a lot of people are asking should a
doctor be boxing is that a bad idea
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i think for me as long as i am very
consciously aware of the consequences of
becoming a pro boxer then i think it's
fine i especially as a doctor i'm
viscerally aware of the risks that i'm
gonna be taking real boxers pro boxers
are warriors they're going in there
under the risk of true damage being done
to not only their facial structures but
also their internal organs their liver
their kidneys their brain this is
legitimately true for me the biggest
concern is obviously the concern around
chronic traumatic encephalopathy over
the course of time repetitive hits to
the head can cause damage to your brain
and that has been proven true in a lot
of contact sports important fact boxing
is not the number one offender here but
for boxing what we've seen is the ones
who have the worst forms of cte are the
ones who've taken the most hits to the
head constant repetitive hits to the
head which i don't plan to do i'm not
gonna have a 20 30 40 fight boxing
career i definitely want to get in this
fight with idubbbz i potentially want to
have a few more other fights because
this is what i'm passionate about i want
to do this
dr mike is your fighting what a goofball
am i right you're gonna right i don't
know man are you so you say he's just
handsome you don't think he's a good
fighter because he made a video saying
he's been boxing for 10 years yeah he's
just handsome just and and he he
admitted
that uh the 10 years isn't 10 years of
serious boxing that's just fitness
boxing let me explain the 10-year
statement i wasn't sparring wasn't
training four or five days a week as if
i had a fight coming up there were no
training camps i was simply doing it to
learn about the sport maybe perfect my
form a little bit but i wasn't doing it
nearly enough to be able to consider
myself amateur or even a pro fighter
which is why i think idubbbz thought
that we are potentially on the same
caliber of abilities and i think that's
true do i think the 10 years will be my
advantage yes i think it comes down to
athletic ability and size idubbbz have
had to put on nearly 40 50 pounds he
said in interviews i've lost 18 pounds
for this fight that's gonna be a big
difference when we step in the ring the
guys that i fight that are in lighter
weight i often times have to say i'm
only gonna use my jab in this in order
to work on my defense because if i was
to use my right hand i would just be
dominating the sparring session not
learning anything
i'm just finishing that finish yeah man
he got a good right hand i don't know
i saw videos
of his skinny ass opponent
you know me so good luck
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my training regimen has been absolutely
brutal not only because i'm training
harder than i ever have for anything in
my entire life but because it's also
happening during the busiest time of my
life in addition to training six days a
week most of the days twice a day i just
completed my tour which i had to plan
and prepare for which was way more
difficult than i thought it would be i'm
also still a practicing physician
working two or three days a week i'm
teaching residents and i'm precepting
residents we're making youtube videos
unlike idubbbz i did not put my life on
hold for this i am continuing to make
content twice a week every wednesday and
sunday for youtube as well as content
for snapchat for facebook for instagram
we do not stop working and this work
ethic i think is going to be to our
advantage because while idub sees this
as a distraction for me it shows our
abilities are far superior than anyone
that may step in the ring with us we
just have more stamina we have more
willpower and we have more drive
ultimately that's what wins boxing
matches come on mike i want perfection
watch the footwork don't get sloppy
come on
this [ __ ] we worked on figure it out my
relationship with thomas my trainer has
only continued to grow it's grown
because of his honesty i always want
people around me to not just tell me yes
or good job or applaud me for no reason
if i did good cool tell me what i did
well but he's always finding things that
i can improve on constantly tweaking
little things telling me to get out of
my head you're thinking get out of your
head get out of your head just keep your
life simple
thomas doesn't beat around the bush when
he gives me criticism valentine's day
over fellas come on snap your [ __ ] and
bring your hands back this ain't no
street fight man come on you got lazy
that's why he knows and i know that that
criticism is constructive he wants me to
use that criticism to get better and he
knows exactly how to motivate me so when
he tells me that i'm not controlling my
spacing this is this is this is this is
i'm not using my jab enough slow it down
slow down work the jet i watch back a
lot of the footage and i'm in complete
agreement with him and every time i
implement what he's saying i just have
better and better outcomes com perfect
perfect good good round go round go
around that was big man that was
big my trainer is like family i treat
his family i trust him with my life just
like he trusts me with his family's life
which is why i'm doing this event he
told me that he has full faith in me to
win this match my future in boxing
is like this put it this way i care for
all my fighters i would not put this man
in the ring if i did not think he could
handle himself
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for those that expected this video for
me to be talking smack about idubbbz not
happening i in fact very much respect
idubbbz for putting on an event of this
caliber his team his wife mike justin
everyone involved with putting this
event together i give them major props
and major respect and the biggest
respect that i have for idubbbz where we
see eye to eye is on the charity angle
of this fight we will be donating the
profits of the event to charities all
the profits are being going to charity
yeah yes we're paying our fighters just
to cover their like training costs
training costs and you know flights any
yeah costs associated with
sort of putting their you know life life
on hold yeah but also for myself
the thousands of dollars that i'll be
making for showing up to the fight as
well as some of the pay-per-view money
that will come uh to offset training
costs i'm donating all of that as i said
to global givings support of ukraine and
their current crisis that's a hundred
percent happening i'm giving all that
money away but what i will say is it's
really unfortunate that i have to knock
out idubbbz after having so much respect
for him but know that idubbbz i'm only
knocking you out because of the
tremendous respect i have for you
i only knock out the ones i love that
sounds terrible
this card is absolutely stacked lots of
fighters lots of influencers your
favorite youtubers and streamers i'm
impressed with the people we've got
can't wait to see michael reeves come
out i have no idea how he's gonna
perform but he looks solid in his
training videos so i'm excited click
down below there's like only a handful
of tickets still available out of 10 000
so it's going to be a crazy atmosphere
buy your pay-per-view tickets now and if
you want to check out my video with
amanda serrano who recently became the
first female boxer to headline madison
square garden click here she's a champ
wow click here as always stay happy and
healthy
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