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Good Guy / Bad Guy

Ben Askren, Jake Paul

Good Guy / Bad Guy

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

YouTube star Jake Paul speaks to Ariel for the first time in a wide-ranging conversation about Paul's decision to fight Ben Askren in a boxing match on April 17, why he's no longer interested in fighting Conor McGregor and his plans to "disrupt" boxing. But first, Askren, a former ONE Championship and Bellator champion, tells Ariel why he accepted the fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello friends!

0:01.8

It's your old pal, area Hawani, back with another exciting edition of the Hawani Show Pod.

0:08.3

And as you know, the UFC is off this weekend, a rare off weekend for the Ultimate Fighting

0:13.5

Championship, but we here at the Hawani Show, we don't stop. We keep going till the break of dawn.

0:20.6

Big news on Tuesday, Jake Paul, Ben Askrand, they're actually going to fight in the Boxing

0:25.3

Match on April 17th, more on that in a moment, but I do want to shout out to the one and only

0:30.5

being comparable, the inimitable Steven A Smith and his new show on ESPN Plus to platform that

0:35.8

Channel and I build. It's called Steven A's World, and it's full of his legendary hot takes and

0:41.0

interviews with some of the biggest names in sports. If that sounds like something you're interested

0:46.1

in, just visit ESPNPlus.com for more details. And on top of that, there's a brand new ESPN podcast

0:52.7

that I encourage all of you to check out. It's called First Hey, Kurt Take. It's a great show.

0:58.4

I highly recommend it. All right, get that wherever you get your podcasts and of course,

1:02.5

listen to discretion as advised. Enjoy.

1:33.3

Back in your life. On this Wednesday, January 27th, 2000, and 21, hello again, everyone. Welcome

1:43.2

back to a brand new edition of the Hellwani show presented by Draft Kings. America's top rated

1:49.5

daily fantasy app. And yes, my friends, I know we're a little late on this Wednesday. There's a

1:53.7

reason for all of that. I will explain that reason at a later date. I promise you, there is a very good

1:59.0

reason for that. It all will make sense. But we are here. No use in crying over spilled milk. We

2:06.5

got a lot to get to. Of course, UFC 257 in the rear view mirror. Conor McGregor loses the

2:12.0

Dustin Poirier on Monday with DC. We talked about where Dustin goes from here, where Conor

2:17.1

goes from here, where does Gachy fit in and and Habib and Nathan Diaz and Tony Ferguson and Dan

2:23.6

Hooker and our DA. I mean, who could forget the now infamous no pad that has already been requested

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