a card was announced for the week of Canelo-Crawford headlined by Anthony Olascuaga vs. Juan Carlos Camacho, it will also feature Justin Viloria, Jalil Hackett, and Jamar Talley. 

Then, we move to this week and the fight of the week happens on Thursday. Osleys Iglesias will face Vladimir Shishkin; what is at stake is a chance to fight the IBF super middleweight titleholder. A belt currently held by Canelo Alvarez, who faces Terence Crawford the following week. Also on the card, lightweight Dzmitry Asanau, junior welterweight Jhon Orobio, super middleweight Moreno Fendero, and Canadian Olympian Wyatt Sanford.

Olympian Michael Conlan returns on Friday...any thoughts on his comeback?

ProBox TV has a card on Friday featuring a solid main event with "Short Dog" Jordan White facing tough veteran Rene Tellez Giron. Can White go to the next level? The card is filled with 50-50 fights and developmental fights. Of the 50-50 fights to watch, Sulaiman Segawa vs. Bryan Acosta stands out. Segawa beat Ruben Villa and nearly beat Bruce Carrington. Acosta just had a close fight with Ramon Cardenas before he got the Naoya Inoue fight. Jonhatan Cardoso, a Brazilian fighter featured on many ProBox TV cards, will face Luis Torres Valenzuela, who just stopped an aging Nicholas Walters. The bout will see two solid punchers facing each other with hopes of becoming ranked higher in the division. Another sneaky great fight is, Elijah Flores, a junior middleweight who has sparred Manny Pacquiao, facing Hayward's Damoni Cato-Cain, who has been in camp with Terence Crawford. In terms of the developmental fights, Travon Marshall, Deric Davis, Jordan Roach and Benjamin Johnson are stellar up-and-comers featured on this card. 

Saturday on DAZN in the U.K., Olympian Pat McCormack faces veteran Miguel Parra, who had a tough fight with Shakhram Giyasov at the Santa Monica Pier. Notables on this card are the return of Sandy Ryan, and Cameron Vuong

That evening on DAZN, Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez will look to make the first defense of his IBF junior lightweight title against Christopher "Pitufo" Diaz. Nunez won the vacant title earlier this year in a very fun fight. It is strange that Nunez is not getting more publicity. 

Also, in Mexico, Oscar Valdez will return to the ring for the first time in 2025 against Richard Medina, 
a former Raymond Ford opponent. I am not sure if we can watch it, but it is good to have him back.


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In this episode, we start with the main topic of the weekend, which is Canelo Alvarez posting an image with himself and Jaron "Boots" Ennis. What does this mean for his upcoming fight with Terence Crawford?

Also, we give thoughts on the MVP's doubleheader in Orlando, Florida, on Friday and Saturday night, which was a lot of fun, and saw some upsets. 

Timestamps
0:00 Canelo sparring Boots Ennis
7:10 Yankiel Rivera-Angelino Cordova
12:12 Abass Baraou beats Yoenis Tellez
18:15 Lucas Bahdi
23:37 Jamaine Ortiz, Stephanie Han, Jocelyn Camarillo, Jasmine Artiga
26:13 Jan Paul Rivera stops Daniel Bailey
28:55 Jahmal Harvey’s pro debut
32:22 Alex Rios upsets Tayre Jones
34:08 Corey Marksman, homegrown contender?
37:10 Yoelvis Gomez
38:50 Pedro Conceicao, Carlos De Leon Sebastian Juarez 
39:20 Skye Nicolson 
42:50 Jack Rafferty-Mark Chamberlain 
45:30 Murat Gassiev defeated Jeremiah Milton
47:50 Albert Bell fights Keith Hunter
50:05 Luis Ortiz returns in Texas
51:50 Sadam Ali, and Richard Commey

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The second time in the month of August, we are looking at a weekend without boxing. 

More thoughts at http://lukieboxing.substack.com

In this episode, we start with the news of the day....Jake Paul will fight Gervonta Davis on November 14 in Atlanta. What do we think of this? 

Then, we talk about Moses Itauma's first-round knockout of Dillian Whyte. Followed by the undercard result reactions to Raymond Ford outpoint Abraham Nova, Nick Ball edging out Sam Goodman, and Filip Hrgovic getting a win. 

We will also briefly touch on Omar Trinidad's draw against Lorenzo Parra and Mizuki Hiruta's performance. 

Then, we are off to this week, where MVP will be holding shows on Friday and Saturday from the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. Both cards will be telecast on DAZN. 

Friday night, Jan Paul Rivera faces Daniel Bailey, other notable bouts, 2024 U.S. Olympian Jahmal Harvey makes his pro debut, Yoelvis Gomez will take on Edwine Humaine, and Corey Marksman vs Luis Martinez. 

Saturday night, we will see Yankiel Rivera versus Angelino Cordova, Lucas Bahdi against Roger Gutierrez, Yoenis Tellez taking on Abass Baraou, women's lightweight Stephanie Han, and Jasmine Artiga looks to defend her title. 

Timestamps 
0:00 Gervonta Davis vs Jake Paul
8:40 Moses Itauma
15:50 Nick Ball-Sam Goodman
20:22 Raymond Ford-Abraham Nova 
25:15 Hrgovic
26:33 Omar Trinidad
30:00 Night 1 MVP Show
37:50 Yankiel Rivera-Angelino Cordova

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Take 2, I re-recorded my preview of this weekend's DAZN card 

Full coverage at http://lukieboxing.substack.com

We took a week off. We are sorry.

This week, we start with the lead, Moses Itauma. He screams of the next generation of British boxing, and facing Dillian Whyte shouldn't be a challenge, right? We talk about what might be at stake. Also, it is on pay-per-view. 

The undercard will see WBA featherweight titleholder Nick Ball against Sam Goodman, which is the fight of the weekend on paper. Junior lightweight Raymond Ford will face Abraham Nova, and heavyweight Filip Hrgovic will face David Adeleye.

We talk about the major action of last week, which includes Ricardo Sandoval upsetting Kenshiro Teraji, Carlos Canizales becoming a 108lbs beltholder, and Oscar Duarte winning a close fight against Kenny Sims Jr. We also touch on Regis Prograis' win over Joseph Diaz Jr.

This leads into this week...On Wednesday, the WBC Grand Prix will happen, and it is a lot of fun. Lukie gives some names to follow (spoiler alert: Troy Nash Jr). 

On Friday, ProBox TV returns with a junior lightweight bout between Mukhammadkhuja Yaqubov and William Foster III, a quality main event. A crossroads fight between junior welterweights Starling Castillo vs Shinard Bunch is a great crossroads bout. The three Valle brothers will be featured on the card. 

On Friday, 360 Promotions holds a card on UFC Fight Pass, the card is headlined by Omar Trinidad, a contender at featherweight, against Lorenzo Parra. The co-feature is a WBO junior bantamweight titleholder looking to make another title defense against Naomy Cardenas Gomez. Gomez upset Bree Howling in her last fight. Hiruta trains with Manny Robles and Edgar Jasso. Abel Mejia faces former title contender Aston Palicte at 130lbs and 
Guadalupe Medina vs. Rubi Gutierrez is the type of women's 105lbs fight that could steal the show.


0:00 Moses Itauma-Dillian Whyte
7:00 Nick Ball-Sam Goodman
15:06 undercard 
21:00 WBC Grand Prix
23:00 Where is U.S. boxing going? 
29:00 ProBox TV card
37:00 360 Promotion
40:55 Oscar Duarte-Kenny Sims Jr
46:00 Regis Prograis-Joseph Diaz 
52:00 Ricardo Sandoval upset Kenshiro Teraji

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I preview the DAZN pay-per-view fight between Moses Itauma vs. Dillian Whyte.

For a full breakdown of the week's action, go to http://lukieboxing.substack.com

I talk about a very thin week of boxing. 

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A preview of Saturday's bout on DAZN between Duarte and Sims as well as a title fight between Teraji and Sandoval.

To hear my thoughts on all of the major fights this week, visit: http://lukieboxing.substack.com

In this episode, Lukie is joined by guest host John Pullman as they talk about the Top Rank card. 

We also discuss Claressa Shields-Lani Daniels as well as the return of Tony Harrison.

We preview Kenshiro Teraji-Ricardo Sandoval, which takes place this week, and will be on DAZN. We also talk about the Golden Boy card from Chicago, headlined by Oscar Duarte-Kenneth Sims Jr. The co-feature is a good one, Regis Progrias-Joseph Diaz Jr.

We also talk about the future of boxing telecasts

Timestamps 
0:00 intro
2:00 Where do we watch boxing?
6:55 Xander
21:32 Claressa Shields
34:00 Usyk-Dubois II
41:00 undercard thoughts 
57:10 Oscar Duarte-Kenny Sims Jr
01:07:00 Kenshiro
01:15:00 Final thoughts

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