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00:00At what age did you turn pro? At what age did you get signed?
00:05I got signed when I was 20 years old. I started boxing at 17.
00:09I got my first amateur fight 6 months after I started boxing.
00:12Okay, so almost 2 years amateur about, right?
00:16Yeah, about 3 years amateur because I got signed...
00:21Well, I did my last amateur fight in 2016. I did it in March 2016.
00:25That's when I did my last amateur fight.
00:27I got signed to Floyd August 20th, 2016. That's when I got signed to Floyd.
00:32Why did Floyd sign you? He doesn't sign anybody.
00:34Obviously, he's looking for talent.
00:35I beat the fuck out of everybody in front of him.
00:37And what did he say when he was saying that? Was he laughing? Was he talking trash?
00:40He was like, you got dynamite power. You're real strong. You got dynamite power.
00:45You got dynamite power. He'd always say that. I got dynamite power.
00:48And where do you get the power from? Your mom? Your dad? Both of them?
00:52God-given? Working out? Lifting weights?
00:54My dad. My dad.
00:56Your dad was a national champion in Cuba, right?
00:59Multiple time national champion. I don't even know how many times.
01:063 out of 5, something like that.
01:08Yeah, my dad. He won his first 85 straight as an amateur.
01:12Wow. And he didn't turn pro out here?
01:15The thing is with him is he came here so late.
01:19I mean, let's say like this. He did 2 years in prison in Cuba when he tried to defect.
01:24And when he came here, you know, I mean, he was already old.
01:28I mean, he was, what, 31 when he had me?
01:31So when he got here, he got here 94 and I was born 95.
01:34So he was, what, 31, 32 years old?
01:36So your dad's Cuban. Your mom is African-American from Compton or from Inglewood or somewhere?
01:42No, she was born in Long Beach.
01:44The fight's going to be in May, the beginning of May.
01:47What's your plan between now and fight night? When do you start camp?
01:50Obviously, you're not going to start camp today.
01:52You're in shape. You look in shape.
01:54I'm going to eat a cheeseburger right now. I'm fucking hungry.
01:57Are you still the king of Kinect 4? You and Ryan Garcia Kinect 4. Who wins?
02:02Kinect 4 to his chin.
02:06You and Ryan Garcia ain't chess.
02:09Oh, fuck.
02:12You know, that's difficult because like if you'd be a piece, he'd be the queen.
02:16But I'd be the black horse. So, I mean, I just fork his ass.
02:20What kind of response have you? You know a lot.
02:22I'm not going to tell people, but you have a lot of celebrity friends.
02:24People will be shocked at celebrities that love you and contact you.
02:26What are the big stars telling you since they announced this fight?
02:28Because people online are going wild. The numbers for this is...
02:31I ain't even going to lie. I've been hiding out. I haven't talked to nobody.
02:35I just been... I'm like, listen.
02:38Why does everyone want to come by whenever I got a big fight?
02:41It's exciting. Everybody wants to be part of the big moment.
02:44Everyone wants to be part of it. Why don't they hit me up any other time?
02:48I reply to the people who hit me up whenever.
02:51Whenever I don't got a damn fight.
02:54Because I'm real. I don't give a fuck about this shit.
02:57I don't give a fuck about no clout, no money, no this, no that.
03:01No status, any of that stuff. I'm me. I'm always going to just be me.
03:05With clout, without clout, any of that shit, I'm just me. I'm always me.
03:10I can't just appear and just be like, oh, that this, that, that, that, that.
03:17Just because I got another mega fight.
03:30Who else is on the list?
03:35How did Devin get on here if he lost?
03:40That's controversial.
03:47I agree with Usyk.
03:55I think Canelo. In the top, I don't know.
04:07Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
04:09I mean, I'm happy they finally put Tank on there.
04:12Tank was supposed to be on there forever.
04:16David Benavidez should be on there. Loma should be on there.
04:18There's a lot of fighters that are missing here.
04:20I would put Ryan before I would put Haney.
04:23Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
04:24I would put Teo on there too.
04:26So they got Canelo as number seven?
04:28Yeah.
04:30What?
04:31But he's the highest earning fighter in boxing.
04:34Isn't that wild?
04:36How do you have Canelo on number seven?
04:39I don't know.
04:40He lost one fight. He lost two fights, right?
04:43That's true. Out of like 62 fights.
05:02So let me ask you this. Canelo, Crawford.
05:04Because they have Crawford lined up four spots over Canelo, which is insane to me.
05:08What happens in that fight between Canelo and Crawford?
05:13I'm going to ask you this.
05:14Okay.
05:16Who's a better fighter? Floyd Mayweather or Terrence Crawford?
05:21Floyd Mayweather by a thousand miles, maybe 7,000 miles.
05:24Can't even compare.
05:25Floyd fought everybody. Crawford only has one big win in his career.
05:27Okay.
05:28And Floyd fought Canelo when Canelo was, you know, he had a lot of fights.
05:33He had a lot of experience.
05:35I mean, you know, I could go fight stuff like that, right?
05:38You're going to compare 168 and you fought him at 152.
05:43Correct. 152.
05:46You're going to compare.
05:48And what I mean, you're going to compare 168 solid grown man Canelo
05:54to fight Terrence Crawford,
05:59who is, I don't know, does that make any sense?
06:02No.
06:03So, so, so all the people who think Crawford would even have a single chance
06:10against Canelo, they're fucking stupid.
06:15Bro, you have a way with words like nobody else.
06:18No, no, no, no, no.
06:19But I hate it when people say that shit.
06:21They're fucking stupid.
06:26I think Canelo by knockout, if Canelo likes him and respects him,
06:30he may let him go 12, maybe.
06:32But he's going to feint to the body and catch him upstairs.
06:34Feint to the upstairs, catch him to the body.
06:36It's over, one punch.
06:38Wait, wait.
06:39And you know what you're going to tell me?
06:40Let's say Crawford is a better defensive fighter than Floyd?
06:45Canelo has great defense, by the way.
06:46He had best chin.
06:47No, no, no.
06:48I mean, I like Canelo.
06:49Crawford's a better defensive fighter than Floyd?
06:51No, not at all.
06:52You saw the last fight, right?
06:54Is Crawford a better defensive fighter than Floyd?
06:57No.
06:58Who has Crawford truly beat?
07:00Other than Spence, who was burnt out since his accident
07:04after he fought Sean Porter in 2019.
07:06You called out Earl before that fight.
07:09Yeah, because I knew he was shot.
07:11I don't know if he was shot, but you wanted to fight him.
07:13Crawford beat at Venetian.
07:15No, no, no, no.
07:16Like, not actually shot, like shot, like burnt out.
07:20I'm thinking of Crawford.
07:21Who did he fight?
07:22He beat Ray Beltran.
07:23He beat Thomas DeLorme.
07:25He beat Gamboa when Gamboa was off for two years, came back,
07:28and actually Gamboa won the first three rounds.
07:30Oh, at 135 where Gamboa is a 26-pounder.
07:34He beat Postol.
07:35Gamboa won an Olympic gold medal at 114.
07:38He beat Ndangu in Gandu.
07:40How do you say it?
07:41The African guy had two belts at 140.
07:42Never seen him again after that.
07:45And then he beat Amir Khan before retirement,
07:47Kell Brook before retirement, Sean Porter retired right after.
07:51Sean Porter talked about retirement right before the fight.
07:53The dad, yeah.
07:55So, yeah, no, obviously Canelo or Mayweather.
07:57Oh, and Kell Brook had his eyes shot, pretty much shot out by Triple G.
08:02His eyes shot out by Spence.
08:04Yeah.
08:05So, he was burnt out too.
08:07Kell Brook that fought Sean Porter was a good Kell Brook.
08:09So, listen, but Crawford's still winning because he's going to take home a fat check.
08:13So, that's a W.
08:14But he's not beating Canelo.
08:18Not even close.
08:19Whoever truly believes Crawford is going to beat Canelo,
08:23I will bet them any amount of money.
08:25Casinos ain't going to give me them fucking odds.
08:27No?
08:28What do you think the odds will be?
08:31Oh, Canelo.
08:3210-1, 9-1, 14-1.
08:34At this point, probably 50-1.
08:36No, not 50.
08:37You think 50?
08:38They have weight classes for a reason.
08:41They're going to take people's bets just to take their money, huh?
08:44But why would they take Crawford?
08:45Why would they take Crawford?
08:46They don't even know who Crawford is.
08:48You don't think he gets mobbed wherever he goes?
08:51I don't know, bro.
08:52He kind of looks like a roach.
08:54No.
08:55Tank is fighting Lamont Roach.
08:56He doesn't look like Lamont Roach.
08:58No, no, no.
08:59He looks like a roach.
09:00Not broach.
09:01I don't think so.
09:02But at...
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