Podcast: Previewing a big weekend, including Usyk-Joshua II heavyweight title fight
Plus: Interviews with AJ and Omar Figueroa; Wilder, Lomachenko updates
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We’ve got a loaded show on this week’s weekend podcast:
Full preview of the heavyweight title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua, including my brief interview with Joshua from a Zoom call he did with a few American media members on Wednesday.
The announcement of former heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder’s return to face Robert Helenius on Oct. 15 on Fox PPV with former super middleweight titleholders Caleb Plant and Anthony Dirrell meeting in the co-feature.
News of Vasiliy Lomachenko’s return to face Jamaine Ortiz on Oct. 22.
My interview with former lightweight titlist Omar Figueroa, who was supposed to face Adrien Broner in the Showtime main event but instead will face former junior welterweight titlist Sergey Lipinets, who moved up from a preliminary bout when Broner dropped out. Figueroa went deep on his battles with mental health issues and his frustration with Broner using mental health as his reason for pulling out on Monday.
A preview of the Filip Hrgovic-Zhang Zhilei heavyweight title eliminator that is the Usyk-Joshua II co-feature.
Discussion of featherweight titlist Emanuel Navarrete’s defense against Eduardo Baez in the Top Rank main event.
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