Podcast: The Canelo-GGG 3 preview
Plus: News of the week and my terrible flight to Las Vegas
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LAS VEGAS — The third Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin is obviously a big fight so on Wednesday night we recorded the podcast to release a day earlier than usual! The fight is on Saturday (DAZN PPV and PPV.com, 8 p.m. ET) at T-Mobile Arena for Alvarez’s undisputed super middleweight title.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Why my flight to Vegas on Wednesday was so terrible. Hear about the triple crown of issues and feel my pain.
The lowdown on my attendance at the Canelo and GGG media sessions on Wednesday afternoon.
Discussion of some of the news of the week: Leigh Wood’s injury and the Mauricio Lara fight getting called off; Anthony Joshua agreeing to terms for a possible mega fight against heavyweight champion Tyson Fury on Dec. 3; the announcement of the pay-per-view undercard for the Deontay Wilder-Robert Helenius event on Oct. 15; the great junior flyweight unification fight being made between Kenshiro Teraji and Hiroto Kyoguchi for Nov. 1 and it being available in the United States on ESPN+.
We preview the big fight, Canelo-GGG III, and why I am so excited for it. We also discuss the undercard, including WBC junior bantamweight titlist Jesse Rodriguez’s defense against Israel Gonzalez in the co-feature.
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I hope those parents from your flight wind up sitting next to Mike Tyson on the way home. See how that shit goes!
My wife was in the room when I was listening to the pod and asked me to add this comment. She heads an interpreting program at one of the colleges here in the city we live and wanted me to comment that translators work with written materials and interpreters with spoken language. Anyway, hope you don’t think I’m a dick for adding that comment. Loved the pod and I agree this is a fantastic fight! I have Canelo by decisión in a very close fight (even if the judges have a wide margin).