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Fact Check: Oleh Dovhun

1. How much did Floyd Mayweather make from the Conor McGregor fight in 2017?  Was it $500M?

  • Mayweather made a reported $250 million in the fight against Manny Pacquiao and $275 million in the fight against McGregor. 


2. What is the population of Oleh's hometown of Stebnyk, Ukraine?

  • Stebnyk's general population is about 20.5K people. 

 

3. History of Pittsburgh's boxing champs?

  • Pittsburgh had quite a few successful boxers starting in 1913 and the Top 5 Greatest Pittsburgh boxers of all time are widely considered to be the following:  5. Bob Baker, 4. Michael Moorer, 3. Billy Conn, 2. Paul Spadafora and 1. Harry Greb. 

 

4. About the Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield collaborative marijuana edibles?  

  • Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield teamed up in 2022 to co-launch a line of "cherry pie punch" flavored edibles, shaped like ears. They filmed a comedic commercial about the edibles launch that can be viewed here.

 

5. In Rocky V, who was the actor Chris couldn't think of during the interview?

  • Tommy Morrison

 

6. Was the film Million Dollar Baby based on a True Story?

  • The 2004 movie is actually based on stories in the book RopeBurns: Stories from the Corner (2000), which was written by veteran boxing trainer and manager Jerry Boyd (pen name F.X. Toole). The stories The Monkey Look, Million $$$ Baby, and Frozen Water were merged together to form the script for the film. Boyd had written the book when he was 70 and died two years before the film Million Dollar Baby arrived on the screens.


7. Oleh references Kalush as one of his favorite Ukrainian artists.  More about them and links to their music:

  • Kalush Orchestra is a 3 piece Ukrainian group whose style is a fusion of Ukrainian folk music, rap and hip hop. They won the Eurovision contest in 2022 and played Glastonbury soon after.  Watch their live performance of the hit song "Stefania" at the 2022 Eurovision Contest here


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