Podcast: Previewing a trio of women's world title fights
Ryan-Mayer, Baumgardner-Persoon, Dixon-Harper; plenty of news of the week; heavyweight title fight anniversaries
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Spread over three cards this weekend there are three women’s world title fights, led by Sandy Ryan’s welterweight title defense against Mikaela Mayer in the main event of the Top Rank card on Friday night. We discussed the bouts and some undercard fights. We also went over several news items of the week and looked back on the anniversary of two heavyweight title fights in our nostalgia segment.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Preview of Ryan-Mayer and their beef over trainers as well as undercard bouts involving several Top Rank prospects, including junior middleweight Xander Zayas, featherweight Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington and more.
Preview of undisputed junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner’s low-key return from a long layoff due to positive drug test to defend versus Delfine Persoon on Friday night.
Preview of WBO women’s lightweight titlist Rhiannon Dixon against Terri Harper in the Matchroom Boxing headliner on Saturday.
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Golden Boy finalizing a rare strawweight unification fight between Oscar Collazo and Thammanoon Niyomtrong for the Nov. 16 “Latino Night” Riyadh Season card.
Thoughts on this week’s London news conference for the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol undisputed light heavyweight title fight set for Oct. 12.
Matchroom Boxing’s announcement of its Nov. 9 undercard, which will include the return of former feather titlist Ray Ford in his junior lightweight debut.
Top Rank’s announcement that it has signed 18-year-old junior bantamweight Juanmita Lopez De Jesus, a 2024 Puerto Rican Olympian and the son of former featherweight and junior featherweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez.
Discussion on the 62nd anniversary of when fearsome Sonny Liston knocked out Floyd Patterson in the first round of their first fight to win the heavyweight title.
Ringside memories on the 15th anniversary of when Vitali Klitschko beat down and stopped then-undefeated Chris Arreola to retain the WBC heavyweight title.
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Ryan-Mayer photo: Mikey Williams/Top Rank
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