Podcast: Jake Paul-Gervonta Davis hit the road and the undercard
Plus more news of the week: Frank Martin returns; 'Pitbull' vs. Roach in the works; Eubank-Benn rematch undercard details; more
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It’s a dead boxing weekend but we had plenty of news to cover, including the Jake Paul-Gervonta Davis media tour and a lot more. Also, check out and subscribe to the YouTube channel for a variety of content.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Thoughts on the two-city Paul-Davis media tour, the announcement of the specific rules and weight as well as the full undercard that includes Alycia Baumgardner defending her unified junior lightweight title against Leila Beaudoin and WBA junior welterweight titlist Gary Antuanne Russell against mandatory challenger Andy Hiraoka.
Frank Martin’s announcement that he will end a 16-month layoff since his only loss to Davis when he faces two-division titlist Rances Barthelemy on the PBC on Prime Video free preliminaries ahead of the Sebastian Fundora-Keith Thurman PPV card.
My reporting that a fight between WBC interim junior welterweight titlist Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and Lamont Roach is in the works for December.
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Announcement that Tenshin Nasukawa and Takuma Inoue will meet on Nov. 24 for the vacant WBC bantamweight title vacated by Junto Nakatani last week.
The undercard for the Chris Eubank Jr.-Conor Benn rematch on Nov. 15 being announced.
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