my,
02:21my wife would be mad if I brought it home.
02:23Here's my boy Carlos Arana.
02:25When he had hair.
02:27There's Tito.
02:27He was a big puncher, right?
02:29Yeah.
02:29They said that he was a very hard hitter.
02:30Yeah.
02:31Vinny Paz.
02:35And here,
02:40Frankie Duarte.
02:42I saw your poster here somewhere.
02:43There you are, right there.
02:46Rudy Cabello.
02:48Hey, for your piñata, they drew some chest hair, you saw that?
02:52I believe.
02:55There you are, Jeff, look at that.
02:56You drew the chest hair.
02:59Hey, have you seen the WBC store?
03:01Let's take a look really quick.
03:03How's it going?
03:05Look at this artist, look at his work.
03:07Amazing.
03:08Yeah, that's nice.
03:09Every flag he's drawing.
03:12And he does the shoes too.
03:14Somebody bought this one?
03:16Yeah, this is already sold out.
03:17You already sold it?
03:18I sold it.
03:19Yeah, someone bought the gloves and gave me for free.
03:24That's really nice.
03:26Anybody could go on WBC shop and order and get them.
03:31You want to get that, right?
03:32Yes, it's really nice.
03:33How long will it take you to do it?
03:35I started last night, like 7.
03:38Wow, you're quick.
03:39Look at that.
03:42Very talented.
03:45How are you feeling this morning?
03:47One of the best referees in the world of boxing.
03:49His son's a very talented boxer too.
03:52But if you saw him in the street, you would cross the street.
03:55Not you, but I would cross the street.
04:13I'm Eli Sekbak.
04:15Eli Sekbak, reporting by esboosreporting.com.
04:18I'm Eli Sekbak, reporting by esboosreporting.com.
04:21I'm Eli Sekbak, reporting.