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What's up, Ben? How we doing?
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>> Hey, you know, living it up. Combat loop
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here now. I feel like you won your last
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fight that you were in coming to this
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one. You feel you're in the same spot
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that you're going to be at. You should
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have been in before. You're going to go
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against Trout. How's it feel? You ready
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for Trout?
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>> Yeah. You know, I think everyone who
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watched that fight in Rome knows I won
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the fight. you know, I still should be
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sat here now as the world champion, but
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it is what it is. Um, we move on to to
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fight Austin. Um, you know, I've had
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three fights in eight months now. Um, so
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I want to have a little bit of a break
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hopefully before we go to that probably
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August time. Um, I feel ready. You know,
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Austin, you know, I've got so much
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respect for him for what he's achieved
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in boxing and in Bernup, world champion
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in the weight above. Um, but I think,
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you know, I think I've got what it takes
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to beat him. You know, I think I've got
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the power to stop him. Um, so yeah, I'm
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looking forward to it. Looking forward
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to the challenge. Looking forward to the
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challenge.
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>> Ben, congratulations. Brian S with
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Fighting Lines Pod. Uh, you had a great
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win here against Sodto obviously in the
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rematch.
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>> You had the knockdown that helped you
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out early on that first fight and then
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he came on stronger later on. This one
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you controlled it more throughout. What
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do you think was the big difference for
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you that you were able to without even a
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knockdown just do your thing the whole
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fight against Sodto? Never let him
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really get his feet under him. Um, you
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know, listen, I've got I've got a hell
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of a coach called Craig Muffett. Um, and
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he he, you know, I I've referenced him
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before in Texas. You know, he he gives
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me the game plan. The game plan tonight
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was use the jab. You know, I knew I'm a
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better boxer than than Tony. Um, and my
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my fitness was there tonight because,
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you know, the first fight in Texas, I
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only had eight days notice before that
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fight. Um, so you know, Craig sent me
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out there with a game plan um of of
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using the jab, you know, creating my
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openings and being sharp all the way
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throughout. You know, I felt I followed
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the game plan well. Um, the way I was
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fighting throughout the fight was good.
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You know, I didn't take too many shots
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and I was landing clean. I think on the
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shot stats I was sort of landing four to
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one throughout the fight. Um, so it was
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clear and you know I think in the later
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rounds it was just just the fact that I
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had a camp you know and I've had like I
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said I've had three fights in eight
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months now camp back to back to back and
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my fitness has sort of gone with that.
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Um so yeah I feel like the fitness was
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due to the camp. Um but but the control
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of the fight was was due to the game
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plan of just working off the jab. Um you
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know I knew I was a lot fitter and
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sharper and you know um yeah it was it
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was like I always say Craig Moffett the
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man with the plan. So, so Ben Bonner,
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your first fight with Tony Sodto, it was
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gritty, it was grimy, filthy,
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>> and then your following two fights are
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very technical,
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>> and you're trying to almost point fight
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with Teneglia, with Austin Trout. Do you
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think you can get away with that same
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style, or you going to have to revert
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back to your style with Tony Soto?
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>> No, listen, you know, I'm under no
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illusion the the the
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level of of boxing IQ that that Austin
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Trout has. You know, I'm not naive to
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the game. I've been in the fight game
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long enough. Um, I know what Austin
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brings to the table. He's a hell of a
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tech uh technician. He He's very good
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with his feet, you know. Let's be
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honest. Everyone knows, everyone in this
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room knows there's only one way I fight
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that fight, and that's all out
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aggression. You know, like like I I I I
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believe I'm that good of a fighter. I
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can change my style to match someone
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else's. If someone else is aggressive, I
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can box well. If they're not aggressive,
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I can be aggressive, you know? I believe
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I'm that good. I have the confidence in
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myself that I'm that good. with Austin
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Trout. It's it there's only one way to
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fight him and that's all out aggression
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and that's what you're going to see on
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the night.
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>> Ladies and gentlemen, there he is. Ben
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the Bomber Bonner. Looking forward to
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that fight with Austin Trout. See if you
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can bring the gold home for him.
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>> Congratulations. Big win tonight, Ben.
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We know how hard you guys worked. All
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right, you got it, man. Thank you.
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>> The rules. Ain't the fame that I'm after
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when paying the dues. I've been through
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the pain that's reflected in the
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attitude. Might be winning now, but the
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thing is that I had to lose. Go and tell
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me what you really want to do. And only
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at the top ain't a lot of room. Ain't no
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one I see. That's all I ever do. So
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I'mma get it popping. You know I'm a do
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up and down through the blood and the
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sweat. Guarantee you can know I'm a
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threat. Up and down through the blood
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and the sweat. And I ain't close to
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being done yet. I'm going all in.
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Yeah. Going all in.