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00:00We're here at the WG convention in Acapulco, we're day four I think, day three, day four?

00:05Day four.

00:06How's it going so far?

00:07All been great.

00:08Everybody loves you, I see you get love from Chavez, from Duran, from Riddick Bowe.

00:12From Willie Sickbeck.

00:14Why does everybody love Jeff Fennec?

00:17You have to ask them.

00:18Why does everyone love Jeff Fennec?

00:25So tell me the story about, you're in Atlantic City,

00:27you were coaching Mike Tyson at the time?

00:30You were friends?

00:32About Roberto?

00:34No, you and Mike Tyson went to visit Roberto Duran.

00:37But how did that come about?

00:38It was in Las Vegas.

00:40Roberto was fighting, I was there and I knew, so Mike and I, we jumped.

00:47Were you guys friends?

00:48Were you trained together?

00:49Yeah, we were trained together, yeah, yeah.

00:50We're not training, just friends, hanging out.

00:53I took Mike to Roberto's room and he loved it.

00:56You never met him before?

00:57No.

00:57You know, it's funny, Mike told me that two fighters got him into boxing,

01:00Muhammad Ali and Roberto Duran.

01:02He loved Duran because he was badass and he loved Ali because he was pretty or whatever.

01:05He said the first time he watched Roberto Duran fight right now,

01:09he wanted to be a fighter, yeah.

01:11So without Duran, there's no Tyson?

01:13Yeah, yeah.

01:14He still always would have been a Tyson.

01:19So what was that meeting like?

01:20It was after Duran lost, correct?

01:22Yeah, no, this was before the fight.

01:24Okay.

01:25So we just went, we went in the room and yeah,

01:28Roberto was just laying there on his bed, we had a talk.

01:31Of course, Mike and him had a cuddle.

01:33Yeah, I took Roberto a couple of gifts from Australia.

01:36Yeah, where'd you bring them?

01:38I was sponsored by a watch company, it's called G-Shock

01:41and I gave him a few watches and stuff, yeah.

01:43He liked it?

01:44Yeah, he loved it.

01:45G-Shock are still around, same company?

01:46Same company, yeah.

01:48Duran, where's your watch?

01:52You don't just wear watches here, really.

01:54Nobody has any watches on?

01:56I try to tell the time.

01:59But that's cool, and now what, 20, 30, 40 years later,

02:02you guys are still here, still talking?

02:04Yeah, yeah.

02:05What year was it?

02:06Mid-80s, had to be, right?

02:07Yeah, I reckon the other one, late 80s, yeah, yeah.

02:12Before William Joplin.

02:13So let me ask you this, are you taking your own piñata home?

02:15Because there's a Jeff Fennec piñata.

02:17No, I'll leave it here for you, really.

02:19No, I'm good, I'm going, I can't fit in my,

02:21my wife would be mad if I brought it home.

02:23Here's my boy Carlos Arana.

02:25When he had hair.

02:27There's Tito.

02:27He was a big puncher, right?

02:29Yeah.

02:29They said that he was a very hard hitter.

02:30Yeah.

02:31Vinny Paz.

02:35And here,

02:40Frankie Duarte.

02:42I saw your poster here somewhere.

02:43There you are, right there.

02:46Rudy Cabello.

02:48Hey, for your piñata, they drew some chest hair, you saw that?

02:52I believe.

02:55There you are, Jeff, look at that.

02:56You drew the chest hair.

02:59Hey, have you seen the WBC store?

03:01Let's take a look really quick.

03:03How's it going?

03:05Look at this artist, look at his work.

03:07Amazing.

03:08Yeah, that's nice.

03:09Every flag he's drawing.

03:12And he does the shoes too.

03:14Somebody bought this one?

03:16Yeah, this is already sold out.

03:17You already sold it?

03:18I sold it.

03:19Yeah, someone bought the gloves and gave me for free.

03:24That's really nice.

03:26Anybody could go on WBC shop and order and get them.

03:31You want to get that, right?

03:32Yes, it's really nice.

03:33How long will it take you to do it?

03:35I started last night, like 7.

03:38Wow, you're quick.

03:39Look at that.

03:42Very talented.

03:45How are you feeling this morning?

03:47One of the best referees in the world of boxing.

03:49His son's a very talented boxer too.

03:52But if you saw him in the street, you would cross the street.

03:55Not you, but I would cross the street.

04:13I'm Eli Sekbak.

04:15Eli Sekbak, reporting by esboosreporting.com.

04:18I'm Eli Sekbak, reporting by esboosreporting.com.

04:21I'm Eli Sekbak, reporting.

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