Podcast: Everything you need to know about the Beterbiev-Smith fight and undercard
Plus: A giveaway for listeners and the Usyk-Joshua II announcement
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Welcome to the Fight Freaks Unite recap podcast coming off the weekend. There was just one notable card but it was highly significant as Artur Beterbiev blew away Joe Smith Jr. in the second round to unify three light heavyweight world titles.
Here’s what we discussed on this episode (in order):
Father’s Day and boxing and the podcast giveaway we’re doing.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez’s dynamic and stellar knockout victory over unbeaten featherweight Abraham Nova in the best performance of his career and what might be next for him.
Three prospects from the undercard who stood out to me: featherweight Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (and why I compared him to Roy Jones), middleweight and 2020 U.S. Olympian Troy Isley and junior featherweight Floyd Diaz.
Beterbiev’s sensational performance against Smith and all kinds of stuff about the bout and future thoughts.
The Sunday announcement from Matchroom Boxing that the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua heavyweight title rematch will take place on Aug. 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Please give it a listen and rate and subscribe as well. Thank you and enjoy!
We will be bringing you the weekend recap each Monday. Let me know what you think of the podcast by leaving your comments.
Beterbiev photo: Sumio Yamada/WBC
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