Hour 2: Fighting Words

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🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In this episode, Stephen A. talks with Jake Paul and Tommy Fury ahead of their long-awaited fight this Sunday and the two have some bold predictions as to how it's all going to go down. Frank Isola joins the show to debate which NBA players are under the most pressure to win a title and if Kevin Durant needs to win a ring without the Warriors. Louis Riddick is back with his take on Eric Bieniemy's move to Washington as Offensive Coordinator. Plus, we debate which 2024 NBA prospect is the most hyped going into the draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is going to be good. Internet sensation rising professional boxer Jake Paul said to take on British love Island
0:06.7	Alamun professional boxer Tommy Fury in the boxing ring this Sunday in Saudi Arabia the fight can be found on ESPN
0:13.4	Plus and pay-per-view as the main card is set to get underway at 2 p.m. Eastern time
0:17.6	Paul and Fury have been gearing up for this fight for some time now as the first two attempts have fallen through for various reasons
0:24.1	Stephen A. Thank you Molly with us right now. We'll wait for Tommy Fury. He'll be here any second for what I'm told but for right now
0:33.3	We've got Jake Paul himself right here live with me right now. What's going on Jake? How are you man? How's everything?
0:40.8	I'm great man. I'm just sick of this type of behavior from him. He never shows up. It's so unprofessional. I don't get what this guy's deal is
0:49.3	Well, they say he's going to be in the second so I'm not going to hold him accountable just yet
0:54.4	But while I got you by yourself before he comes on to me
0:58.1	He does come on talk to me about this fight and what it means to you and why you've wanted this so badly for so long
1:06.2	Yeah, look it means everything man and
1:08.8	Mainly to prove to myself what I'm capable of I came into this game to be a professional boxer and I'm going to become a world champion
1:16.4	And this is a step in that right direction and the criticism and the critics having right
1:22.0	I haven't fought a professional boxer and I've always wanted that and so this is the
1:27.0	undefeated professional boxer from a legendary bloodline his brothers the heavyweight champion of the world
1:32.6	There's a lot of beef. There's a lot of animosity. He's young same age same weight
1:36.9	He's got advantages high over me reach over me all of these things
1:41.3	And so really when I beat this guy and knock him unconscious. I just don't know what people will have left to say
1:49.9	Well, I wouldn't have anything left to say because my lone criticism of you was the fact that I wanted you to fight a boxer
1:55.8	Not a UFC fighter not a basketball player a boxer and you're doing that right now
2:00.7	So I can't say anything. This is exactly what I wanted
2:03.6	But let me ask you this the level of animosity that you two appear to have for one another
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