Podcast: Jake Paul interview; recaps of 'Boots' and 'Chocolatito' TKOs
Plus: Muratalla beats Farmer; news of the week; Micky Ward anniversary
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There were three notable cards over the weekend and we discussed and recapped each of them: a win by Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez in his return from a 19-month layoff; IBF welterweight titlist Jaron “Boots” Ennis’ successful first defense; and lightweight Raymond Muratalla’s solid decision win over Tevin Farmer. There is also my interview with Jake Paul ahead of Saturday’s pay-per-view fight against popular bare knuckle fighter Mike Perry; news of the week; and fight anniversary memories.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Recap of Chocolatito’s 10th-round knockout of Rober Barrera in a Nicaragua homecoming fight and what could be next.
Recap of Ennis’ dominating fifth-round knockout of David Avanesyan in a Philadelphia homecoming fight that drew the biggest boxing crowd in the city in nearly 50 years.
The Friday cancellation of unified middleweight titlist Janibek Alimkhanuly’s defense against Andrei Mikhailovich that was supposed to headline Top Rank’s ESPN+ card.
Recap of Muratalla’s hard-earned win over former junior lightweight titlist Farmer in a fight elevated to main event status and featherweight Sulaiman Segawa’s major upset up contender Ruben Villa on the undercard.
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My interview with Paul in which we covered many topics: The postponement of his fight with Mike Tyson until November; staying on July 20 and fighting bare knuckle fighter Perry instead; would he ever entertain a bare knuckle fight; opting for Perry in another non-traditional fight instead of going with another experienced boxer like he had for the past two bouts; thoughts on eventually fighting Tyson; Jake impersonating me in a prank on Perry; more.
Announcement by Matchroom Boxing and DAZN of three main events in August and September, including bouts involving Diego Pacheco, Rocky Hernandez and Dalton Smith.
Memories on the 12th anniversary of when Danny Garcia knocked out Amir Khan in a junior welterweight unification fight to establish himself as the No. 1 fighter in the division.
Memories on the 23rd anniversary of when Micky Ward outslugged Emanuel Augustus (then Burton) in the absolutely epic 2001 fight of the year and probably the single greatest action fight in the history of ESPN2's “Friday Night Fights” series.
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