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Devin Haney Talks Regis Prograis Fight, Handling The Hate and Legacy In Boxing | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Oct 25, 2023
Devin "The Dream" Haney has been making waves in the world of boxing, and he recently stopped by Sway In The Morning to talk about his upcoming fight with Regis Prograis, handling the hate, and his legacy in boxing. Haney is a force to be reckoned with, and his interview on Sway In The Morning proved that he is not just a talented boxer, but also a charismatic and intelligent individual. Let's take a closer look at what Haney had to say.
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better talk your [ __ ] you better talk
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your [ __ ] he wasn't born on anywhere in
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the planet had to be you take this point
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to any place on the globe and know where
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that man was born I know where this is
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coming you can hear the way he talking
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you can hear that confidence in his
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voice but it ain't the sound he's making
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it's the way he thinks it's the way he
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thinks it's the data that's been put in
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his mindset since he was born and that
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came from another Champion that came
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from his father who's been with him
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every step of the way and then boy
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becomes man and adapts all the
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information that they learn from their
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father on top of the information he
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learns on his own and then he becomes a
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champion an Undisputed champion and
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first one of his kind in the four belt
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era Champion 30 times in the ring and 30
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victories type of champion beating the
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likes of people that f FKS thought would
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beat him that after they lose they cry
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and complain and say that he's not
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really a good fighter even though he
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beat me we got the one and only we got
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the champ in the building back with us
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again on a special edition the bridge
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business give it up for Devon Haney yeah
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give it up for Bill Haney yeah and give
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it up for big
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horse business in the building what we
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doing oh man come on man I saw these
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guys at the Canelo fight against Charlo
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and Jamal Charlo and I was happy to see
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you at the Red Carpet and um Bill you
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said something sway you know we bringing
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this fight to the Bay we going to need
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you I'm at your service what y'all need
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from me yes sir yes sir thank you what
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can I what can I do y'all want me to
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walk y'all down to the ring come on come
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on you want me to do that come
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on got you you want me to hold some Ms
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in the locker room what you want me to
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do I can hold the pads what can I do for
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y'all come on with it we need you we
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need you right there with us this is a
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big deal for you you know uh
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congratulations on all your success I
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want to thank you because um you guys
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have always supported our platform
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business with me and horse and and to
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see you work and Bill to see you I I
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love when they when they try to debate
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you about boxing man yes um one of the
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latest things and I want y'all to just
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dispel this whole thing that Reg just uh
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prus has been um saying about Devin
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buying away a loss well well first if I
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can I got to tell you thank you my
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brother for everything that you done did
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for the culture everything that you did
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for the area you know what I mean you
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are a Pioneer and thank you for having
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us thank you brother I love you for that
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you know and it's official business when
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we come up here and see you and get a
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chance to uh you know you know launch
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what our next fight is going to be on
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December the nth reges prog and reges
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prog is a hell of a fighter you know
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boxing he's a hell of he's a and listen
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he could hit and and to come to the Bay
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we had to bring somebody that was not
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only going to talk some [ __ ] but they
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was going to come in there to back it up
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you know what I'm saying so um we just
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it's a good time man you know what I'm
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saying I'm so proud of Devon you know
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what I mean and we just had to come here
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man I'm loving the energy thank you
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again Queen oh thank you why was it so
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important because wa hold up I I want
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him to answer that question though the
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re claims that you're not really
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undefeated or something that you paid a
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away or loss where is that coming from
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yeah I I don't know I mean it's it's
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nonsense you know I mean I I never even
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heard of nobody even ever paying for a
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loss or whatever I never heard of it so
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shout out to the prog Grace team who's
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using uh some mental Warfare that
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doesn't work you know I'm talking about
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like they saying everything they're
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saying everything but what they going to
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come in there and do okay Deon is going
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to come in there and he's going to
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execute with Precision he's going to use
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speed he's going to use length he's
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going to show that he has that that best
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jab in the business uhuh that right hand
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that whipped the [ __ ] out of lomachenko
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you know what I'm saying like he's he
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has an arsenal or [ __ ] whop the [ __ ] out
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of him yeah okay beat the [ __ ] out of
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him I mean you know and and and let me
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tell you on that particular day it was a
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campaign to overthrow the youngest kid
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in boxing the youngest promoter in
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boxing the Undisputed Champion right we
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didn't get the text it was it was a
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universal text that said come on let's
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come in here and cheer for lomachenko
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right uhhuh was that how it felt it felt
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like that for sure for sure it it it it
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really felt like that it felt like that
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but it was a great opportunity to for me
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to see him now that was the second time
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the first time when he left to go to
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Australia you know and I wasn't going to
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be able to get there and he said pop I'm
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coming back with these belts and
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sway that was that was a hell of that's
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when I knew he was a real he was a man
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he was on business mhm cuz he said pop I
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damn near want to cry damn he gave me a
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hug and he said pop I'll be back with
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these belts and he came back with he
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came back with them belts you know what
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I'm saying so he's been on business man
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you know what I mean and then we gave
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him a
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rematch yeah I mean that's what I signed
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up for yeah at end of the day and and
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and you know rightfully so I had to do
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what I had to do to become Undisputed
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and um that's what I did yeah um man
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Devon Haney is here okay I'm sorry I
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just needed to get to that all right
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this is not one and only question and
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this is your dad Devin um thank you guys
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both again for being here but Sway and I
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were talking this morning about you guys
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coming and I was like oh is the fight in
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Vegas and he said no it's in the bay
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they're they're coming home why is was
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that so important because I'm I'm about
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culture and City and bringing things
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home especially now with sports you see
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so many things leaving you guys area why
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was it important to have it there
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absolutely Queen that's that's a great
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question and uh you know with the
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climate and on our home Hometown and you
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know I was I was I was born in Oakland
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Dad was born in San Francisco his his
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mom was born and raised in San Francisco
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W and and you know but you know he's a
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he's a he's he's but he's a a dad's boy
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you know what I'm saying like we didn't
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always been together um so it's always
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been that that that battle of the bridge
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you know what I mean it's always been
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that battle of the Bay San Francisco
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Oakland which one you from which one
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this and that with everyone leaving the
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City and the town is already had you
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know they they have so many miscon
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notations about about the town right
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yeah but but when we heard from going to
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Australia and Vegas and and New York
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that the city that the city might not be
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what the city used to be and the city
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everybody sitting there leaving San
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Francisco yeah yeah Raiders the you know
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a and you know coming from Oakland we I
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don't care your inspiration was to get
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money and and go across that bridge and
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have some fun over there in San
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Francisco right or wrong we pared over
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there we partied over there you know and
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to see that everyone is saying that the
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they're leaving the city and de Devon
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has the opportunity to be part of
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bringing the city back right you know
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what I mean as as a place that you go to
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and you have fun you come and you know
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right that's what we did that's what the
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city represent we party we we are biggie
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to the city we you know we did a whole
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lot you know we DJ we did good to my
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story I'm
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sorry sorry but but that's why you doing
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it in the bay that's why we do that's
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why we're doing it in the bayti for that
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reason alone Devon Haney is here he's so
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intense right now Deon ain't even like I
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just see all his heavy breathing and
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[ __ ] you ready to go right now huh you
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ready to go right now but how do you
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feel bro all of these boxers your peers
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they they dismiss your accomplishments
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you know everyone has dismissed your
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accom accomplishments and you keep how
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does how does that not get under your
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skin why is that I mean it's it's it's
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funny that you say that cuz I was just
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telling my dad this yesterday I was like
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this how I know that I'm great because
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they all go against me everybody they
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they all they all going against me they
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all rallying up clicking up clicking up
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to to go against me and I'm and I'm here
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you know with with my team with my
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people I'm we we we here standing there
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alone we not clicking up with nobody we
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not trying to H ride or you know go go
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hop on no bandwagon we standing right
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here and uh they all going against me so
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that's how I know that I'm that that I'm
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great cuz if if I wasn't special then
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they wouldn't be hating they wouldn't be
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you know trying to go against me Devin
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hany is here horse you were talking
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about that today too because half of
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these dudes that's hating on them they
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actually seen each other in the past
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before they all Spar they all been in
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the ring together they all know what
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they both what they all can do but my
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question for Dev was why did you move up
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to 140 and um not stay at 135 well I
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went up to I'm I went up to 140 to go
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you know make history you know be a two
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Division champion you know while I still
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have my belts at 135 so I didn't go
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vacate my belts or you know make a
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permanent move to 140 I still have my
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belts at 135 and now I'm it's possible
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for me to go be two Division champion
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and um you know make a dream come true
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of M it's always been a dream uh of mine
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to become a two Division champion so now
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it's just another opportunity for me
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because this is prize fighting so I know
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that you're trying to take the biggest
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bag that you actually can get and I know
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that uh reg progress is a great fight
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but I know that you could got more money
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fighting tank and you could have got
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more money probably fighting uh Shakur
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Stevens Su and such why didn't you figh
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they didn't want it they didn't see wait
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wait hold up they didn't want it Bill
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Bill come on Bill Bill tank one now you
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didn't got to the business part that's
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what I'm talking about let me pull out
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my phone pH yeah I got the phone that a
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got the
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rece you know what I
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like yeah we and we got everything you
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know what I mean that that's what you
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say too 100% you know I'm a I'm I'm a
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throwback type of fighter I want to
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fight the best fighters in the world um
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and I've been and I've shown that I I
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Prov that um that whenever whenever a
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fighter actually really want to fight me
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the fight gets made you get the most
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money you never got everybody to fight
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Dev get the most money you ever going to
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get see the question up to date the
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question is if they was in dev's
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position would they give him a fight see
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that's the no no they they wouldn't
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because when Fighters were were in my
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position they didn't give me a
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fight you see and that's what I'm saying
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like they this is a on Brigs business we
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got to give people their flowers and I
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got to give the Hanes their flowers
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because you know me and Bill we've been
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talking a lot about the business and
10:49
stuff and that's what BRS business is
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about basically about the business and
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Devin Haney works for Devin Haney Devin
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Haney doesn't work for Bob Aon Devin
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Haney partnership with Baron Hane in the
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Hane partnership with the zone
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partnership with PBC and what whatever
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boxing um they got out there so Deon
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hany is actually working for itself and
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I found that out in the old argument
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they had with TFO Lopez and he was like
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I made more money than you and this is
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when TFO was running around as a
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champion and he said I made more money
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than you and he couldn't question that
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and Dev was like I get money from the
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door I said oh oh wait a minute and then
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you know talking to Bill he's a he's a
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closer I got to say that and I told him
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that in the past I said bill you should
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start a park
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with some of these boxes and let them
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know what to look for in contracts and
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ask for the greatest money because if
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you notice I never seen nobody fight Dev
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and complain about the payout no never
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no where have we seen this before what
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in your opinion horse like what who who
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are the other boxers that was Dev so the
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other Boxer that was Dev for me I feel
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like it was a Roy Jones Roy Jones J
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because he had head body head and only
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Floyd but I don't know if Floyd fought
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for Floyd you know he he started Floyd
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Floyd did it you know Floyd did Floyd
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did it later in his career which
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obviously you know he he laid the
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blueprint for a lot of a lot of Fighters
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coming up but he did it later in his
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career Roy did it early in his career
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and just like me okay so Shakur jumped
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in the ring after your fight with
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lomachenko what what happened with that
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publicity stunt that's all it was he
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didn't want to fight publicity
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stunt to publicize what clout man clout
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just want clout he don't he didn't
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really you got you got to listen what
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this thing is though if you really want
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to do it you got to do it you know what
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I'm saying
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uh you a't no faking you know I mean now
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one thing about is that uh was this the
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most important thing is that when it
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came time to him him for him to have a
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legacy defining fight that meant
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something to him for him to have a fight
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about the money that's why we didn't
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sign to any major situation because then
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it would have took away his ability to
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be a boss when it came time to be a boss
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and to make a career defining move
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because see when he went to Australia he
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was a boss I couldn't tell him you know
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what what de this might not be right or
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I could say they playing or or whatever
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right he looks at everything every check
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every goes to him since he's been a you
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know a kid he was raised this way you
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know what I'm saying so his motivation
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his motivation is him you know what I
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mean cuz he looking at the zeros he not
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looking at it's no way he can look back
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and say he got cheated by somebody his
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account he gets paid and he pay all of
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us not I get paid and then I pay him he
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he started with Sweat Equity in it you
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know what I mean right he start he owned
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his [ __ ] from the beginning cuz he was
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sweating to get it the name is Devon
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Haney promotions you dig there you go
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from the beginning come on man you you
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can hear all that town business in their
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DNA that's the only reason why you
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happy that's all he been talking about
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tell like oh my go so to answer that
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though so to answer that with the other
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guys right now they they say that there
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things in their way from making a fight
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they got to ask this person they got to
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ask that person but we've broken down
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the misconception that the fighter is
14:06
the boss if you really want to make the
14:08
fight happen you tell your manager or
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you tell your promoter cuz they work for
14:11
you we know this you know what I mean so
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that's why I said if they want to make
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the fights happen right they would want
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to they would do it but they say he
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doesn't have who who has he fought then
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he fought everybody so he has a better
14:24
resume than some of the guys they said
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you know what I mean it's not worth
14:27
fighting right and then you seen he did
14:30
pay-per-view and he did these numbers
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and all so our thing was Deon Devon
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Haney versus everybody from the
14:36
beginning if you ever followed us it's
14:38
still Devon Haney vers everybody but
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like I said if if we had did the
14:43
traditional route and hooked up with
14:44
Floyd or hooked up with Jay-Z or hooked
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up with then then that narrative would
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have still been that you can't do it a
14:51
father and son can't do it alone you
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know what I'm saying so it's some other
14:55
father and son or daughter or mother
14:57
that's listening to the story and they
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say how can I get to Jay-Z you don't
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need him how can I get to Floyd you
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don't need him how can I get to you know
15:04
what I mean Al hymon you don't need him
15:06
you need faith in God and belief that
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you guys can do it together you know
15:09
what I'm saying cuz I believe in my guy
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I call him Superman Superman that's a
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beautiful thing man I love it I believe
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in them too damn it [ __ ] all right but
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that's
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dope Devin didn't take the traditional
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route most boxes took you took them you
15:23
took them from um you moved them from
15:25
Oakland and you moved them to Vegas and
15:26
then y'all went through the Mexican
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route far as boxing right when you first
15:29
started y came through Mexico or
15:30
whatever the first the first route being
15:32
being non-traditional is that that we
15:35
took him out of the school system and
15:37
then homeschooled him so everyone is
15:38
saying it's private school so it is
15:40
private but it's private at home wrong
15:43
that was what he was talking about
15:44
saying what's wrong with so if you're a
15:46
private school gu he was saying he was
15:48
he was being smed by saying oh I went to
15:50
private school but I ain't never been to
15:51
private school I did I did online school
15:55
and then but see I went to privacy
15:58
decision that I wanted to focus on on on
16:02
boxing and learn the boxing business and
16:04
and you know what I'm saying be ready
16:05
for this the the the the moment now yeah
16:08
that's why I'm in this position now
16:09
because I put my all into it wasn't no
16:11
plan b or no C none of that boxing
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boxing since I was in seventh grade
16:17
everything boxing okay all right man we
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got uh Devin Haney is here Bill Haney is
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here it's a big fight coming up in the
16:25
Bay Area uhhuh December 9th December 9th
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bridgville business will be there horse
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you coming I'm in the building okay I'll
16:31
be there to I'm in the building we in
16:33
the locker room Bill absolutely okay
16:37
baby I'm be like little baby doing
16:40
punches don't get knocked out
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[Applause]
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s De looking at me like you work with
16:48
her hey sway you know this the youngest
16:50
promoter in in boxing right I I I dein
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Haney's the youngest promoter in boxing
16:55
get that a round of applause he got he
16:58
got he got got uh a fighter that will be
17:00
fighting on the card Amari Jones out of
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Oakland uhhuh 10 and0 middleweight bad
17:05
motor scooter you know what I mean but
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for him to be
17:09
24 and to Pro be providing another
17:12
opportunity to another family the Jones
17:14
family out of Oakland right and and
17:16
Amari Jones is in Oakland see they they
17:19
they won't tell the truth that we we we
17:22
by us being from up North you know we
17:24
friends with u Mexico and and Mexican
17:27
families that's that's hand in hand bro
17:30
we live we grew up in the same
17:31
neighborhood exactly so it was only
17:34
right that we were able to take
17:35
advantage of an opportunity from having
17:37
good relations good friendships to go
17:39
down to Mexico right and build the brand
17:42
but Devon has also provided an
17:44
opportunity for other fighters to go
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down and do the same thing Amari Jones
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will be on the card and and is uh the
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other guy on there too um one of our
17:56
other Fighters is we work
18:00
fighter so so it's it but but for sure
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it'll be Amari Jones on there and uh
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shout out to Shamar canel and I hope
18:06
keep working baby you might be on there
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too Devin Haney is here man wasn't you
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the young when you won the titles were
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you the youngest world champion at the
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time yep
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absolutely the world champion at the
18:18
time youngest Undisputed Champion ever
18:21
yeah hey horse tell me is there anybody
18:23
at 24 that you know that you remember
18:25
that did it the way that he's doing it
18:27
and with the accomplish
18:29
not at all both inside and outside the
18:31
ring not at all and his discipline
18:32
that's why I want to give it Dev to his
18:34
discipline is there because when you see
18:35
this guy focused on the boxer on the
18:37
fighter he leave it all in the gym right
18:39
so when you look at it you could see
18:41
that through you know social media and
18:42
stuff like that because you know a lot
18:43
of dudes do this just to you know hit
18:45
the pads but you could see the
18:46
dedication with him but I thought he was
18:48
moving up because if you look at his
18:49
mask he looked like he a little bit
18:51
heavier than 135 you understand coming
18:53
from that 140 that he's starting to grow
18:54
into that man strength now so I think
18:56
that 140 is I'm definitely going to be
18:58
much more comfortable at 140 a lot of
19:00
people don't know how big I really am
19:02
I've been at 135 since I was 16 years
19:04
old oh [ __ ] is it hard is it hard to
19:07
make that because I was looking at a
19:08
couple of Fighters like um Crawford and
19:10
Spence they both said it was very hard
19:12
to make 147 when they had to make that
19:14
weight of course I mean it's going to
19:15
always be hard to make to make the
19:17
weight um 140 is going to be hard but
19:19
135 I was just killing myself I was I
19:22
was I was depleting myself to make the
19:24
weight so I was really training to make
19:26
the weight do you think I saw the face
19:29
off between you and
19:30
Regis and from the TV you look like
19:33
you're way bigger than him do do you
19:36
think it's surprising people do you
19:37
think he was surprised for sure no no he
19:40
he when when he saw me he said uh he
19:43
said size don't
19:46
matter so he felt that right yeah no so
19:49
he so he's seen how how much bigger I
19:51
was I knew I was gonna be bigger than
19:53
him I'm bigger than a lot of dudes at
19:54
140 um it's the it's the power Tren like
19:58
so how does that affect the power now
20:00
you're heavier yeah I mean I'm I'm I'm
20:02
I'm not depleting myself I'm not taking
20:03
away from my muscles and organs and
20:05
everything by by you know trying to pull
20:08
the water out and and and get to 135 140
20:11
I'm GNA be much more hydrated which is
20:13
like I said it's still gonna be hard to
20:15
make but it's going to be I'm gonna feel
20:16
better okay um man Devon hany is I got
20:18
to take a a couple calls you want to do
20:20
that horse all right Heather you had a
20:21
turban
20:23
view you trying to sneak out I thank
20:26
y'all for coming I have another live
20:27
show to
20:29
thank blessings to both God bless you
20:31
and keep doing it it's such an
20:33
inspiration and to hear that you've been
20:35
inspired and you found your purpose
20:37
since the seventh grade my goodness so
20:39
anybody that's listening right now
20:41
parents that's listening it's a
20:42
beautiful thing how you poured into your
20:44
son as well God bless you thank you
20:46
Queen thank you thank you heather before
20:47
we take this call one of the reasons why
20:50
um well two reasons why folks I think
20:53
really try to doubt
20:56
you was um when you fought Laris and he
20:59
caught you one time and and it looked
21:00
like he stumbled you mhm how do you
21:03
assess that were you hurt I mean it's
21:04
boxing at the end of the day than I you
21:07
can't swim without getting wet at the
21:08
end of the day we you you going to get
21:10
hit but guys get hit guys get knocked
21:13
out guys get Dro everything you name
21:16
every great fighter then then then face
21:18
some adversities and I don't care who
21:20
you is so that's just what come with it
21:21
that come with the with the sport of
21:23
boxing I didn't hurt a lot of [ __ ] and
21:25
I got hurt but what can you do that's
21:27
that I show that was a true champion I
21:29
didn't go down and I finished the fight
21:31
when you get hurt like that cuz Lynx
21:32
Lewis once asked me if I ever been
21:34
knocked out I never been knocked out
21:35
remember you so you never had the ring
21:38
in your ear I don't know what it feels
21:40
like to get knocked that hard and I
21:42
would imagine if I'm in the middle of a
21:44
fight and I got hit that hard and I know
21:45
I'm hurt where does the discipline come
21:48
in can you gather your thoughts in that
21:50
moment or that's when you got to just
21:51
lock in you got to just you know either
21:54
hold or you know um fight out of it
21:56
however you that that's where your your
21:58
your fighter flight come in but you got
22:00
to still be able to think because when
22:01
you hurt any little thing can can can
22:04
can put you out you can lose your
22:06
concentration when um Lomo had a strong
22:09
second H half of y'all fight as people
22:11
talk about I never believed he did
22:13
enough to win you know he he may look
22:16
two two rounds don't win a whole fight
22:18
at the end of the day he had two big
22:20
rounds and that's it but we can't I
22:24
think he had moments too you know he had
22:26
he had he had
22:29
good moments but not dominating rounds
22:32
to me when you have that awkward figh is
22:34
so when you see George getting boses and
22:36
you see loming chenko they they're
22:37
awkward Fighters so they look like
22:39
they're doing a lot like in the ring but
22:40
there really not doing nothing but to a
22:42
judge it might look like he's really
22:43
doing a lot and with Dev I always felt
22:45
like they always question his power with
22:47
Knockouts this is boxing it's not called
22:49
knockout boxing so you got to you got
22:51
you could beat him up you could beat
22:52
somebody ass real good and win the fight
22:53
you understand if you look at the the
22:55
greats at the end of the day the Box are
22:57
always Prevail whether sugaray Leonard
23:00
Floyd Mayweathers the boxers always
23:02
Prevail Floyd wasn't a knockout knockout
23:05
puncher uh Ray Leonard I mean he he he
23:07
had Knockouts but he wasn't just a one
23:09
punch knockout punch Ali same way yes
23:12
but these are the great of the sport
23:14
they put the Beats on you real fast and
23:15
plus I think too when you talk about
23:17
those erors you you can't just come in
23:20
you can't barely Beat the Champ you got
23:22
to convincingly win absolutely to take
23:24
titles away and by no means that I think
23:27
that happened in the L fight for my
23:30
opinion and I heard you say a close
23:32
fight is never a robbery at the end of
23:34
the day yeah they call it a robbery
23:36
right but if it's a if it's a close
23:38
fight at they fans say that they want to
23:41
see good fights right and then they see
23:43
a good fight and then they say it's a
23:44
robbery when it's back and forth I mean
23:46
it was it it was a it was a great event
23:49
right but it it what made it close was
23:51
the fans and the CH that was it com
23:54
commentators the commentators and all
23:56
that so that's that's part of it when I
23:57
say Devon Haney verse everybody I mean
23:59
Devon Haney vers everybody you know what
24:01
I mean um yeah they they it's it's the
24:06
perception but if you play if you watch
24:07
the fight back even LMA if he watches
24:10
the fight back and the team they're
24:12
they're disappointed in what they
24:14
brought you know what I'm saying they're
24:16
coming back and saying what they would
24:17
have done different yeah right and if
24:19
you got the champ and the champ has all
24:21
the belts and you're not satisfied with
24:23
your effort then you it there's no way
24:26
it's close to being a robbery you lost
24:28
if you're not satisfied with your
24:30
efforts on that night if you take the
24:32
12th round off like he said the
24:34
championship round and here you've been
24:36
a a pound-for-pound fighter and you
24:38
gonna say you gonna take the CH the 12th
24:39
round no brother because you were out of
24:42
gas you were gas Devon put it on you and
24:44
then that that 10th or 11th round or
24:47
whatever when you when that Surge and
24:49
then he he he buckled back down B bit
24:51
back down and got back at him in that
24:53
12th round you know what I'm saying met
24:54
him in the middle as a man if he would
24:56
have if he if he would have won if he
24:58
would have won the last round the fight
24:59
would have been a draw I won the last
25:01
fight I won the last round I won the
25:03
fight but you know what it is boxing is
25:05
a points game and I think that's what
25:06
people get away from I gotta outpoint
25:08
you every round I gotta outpoint you if
25:10
I don't knock you out I gotta outo you
25:11
and I feel like that's what boxing is
25:12
because you'll never see like a 10 10
25:14
round it's never an even round somebody
25:15
got to win the round so I always feel
25:17
like in boxing that's what people get
25:19
away from it you could out I seen I seen
25:21
Champions lose round lose rounds they
25:22
didn't lose the fight like like wow I
25:24
thought they was a close fight but when
25:26
you look at the points it was points
25:28
game m i get it Devin Haney is here Bill
25:30
Haney is here we talking about the big
25:32
fight taking place wise December 9th
25:34
December 9th let's go going to be off
25:36
the chain I'm I'm we're in the locker
25:38
room let's go I don't know if I'm
25:41
walking to the ring yet I'm from the T I
25:43
got might to sell it to Bill a little he
25:45
knows my family members I'm about to
25:47
throw family members on top of
25:49
it um I
25:53
Regis um he's a tough fighter you know
25:57
this is the fight of his life this is
26:00
the biggest fight he's ever had right
26:02
he's coming in you know he's coming in
26:06
take what's yours yeah I mean he he
26:07
going any any fighter that fight me they
26:09
they come in with they are because they
26:10
know what's what's at stake it's so much
26:12
at stake when you fight me but I mean
26:14
rightfully so so um he gonna come he
26:17
gonna come with his aame I'm G come with
26:18
my aame and I'm G show him that I'm just
26:20
on a different level you know his his
26:22
best is just not good enough damn hey
26:24
Bill are are you did y'all take Ras
26:26
because of his last performance that he
26:28
put on man listen keeping it real with
26:30
you them guys out of New Orleans ain't
26:33
no joke dog yeah you know when Hurricane
26:35
Katrina happened and they was disheveled
26:38
and sent everywhere wherever they landed
26:40
at you were not running them off so it's
26:43
a lot of people from New Orleans that's
26:45
in Florida and California and Texas I
26:48
mean they just they have a Relentless uh
26:52
uh you know Pursuit about themselves man
26:55
you know and we don't doubt and we're
26:56
not taking Reg just PR great lightly you
26:59
know what I mean um uh but Devon is is
27:03
something special yeah Regis is good
27:05
Regis is good and all those Fighters we
27:07
talk about there some good Fighters
27:09
there but Devon is special and we G and
27:11
and you you'll see December the 9th but
27:13
it was very important it was very
27:15
important to bring a guy that's a
27:18
puncher a guy that with that's
27:21
disrespectful a guy that hadn't got a
27:23
fight cuz nobody was giving reges no
27:25
fights and that's why I told him I said
27:26
reges hey nobody knocking on your door
27:29
de knocked on your door to give you this
27:31
opportunity to take you in front of the
27:32
fans in the bay too where you where you
27:35
could have took where Deon could have
27:36
took a guy that was um you know maybe a
27:40
boxer or maybe not a lot easier a lot
27:43
easier fight I mean I could I could I
27:45
could have had a homecoming fight a
27:46
homecoming fight that's what I was
27:47
saying y Devon Hanny is here we got some
27:50
callers on the line we got a with Bridge
27:52
Business we got ambassadors all over the
27:54
country so we would talk about New
27:56
Orleans our ambass
27:58
Ambassador Chu is actually in Louisiana
28:00
right now Chu what up what up what up yo
28:03
say we got horse in the building up what
28:05
up CH what up family what up peace peace
28:09
D you guys might have met CH he was with
28:12
me um when we were at the Red Carpet at
28:14
the Char when we when we were shaking
28:16
hands they were right there so yeah say
28:19
so go ahead CH you got a
28:20
question yeah I just want to I I'll
28:23
start with a comment sway uh it was Tim
28:25
Bradley on the commentary I told you
28:28
that the Monday after the fight I
28:30
watched it I scored a 75 for Dev I
28:33
turned the volume off and watched it
28:34
again I scored 8 to four for D so it was
28:38
Tim Bradley um but the question I have
28:41
that was that was the commentator that
28:43
was it felt like Tim was
28:45
ating and the crowd along
28:48
with Tim is reputable he's credible I
28:50
love
28:56
Tim de said no you ain't rocking with t
28:59
Bradley rocking but his cred his
29:01
credibility sometimes I [ __ ] with him
29:04
but you know um his commentate is off
29:06
the sometimes sometimes yeah sometimes
29:08
he's a company man but but he but Tim
29:11
Tim did the right thing and he he said
29:13
that he watched a fight and then he he
29:15
said the next day he said he watched a
29:17
fight with no value and he he understood
29:19
me winning the fight so you know I I'll
29:21
take my hat off to him for that I
29:22
respect him fact okay that's always cuz
29:25
most most commentators and you know they
29:27
they won't admit when they're wrong he
29:29
he admitted he he admitted that he was
29:31
wrong and that he was the crowd was you
29:33
know misleading okay all right okay
29:36
there you go CH see you getting to the
29:37
bottom of things man you got a question
29:39
for him yeah man yeah I sure do uh not
29:42
to give any game plan away or anything
29:44
what do you think DAV is is regis's
29:46
strengths and versus his weaknesses I
29:49
mean it's it's no it's no secret what
29:51
his strengths are he he he want to come
29:54
and land one big punch one big left hand
29:57
and uh that's all he got I feel like
29:58
he's a one- trick pony and uh that
30:00
that's all he can do he don't got no
30:01
feet he don't have no speed no no
30:03
defense and uh that's that's for me to
30:06
exploit th those things and um but it's
30:09
it's no secret he coming to land one big
30:11
punch yeah hey hey CH you coming to the
30:16
fight yeah hell yeah yes sir absolutely
30:19
absolutely I already got my flight man
30:21
oh oh [ __ ] okay you got your
30:23
hotel no not yet all right good luck let
30:26
me know how that go to all right man
30:28
we'll talk to you later brother here
30:30
business you're super citizen sway the B
30:33
you see how CH know he he listen he know
30:35
he knows the business it was a it was a
30:38
consorted effort both on the the the
30:42
part from the fans you know who got that
30:44
secret DM list listen listen let's go
30:47
let's go let's go watch Devon let's go
30:49
root let's root for lomachenko let's
30:50
hope that he's you know what I mean and
30:52
and and the the the commentary you know
30:54
what I'm saying it was to me it was a
30:55
consorted effort to to she thrown the
30:58
the Undisputed champion of the world the
31:00
baddest youngest flyest you know what I
31:03
mean from the
31:04
town business dannis danis in Washington
31:08
what's your
31:10
question well hello to everybody um you
31:13
know hey I'm Devin you're doing a great
31:16
job I mean I've been watching you for a
31:18
while um you know ups and downs and like
31:21
you know the social media and all that
31:22
crazy stuff and it's it's cool watching
31:24
you grow up and negotiate uh you know
31:26
navigate and all that stuff uh the
31:27
question I got for Bill and you Devin is
31:30
um I'm a dad my son's in boxing he just
31:33
turned 15 um we're at a pro gym um you
31:37
know and I went and got my green level
31:39
how do you and you know I help out
31:40
training when I can because you know the
31:42
gyms you know they're busy right so I
31:44
want to help out you know he gets up at
31:45
545 runs lifts weights in the after
31:48
afternoon you know he's he's dedicated
31:50
how do you negotiate coaching being a
31:54
dad obviously now y'all got the business
31:56
side which is a whole whole different
31:57
level how do y'all as father son trainer
32:02
boxer all that stuff how do you
32:04
negotiate that and where are some of the
32:05
troubles you had and how you got through
32:07
them oh for me uh well you see you
32:09
forgot the Friendship part you know what
32:12
I mean what there's no friendship in it
32:14
you know you got absolutely absolutely
32:17
but you know sometimes you gotta be a
32:18
dad you know what I'm saying like well
32:20
well when you have when you have a
32:22
friendship right you you have it's a
32:24
it's a mutual level of respect you know
32:26
you're not arguing with your friend
32:28
every day you're not judging your friend
32:29
every day right your best friend right
32:32
sometimes you know your best friend can
32:33
have a bad day and you you you just have
32:35
to just understand it you know so um I
32:38
think you know I'm fortunate to have um
32:41
a kid that's 32 you know one that's 24
32:45
um you know and then have babies for a
32:47
14y old and and a niney old so I have an
32:49
opportunity to be a dad and then also
32:51
have an opportunity to have a wonderful
32:53
friendship with my son you know what I
32:54
mean so he's he's a grown man you know
32:57
what I mean and and so you know like
32:59
like I said being being a friend and
33:01
then being a business partner um is
33:04
different you know he has he has his way
33:06
of of thinking and looking at things and
33:08
so it's a time when he wants to receive
33:11
my opinion and and vice versa so we just
33:13
you know I think that that's our our uh
33:16
that's the that's the magic right I I
33:18
don't know yeah I love yall relationship
33:21
you know and I and I and I commend you
33:23
for it a lot of us didn't have an
33:25
opportunity especially in our community
33:26
to grow up with the dad absolutely on
33:28
your side every step of the way and the
33:30
way you're embracing that um you're
33:32
setting an example you know and I love a
33:34
lot of the boxing dads that are out
33:35
there that love on their sons you know
33:38
regardless of the competition and all
33:39
that these dads are amazing men that
33:41
walk next to their sons so every time I
33:43
see you two I'm always in your corner
33:46
all right Dan you a citizen man real
33:49
quick dein I'm gonna be on the floor
33:51
with my son on the uh benitz fight on
33:53
the 25th you going to be there um what
33:56
what day it is is it November 25th two
33:59
days after Thanksgiving yeah um I doubt
34:01
I'll be there I'm GNA be deep in the
34:02
camp you know my d right you got like
34:05
two week yeah that's right well I saw
34:08
you at the last V ofs fight you know it
34:09
was good to seeing you man hey hit us up
34:11
when you hit us up when you're in Vegas
34:12
though when you when you're in Vegas hit
34:14
me okay Dan hit him all right peace
34:17
you're CTI I don't know I don't want to
34:18
hit him hey man all right
34:20
Dan
34:22
[ __ ] [ __ ] the round is ending 10
34:26
seconds 10
34:29
seconds we we got to uh wrap up but um
34:32
real quick uh Steve espanosa is a good
34:35
friend of mine as you know and uh Steve
34:38
went to Stanford in the bay right and so
34:40
back when King Tech and I was on Kel and
34:42
we used to U go do um also kzsu Stanford
34:46
with the drum poliy with Kevy Kev and
34:48
Steve used to do radio and we would go
34:50
play basketball at Stanford yeah that's
34:52
how I know him like we play he got a
34:54
nice basketball game so we used to play
34:56
competing basket
34:57
at Stanford I want to say salute to him
35:01
and what he's did what he's done with
35:02
Showtime boxing you know I understand
35:05
that it's coming to an end is this true
35:08
sh we Showbox is the first time we got
35:11
our television debut right yeah I
35:13
started on Showtime Showbox yeah man
35:16
talk about its impact over the years and
35:18
all the great fights and just
35:19
opportunities they gave as a platform
35:22
man he um he had a lot of impact on on
35:24
boxing um over the years I I mean
35:27
Showtime is the is the is the ogs of the
35:30
of the sport now um and you know I'm it
35:34
was a sad day sad day for boxing sad
35:36
time for boxing you know to see Showtime
35:38
go but um I know somebody's going to
35:40
come and another network is going to
35:42
come and and replace him but definely
35:44
going to save
35:45
boxing just be looking we got something
35:48
up y got something planned we got
35:49
something planned that was my next
35:51
question yeah we got something planned
35:52
how do you save boxing um by by giving
35:55
the people the fights that they want
35:57
right by making yourself available for
36:00
negotiating you know what I mean not
36:02
signing yourself or making the people
36:04
think that you're not available Deon is
36:07
available y'all he's available salute to
36:09
Steve Espinosa too and know everybody
36:11
over there Showtime yeah salute Steve
36:13
and I I I wish Steve a um successful
36:16
journey into you know his uh his next uh
36:19
Endeavor or his next career you know
36:21
next next business move um you know
36:23
stepen and Showtime and Gordon Hall gave
36:26
Deon his first opportunity to get on
36:28
television against Mason Menard and that
36:30
was a hell of a day that was his that
36:32
was his coming out party that was his
36:33
coming out party you want to close it
36:35
yeah I want to close it I want to ask
36:36
Dev um so once we get past reges progras
36:41
at 140 that's what we gonna stay at so
36:43
if anybody want to come see Dev they got
36:44
to come knock on 140 um we just got to
36:47
see um obviously I want to see how I
36:48
feel at 140 um it's a lot of big fights
36:52
at 135 a lot of big money at 135 so I
36:55
mean for the right fight the right
36:56
situation the right money um I could I
37:00
possibly go down to 135 but um if not
37:02
you know 140 is probably where I stay at
37:04
what's the biggest fight at 135 in your
37:06
opinion um me and me and in the tank
37:09
fight I think that's a massive fight um
37:12
the the world was would stopped to watch
37:14
that fight would y' could y'all meet up
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at 140 I like that
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better I think so he he's far at 140
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before so I think um I think I think
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that's what will where we will meet up
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at 140 what about Tio Fimo yeah 140 is
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Wai Tio is is is a big fight at 140 Ryan
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Garcia is a big fight at 140 uhhuh um I
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think all of us is going to end up at
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140 147 uh meeting up okay I love and
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you'll take on any of them oh anybody
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any time any place bill got receipts
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Bill Bill got the receipts right here
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and listen but you know he could could
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he could stay at 140 it's no reason
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right other than the big fights for the
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people and that's why I said is he's
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saving box boing he's the fa he's the
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face of boxing what you do not the face
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or excitement or or or some Sideshow Bob
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act this is the real deal got the straps
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to show it got the
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strap but tank ain't the face tank says
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he's the face of box you ain't got no
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straps man I said listen listen but I
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said the real face of boxing the real
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face the real face be real being the
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O exactly exactly the new when when the
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new [ __ ] come around is that not it when
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you see it you know that that's not it
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go back and look at it or everybody go
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back and look at TBE when he was 24 and
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compareed what Deon the dream is at 24
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and you'll see the new [ __ ] man the new
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sh the real [ __ ] the real [ __ ] Deon
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Haney say his name Deon Haney Devin
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Haney Devin Haney The champ is here hey
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look Floyd and had him change on that
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24 no sir at 24 look at them chains each
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chain is a house
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come on he's 24 he got more money on his
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neck than I got in my savings don't do
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that way I'm just put that out
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there I work for Devin Haney Inc let's
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go all right cool man this listen I love
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y'all congratulations brother I watched
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it man you're amazing bro and I love how
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you conduct yourself because boxing
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needs professionalism they need somebody
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who speaks with you know intelligence
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that's always great for boxers to have
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at least somebody who's levelheaded and
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not just talking [ __ ] for the sake of it
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in and out the ring come
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on
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