If you haven’t heard there’s big fight this weekend in Las Vegas. It’s not a rematch folks, it’s a grudge match now Saturday night between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and GGG for the middleweight crown. With it being a big fight week, you know Adam Abramowitz of SaturdayNightBoxing.com will be with us all night. But we're not alone we call on one of titans of this boxing industry, Douglas Fischer the Editor in Chief of the “Boxing Bible” The Ring Magazine will join us to give his take on this epic encounter.

Does Danny Garcia have a legit beef? After losing a close fight against Shawn Porter for the WBC Welterweight, Danny is salty and I can’t blame. We’ll talk the confusing state of the division and how all of this is Keith Thurman fault.

Plus

Superfly 3 recap

Amir Khan’s chin is still suspect

Frank Warren is coming to America

Drunk fighters

Two big fight cards this week that we get to channel flip on Saturday night.

 

HBO will present the third installment of the “Superfly” fight series. Juan Estrada will face Felipe Orucuta in a WBC eliminator, while Donnie Nietes and Aston Palicte will fight for the vacant WBO strap. But the fight that maybe the fight of the night is Kazuto Ioka vs. McWilliams Arroyo. We’ll breakdown these fights and pick the winners.

But that’s not all on Saturday, since Keith Thurman is retired his WBC welterweight belt is now free. Oddly enough the last two guys he fought will fought each other for it. We’ll talk the matchup of Shawn Porter vs. Danny Garcia and how the welterweight division will look after the fight.

 

Plus

Amir Khan is back and free to watch...but will we?Ryan Garcia was humble in victoryJermain Taylor needs helpBrandon’s Rant of the Week

Isaac Dogboe made extreme short work of Hidenori Otake in his first title defense. But now the question is who will dare step in the ring with him next at 122lbs? We’ll talk about the Junior Featherweight division and the options that are out there.

Puerto Rico’s next big star? Jose Pedraza is trying to be and he helped his stake to this claim by knocking off Ray Beltran in their WBO Lightweight title bout. But does Jose have what it takes to top Vasyl Lomachenko?

 

Plus

Mikaela Mayer is more than just a pretty faceRyan Garcia is coming to Facebook WatchCurtis Harper played career suicide

So we will get a big heavyweight title this year, just not the one we expected coming in to 2018. We’ll talk and share early thoughts on Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury and as well what the heavyweight landscape could look like at years end.

This week we get two title fight from Top Rank on ESPN. We’ll breakdown the matchup of Ray Beltran vs. Jose Pedraza for Beltran’s WBO lightweight belt and Isaac Dogboe making the first defense of his WBO Junior Featherweight title against Hidenori Otake.

Plus…

Canelo vs. GGG undercard is stackedWorld Boxing Super Series gets another weight classPlus your calls & tweets

I know a lot of people are clowning Golden Boy Boxing after their event on Facebook Watch over the weekend. We’ll tell you why there is far more good than bad for Golden Boy to be happy about after the first streaming card.

This weeks guest is undefeated prospect Mario Barrios. He is coming off of his win live on Showtime a few weeks ago. We’ll talk title shots and how so early in his career how he’s dealing with the haters.

Plus

Tyson Fury’s return

DAZN first US card set

Top Rank in Atlantic City

Upset? Yes, it was Sergey Kovalev suffered a bad KO to Eleider Alvarez. The one and only Adam Abramowitz from SaturdayNightBoxing.com was there in Atlantic City and will tell us energy in the arena after the surprising finish.

This week’s guest maybe the calmest man in boxing today, Tom Loeffler will join us. He’s got the third installment of Hollywood Fight Night this week and some rematch in September he’s been working. So he’ll share his thoughts on building his stable at 360 Promotions and continuous build up to mega fight that is #CaneloGGG2.

But we’re not done there this week. He’ll knock you out and dance like no one is looking. The young star Teofimo Lopez will be with us. He’ll give us an update on his hand post-surgery, when he hopes to back in ring and how he’s dealing with being one of premier faces of Top Rank Boxing.

 

Also on tap

PBC does poor ratings for awful cardGolden Boy debut on Facebook WatchTevin Farmer brings the gold back to the USA

We have two major title fights in the light-heavyweight division this weekend and the promoter behind them will  join us. Main Events CEO Kathy Duva is back with us to talk Sergey Kovalev vs. Eleider Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol vs. Isaac Chilemba on HBO this Saturday, plus Main Events deal with Facebook Watch.

We named apart of our “25 at 25” list at Punch2TheFace.com, super-lightweight contender Mario “El Azteca” Barrios will join us as well. Fresh off of his stoppage win over Jose Roman, we’ll talk about the fight and what’s up next for him

Mikey Garcia captured another belt at lightweight and remained undefeated. But is he biting off too much in wanting to move up 12 pounds and fight Errol Spence at welterweight?

Plus

Wilder vs Fury? Yes Please!Berto vs AlexanderTervin Farmer going to Australia to face Dib

Oleksandr Usyk put on a masterclass the past weekend in Russia. Now let the debate begin where he belongs in the “Pound for Pound” rankings and among the greatest cruiserweights of all-time. More importantly, who makes the most sense for him next.

Maybe we jumped the gun a bit too early on Jamie Munguia. We’ll breakdown his fight with Liam Smith, both the good and the bad. And no....we won't compare him to Mike Tyson.

Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter Jr. will unify lightweight belts this weekend in Los Angles. We’ll give Fight Picks and breakdown how the fight will play out.

Also on tap

Dillian Whyte vs Joseph ParkerWBSS Season 2Promotors not supporting their fighters

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Is Manny Pacquiao back? After his stoppage win over Lucas Matthysse, the question is can this version on Manny do anything against the other top welterweights in the world. We’ll name opponents and tell you what makes sense for him next.

Our guest this week is super middleweight Lanell Bellows. He’ll get a chance to be in his first title bout this weekend down in Memphis. We’ll talk about this fight, where he sees himself in the division and life in Mayweather Promotions.

Regis Prograis stacked his claim to being the top dog at 140 after winning down in his home town of New Orleans this weekend. But did he silence all the doubter or is there more questions that will need to be answered in the World Boxing Super Series?

The Cruiserweight finale of Season 1 of the World Boxing Super Series will finally come to a end this weekend. We have waited for months now and Oleksandr Usyk vs. Murat Gassiev is here. Official fight picks and keys to victory, as we head into this monumental bout for all the belts.

Teofimo Lopez is legit and we will sing his praise after another fantastic performance even with a broken hand.

Jamie Munguia looks to build upon his buzz from this spring. Sadly Liam Smith's face may have to be punched repeatedly for that to happen. We’ll talk keys to victory for both in this 154lb title bout this weekend. 

 

Also this week

Teofimo Lopez is awesomeShobox this FridayDAZN deal and fight dates

After a week off we’re back to talk boxing and joining us this week is Adam Abramowitz of SaturdayNightBoxing.com.

The checks have cleared and we will have a fight in Kuala Lumpur this weekend. So who has more left in their tank at this point Manny Pacquiao or Lucas Matthysee? We’ll discuss the keys to victory for both men and what could be to come for the winner.

Is Regis Prograis the best at 140 right now? We will debate his claim to the lightweight throne ahead of his bout this Saturday in New Orleans and where Jose Ramirez plays in to all of this.

Also on tap

James DeGale drops his belt

Danny O’Connor goes to the hospital

Oliver McCall still fighting at 53

 

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