Podcast: Recap of Ortiz's win vs. Bohachuk in sensational battle
Plus: Undercard action; Angelo Leo's KO of year contender vs. Lopez to win featherweight title; news of the week; fight anniversaries
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There were two significant fight cards and we recapped and discussed them both: Golden Boy’s Serheii Bohachuk-Vergil Ortiz Jr. show on DAZN and Top Rank’s Luis Alberto Lopez-Angelo Leo card on ESPN. Plus, we went over news of the week and looked back at a pair of notable fights on their anniversary.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Recap and thoughts on the Ortiz’s majority decision over Bohachuk in a sensational battle to win the WBC interim junior middleweight title: The scoring, the Ortiz knockdowns, what could be next; is it the fight of the year?
Recap and thoughts on the two top undercard bouts: one-sided knockout wins by junior middleweight contender Charles Conwell over Khiary Gray and junior welterweight contender Kenneth Sims Jr. over Jonathan Romero.
Recap and thoughts on Leo’s massive one-punch knockout of Lopez in an upset to win the IBF featherweight title and fellow unbeaten junior welterweight Lindolfo Delgado’s split decision over Bryan Flores in the co-feature.
Recap of Angel Ayala relentless body attack in a sixth-round knockout of Dave Apolinario to win the vacant IBF flyweight title on Friday night.
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The talks taking place for a fight between future Hall of Famers Nonito Donaire and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, both in the twilight of their careers, later this year.
Announcement that Francis Ngannou, after two huge boxing events against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, is returning to MMA for this next fight.
Memories on the 34th anniversary of when the late, great Pernell Whitaker scored a rare first-round knockout against Juan Nazario to become the undisputed lightweight champion in the main event of a Main Events card on HBO that also featured wins by the late Hector Camacho, who was still undefeated, and Meldrick Taylor in his first bout after the epic loss to Julio Cesar Chavez.
Ringside memories on the 18th anniversary of when Oleg Maskaev knocked out Hasim Rahman in the 12th round of their rematch to win the WBC heavyweight title in the main event of a Top Rank card on HBO PPV.
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Ortiz-Bohachuk photo: Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy
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Ortiz getting dropped twice he loses rounds by 10-8 each. I had it 115-113 Ortiz but a 114-114 and a rematch is required.