Big Dog Lukie Boxing Podcast

Boxing trainer John Pullman joins the show to preview this upcoming fight. 

For the full show, go to http://lukieboxing.substack.com

It was a mellow week of boxing, topped by a Top Rank card with Mikaela Mayer defeating Sandy Ryan, again. Brian Norman Jr made his first title defense of his WBO welterweight title, and Bruce Carrington looks to be moving toward a title shot.

On DAZN, William Zepeda defeated Tevin in their rematch on a Golden Boy Promotions card. Also, Oscar Collazo stopped Edwin Cano, Joselito Velazquez was involved in a fight that was too much fun, Robin Safar made his debut with Golden Boy Promotions, and Yokasta Valle defeated Marlen Esparza. Could Valle fight Gabriela Fundora?

Next Saturday on Prime Video, Tim Tszyu vs. Joey Spencer, with a notable feature bout of Endry Saavedra vs. Mikkel Nielsen

A strong Top Rank card featuring: Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Guido Vianello
, Lindolfo Delgado vs. Elvis Rodriguez, Abdullah Mason vs. Carlos Ornelas, Albert Gonzalez vs. Dana Coolwell, Steven Navarro vs. Juan Esteban Garcia, 8 rounds, and Jahi Tucker vs. Troy Williamson

On ESPN+, Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Anauel Ngamissengue

On DAZN, Joe Joyce vs. Filip Hrgovic

Timestamps
0:00 William Zepeda-Tevin Farmer II
9:08 Yokasta Valle-Marlen Esparza
14:00 Oscar Collazo
16:11 Mikaela Mayer-Sandy Ryan II
22:20 Brain Norman Jr
27:05 undercard
29:30 Masamichi Yabuki-Angel Ayala
34:40 Tim Tszyu-Joey Spencer
39:50 Richard Torrez-Guido Vianello
45:10 Lindolfo Delgado-Elvis Rodriguez
49:00 undercard
53:35 Janibek title defense
56:30 Joe Joyce vs. Filip Hrgovic
01:00:30 ProBox TV card
01:05:37 Final thoughts

In this episode, I am joined by Pete Lopes to preview the upcoming week of action.

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

0:25 R.I.P. George Foreman

6:12 Sebastian Fundora-Chrodale Booker

9:50 Fundora vs Xander Zayas

14:20 Jesus Ramos Jr – WOW!

17:08 Elijah Garcia-Terrell Gausha

25:10 Lester Martinez-Joeshon James

31:20 ProBox TV

37:52 George Kambosos-Jake Wyllie

41:10 Tiara Brown-Skye Nicolson

45:10 Pat Brown’s pro debut on Friday

46:53 Mikaela Mayer-Sandy Ryan II

50:43 Brian Norman Jr returns

52:10 Top Rank undercard

55:30 William Zepeda-Tevin Farmer II

57:20 Golden Boy undercard

59:55 Final thoughts

Timestamps
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:25 R.I.P. George Foreman
6:12 Sebastian Fundora-Chrodale Booker
9:50 Fundora vs Xander Zayas
14:20 Jesus Ramos Jr – WOW!
17:08 Elijah Garcia-Terrell Gausha
25:10 Lester Martinez-Joeshon James
31:20 ProBox TV
37:52 George Kambosos-Jake Wyllie
41:10 Tiara Brown-Skye Nicolson
45:10 Pat Brown’s pro debut on Friday
46:53 Mikaela Mayer-Sandy Ryan II
50:43 Brian Norman Jr returns
52:10 Top Rank undercard
55:30 William Zepeda-Tevin Farmer II
57:20 Golden Boy undercard
59:55 Final thoughts

The underdog and the under-the-radar fighters made it count this weekend. Plus, I remember George Foreman, a true all-time great.

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Fundora-Booker – PBC card

Sebastian Fundora KO4 Chordale Booker

Unified belt holder Fundora looked like a Capital G Guy stopping a very good Booker in his first defense of his titles.

Jesus Ramos Jr TKO7 Guido Schramm

Ramos stops the late-sub Schramm. Ramos is a top guy in the junior middleweight division.

Elijah Garcia SD10 Terrell Gausha

Garcia won a close one after being dropped by Gausha in the first round. Garcia is now training with Bob Santos, but Garcia’s lack of defense, especially head movement has hurt him.

Freudis Rojas UD8 Maurice Lee

Rojas returns to outbox Lee, a veteran of the sport.

Robert Guerrero Jr TKO2 Sean Armas

Guerrero Jr passed his step-up fight with flying colors stopping Armas.

Kambosos-Wyllie – Matchroom Boxing

George Kambosos Jr UD12 Jake Wyllie

Kambosos was tested by the late-sub Wyllie which poses more questions than answers about his career to this point

Tiara Brown SD10 Skye Nicolson

Brown wins the WBC featherweight title off the Olympian Nicolson. Brown follows in the footsteps of Alycia Baumgardner, an overlooked fighter with a lot of talent, who put it together and changed her life.

Cherneka Johnson TKO7 Nina Hughes

WBA beltholder Johnson might be a star. In the rematch, she dominated Hughes leading to the impressive stoppage.

Teremoana Jr TKO1 James Singh

Australian Olympian Teremoana Jr reminds me of George Foreman and continues to get first-round stoppages against limited opposition.

Imam Khataev UD10 Durval Elias Palacio

Khataev was a fun in the 2020 Olympics. He is hit a rough spot in his career. He lost two points for low blows, but won a wide unanimous decision.

Lester Martinez-Joeshon James – ProBox TV

Lester Martinez KO4 Joeshon James

A brutal stoppage from Martinez that shows he is a world-class guy. A fight between Martinez and Christian Mbilli would be fun.

Jessie Magdaleno TKO3 Louis Coria

Magdaleno looked to return to championship form against Coria, who has given talented fighters tough fights.

Jasmine Artiga MD10 Regina Chavez

Artiga is now the WBA junior bantamweight titleholder with the win. Nonito Donaire was in her corner, the fight was close I liked her clean shots.

Vladimir Hernandez SD10 Isaias Lucero

Stockton’s Hernandez is one of the most exciting fighters of the ever. He wins another good bout.

Charles Harris UD8 Angel Rebollar

After an early career misstep, Harris now with Brian “BoMac” McIntyre, is looking to fulfill his potential. Rebollar is one of the best hard-luck fighters of this era. He has taken a lot of hard fights.

Charlie Sheehy TKO7 Cesar Juarez

Sheehy lived up to his potential stoppage a veteran as he looks to move up the ranks this year.

Kelvin Davis KO4 Jose Marruffo

Davis got a professional win over Marruffo, a hard-luck veteran who has probably seen better days.

OTX Boxing

Jeremy Hill UD10 Maliek Montgomery

Junior lightweight Hill upset Montgomery, who had been featured heavily on OTX Boxing’s cards as he rebuilt his career.

Kurt Scoby KO5 Cesar Villarraga

Scoby can punch, and he proved that against a veteran.

Donte Layne UD6 Malik Calhoun

Layne was tested against Calhoun winning a close fight.

Jonathan Mansour KO1 Markus Bowes

Mansour stopped Bowes in 1:49. Mansour is a local ticket seller with a deep amateur pedigree.

Upset of the week

Junior Wright UD10 Cassias Chaney

In this episode, we break down the two big fights of the week.

First, Beto Duran, the play-by-play announcer of Golden Boy Promotions, and a wealth of boxing knowledge comes on to preview Saturday's lightweight bout between William Zepeda and Tevin Farmer which is a rematch from November. You can follow Beto here and here.

Boxing coach and podcaster Christine Lopez joins the conversation to talk about the WBO women's welterweight title on ESPN as Mikaela Mayer looks to defend her belt against Sandy Ryan. The fight is also a rematch. You can follow her content here.

The full episode is available at http://lukieboxing.substack.com

Dakota is on leave for a week so we recruited https://x.com/ATokkers5 to join the show and breakdown a busy week of fights including Keith Thurman’s knockout of Brock Jarvis, Kenshiro Teraji-Seigo Yuri Akui, Nick Ball stopping TJ Doheny…is Ball ready to fight Naoya Inoue? Plus, Austin “Ammo” Williams-Patrice Volny. Then, we preview Sebastian Fundora-Chordale Booker, George Kambosos’ return to the ring and a great ProBox TV main event between Lester Martinez-Joeshon James. 

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0:00 Intro
0:50 Keith Thurman’s comeback
5:30 Kenshiro Teraji-Akui
15:13 undercard thoughts
20:40 Nick Ball-TJ Doheny
28:09 undecard thoughts
33:08 Austin Williams-Patr
39:00 undecard thoughts 
44:00 Sebastian Fundora-Chordale Booker
51:30 undercard thoughts
53:30 George Kambosos returns
54:40 Skye Nicolson vs. Tiara Brown
58:50 Cherneka Johnson vs. Nina Hughes
01:00:00 Lester Martinez-Joeshon James