The Boxing Source Podcast

There were a few good fights over the weekend, as there was something on ESPN and on HBO on Saturday night...a light heavyweight title fight took place on the ESPN card and Daniel Jacobs returned to the ring in Uniondale, NY on HBO. We go through those cards plus more news and notes in the sport of boxing.

This episode of The Boxing Source Radio Show will focus on the results of the November 4th card at the Barclays Center. Deontay Wilder defended his title against Bermane Stiverne, Shawn Porter took on Adrian Granados, and Dominic Breazeale faced Eric Molina on the card presented on Showtime. We look at these results and have a take on what is in store for all that are involved.

On November 11th, Daniel Jacobs returns to the ring to face Luis Arias on HBO with Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller fighting Mariusz Wach being the co-feature. There has been a lot of talk between Jacobs and Arias, plus Miller has been vocal about what has been going on in the heavyweight scene over the past few weeks. A preview of these fights will be part of another segment on the show.

Anthony Joshua defended his titles against Carlos Takam in Cardiff, Wales yesterday and won by TKO victory. We will review that fight and notable fights on the undercard as well.

The last quarterfinal of the World Boxing Super Series also took place as Jurgen Braehmer took on Rob Brant. The result will be discussed in another segment.

The WBA and IBF title fight with Anthony Joshua will have a replacement as Kubrat Pulev had to back out due to an injury. We will talk about that and other news in this episode.

A lot of action happened on Saturday and we go through all of it in this episode. There was a fight card in California featuring Abner Mares and Leo Santa Cruz in separate bouts, the World Boxing Super Series continued in England as George Groves took on Jamie Cox, and the 154 pound division had a little more clarity as Jarrett Hurd and Jermell Charlo made statements while Erislandy Lara cruised to a decision win.

There will be some news about what has happened over the past couple of weeks and what is looming forward in the next couple of weeks, as Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder will defend their heavyweight titles in two consecutive weekends.

The boxing world has been in a whirl after the news of Luis Ortiz testing positive for an illegal substance that has placed the November 4th event in danger. The host of the show has a lot to say on this subject as Deontay Wilder has been mouthing off ever since and it has created a lot of reactions from sports fans. A special segment will be made for this discussion.

Over the weekend, the World Boxing Super Series had another cruiserweight fight take place as Mairis Breidis took on Mike Perez in a title fight. We go through that fight and what happens with the winner moving on to the semifinals.

We will also preview a few key fights coming up in the month of October, including a series of fights that will take place on October 14th.

The main topic in this week's show will be the somewhat shocking announcement of Andre Ward's retirement. We will go over his career and what impact that he has had on the sport. There are some people that put him on high regard and some that do not. The host will have their take on Andre Ward in the show.

A few key fights over the weekend will be discussed, including the lightweight title fight between Jorge Linares and Luke Campbell, the super middleweight title fight between Gilberto Ramirez and Jesse Hart, the featherweight title fight between Oscar Valdez and Genesis Servania, and the heavyweight title fight between Joseph Parker and Hughie Fury. Reactions to all of these fights will be given over the course of the show.

The announcement of Deontay Wilder defending his heavyweight belt against Luis Ortiz came through this week. This has the boxing world buzzing and both fighters have already started the trash talk. Last week, we talked a little bit about the card but this week we will get into it a little bit more as more fights have been added to the card.

The result of the Canelo-Golovkin fight has lots of fans talking and there is a lot of outrage about it. The scorecard from one judge is the big point of discussion by many, and that will be one of the many topics that will be discussed on the show. On top of that, there will be a segment where the host will talk about what this means for all parties involved.

For the start of the show we will go through some results outside of what happened in Las Vegas which include the other middleweight title fight and one quarterfinal of the World Boxing Super Series. You would want to hear what the host has to say about one particular fighter.

A lot of good fights happened over the weekend and we will go through a few of them. There was a super middleweight title fight on Friday with David Benavidez taking on Ronald Gavril...The WBO super flyweight title was on the line as Naoya Inoue took on Antonio Nieves on Saturday night which was Inoue's debut in the US...Juan Francisco Estrada and Carlos Cuadras had a great encounter which ended up being very close, and Roman Gonzalez had his rematch against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai for the WBC super flyweight title. The aftermath of the results will be discussed on the show.

The middleweight title fight at the T-Mobile Arena between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will be going down Saturday night. There is a lot of anticipation for it by some fans, but there is a lot of backstory behind it. In the last segment of the show we will look at what's at stake with this fight.

There will be a series of good fight in the super flyweight division on September 9th, as the rematch between Roman Gonzalez and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will be the main event in a card that will also include Carlos Cuadras vs Juan Francisco Estrada and Naoya Inoue vs Antonio Nieves all in Carson California. A preview of each of these fights will be covered in the first segment of the show.

The World Boxing Super Series starts next week as what is viewed by many as the best matchup in the series takes place in Berlin as Oleksandr Usyk takes on Marco Huck. Both of these fighters are rated within the top 5 in the division. Whoever wins this fight could be the prohibitive favorite to win the series in the cruiserweight division.

We also delve into what's ahead September 16th. There were open workouts during the week for both Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. What are some things to look for in this upcoming matchup? We'll touch on a few of them in the last segment.