The Pardon My Take podcast announced in mid-January that former MLB player Jose Canseco would face off with Barstool Sports intern Billy Football in a boxing match. The bout took place on Friday night, marking the start of Super Bowl weekend. Billy Football secured a quick, first-round victory over his opponent, sparking a multitude of comments on social media.
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Early in the first round of the fight, Billy Football came running at Canseco, throwing a flurry of punches. He hit the former baseball player in the head and in the stomach. Canseco tried to push the intern away but only received more punches in return. He fell to the mat in the corner of the ring as the referee came rushing in to stop the fight. Billy Football celebrated by jumping backward while yelling.
Down goes Jose Canseco, who can't get up and then quits. pic.twitter.com/HBFoIeYU3c
— Tyler Treese (@tylertreese) February 6, 2021Jose Canseco Celebrity Boxing Record
'This was a fake fight. Jose didn't try and took the L for views,' one Twitter user commented after watching the end of the fight. Many others responded and made comments about whether the bout was worth $20. The comments continued as several people tried to determine if the fight was actually real.
Prior to the 'Rough 'N Rowdy' boxing match put on by Barstool Sports, Canseco made a bold claim. He said that he would defeat Billy Football and then shift his attention to his daughter Josie's ex-boyfriend. 'Logan Paul, I am coming for you after I wreck this guy,' Canseco told the outlet. The former MLB player has repeatedly called out Paul after the YouTuber split up with his daughter.
The bout did not play out as expected due to Canseco losing in mere seconds, leading to some criticism from Barstool Sports founder and president Dave Portnoy. 'Jose 100% took a dive,' Portnoy tweeted. 'We paid half up front and he got double if he won. We thought that would ensure he'd fight. We were wrong.'
Portnoy also provided some insight into the amount of money that Canseco made by losing in the first round. He explained that the former MLB player had a $50,000 guarantee and that he would get another $50,000 if he beat Billy Football. Additionally, Canseco had a revenue share if Barstool Sports broke its record for pay-per-view purchases. 'Get ready to puke. Jose made over 1 million dollars for 5 seconds last night,' Portnoy tweeted.
Jose Canseco failed to show up for a fight against Billy Padden in front of 400 paying customers Saturday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida and instead sent his twin brother Ozzie Canseco, according to 'Celebrity Boxing' promoter Damon Feldman.
An employee of 'Celebrity Boxing' told Luis Sanchez of El Nuevo Herald that they discovered it was the Canseco with zero career homers rather than the Canseco with 462 career homers when Ozzie 'took off his shirt and didn't have Jose's tattoos on the biceps that appear in our advertising.'
Jose was paid $10,000 for the fight. He received a wire transfer of $5,000 beforehand and then got a check for $5,000 at the event, which he (or Ozzie) refused and instead insisted be made out to 'cash.' Once the attempted switch was discovered the person claiming to be Jose refused to return the money and then the actual Jose didn't return phone calls seeking comment.
However, he did post a bunch of stuff related to the event on Twitter:
Be very careful with Damon feldman who runs celebrity boxing he will not pay you if you fight for him
Damon feldman will not fulfil his part of the bargain
let's see who is smart enough to figure out what happened at the boxing match
is anyone out there smart enough to figure it out or are you all a bunch of hateful morons
the truth is always hidden from the public to create villains and heroes which 1 are you truly
seek the truth before reacting
just remember the media is write 20 percent of 50 percent of the time
how can you haters being so ignorant it's amazing
I am still waiting for an intelligent scenario
First of all, to misspell 'right' as 'write' in a criticism of the media is either brilliant or the dumbest thing of all time. Beyond that, his daring people to 'figure out what happened at the boxing match' and later writing 'I am still waiting for an intelligent scenario' makes me think Canseco is just hoping someone suggests a scenario so good that he can actually use it as an excuse. Federal laws on gambling.
Jose Canseco Boxing Match
The bout did not play out as expected due to Canseco losing in mere seconds, leading to some criticism from Barstool Sports founder and president Dave Portnoy. 'Jose 100% took a dive,' Portnoy tweeted. 'We paid half up front and he got double if he won. We thought that would ensure he'd fight. We were wrong.'
Portnoy also provided some insight into the amount of money that Canseco made by losing in the first round. He explained that the former MLB player had a $50,000 guarantee and that he would get another $50,000 if he beat Billy Football. Additionally, Canseco had a revenue share if Barstool Sports broke its record for pay-per-view purchases. 'Get ready to puke. Jose made over 1 million dollars for 5 seconds last night,' Portnoy tweeted.
Jose Canseco failed to show up for a fight against Billy Padden in front of 400 paying customers Saturday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida and instead sent his twin brother Ozzie Canseco, according to 'Celebrity Boxing' promoter Damon Feldman.
An employee of 'Celebrity Boxing' told Luis Sanchez of El Nuevo Herald that they discovered it was the Canseco with zero career homers rather than the Canseco with 462 career homers when Ozzie 'took off his shirt and didn't have Jose's tattoos on the biceps that appear in our advertising.'
Jose was paid $10,000 for the fight. He received a wire transfer of $5,000 beforehand and then got a check for $5,000 at the event, which he (or Ozzie) refused and instead insisted be made out to 'cash.' Once the attempted switch was discovered the person claiming to be Jose refused to return the money and then the actual Jose didn't return phone calls seeking comment.
However, he did post a bunch of stuff related to the event on Twitter:
Be very careful with Damon feldman who runs celebrity boxing he will not pay you if you fight for him
Damon feldman will not fulfil his part of the bargain
let's see who is smart enough to figure out what happened at the boxing match
is anyone out there smart enough to figure it out or are you all a bunch of hateful morons
the truth is always hidden from the public to create villains and heroes which 1 are you truly
seek the truth before reacting
just remember the media is write 20 percent of 50 percent of the time
how can you haters being so ignorant it's amazing
I am still waiting for an intelligent scenario
First of all, to misspell 'right' as 'write' in a criticism of the media is either brilliant or the dumbest thing of all time. Beyond that, his daring people to 'figure out what happened at the boxing match' and later writing 'I am still waiting for an intelligent scenario' makes me think Canseco is just hoping someone suggests a scenario so good that he can actually use it as an excuse. Federal laws on gambling.
Jose Canseco Boxing Match
Also, this whole thing reads like a super depressing, down on your luck version of all the kids movies where identical twins switch places with each other at school one day and the teachers never notice a thing. In this version one twin is being paid $10,000 to get beat up in front of 400 people and the other twin is willing to get beat up in his place for what is presumably less than the full $10,000. Oh, and the whole thing falls apart over tattoos, which is maybe the most fitting aspect of the entire story.
I don't say as much crazy stuff as Canseco, but you can follow me on Twitter too. And you can be sure my twin brother isn't the one writing the tweets.
