Podcast: Recaps of Collazo and Fundora knockouts in title defenses
Plus: Paro wins; news of the week; disappointing 4th-quarter schedule
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There was just one notable card, Saturday’s Golden Boy show on DAZN that featured two world title bouts and we recapped both of them. We also went over news of the week and looked ahead to the fourth quarter of the year. Also, check out and subscribe to the YouTube channel for a variety of content.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Recap of the Golden Boy card headlined by unified strawweight champion Oscar Collazo’s seventh-round knockout of Jayson Vayson, whose corner threw in the towel for no apparent reason in a highly unusual stoppage in a competitive fight.
Recap of the co-feature in which undisputed women’s flyweight champion Gabriela Fundora pummeled overmatched Alexas Kubicki in a one-sided seventh-round knockout and undercard victories by junior welterweight prospect Ruslan Abdullaev and welterweight prospect Joel Iriarte.
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Recap of former IBF junior welterweight titlist Liam Paro’s decision win over David Papot in an IBF final welterweight elimination bout in Australia.
Announcement of the Vergil Ortiz Jr.-Erickson Lubin undercard, including the disappointing selection of Joseph Diaz Jr. as the opponent for lightweight contender Floyd Schofield.
The kickoff news conference for the Chris Eubank Jr.-Conor Benn rematch and the outlandish claims made by Eubank.
A look ahead to the less-than-impressive fourth quarter schedule of the year, which has some good fights but not enough of them.
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