Huck and Stephanie

all right I should probably put my microphone up though it's gonna be one of those Mondays what are you gonna do about it it's Huck and Stephanie how the heck are you I hope everybody had a great weekend uh I love your motivational quotes on your water over there it's just a little water it's just a little while how are you doing it's not that bad don't give up you got this almost there just a little more and you're a rock star at the bottom so snuggle up to that microphone and introduce yourself to everybody because it's been a hot minute since you and I even gotten to chat I know good morning everybody how's everybody doing today my name is Huck I am from Falmouth and I'm here with my good friend Stephanie in the morning and uh yeah we're about to have some fun today I'm so excited for you you reached out to me and you're like I'm fighting again and I'm like oh boy I feel like you've always been fighting somebody that's my life now it's in the ring though my life has always been a fight this video entertainment business you know well that's it I I met you um many many years ago with our good friend now now passed LLC yeah and uh you were you were part of a a group P5 yeah well I've met you before P5 oh yeah yeah P5 is when we like became friends pretty much yeah you weren't pretty much all of our events I loved I love being out I mean you were just so electric on the stage good morning Jane um something to definitely see do you miss that part I miss it terribly yeah terribly like that's the one thing about like I've always been in the entertainment business when I was younger and stuff so being on stage was one of my favorite things to do um performing in front of people just feeling the energy of the crowd and doing all that it's it's a passion so yes I miss it terribly do you think that you're ever I should get back together I know guys come on let's get the band back together make some good Tunes I know I know Matt Matt's probably listening so Matt you know I'm gonna put that in your ear come on Matt let's get it done at least a reunion show yeah at least yeah I love that if you start working on it now you'll be ready for like a good Thanksgiving reunion show that might be badass right venues uh let's let's make this happen somebody reach out to the boys and get the band back together I'll I'll make some messages later please do so um talk to everybody about what's going on with you right now because I I love it I feel like there's never an age where you are like I'm not gonna ever do that again and you were like oh I'll I'll still fight which I think is incredibly brave but also a little bit crazy uh talk to me about where this came from I mean do you know me not to be crazy I know I just don't know at what age that stops good morning rtb I don't I don't know what age that stops either but um no I mean I've always had a passion for boxing since I was a little kid um like you could ask my mother my mother used to uh laugh at me we used to watch Tyson fights in the 80s on TV I'd be in front of the TV everybody did we had nothing else yeah exactly and I'd be like Shadow Boxing the air like thinking on Mike Tyson you know just like every kid did back then yeah but I used to like just always want to fight so you know as I got older I got into it for fun like for like to get in shape because I I'm sure you remember when you met me I was like close to 300 pounds so I used to you know box just to get in shape go to Rocky's gym hit the bag go upstairs you know what's funny I don't remember you being that way but then I remember but I do remember you being that way now that you said that to me I feel like everybody goes through their Seasons yeah yes welcome welcome I'm in the Hefty season right now and I've just accepting it it's fine I'll get back to that fighting weight eventually but you but that's it we all go through our spaces in time where we're regenerating or we're working on something or we're not focused on a certain thing aspect of our life I just got scared a doctor told me I was living in Arizona it was right before we came home um I went to get a physical and the doctor told me he's like uh you know your cholesterol is dangerous you're at 300 I was 310 pounds wow and he's like you know you keep living this way and you're not going to live much longer than another year and I'm just like oh great so I took it from there and this was back in 2010 eight or nine when I got that News 9 2009 we moved back to the cape in 2010 is when I started working out and then I got on a fishing boat yeah when I got on the fishing boat just the work itself kind of got me into shape and that's when I started like just being in shape uh you know and I mean like just not being overweight and unhealthy so I remember there were times I go to tie my shoe and I would breathing all heavy like I couldn't do it like get started guys I can't live like this anymore exactly exactly so like it's stuff like that that kind of motivated me to start you know what I mean well today is World checkup day I do want to make mention of the fact that it's also National ovarian careness uh ovarian cancer awareness and six years ago my life was completely changed when I got that diagnosis at a routine checkup so I do want to make mention of the fact that schedule your doctor's appointments stay on top of your physical fitness stay on top of your health go to those appoint not just schedule them actually go to them okay that's all end of rant just go to them to go back I've always wanted to fight so um I was trying I was doing it for just you know the health reasons and fun and then all of a sudden um it was like five years ago somebody came to me and was like you know you should you should do it for you know you should get into a fight I think it was um Stanley Dutra who was a ex you know heavyweight boxer around here he's uh great was a champ at one point uh what's up Stanley I'm sure you're listening um you know he was like oh you should come fight at rumble on the res which when I was a hip-hop artist I actually performed at rumble on the res and he's not just talking about he's actually quite a performer I mean I really wish I had some clips of you it's out there ripping it up Robin because it's it's it's great you can find it on on YouTube it's magical it is but anyway so I'm I was about I was actually scheduled to fight at rumble on the res the year of coven and then right literally a month before um the fight covet happened and they canceled all activity and stuff like that so I never got to fight that fight so I was training crazy then I was doing box jumps going to see Cody uh matter of fact shout out to Cody marandola from marandola martial arts he's the one who really started getting me into competition training and and learning how to properly fight where you do it you know it's not just going in and old street fighting and punching beating the hell out of somebody but you know show me proper ways to actually fight professionally and stuff like that so shout out to Cody marandola martial arts you can find him and T ticket they're really amazing he's actually one of my corner men and one of my trainers um during this whole process um let me get that shout outs out now actually yeah right I know thank you everybody shout out to my job Falmouth Auto Center I appreciate it um Luis is a great owner we do breaks oil changes is we have used cars for sale but he has given me all the time so I can train and still work every day and make it happen and I appreciate what he's done for me also shout out to the man the myth the legend Mr Rocky from Rocky's gym um you know Rocky's gym is the reason why I have a place to go and he's amazing he really is he's one of the most fun people to be around he's um entertaining yeah and he's just he's real positive uplifting motivating all of the things that you need if you're running a gym he's really he's gonna yeah how it is so you know you want to come to a great gym and you want to get fit you know go to Rocky's gym I promise that you will be better when you go there and then of course you know my trainer Brian who is the boxing coach at Rocky's gym if you want to take boxing as a sport as something to have fun with or if you want to get into competition they have boxing training at Rocky's gym Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays uh kids from five to six adults from six to seven um and then of course Cody marandola from marandola martial arts without him I wouldn't even be doing what I'm doing right now so all these people have a big play got a lot of Falmouth in the house right now what's up Ricky and Jim one more person Rebecca Rachel hello hello my strength trainer uh Dominic cusalito from tree Busters you need tree work done call tree Busters but um Dominic is like my he he's my favorite and no disrespect to my other trainers I love them all but he's like my favorite trainer because I see him every morning at 4 30 at the gym he motivates me to keep going he's my strength trainer he's the one who shows me you know how to lift properly how to do everything but he's just a big motivation for my morning and I don't know if anybody knows anything about training and Sports in general your morning is what starts your day that's what gets your training going your mindset and everything that's what helps be successful throughout your day so it's good to have that as a person so he's one of the best strength trainers I've I've seen out there just motivationally and strength-wise you know like I said shout out to Dominic and tree Busters for all he has done this too so that's my shout outs I got that out I love it you got everybody in and they're like I said so many Falmouth people on on social today checking in with you and seeing what you're up to so that's kind of exciting I know I do know a lot of people and it's been a while since I've been on you know any entertainment yeah so you know to keep everybody updated I am fighting um in a boxing match I've always wanted to be a boxer so I signed up for USA boxing to become an amateur boxer as a master now Masters boxing is for ages 35 and up so they have our own little you know thing for guys that are older that want to still compete in box you know I know people are like why would you want to get punched in the face at that age because it's fun I mean I know it sounds you've met him right but it's fun I like to get punched in the face and punch people in the face and be allowed to do it in uh you know control the area but it's not it's it's great time um you know I just I've always been into it I've watched you know some of the greats out there that have you know obviously you know one of the greatest boxers of all time Mike Tyson is probably the reason why I've gotten into the sport and then you know I've seen everyone from De La Hoya to Mayweather you know to Holy field to just about everybody you could think of for my generation you're the same generation yeah exactly you know all these great boxes when boxing was amazing when these guys could punch each other in the face for 12 rounds I'd still come at each other I mean let's talk about um you know I don't feel like that that's the the best way to come at life at this point however I do like that you're older and you're doing something new and I feel like that that is such a good example to set for other people oh yeah there's no age limit if you can feel it if you don't feel like I'm 43 I don't feel like I'm 43. I still have the mindset of a 20 something year old my body feels I'm 63. I saw you walk into the house it was a struggle bus this morning exactly I mean I was a commercial fisherman for years so my body took a beating on the water so that alone you know people are like why are you going into the ring I don't know like this helps me this just helps me stay young I guess you know what I mean that's exactly it I love working out I love the the uh the just that feeling afterwards at being this age and being like I'll keep up with any of these young kids and I love the reinvention of Hawk every few years you know what I mean you really do like you come at life with such excitement and you're you're not afraid and you're not shy to throw yourself at something that you were interested in it's also something to teach my kids you know shout out to my kids you know Tommy Tyler and Travis and of course my stepchildren Devin and Hannah um you know you got to teach them that no matter what life throws at you you can't be scared and and you sometimes have to reinvent yourself because sometimes things get stale sometimes things get they disappear you know everything changes in life you know the rap music that I made when I was growing up isn't the same rap music that's popular today correct so you gotta move on from there and you gotta learn to do that and you can't be scared to start new you know you can't sit there and be like oh I was a rapper and I'm never gonna do anything in life because that's all I know all right so what wasn't a rapper I also had a good voice let me become a singer also wanted to become a commercial fisherman I became a commercial fisherman you know now I want to be a boxer I'm going to go boxing the ring at 40. he's still growing up right before our eyes everyone and we love it it's the Toys R Us song that did it to me I don't know what to tell you Jeffrey come back I should have never sang this song so many people checking in with us Ashley good morning Carol happy single to Carol we missed you this year was a busy weekend Kayla and Nate Lori Lori love you thank you so much so talk to me about the fight what is it how do we support you what's going on all right so it's the weekend of May 19th 20th and 21st it's in a place called Rude I'm sorry Rude Dog boxing um it's rude dog boxing gym in Brooklyn Connecticut and it's called the Rude Dog International Masters tournament I know what it is it's a bunch of guys and girls 35 and up they have it broken down into different weight classes and stuff like that there's about 90 boxers total that's a lot yeah and that's 100 people wanting to be punched in the face I mean yeah right and uh there's four people winning Lauren there's four people in my weight class there's um so I have to fight two fights so I will be fighting Saturday May 20th I don't know the exact time so just get there you're gonna go get there anytime after noon I think or 11. is this gonna be streaming anywhere can any of us watch this live I'm sure can somebody do a Facebook live at this I have a bunch of people going so I will try to get as many of them to go live please thank you and I'm sure the mass the root dog will have a link on his website as well all right you can check them out at Rude Dog Masters uh tournament or Masters division on Facebook just look up Rude Dog I'm sure oh yeah drop it in the chat afterwards okay well definitely but um so my first fight will be May 20th um again again in the heavyweight division I'll be I'm coming down from 267 pounds to 225 which is so impressive I mean really you've you've put a lot of work into training it's literally just constant cardio constant like heavy leg work and and footwork in the ring and just just it honestly cardio is your best friend you got to get your breathing down you got to constantly sweat sweat sweat eat properly that's the hardest part for me because I used to eat tons and tons and tons of food yeah meal prep yeah exactly so now it's chicken fish um I'm staying less carbs but it used to be rice and stuff like that but right now it's chicken fish and vegetables and that's all I'm pretty much trying to do can you tell them that you're you're live you're making your big debut but um like where are you yeah no no no no not at my work I have my work phone that goes to my phone so it's a customer probably trying to get a brake job right now um I'll take care of that later I'll be right there all right I'll call you back when I get there later luckily I have a great boss and he knows I'm here but um oh so um you know so the 20th and 21st will be two fights I'm fighting in the heavyweight division about 225 pounds I did find out a little bit of info I have a 51 year old um a 47 year old and a 46 year old or the three others all right so they're a little bit older I'm the younger but they have more you got the advantage there you got two fights each and one fight um so two of them have two fights one of one fight I have zero okay so I'm not scared though don't worry I don't care everyone's like are you worried they have more no because I've been training for Drago I don't think you understand okay I've been training for drug though all right so whoever they put in the ring is getting just destroyed like if I don't knock him out you're getting a dog fight regardless like I'm literally going to put everything I have into this fight you know if you know me you know what I'm talking about like I will go out there like coming out it's crazy in in round 12 of the rocky Drago fight I believe leading out of every pore in my body with everything I have and I don't care so what happens if you go in there and you get knocked out like first punch I know I'm just saying and one that's not going to happen don't you know who I am I'm the greatest I know I'm the greatest I'm the greatest all right I gotta get my Muhammad Ali on here you know I absolutely love your enthusiasm but but it's like it is what it is like like somebody said what happens if you lose now obviously regardless and yeah obviously my mind I ain't losing but in my mind I already won that's it the fact that I'm 43 I'm I'm this physically fit I've gotten myself from being fat and lazy to back to physically fit and going you know full circle moments exactly like that right there the fact that I signed up for a competition fight at this age I'm not scared I'm getting in the ring I've been training with Pros Patrick Perkins says he will never let you live it down also of course no no of course he won't and I know and I know that I've got the damn town I got the whole tape on my back yeah absolutely you know if you're gonna let somebody down it's definitely not us because you'll never live our generation is the like we we are still we still run Cape Cod we are we will not let the younger generation take control Our Generation still rules the world so we will take it over like I'm gonna go down there and make a statement like I said I'm going down there just to win a fight I'm going down there to prove a point I love this we're going to whoop some ass this is exactly why I wanted hug on on a Monday because I felt like this is such a motivating person to keep it start the week you need it you need it and I needed it I completed uh Ruck for hit over the weekend we had 36 hours where we had individual people running marathons and I I drove the entire time trying to keep them uplifted motivated I know it sucked a lot uh my band smelled so freaking bad it was not even funny it smells like my truck right now because I put my damn gym bag the intimate details of everyone's bathroom schedules and eating schedules and just personal problems was incredible there were 12 teams of this all raising money for Heroes in transition over the weekend so these people have trained incredibly uh for individual reasons whether it was because you know they lost somebody or they're fighting for our soldiers that need better care or they're fighting for themselves to be in shape you know what I mean everybody's got their personal thing that you get up and show up for every single day and for you like what is that motivational Point what is the reason why you're doing this is it for you is it for your family is it's a little bit of everything I mean honestly it's for myself because like I mean I'm alive so it's like why not do everything I can do I mean I'm a human being and I look at it like this God gave me a gift all right my gift is air every day I have friends that are not here anymore all right I have friends that I literally sat next to every day hustle these streets with worked hard with every day and they cannot keep going because God took them early I still have that right yeah so I have to live it to the fullest because if not what am I doing if I don't live every single day to the fullest why am I why am I wasting my time like why do I want to be bored every day why do I want to be lame every day I don't I want to enjoy every moment every minute that I was given the opportunity to because if not what's the point I could give my life to one of these people that didn't have a chance who could live it up better than me but I won't allow that I'm living for me for them for my children to show them that there's no limits in life you know what I mean like if you have a dream and you have an opportunity do it God gave us this like we have a life go live it yeah like there's no reason to not like we all go through crap like trust me I've been through some of the lowest things you could go through in life it's not about and and it's the most cliche saying in the world but it's in the one of the Rocky movies and it's not about how hard you get hit it's about getting hit getting knocked down and what you do after that so if you're literally we go through crap people take us down to nothing there's people that will talk crap about you every single day will make your demeanor feel like you ain't nothing but if you can take that hold that and change your perspective on things and not allow it to control your thoughts like I'm always taught whatever you can control control whatever you can't let go because if not it's going to control you and take make negative feelings and negative Vibes but literally how how you handle a situation is what makes you who you are so I'm always throwing things curveballs this that and the other thing I think we all know if you're friends with me on Facebook I go through [ __ ] I'm not scared to let it be out there I appreciate that about you a lot I am very much that person also where I'll share it the good the bad the ugly I have disgusting photos of me on social I don't care because I want people to know it's not always a great day no it's okay to sit in that sometimes and be that today today is not the great day because tomorrow you'll see me come out of it exactly and then the day that you go through it you'll be like yo you know what he he came out of it and that's how he handled it let me go throw on some good music and see if it'll help me yeah change your station I'm a big fan of it and you're in charge of that so I love that you're talking about this right now because it's important one of my friends Jen renko over the dance Marathon she's like I don't know how you're still going and I was like well I have fear of missing out but also amen amen I'm showing up every day because I'm here that's why and then back to the whole training and the fighting thing like that's really what what got me to stay with it like there's one thing about anything in life Sports consistency is life and what that means is if you're gonna do something and you're going to say you're going to do it be consistent do it be consistent at it every single day that was inspirational let's go yes not not many people like understand that there's gonna be so many days you don't want to do it I I remember those days you can you can ask my fiance Rachel I'd get up and I'd sit on the edge of the bed and I'd sit on the edge of the bed like this I don't want to go it's like I'm not no I'm tired I'm hurting but you know what I got up I walked into that gym anyway and no matter what as soon as you walk into those doors as soon as I tied those laces on my shoes I knew what time it was that's it you're there show up keep doing it and keep doing it and next thing you know you want to do it now I'm like I'm now I'm texting my boy every morning at 4 30 yo you ready you up let's go I'll see you there like now I'm motivated every morning to go and do it and do it and do it and do it and now I'm at like I could see the finish line now I'm like everybody's like yo you got to slow down in your training no I'm doing two a days matter of fact I did a three a day the other day I went there in the morning midday and then again in the evening just to put the songs man I just love I'm like I'm like there like I'm so close to my weight that I just want to get to it so I can also maintain it and I'm not all week the couple of days before the the fight because wait when you drop weight it's hard because if you drop a lot of weight you also drop strength yeah you also get weaker um so you have to maintain your protein you have to maintain your energy your sugars your carbs but you have to do it and still drop the weight there's a very hard process to do and I've been doing it so that's why I still have all this energy that's why I still have all this strength because I'm doing it the proper way where if I just put the trash bag on for a week straight drop down I'd be like this you're right they're trying to punch I feel like this sucks I can't do this good morning Alex and good morning from midday movie Madness also Dan Dwayne Lauren Rebecca thank you guys all so much for checking in Huck is so excited I appreciate all of you for listening so much for it yes this is great Cape Cod I promise I'm gonna go down and do my best you know I'm gonna you know I'm gonna sit down I'll pull my Muhammad Ali I'm gonna go down there and be the greatest all right I'm gonna be the greatest I'm gonna go put my fist through somebody's face as many times as I possibly can and then when they can't handle that they're gonna put their hands up I'm gonna put my other fist in their liver and I'm going to make them full okay I promise it's gonna happen they're going down this is the best motivational Monday I have had in a really long time so thank you so much for being part of it I'm glad to be here hey I told you I wanted to come have some fun and and and talk about the fight like I mean who else is crazy enough to be 43 years old and jump in an amateur boxing ring you know and and do it with a smile like I'm doing I'm I'm going down there like everyone's like you nervous no not even a little bit not not even a little bit like I'm I'm more in there for you I was more nervous check it out so Rocky one of the first people he had me Spar was Jesse Barboza I'd be nervous about that Jesse Barbosa X heavyweight Pro fighter yes right so I go down I was no you're like be nice to me Jesse no I wasn't I went in there and I acted like I knew what I was doing I had no idea what I was doing okay I was so green and new into it not really I mean I knew a little bit but I went in there and oh my God I got hit so hard a couple of times but I loved it like that's another thing like he hits like a train okay and I could take his punch if I could take his punch I'm pretty sure I could take many punches I've also been hit by a baseball bat in the head you've been taking you've taken a lot of punches in your lifetime and it's just not physical ones also so I definitely understand the ability to bounce back and you definitely do have that but but yeah so it's it's I don't know like I'm not scared to go down there and represent for us and and have fun like it's it's a great a the experience to go down there and just be in this boxing world because a boxing has been a part of my life since I'm a kid because I've been watching it paying attention learning about people that box and and watching the history going to boxing gyms and and you know we have one of the greatest boxers in the history of the sport Mickey Ward that comes from you know the Brockton area um it's it's pretty awesome to to that will be the fighter was rough it was but it's it's amazing to see people that come from some shitty neighborhoods yeah shitty areas and they put all that in there hot and they go in there and they put their Blood Sweat and Tears into the middle of a ring for entertainment for other people and they smiled doing it if you're on our live feed right now and you're not from Massachusetts clearly we're in Massachusetts your accent is unprecedented I love it and it makes me so happy it's funny because I'm not even from Massachusetts I'm from I'm from New York being on a fishing boat yeah being on a fishing boat all them years and listening to it right I literally had a Newport hanging from my mouth constantly like going go pass me to bait over here guys what the hell's going on like the [ __ ] we got to go get another 20 loss of trash after this let's go all right exactly you're dry honestly this man right here being next to him is infectious he is just full of life excitement and you can't help but get excited for when you're involved in projects and I'm really excited that you've thrown yourself into this because I think it's it's pretty incredible what you've done for yourself I appreciate that yeah I appreciate that it's it's been a journey it's been a journey I mean 4 20 I wake up at 4 20 every morning yes then the number has a reason so I wake up at 4 20. whatever motivates you and I go to the gym every single morning and I walk the treadmill just to start talk to my boy figure out what we're gonna do for the morning workout get the morning workout going out you know I listen to my motivational music I got tool obviously obviously I'm Breaking Benjamin um Chevelle um LL Cool J Kevin Gates like if you can't mix that kind of music yeah but he can't talk about it you can't talk about it you just gotta hear it he's gonna know and you got to be in the zone punching [ __ ] and when you do you'll get what exactly what I'm talking about right nah like there's a song right now from Chevelle I'm sure you know the band Chevelle everybody so good they got a song called get some and just like the song says like every time I turn that on the the I get chills just thinking about it like just that that whole like Shadow Boxing hit in the bag getting the head work the footwork no but you're on to something Everybody's Got That Tune that motivates them to do whatever it is that you're doing and if you don't then maybe you need one right and then of course the song this is something I want to talk about because it's special to me the song Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J now song came out when I was like what nine ten years old like 89 it came out um Mike Tyson was fighting that year I think it was the actual year Tyson and lost but I remember I told my mother that song came out I looked at my mother I was like when I become a famous boxer and she's like you're not gonna be a boxer but okay I was like well when I do I'm coming out to Mama Said Knock You Out by all Cool J she's like Okay cool so I used to sit there and throw that song on and pretend I'm coming out down the aisle when I was a kid it was the funniest [ __ ] so yeah LL Cool J shout out literally the rapper that started it all for me with the song radio yeah um but Mama Said Knock You Out was a huge song and it's huge influence and why I love boxing it just has that I listen to it I just want to start Shadow Boxing so Dan said to check out the soundtrack to Creed Three it's complete fire a remix of Watcher by Dr Dre that will get you amped okay we got some news too I'm gonna put that yes and thank you I'm putting that in the mix when I go to the gym later I love it I appreciate that so good anybody got some more songs throw some links in there yeah drop it in the chat because you never know where you're gonna find your next motivational tune from facts and that's the thing motivate off music with everything in life like I can be at work sitting there wanting to have to clean the office I throw up I always say Alexa play parabola by Tool it's my favorite Tool song um and I just jam out to it like it's I don't know I guess there's a lot of favorite tool songs I can't really say that's my one but yeah right now that's the one I'm riding with that and zombie so I got you know I got those two I can't help it yo they were in concert just last year do you understand that yeah for like the first time in 15 years I went it was the greatest concert that's also inspirational seeing these oldies come back and just be amazing oh and then how about I find out Rage Against the Machine was in live in at Madison Square Garden like yeah who did not tell me about this till I found out the night it happened like then I'm looking for tickets and every show was sold out and if you wanted to take it it was like two thousand dollars like how is Rage Against the Machine gonna go on like they they did one like four nights and that was it yeah I'm out of here I mean Zach really that's it I know Zach yeah he's really done with the entertainment business but hey I'm gonna do a quick couple of sell out the events and then disappear but that's it because I don't I don't need any of your [ __ ] I just want to show you I could still do this and we're gonna still rock out just a little bit here you go fans bye Ricky dropped something good in the chat that I'm looking forward to uh and Lauren yeah we need a good playlist for inspiration not gospel please send in more music laughing my ass off so then Rich and bring back the 20 tickets and waiting in line for them I agree I agree I agree seriously that I would go see more shows if they were more affordable for sure speaking of tickets um to get tickets to this event if you want to go you have to actually call the gym so look up Rude Dog boxing gym in Brooklyn Connecticut I'd look up the number but you can do it I know everybody has Google we all have that little computer in our hands so I'll give you a little homework to do look up Rude Dog boxing gym you're gonna call the phone number you can purchase your tickets over the phone because it's limited now they're about I think for the VIP tickets they're 50 a piece there's also a comedy show on Saturday night we're gonna go to which is pretty cool that's fine um they're gonna do all that was like a little comedy mixed in with my blood and guts and punching well you know after we get serious we gotta go laugh it off at the end absolutely you know what I mean it all goes running hand with the other making a weekend out of it I like it I mean who's not gonna laugh at people getting punched in the face anyway I'm just kidding it's not a funny thing no we're excited to support you though and I'm just so excited to feel your energy right now and how amped you are for for this fight I know I needed this on a Monday I got two like just under two weeks yeah so I'm I'm excited this is my last hard week of training yeah so my last week of two a days next week I just do some cardio work and some knit work I'm not allowed to you know beat the hell out of myself yeah because I gotta rest for before my fight yeah I'm excited you know gather the strength and the energy of the the hurricane that is about to come to Connecticut that is about to destroy the ring in Connecticut I don't think people understand and then of course you got people like oh don't go down there and do get all crazy you're gonna be too amped up no like I'm not going down there to show how strong I am I'm going down there to show how skilled I am and what I have learned over this training I would have my trainers have taught me like the patience the studying my opponent stuff like that there's a lot that goes into it when it comes to boxing it's not just jumping in the ring with gloves on and pounding each other out right like you know there's counter punching there's you know thinking there's what's he gonna do which way is he gonna move what's strategies yes it's a chess game not Checkers so you got to cheat treat it like that so I'm excited to go show my skills and what I've learned you know a lot of people I post videos but people don't understand the video as I post yeah I don't post my correct forms and stuff like that for a reason I don't want my opponent to see what I really right exactly it's like watching film you're not gonna give them all the I got all my friends that are xboxers and stuff like that they're all like oh you got to keep your hands up but you got to do this again oh [ __ ] bro like this is a strategy I don't think you understand what's up John and uh Josh Wahlberg says I'm gonna be in VIP yes he is shut up I gotta give Josh some props Josh is that so Josh was my roommate last year great guy one of my best friends right Josh was the first person to buy tickets to this event he is that supportive friend he really is yeah he's one of the greatest guys I know one of my shout out to Josh you're one of the best friends I've ever had I'll give you that brother ah very supportive very very supportive on this and you know what he's you got to give credit what credits do you know what I mean it is what it is like I got some great people on my phone you do you know shout out actually shout out to my fiance she has put up with a lot she really has Rachel you deserve a crown it's it's not easy to deal with uh what I'm doing what I'm doing you know we've uh we've had some moments during this um you know literally taking a lot of time from my life to to put into this training like I don't think people understand I'm not just going to the gym a couple of nights a week and and hitting the bag I've traded this like I was going in for a heavyweight title bout and of literally every day trained like it was my life I've lived at the gym I've worked in day in and day out meal prepped I've been angry from lack of sleep I've been you know angry from lack of food like it's just it's literally it's been a mission and all the people involved all of this has brought you here and can you believe it's only weeks away it's literally less than two weeks right I'm thrilled shout out to my kids too because they've definitely lost a little bit of time with me right you know but it sets the sacrifices you make though for this you put a goal out there you're almost here to attain this goal like that's got to feel really incredible it does it does to see and also to get to other people that like say oh I've started the gym because of you you motivate me so your videos motivate me like sometimes I worry about putting the videos up how corny it may be and stuff like that obviously deep down inside I really don't care like because nobody's opinion is I think that that is so important but I know some people do hit me up and they're like hey watching your workout video inspired me now I'm going to start the gym again y'all watching how hard you go makes me want to go a little bit harder to get work out a little bit harder so it it definitely feels good to see the motivation it does for other people you know I'd love to see another guy my age to be like hey because of you I got in a competition I love that yeah so if anybody out there decides they want to do it please let me know like that's one thing I want to hear I want one of the one other person to be like yo I'm signing up for boxing because if you I'm gonna go get into a fight or I'm gonna go do a cage fight or MMA or Jiu Jitsu if you guys are like any kind of competition fighting and you're in my age group older a little bit younger but you're over 35 and you're gonna start fighting and I'm helping you inspire that please let me know because that's why I'm doing this really more than anything is I want to see other people my age do things that people tell us we can't do you know what 2010 when I broke my back and had surgery I was told I'd never remember that I was told I'd never walk again I was told I'd never fish again yeah I was back on a fishing boat within two years now here I am in competition sports like literally you could do anything you said no you've never been one that was saying um no I'm not gonna do that ever again right that's not you no no and I want other people to understand it's not just me it's all of us we're all capable of doing this it's about what's in here what you're willing to do like you got to understand you got to be willing to want like like the best for yourself well that's Lauren said ignore the noise and the distraction there's always going to be haters and just keep inspiring that one amen because one in a million is more than you know and that is so awesome because that's exactly why we're here still you know you get up every day you show up and and you're there for you right right it starts with you like somebody said that oh I Gotta Give um I gotta make sure my kids are happy before I'm happy that is the most false statement I've ever heard in my life you're right you have to make sure you were happy first because your kids will never 100 be happy unless you are happy if I ask my kids today what do you want for your father my son would look at me dead in the eye and say for you to be happy that right there is what your children want so make sure you're doing in life what makes you happy not just what getting you by right don't just work to live to to survive because your kids will see that and they'll think that that's acceptable it is not acceptable to live that way I don't care what anybody says you can't just work to survive to do the same thing every day you're literally a machine at that point you're a gear on a machine doing the same thing over and over and over again and for what no vacations no times with your kids no special treatments no this that and the other thing you deserve it you bust your ass go do things for yourself you know what I mean and and that's what it's the same we all need a little of this in our life so thank you very much for sharing it it's it's for real you need to be reminded of it sometimes I think we know in the back of our head the things that we need to do well it's getting harder it's happier it's also getting harder because the world's getting harder to live in it's getting more expensive so you feel like you I gotta work I gotta work I go to work I go to work you feel like a goddamn machine and that's all you have time for because it literally is but if you don't stop and actually take that break all right you're gonna take a little bit of a loss but you're not because you're mentally taking care of yourself because with that all that [ __ ] you're doing is literally going to drive you crazy and you're going to lose your [ __ ] and if not you're going to lose your life and then what did you do all that for what was the point you got to enjoy it at some point give yourself a break that's why they give you a week's vacation when you work it's literally a thing like you need a week to take care for yourself whether it's one day at a time a day here a day there or a full week in a time you got to take care of yourself because if not then what is the point like it's literally like this is your life like we're not machines we're human beings enjoy it you know listen to more Bob Marley thank you listen to more Bob Marley Three Little Birds will change your life every day like let's just be real oh Amen to this I know he's like then go take a vacation Thomas so obsessed Josh yeah listen Josh I'm like Anthony 100 good morning Adam thank you guys so much for checking in with us this is Huck he is boxing tell everybody how to find you you go so they can follow your story all right so I'm Thomas huckemeyer senior on Facebook not my son is Thomas huckemeyer on Facebook so Thomas huckemeyer senior on Facebook yeah he's 19 now are we old I hate it yeah my oldest is 19. my middle son is 14 and my youngest is 12. okay my stepson's 13.