Big Dog Lukie Boxing Podcast

In this episode, we talk about Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn, a fun pay-per-view fight. Other reactions, Anthony Yarde-Lyndon Arthur III, Aaron McKenna defeating Liam Smith, Chris Billam-Smith edging Brandon Glanton, and more...

Then, we get to this week. Ryan Garcia faces rival Rolando Romero on Friday at Times Square. The co-feature is Devin Haney vs. Jose Ramirez. If both win, Garcia and Haney could face each other at a later date. The opener is Teofimo Lopez against Arnold Barboza Jr.

Then, on Saturday on DAZN PPV from Saudi Arabia, Canelo Alvarez faces William Scull. Canelo will look to become a two-time undisputed champion in the super middleweight division. Bruno Surace will rematch Jaime Munguia as the co-feature. Other good fights, heavyweight Efe Ajagba takes on Martin Bakole, Badou Jack puts his WBC cruiserweight title on the line against Noel Mikaelian, and Mexican Olympian  Marco Verde makes his pro debut. 

On Sunday on ESPN, Naoya Inoue will face Ramon Cardenas. Inoue will fight in the U.S.

WBO featherweight titleholder Rafael Espinoza faces Edward Vazquez in a good title defense. Can Rohan Polanco become a featherweight contender? his bout against Fabian Maidana will tell us a lot. 

Notable undercard bouts and fighters to watch, Emiliano Vargas, Art Barrera Jr.,  and Ra’eese Aleem-Rudy Garcia.

Timestamps 
0:00 Chris Eubank Jr-Conor Benn
13:00 undercard
18:55 Ryan Garcia-Rolando Romero 
24:50 Devin Haney-Jose Ramirez
32:00 Teofimo Lopez-Arnold Barboza Jr
39:00 Canelo-William Scull
43:03 undercard
51:20 Naoya Inoue-Ramon Cardenas
54:00 Rafael Vazquez-Edward Vazquez
56:50 undercard

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This week, we are joined by Gayle Falkenthal of NYFights.com, as she gives her thoughts on Ryan Garcia-Rolando Romero, Devin Haney-Jose Ramirez, and Teofimo Lopez-Arnold Barboza Jr.

That is followed by featherweight Malikai Johnson, fresh off his new broadcasting gig on Westside Promotions, as he breaks down Canelo Alvarez-William Scull and what you should know about the undercard.

We concluded with my good friend Abraham Gonzalez of FightsATW.com breaking down Naoya Inoue-Ramon Cardenas.

In this show, we will talk a bit about Gabriela Fundora, and her potential. The shocking upset loss that will rework the junior middleweight division, as Jorge Garcia Perez won a split-decision against Charles Conwell. Plus, we talk about the upcoming Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jr card and should we care? Plus, a solid undercard. 

Timestamps 
0:00 Gabriela Fundora’s promising future
11:00 Jorge Garcia Perez upsets Charles Conwell 
14:30 Golden Boy undercard 
20:53 Sergey Kovalev’s career  
27:10 Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jr
39:05 Viddal Riley-Chev Clarke 
41:20 Liam Smith-Aaron McKenna 
42:20 Chris Billam-Smith-Brandon Glanton
46:00 News and notes

In this show, we will talk a bit about Gabriela Fundora, and her potential. The shocking upset loss that will rework the junior middleweight division, as Jorge Garcia Perez won a split-decision against Charles Conwell. Plus, we talk about the upcoming Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jr card and should we care? Plus, a solid undercard. Timestamps 0:00 Gabriela Fundora’s promising future11:00 Jorge Garcia Perez upsets Charles Conwell 14:30 Golden Boy undercard 20:53 Sergey Kovalev’s career 27:10 Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jr39:05 Viddal Riley-Chev Clarke 41:20 Liam Smith-Aaron McKenna 42:20 Chris Billam-Smith-Brandon Glanton46:00 News and notes

A brief preview of Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jr of the week with Eliot Stott of ESRB Boxing.

For the full preview go to my substack for free analysis at http://lukieboxing.substack.com.

A slow week of fights.

Gabriela Fundora-Marilyn Badillo

How To Watch: Saturday, 5 PM PST on DAZN

Fundora is an undisputed champion at women’s flyweight. This will be her first defense of all four of her titles. Fundora is a one of the most interesting fighters on Golden Boy Promotions roster and the sister of Sebastian Fundora, the unified junior middleweight titleholder.

Undercard

Charles Conwell-Jorge Garcia Perez

Conwell is one of the best at junior middleweight. This is a quality opponent as he awaits a title opportunity.

Tristan Kalkreuth-Felix Valera

Real fight alert! Kalkreuth has a lot of potential, but has been very up-and-down so far. Valera had a run, but is older. This is one to watch about Kalkreuth’s potential.

Joel Iriarte-Marcos Leonardo Jimenez

Welterweight Iriarte is another great fighter with Golden Boy. He fights often and is a puncher. A potential Central California star.

Oleksandr Gvozdyk-Anthony Hollaway

Gvozdyk is a solid light heavyweight, a top-10 guy. Hollaway is up-and-down, but he can play a good spoiler.

Other notable fights:

I will be on the broadcast Thursday night calling Jalen Walker vs. Jerry Perez in Redwood City. The card has great depth for a club show and you can listen to me on the telecast here.

Friday on DAZN, BoxLab Promotions will have a good regional card. Notable fights, junior welterweight Kevin Brown will face Esteuri Suero, Hendri Cedeno will face a former Brown opponent, Idalberto Umara in the co-feature. Heavyweight Lenier Pero and Detrailous Webster will fight, Gurgen Hovhannisyan and Dajuan Calloway is a sneaky good heavyweight bout, and Christopher Diaz returns to action at junior lightweight.

Former titleholder Sergey Kovalev will fight one last time against Artur Mann on Friday.

Interesting junior middleweight contender Bakary Samake returns against Roarke Knapp. Samake is someone that people in the

Saturday on DAZN, junior welterweight Dalton Smith makes a quick return and is staying active on a British card.

Jaron Ennis TKO6 Eimantas Stanionis

Ennis entered a fight seen as close. Then, he outclassed Stanionis as Stanionis’ trainer, Marvin Somodio mercifully stopped the fight. Ennis is now one of the most interesting American fighters who has the potential to carry the sport into the next era.

Raymond Ford UD10 Thomas Mattice

Ford showed his class and skill winning a shutout against Mattice, a known spoiler.

Omari Jones starts career with second knockout

Jones got another knockout and is staying busy. Jones is a 2024 Olympic bronze medalist.

Arturo Cardenas-Christian Carto didn’t happen

Cardenas won a fight on the undercard, but he didn’t fight Carto. The fight was a good trajectory bout for both. Too bad it didn’t happen

Shakhram Giyasov TKO4 Franco Ocampo

Giyasov is a No.1 contender at welterweight, got a stay-busy win.

Rest to be updated later…

Hey there, a short preview this week of Golden Boy Promotions' card on DAZN that takes place Saturday.

For a full breakdown go to my Substack at http://lukieboxing.substack.com

In this episode, Lukie and Dakota talk about Tim Tszyu’s fourth-round stoppage of Joey Spencer. What did we learn about both?

 reflect on Richard Torrez Jr’s 10-round unanimous decision over Guido Vianello, what is his future?

Lukie was on-site as he shares his thoughts on the WBC junior welterweight eliminator that saw Lindolfo Delgado win a majority decision over Elvis Rodriguez. Other stand-outs such as lightweight Abdullah Mason, junior bantamweight Steven Navarro and middleweight Jahi Tucker are discussed.

Then, we move to the unified middleweight titleholder Janibek Alimkhanuly stopping Anauel Ngamissengue in what could be labeled his best performance of his career. Also, heavyweight Bakhodir Jalolov had a forgettable fight. What is going on with his pro career?

Late-sub Filip Hrgovic won a unanimous decision over Joe Joyce. The heavyweight fight was odd.

On ProBox TV, Ricardo Salas knocked out Kent Cruz in two rounds and Antonio Moran won a majority decision over Mykquan Williams.

This week we preview, a welterweight unification bout between Jaron Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis steals the headlines. Raymond Ford versus Thomas Mattice is a good undercard bout on the show, Arturo Popoca will face Christian Carto and 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Omari Jones makes a quick return.

On ProBox TV, Jordan White will face Jose Matias Romero in the main event, the co-feature will see heavyweight Stephan Shaw vs. Raphael Akpejiori, and William Foster III vs. Brandon Leon Benitez is notable fight as well.


Eye of the Tiger Management has a card on Thursday telecast on ESPN+.

Timestamps
0:00 Tim Tszyu-Joey Spencer
12:17 Richard Torrez Jr-Guido Vianello
19:30 Elvis Rodriguez-Lindolfo Delgado
26:56 TR undercard
33:30 Janibek
36:00 Hrgovic-Joe Joyce
40:00 Mykquan Williams lost
40:45 Jaron Ennis- Eimantas Stanionis
46:45 Raymond Ford-Thomas Mattice
48:30 Matchroom Boxing undercard
50:48 ProBox TV
52:30 final thoughts

There are levels to being a star in boxing.

Tim Tszyu-Joey Spencer card

Tim Tszyu TKO4 Joey Spencer

Tszyu got some rounds, and then stopped Spencer. After an awful 2024, Tszyu is back in the win column.

Endry Saavedra TKO8 Mikkel Nielsen

It sets the stage for Saavedra-Cesar Mateo Tapia.

Blake Wells SD6 Andrei Mikhailovich

Wells upsets a former title challenger.

Top Rank card

Richard Torrez Jr UD10 Guido Vianello

Torrez beats Vianello, but some questions remain around his height

Lindolfo Delgado MD10 Elvis Rodriguez

Neither separated themselves from each other, a knockdown wasn’t called for Rodriguez. Both probably thought they won the fight.

Abdullah Mason TKO6 Carlos Ornelas

Not Mason’s best fight, but got the job done.

Jahi Tucker UD10 Troy Williamson

Tucker is so much fun. I could watch him every week.

Albert Gonzalez UD8 Dana Coolwell

Gonzalez looked to KO Coolwell and found himself in a hard fight.

Steven Navarro KO4 Juan Garcia

Navarro got buzzed by a right hand in round four and stopped Garcia in that round. Capital G guy trait.

DJ Zamora TKO4 Hugo Castaneda

Zamora showed a pressure style, now has two knockouts in a row.

Art Barrera Jr. TKO2 Daijohn Gonzalez

Barrera shows off his power again. The Robert Garcia trained fighter Barrera is promising

Sammy Contreras Jr KO1 Robert Jimenez

Contreras had a great pro debut.

Other notable results:

Janibek Alimkhanuly TKO5 Anauel Ngamissengue

Another title defense for Alimkhanuly and a knockout-of-the-year contender.

Ricardo Salas KO2 Kent Cruz

Salas is becoming a guy, as he knocked out another contender.

Antonio Moran MD10 Mykquan Williams

The fight of the year? Williams, a fighter with a lot of potential lost to a veteran.