Podcast: All you need to hear about the Davis-Martin PPV card

Plus: Paro upsets Matias; Billam-Smith avenges loss to Riakporhe; news of the week; celebrating the legendary Roberto Duran on his birthday; a big fight anniversary

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It was a big boxing Saturday with three notable cards but none bigger than the Gervonta Davis-Frank Martin pay-per-view. We discussed the card as well as the main event of the other two — Liam Paros’ big upset of Subriel Matias to win the IBF junior welterweight title and Chris Billam-Smith’s decision over Richard Riakporhe to retain the WBO cruiserweight title and avenge his only loss. There is also news of the week; a celebration of the great Roberto Duran on his birthday; and a look back on the anniversary of a huge fight that more than lived up to the billing.

Here is what’s on the show (in order):

• Recap of WBA lightweight titlist Davis’ sensational knockout of Martin. We covered the fight in detail and discussed what might be next.

• Recap of the full undercard, including David Benavidez’s rise to light heavyweight to handily outpoint Oleksandr Gvozdyk for an interim belt; Alberto Puello’s upset decision over Gary Antuanne Russell for an interim junior welterweight title; WBC middleweight titlist Carlos Adames’ rout Terrell Gausha; and Kyrone Davis’ big upset over middleweight up-and-comer Elijah Garcia.

• Recap of Paro’s major upset over Subriel Matias in Matias’ hometown in Puerto Rico.

• Recap of Billam-Smith’s decision over Riakporhe.

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• My reporting on the plans for PBC’s non-pay-per-view card in August.

• The announcement by Floyd Mayweather than Leonard Ellerbe is out as CEO of Mayweather Promotions and former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, who promoted many of Floyd’s fights, is in.

• The WBA ordering undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue to next face Murodjon Akhmadaliev, the organization’s mandatory challenger and former unified champion.

• A celebration of the great Roberto Duran on his 73rd birthday.

• Ringside memories on the 24th anniversary of the legit great first fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley, who won the WBC welterweight title in what I consider the first really big I covered in my first-ever trip to California.

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Gervonta Davis photo: Esther Lin/PBC

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