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I mean, I guess we'll start with that because Francis N'Garnu, fair play to him, what he did against Tyson Fury, shocked the world, looked impressive, made a fortune, made a ton of money. So I'm happy for him in that regard. I guess Anthony Joshua. When the fight started, I was like, Oh. And by the way, I was all... I was balls deep on N'Garnu. I was like, he's going to win this fight. He impressed me so much against Tyson Fury. I guess I was just carried away by the romance of the moment. Do you know what I mean? I was like, we could do it. We can We can do it. He's one of us. Yeah, no, that was far from the truth. To be fair, what happened there is what should happen when a mixed martial artist fights one of the very best boxers on the planet. N'ganu started aggressive He started throwing a few shots. I was like, whoa, he looks confident. He looks skilled. He looks fast. And on the flip side, Joshua was just taking his time. Just chill, chill, chill. And that's the difference right there, because in Ghana, he physically can throw shots.

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Is he coordinated He's vaccinated enough to where he can throw a good punch and all the rest of it? Of course, he can. But it's not about that. It's about looking at your opponent and waiting and seeing what he gives you, looking for the openings. I'm going to throw this right-hand. As soon, look at his patterns, look at his movement patterns. Okay, now I've got you. And he just waited. That first shot that he threw, absolutely perfect. Boom, sat him down, same in round two. And then the follow-up, just to be honest, you got to admire It was beautiful, beautiful at the timing and in the power of that.

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Yeah, Joshua looked incredible. Even physically, he looked really fast, faster than maybe we've seen him in the past. But it seems to me, Anthony Joshua took Francis Zagana a whole lot more serious maybe than Tyson Ferry did. Maybe that's what we have to maybe accept a little bit, that maybe Tyson Fury slept on Francis just a tad. I think we have done that to a point. But you're right. That's exactly what should have happened in the Tyson Fury fight. But to be fair, Tyson Furry and Anthony Joshua are two completely different styles of fighters. Tyson Furry is more of an accumulation guy. Not that he doesn't have the one-punch knockout power. But Francis has always been known to have a good chin. And I think in order to do that to Francis, you're going to have to have the type of speed and power that Anthony Joshua has. I think just that style. I still think that if Francis and Tyson were to fight again, I I think it would be competitive. I really do. Just because I think the styles do make for different fights. Anthony Josh was just as big, hits just as hard as Francis, but also has the athleticism and the speed and just that overall, just his athleticism makes it different.

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And it was sad, but I don't feel that sad for Francis.

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No.

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He made $20 million. So I know it sucks. It's embarrassing. Get some egg on your face right now. You still have great opportunities ahead of you, and you made an absolute shit ton of money. So hats off to Francis and Gunna.

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Yeah, no fair play. I mean, how could you not like the guy afterwards? I saw a clip doing the rounds where they asked him if the knockout hurt or something, and he's like, I didn't feel it. And he said, That's the beauty of a knockout. And I must admit, for example, when I got knocked out of UFC 100 against Dan Henderson, didn't feel a thing. And then afterwards, I wasn't even sore. My jaw wasn't hurting or anything like that. Yeah, put me to sleep, didn't know where I It was for bloody hours. But that is the benefit of getting sparked out cold.

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You're not present. You're not present.

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Five rounds, like Cheeto did, and we'll get to that in a little bit. And congratulations to Sean O'Malley. Yeah, that hurt. But the one Punch, knock out, bump. And it wasn't one. It was two or three big ones. But yeah, they don't hurt. But the fact that he was able to laugh and be self-deprecating and laugh at his own demise, if you will, it's endearing. It really is. So fair play to him. I thought Anthony Joshua handled himself with absolute class. He didn't even really celebrate. I guess that was because, as we know, as we just said, that's what should happen.

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He probably was like, That's exactly how this should win. If it went any other way, then I messed up.

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Yeah, and it's because Tyson Fury, as we saw, he did come into that one very heavy. And even though he said at the time that he trained, you got to understand, Anthony Joshua, this This is a compliment, not an insult. He's an athlete, and the man takes his career very seriously. Yeah, of course, he's a fighter. Of course, he is. But Tyson Fury is the type of guy that ballooned up to over £400. He was addicted to drugs. He was partying and all this stuff. He had a problem with alcohol and whatnot. And you can see he's probably still that Jack the Lad, for want of a better word. He's still one of the boys. He'll still get down. He'll still probably have a little party. I don't know if he does, but I'm sure he does a little a little bit. Whereas Anthony Joshua, I've seen after his fight, he's having a recovery swim on Sundays. I'm still hung over on a Sunday. I am going near a gym. But Anthony Joshua is counting his calories and going for a brisk walk.

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He's a consummate professional. I thought it was really cool how he handled himself afterwards as far as the post he made. I don't think that he enjoys shutting down Francis' hype train like that. I don't think that he enjoys... Of course, he wants to win, and if you have to choose, it's going to be him. If it's me or him, he's going to choose me every time. But I don't think that that means he enjoys stopping the rise of somebody else. I gained a lot of respect for Anthony Josh. At times, I thought he was a bit of a pussy, the way that he negotiates some of his... I'm just being honest. He's a businessman. He's a businessman, and he's an athlete, and he takes everything, and he approaches everything in that way. I think sometimes as fans, we want people just to be fighters and go step in and put themselves in rough spots and see what happens. And he refuses to do that. It bothers me sometimes. Listen, I tell you who did have a little bit of egg on his face, Tyson Furio.

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When they cut to his face, he was standing in the crowd and he looked embarrassed. He looked like a little sulky. You know what I mean? Not talking shit. He's a legend. He's a great boxer. He still got a great future, and he's had an incredible career, and he's undefeated.

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But He needed Francis to do well.

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He needed Francis to do well. He got sparked out, right? With every punch that Joshua landed, it connected and hurt him. That stinks, especially when you understand how much shit Tyson Furious talked about Francis in Ghana, who just called him a bodybuilder and stuff like that. But even still in that moment, Joshua didn't lower himself to having a go at Tyson Furious. And again, all class.

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That's what I want.

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Because he's a better man Imagine the same situation. I'd have been like, Yo, Tyson, I see you there, buddy. What do you think of that? What do you think? You almost got beat. You got dragged. You got dropped. You were embarrassed. I just stood up for boxing.

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This guy's not even awake yet. That's what I was saying. Oh, my God. He was out forever.

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He was on oxygen for crying out loud.

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I know. I would have said that and said, This guy about beat the shit out of you, and someone else is helping him get some more air. But either way, I don't want to talk bad about Francis. No. Hats off to him. He did one of those daring greatly things, and I'll never talk shit about someone that does that. He made a shit ton of money. It's a life-changing experience he had in two fights. That guy's winning. He's winning life.

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He's won. I think he got like 6 million against Furie, 20 for that one. That's 26 million on top of the money that he had before. So yeah, God bless Good for him. Well done. He might still have some opportunity to box some names, like a Deontay Wilder.

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Wilder is still there. Wilder is still on that table.

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Maybe like a Derek Chesara and Andy Ruiz. There's probably still some opportunity It's an opportunity for him to get some big paydais. Nothing like that, though. I don't think they were putting top of the bill, marquee, stuff like that. But maybe on the undercard, maybe still get some- Maybe a Coman.

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Yeah. They don't really do that in boxing. What do they call them instead of Coman? Is it called them- Featured Bout. Supporting... I don't remember. But either way, like one of the fights right before the- We'll go with Comane. We'll go with Comane. We'll call it that. I don't know what it's actually called.

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Well, well done to Anthony Joshua. Well done to Francis N'Garnu, and hopefully we see him back in mixed martial arts soon.