It's another lighter weekend of action, although there is a prominent world title on the line in the Far East. We go over the matchups and have plenty of news, including Manny Pacquiao confirming his return and more on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast"

Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael to go over it all on this edition.

They start with the preview of the Queensberry DAZN card Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland
Former undisputed 140 lb. champ Josh Taylor is back meeting a little known fighter in Ekow Essuman, in a welterweight clash. Does Taylor have anything left?

Also, promising heavyweight Moses Itauma is on this card against little known Mike Balogun and it should be a big night for Itauma.
 
The boys also preview the Kameda Promotions / ProBox TV main event Saturday in Osaka, Japan
This sees the return of American Angelo Leo against Tomoki Kameda, for Leo’s IBF featherweight title in his first defense. Leo has big things in mind, but is going on the road in this one.
 
Next, here briefly from former IBF 168 lb. champ Caleb Plant with Dan

Plant defends WBA interim super middleweight title vs. Armando Resendiz in the PBC on Prime Video main event May 31 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas
 
News 
Pacquiao is officially back, and announces July 19th Mario Barrios fight on social media. His training has opened with Freddie Roach at Wild Card boxing club in L.A.

Also, Dan is reporting that besides the bouts he's already reported that will be on the PPV (Fundora-Tszyu 2 and Pitbull-Fierro 2), the PPV will also include former 122 lb. and 126 lb. titlist  Brandon Figueroa vs. former title challenger Joey Gonzalez.

Former IBF junior welterweight titlist Liam Paro will face Jonathan Navarro in a 10-rounder contracted at 144 pounds in the main event of a No Limit Boxing card on June 25 in Cairns, Australia. Paro’s first fight since losing the IBF 140 title to Richardson Hitchins in December.

And, we talk more about the death of all-time great Nino Benvenuti at 87 earlier this week.. The Italian legend was 1960 Olympic gold medalist, undisputed junior middleweight champion, two-time undisputed middleweight champion and was 2-1 in one boxing’s most famed trilogies against Emile Griffith all for the undisputed 160 title. Some knowledge for the younger fans!

Nostalgia 

May 22, 2010 – 15 years go on Thursday – the unfortunate fourth fight between featherweights Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez, who predictably got destroyed via KO3 in his final fight. and....

May 22, 1993 – 32 years ago on Thursday – Roy Jones easy wiped out Bernard Hopkins in 12 rounds to win the vacant IBF middleweight title for his first world title in the co-feature of Riddick Bowe’s easy KO2 in a mismatch with Jesse Ferguson to retain the heavyweight title. 

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