I Lost. My Response To Boxing Michael Reeves | Creator Clash

All right, hey guys. So this is going to be one of the very few unscripted videos I ever do on this channel. But I feel like it's about time that I address a lot of videos that have been going around of me boxing Michael Reeves, me losing. And I've noticed that those videos have now received millions of views. And, uh, I've yet to watch that video afterwards. Especially, it's like when you feel the real injuries and like the real dizziness.

Listen, for those unaware, there was a charity boxing match. It was called Creator Clash, and back in November, Idubbbz, Ian, approached me and asked if I wanted to participate and fight Michael Reeves. You know, within a few weeks, I called him back and I said, "Hey, you know what? I'm in." And I called Michael right after that. I'm like, "Hey Michael, I just... I'd make me feel better before I like 100% commit to this: like, how are you feeling about this?" I think just hearing his hesitation as well made me feel comfortable that like, okay, he's not going to, uh, you know, just go like haywire or anything like that.

But when I started training, I think I severely underestimated absolutely everything to do with boxing. That's epically difficult, especially with how nervous you and I both were. That is a feat to just agree to this at all. So, the day of, we all get there a little early and we look around. I'm looking around at this huge center of what, like, 10,000 people are going to be there. I think at that point, I went into this daze where it's like I knew I had to just do it, but I was so nervous.

I was so scared that by the time I was about to walk out, it was so surreal. But there's this feeling of just like enthusiasm, excitement, and calmness because I was finally gonna get it over with. I get there, the bell goes off, and I have to say the only thing that went through my mind was, "I have to finish this as soon as possible." Everything you learn, I hate to say it, goes out the door. Like, once you hear that, like, the crowd and the people, and you see the cameras. I think there's nothing that could have fully prepared me for that.

During the fight with some lizard brain, I don't even know what happened. That was some lizard brain. Yeah, so how about this? I'm gonna watch the video. [Applause] Wow, it's interesting to see the commentary. My heart is pounding, by the way. I've not—I know I mentioned it before, but I've been avoiding this video because I did not want to watch it.

Round number one: jabs right away from Michael Reeves, Graham as well. I just wanted to be the one to make the first move and throw more punches. Uh, because I believe the more punches I threw, the higher the chance I'd land a hit. You know, pressure. Michael has great technique, and that's something that, uh, you could tell he crouches down the closer he gets to me, whereas I'm not doing that. I should have been doing that. It felt completely like I don't remember doing most of that.

Um, it's just, yeah, it's crazy to see like what other people saw because it was a complete different thing. Right hand to the body, Stefan. The crowd is cheering. The crowd is just cheering on Michael, Stephanie. That's interesting, I didn't even remember people chanting Michael's name. It's so weird, but like I did—I don't remember hearing a single thing.

And I remember the coach saying, "Like, you gotta listen to me. I'm gonna be yelling at you, just listen to my voice." It may as well have been silent; I don't remember a single thing. It's not just behind nothing but nice jobs, Michael Reeves, and Grant acknowledges all three. It's so funny watching this brings like— I forgot everything and then as I'm watching this, these memories are popping into my head.

I remember seeing the look on his face, how serious he was and how like I—and Michael's funny, like he's a light-hearted, humorous, charismatic guy. To see a stone-cold face of him just like angry and just serious, it scared me because I had never seen him like that. [Applause] Yeah, I remember that bell went off, and I was so happy that it's like, one round is down. You see Graham come in, double jab, triple jab his way in, in that right hand though. And again, the counter off of it.

And you see right here in the corner, uh, Michael Reese's coach saying that right hands landing. Yes, I was just gonna say, yeah, Michael has a fantastic right hand. I did not throw my right hand. I kept jabbing to push him back, but I should have followed that up with the right hand. I didn't. Oh, you could literally see his trainer saying, "jab, jab, right hook." So what this trainer is doing is watching how I'm fighting and then saying, "Here's how you could counter that."

And the one thing my trainer said is you never want to stay too consistent with your punches because they'll be able to learn from that and then go around them. More volume. But again, even landing rate, the harder punches were landed by Reeves. Absolutely. Round number two, here we go! This is the one. This is the round I lost.

So, uh, he's trying to put that pressure and smother. [Applause] That was it! So, when that hit—I’d never been hit in my head like that ever in my entire life. And that threw—I was not prepared for that one. Uh, it was the strangest sensation because it just feels like for a split second, everything goes black and then comes right back. And that was something for me that, uh, I needed probably 20 seconds to recover from that.

You know, you don't have 20 seconds. But that was a very strange sensation that I've never had. [Applause] Oh yeah, when Michael went in right there and just kind of back and forth, I knew he was gearing up for something, and he didn't seem tired. I know you're never supposed to show that you're tired even if you are, but he just seemed like he was just getting going. [Applause] Wow.

Oh, hold on, let's finish this. [Applause] So how about this? It would be interesting to get his side of the story because I don't think anyone's heard from Michael Reeves—well, until now. After the fight, I was just happy it was over. I was just happy that it was done. I’m like, so, so thankful. I don't think I've ever been that relieved in my life of something, so that was nice.

I think we got kind of lucky by being in the first one because no one knew what to expect. Imagine like the people who will be in two probably have to train for like a year. That's some nerve-wracking, that's extra bad. It's just, yeah, it's crazy to see like what other people saw because it was a complete different thing. Yeah, you gotta hit the like button. You gotta give it a little uppercut on the like button.

I'd also like to get my trainer's perspective on this because seeing all of this again puts things in an entirely different perspective. I thought Graham was very dedicated because it's obvious for me—I saw firsthand how busy he is just through his normal daily life of doing what he does, and he does it very well. So to take time and set aside from what you normally do to do something that's out of your comfort zone, it's a very difficult thing.

And it's hard to kind of guess and judge how much time I really need to put into this to balance out with what I normally do. It's so easy to criticize somebody that's there without knowing where they started, without knowing the corrections that have already been made, without knowing, like, okay, we've planned to do this, this, and this, and all of a sudden the fight is something a little bit different. So now we have to make adjustments.

Uh, honor to be part of it and even more respect for you, yeah, to do what you did. I'm not even sure I would have done that, so that was great. And of course, we got to thank the people who made all of this possible to begin with: Idubbbz and Anissa. So far, I think we've raised close to a million dollars for all the charities involved. One of the reasons that this event I think was a success is no one had any idea who was bringing the heat. You know, it was still 50/50.

Everyone subscribed to Graham Stephan. He is a champ. He is a warrior. I thought like he was— he looked like he was in a bomb in the locker room, but he came out there swinging. And I'm just, I don't know, I'm super happy with you participating in the event. It just made it so much better, so thank you, Graham.

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