Two-weight world champion Jonas defends her IBF World Welterweight Title against former IBF and WBO World Super Featherweight Champion Mayer in a landmark night for women’s boxing. Jonas, first defence of the IBF crown she win over Kandi Wyatt last year, having previously unified the WBC, WBO and IBF World Super Welterweight Titles.
U.S. star Mayer, a fellow Olympian, former IBF and WBO World Super Featherweight Champion. Mayer is moving up in weight to challenge for welterweight gold.
U.S. star Mayer, a fellow Olympian, former IBF and WBO World Super Featherweight Champion. Mayer is moving up in weight to challenge for welterweight gold.
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04:42 Thanks, Big Mo.
04:43 Well, we're really excited for this fight on Sky Sports.
04:46 I think one of the things that was given as a challenge
04:49 to Boxer and Ben Shalom and everybody that was involved
04:52 is when we did the historic women's night,
04:55 it was how do we build on that?
04:56 How do we make sure that that's not a one-off?
04:59 How do we make sure that the momentum that everybody built
05:02 up in that event and the weeks and months afterwards,
05:06 how do we make sure that that doesn't fall away?
05:08 And I think everybody at this top table
05:10 has picked up that bat and run with it.
05:12 And this is an example that the foundations
05:16 that everybody has laid is now building into high rises.
05:20 This is a rivalry between two ambassadors for the sport,
05:23 two terrific fighters in their own right,
05:26 but also two fighters where there isn't perhaps
05:29 a natural grudge match.
05:31 It's a rivalry based purely on professional ambition,
05:34 wanting to be the best, wanting to continue to be the best,
05:38 and trying to continue to smash through that glass ceiling.
05:41 So thank you to everybody that's involved.
05:44 We're really excited to get this fight done.
05:47 What a way for Boxer to open their account in 2024.
05:50 And it must be special as well,
05:51 because Natasha Jonas,
05:53 your first professional world champion, Ben,
05:55 and the journey continues.
05:58 - It does continue.
05:59 It feels like the culmination of two years.
06:01 I think when Natasha first signed,
06:04 I think we did a six or eight rounder down in London,
06:07 and then we were up and we found a world title.
06:09 But to have it develop into this,
06:12 and for her to realize everything that she'd worked for
06:15 for the past 15 years,
06:16 for us it's been a two year journey,
06:18 but for Natasha it's been 15 years of graft,
06:21 and to see her getting what she deserved,
06:22 to see her getting the accolades that she always deserved,
06:26 it's an amazing moment for us to headline back in Liverpool,
06:30 to be selling a show like the way this is sold.
06:33 She's got morals going up around the city.
06:35 She's a true Liverpool legend.
06:37 I've been in Liverpool with her in recent weeks,
06:39 and she means so much to this city,
06:41 and this city means so much to her.
06:43 So to bring her back as a multi-weight world champion,
06:46 as someone fighting now Michaela Mayer,
06:49 and having a dance partner like this
06:50 in a huge fight for women's boxing,
06:52 it's a special moment for boxer and for Sky Sports,
06:56 but for Natasha this is everything that she's worked for,
06:59 everything that she deserves.
07:00 She's broken so many records,
07:02 and I think she'll go down in history.
07:04 And yeah, a great, great night on Saturday
07:06 for the city to celebrate her,
07:09 and for boxing to see a great, great fight.
07:12 - We'll have a chance to speak to everybody at the top table,
07:14 but I will start with the champion
07:16 in her hometown, Natasha Jonas.
07:17 I think this is one of the biggest compliments
07:19 that we can pay both of you,
07:20 that this fight was not made over social media,
07:24 it wasn't made through a deep-rooted rivalry
07:26 that went back to the amateur days of a disputed decision.
07:28 It was made between two very proud professional fighters
07:31 who want to be the best,
07:32 and you stood in front of each other,
07:34 and effectively did the deal.
07:35 Yes, I know there's financial constraints,
07:37 that there's people at boxer and top rank
07:39 are probably pulling their hair out at me saying that,
07:41 but actually, what does that say about you,
07:43 and what does that say about Michaela,
07:44 that one of the main reasons we're sat here now
07:46 is because both of you wanted it?
07:48 - Yeah, I think it's a big statement to make.
07:51 So many times we see the best not fighting the best,
07:54 and for whatever reason,
07:56 but she wants to be in that.
07:59 I believe that for me to class myself
08:02 as one of the best in this area,
08:04 I have to fight the best,
08:05 and I look at some of the boxers in the list,
08:09 the Katie Taylors, the Chantel Cameron,
08:11 and they'd be people in that top 10 pound for pound list,
08:15 and for me to be able to solidify a legacy for myself,
08:20 I believe I have to do the same,
08:21 and Michaela's in that list, and yeah.
08:24 - I'll come straight to you.
08:25 I mean, it's quite nice to speak about the two of you
08:27 without the fear of tables or glasses going flying,
08:31 although, you know, famous last words of a fool,
08:33 it's still early days,
08:34 but when you hear Tasha speak like that,
08:37 it is a statement of intent from both of you.
08:41 To be the best, you've got to beat the best,
08:42 and she puts you in that best bracket,
08:44 even though you don't have a world title
08:45 bringing to the table at this very moment,
08:47 but how happy are you that we've got this far
08:49 just days away now?
08:50 - Yeah, definitely.
08:52 I mean, I've been wanting to be back in this position
08:54 for a year now.
08:55 I had to take a small setback,
08:57 but to me, I agree with Natasha Jonas,
08:59 and it's not just about the belt.
09:01 It's not just about becoming a world champion again.
09:04 It's about challenging myself against the best
09:07 and having those names on my resume
09:09 and knowing that I did my absolute best
09:11 to challenge myself against the other great girls
09:14 in this sport so that I can truly say
09:16 I'm a pound for pound fighter of this era.
09:18 So that's what's really important to me,
09:20 one, for my own legacy, and two, for the fans,
09:23 because I know these are the type of fights
09:24 that they want to see,
09:25 and us women have been doing that,
09:27 and we're continuing to do that,
09:29 and it's what we got to do
09:31 to show the world that we belong in the sport
09:34 and that we have a place here.
09:36 - Yeah, I mean, Ben Shalom's smile will say it all,
09:39 but ticket sales reflect that.
09:41 I mean, there is a huge amount of interest in this fight.
09:43 There's always a huge amount of interest
09:44 when you're back in Liverpool, Tasha,
09:46 'cause I know you've had to ply your trade
09:47 just down the road in Manchester,
09:49 as Joey Gallagher raises a little smile there.
09:52 But let me ask you, and to use one of Joey's phrases,
09:55 you haven't always perhaps had your flowers.
09:57 Despite what you've achieved as a two-weight world champion,
10:01 there's still more work to be done.
10:02 There's still dreams to achieve.
10:04 There's still things that you want
10:05 to tick off your bucket list as a pro.
10:08 This sort of fight probably represents that.
10:10 To walk out at your home arena, the MNS Bank Arena,
10:12 what will that mean to you?
10:14 That's one thing, but it's not about,
10:17 this isn't like a retirement speech.
10:19 You've got to win.
10:20 You know, this fight is there to be won.
10:22 You have to make sure that you do your job
10:23 to make sure that this isn't a great event, Natasha,
10:26 but you don't come out the winner.
10:28 Yeah, but listen, I get on at Ben all the time,
10:32 but Ben does his job and secures me the fights.
10:35 I've got to do my job, and that's win them.
10:37 So far, we're on a great run,
10:40 but it's so quickly in boxing, doors shut,
10:44 when the results don't go your way.
10:46 We've both experienced that now,
10:48 and none of us want that to happen again.
10:50 So to keep them doors open and to keep them opportunities
10:53 and them bigger dreams beyond this alive,
10:56 I've got to focus on what happens on Saturday
10:58 and make that dream come true.
10:59 And so boxing in front of me, home crowd,
11:03 it's been an honor this week and a privilege
11:05 to be celebrated and recognized by the community
11:09 and the city that helped shape the woman I've become.
11:11 I've got a mural up on the wall
11:13 where I used to go around and kick a football,
11:15 and a little girl in the street with big dreams,
11:18 and now my little girl's looking at the realization
11:21 of the woman I've become and the mom I've become,
11:24 and it's a credit to this city
11:27 and what it's made me and what it's built up in me
11:30 and I have to be successful.
11:32 And yeah, it's an honor and a privilege.
11:35 - It's not my job to create a fake war of words
11:38 between the two of you, 'cause it simply doesn't exist.
11:40 But at the same time, you know that you're facing
11:42 a top quality fighter with a wily old fox in the corner,
11:46 if I may call you that, Coach,
11:47 or a man that's been there, seen it and done it.
11:49 You know that they will have what they think
11:51 is the game plan to unlock your game plan with Joe Gallagher.
11:56 What sort of fight can we expect as neutral fans?
12:00 - I just think it'll be a good fight.
12:01 You know, we've both got the IQ
12:05 and the ability to be able to box.
12:07 We've both got the skill and the strength
12:11 to be able to fight if we need to.
12:12 That being said, I think our stars will gel
12:16 to make a great fight.
12:18 And yeah, I'm not gonna be a reactive fighter
12:21 and waiting to see what she pulls out the bag.
12:24 I'm gonna be putting my best foot forward
12:26 and making her worry about me from the get-go.
12:29 - Do you believe, Michaela, I mean, you've been here,
12:32 unless my maths is gonna fail me,
12:33 this is fight number four here?
12:35 - Yeah. - Yeah, thank God.
12:36 That was almost embarrassing.
12:38 Do you believe that you spent enough time here
12:40 that you know what to expect
12:41 and you've spent enough time around Natasha
12:44 that you feel that you have the read of her?
12:46 And will you concede anything to us
12:48 of what you two have been working on, you and Coach Al,
12:51 that you can sort of give us
12:52 to add a little bit more to this fight?
12:54 What are you preparing for and what can we expect from you?
12:57 - Well, one, Natasha has a ton of experience, right?
13:01 She has that amateur pedigree.
13:02 She's gone up against plenty of different styles.
13:06 And she's had to learn how to adjust to those styles.
13:09 Same with me.
13:10 That's why I think having that amateur pedigree
13:11 is such an advantage.
13:13 So we both have that,
13:14 but it's gonna be a really strategic fight
13:17 'cause she has a southpaw, I'm an orthodox.
13:19 Obviously, I have a technician in my corner
13:21 who's big on strategy, big on technique.
13:25 And he has a game plan specifically for that
13:27 that I absolutely have to follow
13:29 if I don't wanna get in trouble after the fight.
13:32 But we've been working good on it.
13:34 We've brought in some great sparring partners for this camp
13:38 and I feel confident.
13:39 - I think the number one question
13:42 that everybody's probably been asking you this week
13:44 is how are you feeling at this point in fight week
13:46 compared to previous fight weeks
13:48 when we know that making weight was,
13:51 you always did it, but we know it was hard.
13:53 Do you feel any different in yourself?
13:55 Do you feel any different throughout camp?
13:57 And if so, how?
13:58 - Yeah, everyone thinks that the fight week
14:00 was the hard part of making weight,
14:01 but that's what made 130, or me making 130,
14:04 that's why that was so unique for me
14:06 is it wasn't just about making weight on fight week.
14:09 That weight cut started 10 weeks out.
14:12 I was dieting down from day one of camp.
14:14 And so not having to do that this time
14:17 and maybe doing it a little bit in a more normal way
14:20 and starting to watch my diet three weeks out or so,
14:23 I was able to stay strong throughout camp,
14:26 stay fully fueled, and I just felt a lot happier.
14:29 It was a lot more fun for me.
14:30 I feel like I think clearer.
14:31 - I was just about to say,
14:32 my question probably should have been to Marquette,
14:33 to Mel, and to Al, and to George Ruiz
14:36 in terms of your mood.
14:37 You probably can't answer.
14:38 You probably thought you were always happy,
14:39 but you seem a happy camp.
14:41 Perhaps it is making a difference.
14:43 - Yeah, I mean, for the most part,
14:45 I think we all get a little bit of crankiness,
14:47 but my crankiness started a little bit later.
14:51 It wasn't as long.
14:52 My cranky period wasn't as long.
14:54 But I wasn't able to put on a ton of muscle
14:57 between those fights anyway,
14:58 because I knew I had to diet back down to 130,
15:01 and my weight was just fluctuating so much,
15:03 and that does a lot to your body and a lot to your hormones.
15:05 So I'm just looking forward to seeing,
15:08 I know I have the experience now.
15:09 I don't need to be cutting all that weight.
15:10 I have the experience, I have the strength, I have the skill,
15:12 and I want to be comfortable.
15:15 And so we'll see how that translates on Saturday night,
15:17 and I hope you can see my power,
15:18 and I hope you see how comfortable I feel.
15:21 - Yeah, let's bring in trainer Joe Gallagher.
15:22 I wonder if you have any thoughts
15:24 on Michaela stepping up in weight.
15:26 It's something that the pair of you did
15:28 tremendously successful.
15:29 Was it three weights jumping up,
15:31 and you knew when to go, when not to go,
15:36 and put it all together on the Christian Namus night.
15:39 What do you think of Michaela stepping up in weight,
15:41 and what effect that that could have?
15:46 - Listen, that only for Michaela and her team.
15:49 Can talk about that,
15:50 how she is performing in the gymnasium, sparring.
15:53 But no one really knows till fight night
15:55 how they're going to perform.
15:56 I think Michaela will obviously be relieved
15:58 in the same way Natasha was
15:59 when she had to boil down for Terry Harper, Katie Taylor.
16:03 As you said there,
16:03 there seems to be a bit more happier fight week.
16:06 They don't have the dread of having to make weight.
16:08 They don't have to deal with the loading up
16:11 straight away afterwards.
16:13 And the work that they can do in the gymnasium,
16:15 they can do boxing work.
16:16 They don't have to do making weight work,
16:17 and there's two different things.
16:19 And when you're in a gymnasium
16:20 where you don't have to make weight,
16:21 you can work in boxing and tactics and skill sets
16:24 and different things where sometimes a lot of fighters
16:27 as getting their fight week,
16:28 the tactics and the skills go out the window
16:30 because they've got to concentrate
16:31 and doing big sessions to cut weight.
16:33 And no one really knows how anyone's got to perform
16:36 on fight night when they've got to make big weight cuts.
16:39 It's just a hope and a prayer that hopefully it comes off
16:41 because in training camp,
16:42 you will show me a part of training camp
16:44 where you put your body through losing a big loss weight
16:48 and then go and spar 10, 12 rounds the next day.
16:50 They don't.
16:51 So it's always a hope and a prayer.
16:52 But like I say, Michaela, obviously with Natasha,
16:55 she felt comfortable.
16:56 Natasha always had the power as an amateur.
16:58 She won ABA titles at 75 kilos, 71 kilos.
17:02 So we knew when she moved up,
17:04 she always had the equalizer in her backhand.
17:09 But people have mentioned this week about Natasha's power.
17:12 Listen, it's nothing to do with Natasha's power.
17:13 And I hate about it because we're going into this fight
17:16 on skill set.
17:17 We're on about two girls, two Olympians.
17:19 You don't get to qualify for the Olympics
17:21 and represent your country and just power alone.
17:23 You're on skill set and brains.
17:25 And both these ladies here are class fighters
17:29 and they've got a show on Saturday night,
17:30 boxing and female boxing.
17:32 At it's very best at a quick pace
17:34 with a certain set of game plans going in there
17:37 and set of skills that both girls during the contest,
17:40 we're going to have to switch styles
17:42 of things at work and switch tactics when things
17:45 and be able to adapt and apply in the heat of the moment.
17:47 And that's what's going to happen on Saturday night.
17:49 - Do you mind if I just ask you
17:50 for an unbiased view on Tasha Jonas?
17:53 Just in terms of one, what she's achieved
17:56 and two, what she's like for the other fighters in the gym.
18:00 You know, we know you've got Mikey Talon
18:01 on the bill and Jack Massey,
18:03 but when they look across the gym
18:05 and they see Tasha Jonas, what she came through,
18:08 what she's still achieving now,
18:10 it must be a huge motivator for them.
18:12 And it must be a pleasure for you to have to train her,
18:14 even if her timekeeping is not always A plus.
18:18 - No, listen, I think that's a,
18:20 with her timekeeping, that's something I think
18:22 might've come from the rotunda days.
18:23 Do you know what I mean?
18:24 She isn't the only one that used to come in late
18:25 from the gym there.
18:26 So, but listen, she's a, she's a,
18:28 listen, there's better people out there to speak better
18:32 of her, of what she's done and what she's achieved.
18:35 And this is why we've got to win Saturday night.
18:37 Natasha knows if she doesn't win Saturday night,
18:39 the doors are shut and them doors won't be open again
18:41 for her.
18:42 When she had the speed bump against Ovenoff
18:46 and then lost to Terry Harper and then Katie Taylor,
18:49 it was like, that's her done.
18:52 But the tenacity, the desire in her,
18:53 the fire in her belly showed that she wasn't done.
18:57 And she came back and she won.
18:58 She took her opportunity with both hands
19:00 in the same way that Michaela's going to try
19:01 and do on Saturday night.
19:03 But Natasha Jonas isn't just your normal fighter.
19:06 She's something special.
19:07 Everything she seems to touch, she turns to gold.
19:10 Every time I ask her to do something, she does.
19:12 She's one of the best.
19:13 I've always said I wish I could train 10 Natasha Jonas's.
19:16 She's right up there.
19:17 One of the best that are very trained.
19:19 She's very coachable and she comes in.
19:21 And as you said, there, she's an example to people
19:23 in the gym, the gym now with a new wave of talent,
19:25 new prospects coming in.
19:27 To see Natasha coming in the gym,
19:29 she was ring champion, unified champion,
19:31 broke boxer of the year.
19:33 She comes in, warms up, does her thing,
19:36 trains and everything else.
19:37 She doesn't come in with two or three people with her.
19:40 Attention to detail.
19:41 I can send her video content over an opponent
19:44 and a breakdown and it'll be back to me
19:46 within five, 10 minutes and what she thinks.
19:48 Some lads in the gym, they'll come in the next day
19:50 and go, "Oh shit, I haven't watched that yet.
19:51 "Sorry for swearing."
19:53 But that's it.
19:54 So that just gives you an idea of her.
19:56 And I'm really pleased now.
19:57 She won the WBC belt here in Liverpool,
20:00 which was a big night for her.
20:02 And like I said, we've had some great nights in Liverpool
20:05 and this is another one
20:06 and it's good to be back in Liverpool with Natasha
20:08 and obviously fighting a good name with Michaela Meyer.
20:11 And I think, yeah, it's got to be a good fight.
20:13 So I have nothing but praise for Natasha.
20:15 There isn't big enough words to say how good
20:19 or whatever she is.
20:20 And I think no matter what she touches to now,
20:23 she started managing, now Mikey Talon,
20:26 she's got a manager's coat, or I call it a Steve Woods coat.
20:29 She turns up to events with it on now.
20:31 She's, listen, she's got a bright future in the sport
20:36 and also a career going forward as well.
20:38 - You're gonna get me in trouble.
20:39 Apologies for any of the profanity
20:41 that slipped out there, Joseph.
20:43 Coach Al Mitchell, I want to bring you in.
20:45 I mean, what you don't know about boxing
20:47 isn't worth knowing.
20:48 I mean, one of the OGs, I think I can say that,
20:52 alongside Kay Karoma, who's been co-training for this.
20:56 Are we dwelling too much on the step up in weight?
21:00 Is this something that you were campaigning for
21:02 a long time ago?
21:02 It's of interest to us, but perhaps behind closed doors,
21:05 it's not a big talking point for you guys.
21:07 - First, I'm gonna take my hat off to Nicola Jones coach,
21:11 'cause he's a great coach.
21:12 I watched the strategy that he got,
21:14 that he tells the young lady,
21:16 and the young lady is sound.
21:18 She's a good boxer.
21:20 In my heart, I come way back from the old school
21:22 and everything, I think this is the Tommy Hearns
21:25 and Hagler fight.
21:27 It only is two women, you know?
21:29 Good strategist he is, I watched the game plans
21:32 and everything.
21:33 McKayla lost one bout, and it could've went,
21:35 you know and I know.
21:37 Same for her, you know, it was right there and everything.
21:40 So, the coach always get blamed, you know?
21:46 And I watch her, she talented,
21:49 but what I like about Ms. Jones,
21:51 she got personality, she got class, just like my athlete.
21:57 It's a great fight, everybody should be out
21:59 to see this fight.
22:00 I'm just mad 'cause it's not in the United States.
22:05 Okay?
22:06 But both of them is talent, both of them good boxers.
22:08 I watched the way she rolled on,
22:11 I watched the way she step around, she does the same.
22:14 It's who gonna give us the middle rounds
22:16 that's gonna step up.
22:18 Sometime, it's the coaches that put 'em over the cliff.
22:22 Sometime, it's the athlete, mentally, they say,
22:26 "Shoot."
22:27 I don't wanna use the S word.
22:29 - Yeah, help me out, thank you.
22:29 - But shoot, I want it, you know?
22:32 Both of them had a stepping stones
22:34 that now I wanna lose.
22:36 So, this is what it's all about.
22:38 I think this got a chance of being fight of the year,
22:41 but I guarantee you, I think it's gonna be like
22:43 Tommy Hearns and Hagler.
22:45 And if anybody watched that fight, I tell you,
22:47 every minute, every second, everybody gonna be watching.
22:51 And we should get more boxers like this.
22:55 And what I mean, the personalities,
22:56 they ain't throwing nothing at each other,
22:58 not arguing about each other,
23:00 they just focusing on the fight.
23:01 And that's good coaching.
23:03 Number two is, they put,
23:06 they gonna give us 110% in that ring.
23:09 This is the fight.
23:11 You know, we need more men like these two ladies.
23:14 They stepping up, and they don't care who it is.
23:18 If I could get Tyson, she would try to fight Tyson right now
23:21 if the money's right.
23:22 But let's face it, the women boxer nowadays
23:27 is the one stepping up.
23:28 I don't even pay money no more to see the men.
23:31 The women, they challenging themself,
23:34 they boxing everybody.
23:35 If you got a name or your title,
23:37 or you number one or number two, they want you.
23:40 And that's what boxing should be about.
23:42 Boxing is dying, don't let nobody tell you.
23:45 Men boxing is dying.
23:48 The women is the ones that bringing it up.
23:51 Great fights, and I'm hoping to keep that way.
23:54 - Okay, well I hope you're wrong about some of it,
23:57 but I hope you're wrong about some of it.
24:00 Great words from a great man who's been there,
24:03 seen it and done it, and got the t-shirt or wardrobe full.
24:06 Just if I may finish on this, Michaela and Tasha,
24:10 I'll give you a chance to address each other almost,
24:12 but just because there isn't a war of words here
24:17 doesn't mean that when the first bell rings
24:19 that it isn't gonna be hellfire raining down.
24:21 You're both motivated, you both want this.
24:23 You wanna keep holding your title
24:24 that you worked so hard to get,
24:25 and you wanna make sure that you become
24:26 a two-weight world champion and go home with the belt.
24:29 So will you give us your final thoughts?
24:31 Are we not getting carried away
24:33 with the great sort of camaraderie here,
24:34 but doesn't mean that when the first bell rings
24:36 that the respect isn't gonna go out the window.
24:38 - Yeah, the respect has to go out the window
24:40 that first round because I know that I'm in her hometown.
24:45 I may not have the crowd in my favor,
24:48 and like Coach Al said, this is two quality opponents.
24:53 We're both at the top of our game, tons of experience,
24:56 and so we both don't wanna lose.
24:58 I have no room to let a round or two slide away.
25:02 So it's no respect from that first bell.
25:05 - Do you echo that?
25:06 Great advert for the sport,
25:08 all the hallmarks of a great fight,
25:09 but once that first bell rings,
25:10 you can't afford to be a spectator.
25:13 You have to fight fire with fire.
25:15 - Exactly, yeah, you know,
25:16 when the final bell goes after 10,
25:18 that's when you can,
25:19 we'll go back to being the way we were before,
25:21 but in the first of the 10th round, it's business,
25:25 and that's all it is, it's just business.
25:27 - Ben, just to finish, if Coach Al Mitchell is right,
25:30 Hagler-Herns, then, you know,
25:32 a Fight of the Year contender, and it's your first show,
25:34 so you gotta be having your fingers crossed for this one.
25:37 - Yeah, it's one we've been looking forward to
25:39 for a long time.
25:40 It's just a great fight, two great trainers as well,
25:43 and yeah, regardless of everything
25:45 that they've achieved before, for boxing fans,
25:47 there's so many question marks around this fight.
25:49 Michaela's first venture at welterweight.
25:51 Michaela facing, I think, a southpaw
25:53 for the first time as well.
25:55 Anything can happen in this fight.
25:56 It's two quality operators, and final tickets remaining.
26:00 You know, this is a superstar coming home in your hometown
26:04 in the biggest fight of their career.
26:06 I think it's gonna be electric on Saturday night,
26:08 and I can't wait, thank you to everyone involved.
26:11 - Yeah, not long to wait now.
26:13 Just go and consume some of that buildup content
26:16 on the Boxer, Sky Sports social media channels.
26:19 It's really good buildup.
26:20 Fair play to both of you for getting involved
26:22 and not telling any lies.
26:24 We're gonna break now for head-to-heads.
26:25 Everyone's gonna get a chance for their one-on-ones
26:27 as well, so just again, if everyone can stay seated,
26:30 everyone will get their shot, but thank you for joining us,
26:32 and we'll be back for the weigh-in tomorrow.