Podcast: Huge weekend preview: PBC's Tszyu-Fundora card
Plus: Valdez-Wilson, Estrada-Valle, Goulamirian-Zurdo, Wardley-Clarke; news of the week; anniversary memories
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We have an extremely busy weekend with four notable cards filled with world title fights and we previewed and discussed all of them: Friday’s Top Rank ESPN+ card headlined by Oscar Valdez-Liam Wilson for the vacant WBO interim junior lightweight title; two Saturday night cards, the PBC on Prime pay-per-view headlined by Tim Tszyu-Sebastian Fundora for Tszyu’s WBO junior middleweight title and the vacant WBC belt and the Golden Boy DAZN card topped by Arsen Goulamirian’s WBA cruiserweight title defense versus Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez; and Sunday’s Boxxer card on Peacock featuring an all-British heavyweight bout between Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke. There is also TJ’s interview Mark Boccardi of PPV.com (one of our sponsors), which will carry the Tszyu-Fundora event; news of the week; and a look back on the anniversary of two notable cards.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Preview of Valdez-Wilson, which figures to produce excellent action, and the significant co-feature of Seniesa Estrada against Yokasta Valle, who meet to unify the four women’s strawweight titles to produce the undisputed champion.
Preview of the excellent PBC card, including Tszyu-Fundora, Rolando Romero’s WBA junior welterweight title defense against Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, WBA middleweight titlist Erislandy Lara’s defense against Michael Zerafa, Julio Cesar Martinez’s WBC flyweight title defense against Angel Cordova, and Serhii Bohachuk-Brian Mendoza for the vacant WBC interim junior middleweight title.
The interview with Boccardi on the Tszyu-Fundora card and other boxing events on the PPV.com schedule.
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Preview of Goulamirian-Ramirez and the co-feature of welterweight Alexis Rocha against Fredrick Lawson as the both look to shake off knockout losses.
Preview of Wardley’s British heavyweight title defense against fellow undefeated Frazer Clarke.
Announcement of lineal/WBC junior bantamweight titlist Juan Francisco Estrada’s defense against two-division titlist Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and news of the co-feature in the works.
Announcement of IBF junior welterweight titlist Subriel Matias’ Puerto Rican homecoming defense against Liam Paro.
A breakdown of the Queensberry versus Matchroom Boxing “5 on 5” bouts that, if all are finalized, will make the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol card on June 1 one of the best cards in recent decades.
Memories on the 26th anniversary of when Lennox Lewis KO’d Shannon Briggs to retain the WBC heavyweight title and win the lineal title — and what I went through to make sure I could watch the fight live on HBO.
Memories on the 44th anniversary of when ABC televised four world title fights — including Larry Holmes and Sugar Ray Leonard — from three locations on the same prime time telecast.
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Tszyu-Fundora photo: Ryan Hafey/PBC
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Wardley wins,