Podcast: Giant preview of the loaded Crawford-Madrimov PPV card

News of the week; Tank/Shakur/Zepeda update; fight anniversaries

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There is just one notable card this weekend but it’s huge one. It’s a legitimately stacked show on Saturday headlined by pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford moving up to junior middleweight to challenge Israil Madrimov for his WBA title and the vacant WBO interim belt in Los Angeles to go along with a slew of excellent undercard fights. We previewed the card and gave our thoughts on all six pay-per-view bouts. There is also TJ’s interview with Mark Boccardi of PPV.com, which will stream the card and is one of our sponsors; news of the week; and fight anniversaries.

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

• Preview of Crawford-Madrimov as well as the tremendous undercard: Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz defending his WBA junior welterweight title against Jose Valenzuela; two notable heavyweight fights — Andy Ruiz-Jarrell Miller and Jared Anderson-Martin Bakole; David Morrell moving up to light heavyweight to face “Hot Rod” Kalajdzic for the vacant WBA “regular” title; and lightweight prospect Andy Cruz against Antonio Moran.

• TJ’s interview with Boccardi about the card.

• Recap of Matchroom Boxing’s fun-filled mini three-fight card Wednesday night on the Santa Monica Pier topped by junior lightweight prospect Marc Castro’s win over George Acosta.

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• Top Rank’s announcement that Jaime Munguia and Erik Bazinyan will headline a Sept. 20 ESPN card.

• The postponement of the Aug. 24 junior welterweight fight between top contender Jack Catterall and former titlist Regis Prograis.

• A clarification on the tons of misinformation circulating about what’s up with Gervonta Davis, Shakur Stevenson and William Zepeda.

• The impending two-city media tour for the Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga fight.

• Memories on the 37th anniversary of when Mike Tyson outpointed Tony Tucker to become the undisputed heavyweight champion.

• Ringside memories on the 14th anniversary the lightweight championship rematch between Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz, whose sequel did not live up to drama and excitement of their first bout, which was the fight of the year.

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Crawford-Madrimov photo: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing

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