The question tumbles forth, with interruptions aplenty owing to awkward phrasing, stutters and pauses. Still, it’s necessary to ascertain a truth as unfathomable as anything in sports.
The question, posed to Carlos Adames, a bruising middleweight contender whose interim world title bout is scheduled for Saturday: “Well, I just wanted … to start here … with, um, his number of siblings. This is … kind of an unfair question. But I’m, well, I’m curious. Can he name all 34?”
Adames cackles through the Zoom screen. Then, through an interpreter, he lists his brothers and his sisters … and more brothers … and more sisters … and even more brothers … and even more sisters. He begins this exercise 56 seconds into the recording of the interview. He finishes, having named every sibling in his brood of staggering size, more than eight minutes in.
