00:14So let's start why the Pac-Man is even back in the ring.
00:17Fonseca at 46 after nearly a four-year retirement.
00:21Why is Manny Pacquiao back fighting again?
00:24I think there's two reasons that you can look at.
00:27One, he's not a good politician.
00:32Seriously.
00:34I expected a follow-up, and that was just good.
00:43Real good.
00:44Seriously.
00:45He's pissed a lot of people off with his politics.
00:48And people don't know he was a senator in the Philippines or whatever.
00:52Yeah, his regime didn't seem to be doing so well.
00:54Two, I think Amazon Prime needs a banger.
00:58And I said this on my YouTube channel.
01:00It's like, here's the thing.
01:02Amazon Prime hasn't put the same emphasis on boxing as Showtime did.
01:08And this is relevant because Premier Boxing Champions was previously with Showtime and Fox.
01:12And before that, they also had deals with NBC and ESPN and Spike TV and Bounce TV and CBS and seemingly every network possible when they launched in 2015.
01:20Since then, it got whittled down to Showtime and Fox, predominantly Showtime after a while, though, like the Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury events had, you know, Fox pay-per-view, for example.
01:31Now, you have Amazon Prime, and you have cards with a lot less frequency.
01:36And if Mario Barrios is going to fight one of the actual contenders in the welterweight division, by the way, probably the worst welterweight division in terms of talent in my lifetime.
01:45And it's going to get worse now that Jaron Boots Ennis, the best welterweight in the world, is probably going to move up to 154 pounds.
01:50You have, in the rankings, not a lot of dudes who are going to be a draw.
01:55And if you're going to sell Mario Barrios' main event, his number one contender is Solomayne Sissoko.
02:00Nobody here has seen him fight before.
02:02Number two is Raul Curio.
02:03Nobody here has seen him fight before.
02:05Like, Edmonton Staniones is up there.
02:07Nobody here has seen him fight before, except for maybe him getting battered by Jaron Boots Ennis in his last fight.
02:12So if Amazon Prime is going to need a banger for a sport that they're not even that committed to, because here's the thing.
02:17And if you had Showtime before, it's probably because you like boxing.
02:21Or at the very least, you liked, you know, one of their shows or whatever.
02:24But there's a good chance.
02:26If you have DAZN right now, you probably like boxing.
02:29If you have Amazon Prime, it's because you like Amazon Prime.
02:32Like, you're not getting it for boxing.
02:35So I think Amazon Prime needs a jolt.
02:38And Manny Pacquiao is the guy to do it.
02:39Because even today, even right now, he's more popular than probably every boxer in the world, except for maybe Canelo Alvarez.
02:46Yeah, no doubt about it.
02:47I agree with you there, Brian.
02:48If we take a look at the fight itself, too, because I'm just looking at some of the over-unders for rounds.
02:52This isn't one where you expect, like, oh, he's only got three rounds.
02:54Like, he's training like he's rocky late in his career.
02:56He's only got a couple.
02:57Like, this is 11 and a half.
02:58So what are the expectations for the fight style for you between these two?
03:03Well, if Manny Pacquiao could land some of his flurries, that'd be nice.
03:06Four years ago, he looked washed when he fought Jordanus Ugas and landed 16% of his punches.
03:12And Ugas is good, but, you know, Ugas is not, like, if Manny Pacquiao won that fight, and maybe upstairs they knew what they were doing.
03:21Manny Pacquiao, if he won this fight, he would have fought Errol Spence next, probably, in a unification.
03:25And thank God that didn't happen, because then, I mean, we would have avoided this.
03:32But, like, here's the thing.
03:34Like, there's a world where, and this is why Mario Barrios is fighting specifically.
03:38I think the thought is, oh, he can take him, because Mario Barrios barely beat Abel Ramos in his last fight.
03:44Abel Ramos, who has several losses, and, you know, that was a fight that was on the Mike Tyson, Jake Paul card that went to a draw.
03:51So, people actually might have watched that fight.
03:54Ultimately, Mario Barrios only has two losses, and the two very good fighters, Keith Thurman and Javante Davis.
03:59But he should not lose this fight.
04:01Manny Pacquiao is 46 years old.
04:02He's closer to 50 than 40.
04:03He looked washed four years ago.
04:05He hasn't looked great in any of his exhibitions.
04:07And, like, I just, like, if Mario Barrios loses this fight, like, it is a travesty.
04:13He probably, like, I don't know what he does if he loses this fight.
04:16Like, he should not lose this.
04:17And he's six feet tall with a six-foot reach.
