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We make our picks during the 5 o'clock hour.

So we like to start off the hour with the guy who knows what he's talking about and can give us pertinent information that will help us in our endeavor to pick correctly.

And that is the great Joe Fortinbach.

Hello, Joe.

Gentlemen, pleasure as always.

Thanks so much for having me on the show.

I hope you're all doing very well.

We are doing well.

Now, before we get into your picks, I know that you'll be at the

garden tomorrow. Tell me about this fight. Are you excited about it and who you're leaning toward?

Well, here's the crazy thing, and this is going to blow people's minds. This is going to be my first time

at Madison Square Garden. I have been all over the place. I grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

I've seen 19 NFL stadiums.

I have been, I saw the tour to France.

I have never been to Madison Square Garden.

I have no idea how it worked out this way.

I didn't spend a lot of time in New York when I was young.

I put that on my parents naturally.

So I am stoked to get over there for

this because I have never been to the Mecca. I've always wanted to see a Knicks game, a Rangers guy.

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