Podcast: Recap of Rodriguez's big win over Yafai; Canelo-Crawford tour
Middleweights Mielnicki and Tucker notch victories; news of the week; anniversary memories of Lewis-Klitschko and Barrera-Morales II
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It was a light weekend but we recapped three bouts and also spent a good chunk of time discussing our impressions of the first two stops of the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford media tour. We also covered news of the week and looked back on a pair of historically significant fights. Also, make sure to subscribe to the Big Fight Weekend YouTube channel.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Recap of Francisco Rodriguez Jr.’s dominant and punishing victory in Galal Yafai’s hometown of Birmingham, England, in the Matchroom Boxing headliner on DAZN to win the WBC interim flyweight title in an action-packed fight that earned him a shot at unified champion Kenshiro Teraji.
Recap of middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr.’s shutout of Kamil Gardzielik and middleweight Jahi Tucker’s decision over Lorenzo Simpson on Top Rank’s ESPN+ card.
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Thoughts on the Canelo-Crawford media tour, including Friday’s kickoff in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the Sunday stop in New York.
Promoter Dana White’s introduction of Max Kellerman, who will be part of the Netflix broadcast team, as he returned to the public spotlight for the first time in two years since his messy exit from ESPN, and Turki Alalshikh’s announcement of a knockout bonus for the winner.
The IBF’s order of a final heavyweight title eliminator between Efe Ajagba and Frank Sanchez in a rematch for the right to become the organization’s mandatory challenger for the winner of the Oleksandr Usyk-Daniel Dubois rematch for the undisputed title.
The nostalgia segments are available on the YouTube channel, so please subscribe. Ringside memories on the 22nd anniversary of when Lennox Lewis stopped fellow Hall of Famer Vitali Klitschko in an epic fight to retain the heavyweight title in his final bout, which was one of the great heavyweight title fights ever.
Ringside memories on the 23rd anniversary of Marco Antonio Barrera’s decision over bitter rival and fellow Hall of Famer Erik Morales for featherweight supremacy in the second fight of their storied trilogy.
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Yafai-Rodriguez photo: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing
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