Podcast: Jake Paul interview ahead of Saturday's Anderson Silva fight
Plus previews of Lomachenko-Ortiz, Taylor-Carabajal, Diaz-Zepeda and plenty of news of the week
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We’ve got a very busy Saturday of boxing with four notable shows and we’re here to preview all of the main events: Jake Paul-Anderson Silva on Showtime PPV, Vasiliy Lomachenko-Jamaine Ortiz on ESPN+ and Katie Taylor-Karen Carabajal and Joseph Diaz Jr.-William Zepeda in separate headliners on DAZN. There is also my interview with Paul and plenty of news of the week!
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Discussion of the pay-per-view buys for Deontay Wilder-Robert Helenius.
An update on Conor Benn, who gave up his boxing license in the wake of his recent positive drug test.
A look at Top Rank’s just-announced Teofimo Lopez-Jose Pedraza card on Dec. 10 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
My exclusive interview with Paul. We discussed his failed efforts to fight a full-time boxer, why he went after Silva, why he thinks he is such a polarizing figure, whether he in boxing for the long haul or could WWE beckon like it did for his brother Logan Paul, and which is more fun for him — acting or boxing?
We preview Paul-Silva and Lomachenko-Silva.
Jesse Rodriguez’s decision to vacate the WBC junior bantamweight title to move down and go after the WBO flyweight belt.
Top Rank’s efforts to make a February junior lightweight fight between Oscar Valdez and Emanuel Navarrete, who would move up in weight.
We preview Taylor-Carabajal and Diaz-Zepeda.
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