Podcast: Preview of Mike Tyson-Jake Paul, Taylor-Serrano rematch
Plus: Ramirez-Billam-Smith and the rest of 'Latino Night'; Alalshikh buys The Ring, more news of the week; anniversary memories of three significant fights
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It’s a big boxing weekend with two major cards and we previewed and discussed both in detail: the return of heavyweight legend Mike Tyson to fight Jake Paul in the main event of the MVP card on Friday night on Netflix and the cruiserweight unification fight between Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and Chris Billam-Smith in the headliner of the Riyadh Season “Latino Night” card Saturday on DAZN. We also covered notable news of the week and looked back on the anniversary of three highly significant fights.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Preview of Paul-Tyson: Is it legit or a sideshow, the rules tweaks, the massive publicity, expected crowd and gate and more.
Preview of the Paul-Tyson undercard, namely the long-awaited rematch between undisputed women’s junior welterweight champion Katie Taylor and unified featherweight champion Amanda Serrano.
Preview of “Latino Night,” including Ramirez-Billam-Smith; junior welterweight Jose Ramirez versus Arnold Barboza; lightweight contender William Zepeda against former junior lightweight titlist Tevin Farmer; the strawweight unification fight between Oscar Collazo and Thammanoon Niyomtrong; more.
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My reporting on the date and site being set for the David Benavidez-David Morrell light heavyweight showdown.
Announcement that Turki Alalshikh has purchased The Ring magazine from Oscar De La Hoya for $10 million.
Conor Benn’s hiring of powerful manager Keith Connolly to negotiate what figure to be big money fights now that his provisional suspension related to his doping case has been lifted.
Memories on 32nd anniversary of when Riddick Bowe outpointed fellow Hall of Famer Evander Holyfield to win the undisputed heavyweight title in an all-time classic fight, the first of their epic trilogy.
Ringside memories on the 15th anniversary of when the prime Manny Pacquiao moved up to welterweight and stopped Miguel Cotto in the 12th round of a terrific battle to win the WBO title.
Memories on the 42nd anniversary of when Ray Mancini knocked out Deuk Koo Kim in the 14th round to retain the WBA lightweight title in what became a tragic fight when Kim died due to a brain injury suffered in the bout, leading to the reduction of world title fights from 15 rounds to 12.
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Tyson-Paul photo: Esther Lin/Most Valuable Promotions
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