This week was the classic week of great fights for hardcore fight fans, but might have been overlooked by others. 

Notable results are: 
Ekow Essuman defeats former undisputed champion Josh Taylor...we make sense of this.

Heavyweight Moses Itauma knocked out Mike Balogun. Is Itauma the next great heavyweight?

Angelo Leo made the first defense of his IBF featherweight title against Tomoki Kameda, traveling to Japan to do so. 

On Thursday, DAZN featured a card headlined by Jonny Mansour, who went six rounds for the first time in his career, defeating Christian Avalos. Featherweight Vic Pasillas stopped Carlos Jackson in the co-feature, and Jose Ramirez knocked out Jessie Mandapat.

Terri Harper and Maxi Hughes also won this week. 

This week....

Wednesday on DAZN, Eduardo Nunez will face Masanori Rikiihsi for the vacant IBF junior lightweight title.

Friday on DAZN, Darius Fulghum vs. Bektemir Melikuziev, will do battle in a WBA super middleweight title eliminator. Other notables on this card include, middleweight fight between Eric Priest and Luis Arias, 2024 U.S. super heavyweight Olympian Joshua Edwards, welterweight Cayden Griffiths, and junior middleweight Grant Flores.

Also on Friday on DAZN, Manuel Gallegos will rematch Khalil Coe in a light heavyweight main event. Gallegos stopped Coe in their last bout, and now they rematch in Mexico, where Gallegos is from. The co-feature is junior featherweight Murodjon Akhmadaliev.

Saturday on Prime Video, Caleb Plant will face Armando Resendiz. This will be the super middleweight Plant's first fight of 2025. The co-feature is Jermall Charlo vs. Thomas LaManna in a super middleweight bout. Interesting undercard bouts, a middleweight fight between Yoenli Hernandez vs. Kyrone Davis, a breakout fight between Isaac Lucero vs. Omar Valenzuela at junior middleweight, as well as lightweight Curmel Moton in action, and super middleweight John Easter.

Former beltholder Julio Cesar Martinez returns to Mexico. 

All of this, plus your questions and Dakota. 

Timestamps
0:00 Ekow Essuman upsets Josh Taylor
12:15 Moses Itauma 
17:50 Angelo Leo- Tomoki Kameda
23:00 Eduardo Nunez-Masanori Rikiihsi 
28:30 Manuel Gallegos-Khalil Coe II
34:35 Caleb Plant-Armando Resendiz
40:20 Yoenli Hernandez-Kyrone Davis
44:28 Julio Cesar Martinez returns
47:30 Darius Fulghum-Bektemir Melikuziev

A preview of this week's fights

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A preview of this week's fights

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In this episode, Dakota returns after two weeks off from the show. 

We get his take on the cards that started May from Times Square, Ryan Garcia-Rolando Romero, Canelo Alvarez-William Scull, and Naoya Inoue-Ramon Cardenas. We then jump into this week’s show in which heavyweight Dave Allen stops Johnny Fisher. Could a trilogy happen?

The undercard was very regional, but Kieron Conway continues to have “John Ryder vibes”, George Liddard is climbing the ranks and Shannon Ryan is a tricky fighter to judge, we will explain.

Sam Goodman defeated Cesar Vaca Espinoza in the middle of the week. It was his first fight of 2025. 

Also, Serhii Bohachuk returned defeating Mykal Fox, but it was hard than many expected and it took place at middleweight. Omar Trinidad also picked up a victory on this card. 

This week, we preview the return of Josh Taylor against Ekow Essuman. Also, heavyweight Moses Itauma vs. Mike Balogun will be the co-feature. 

Terri Harper-Natalie Zimmermann will happen with Harper’s WBO women’s lightweight belt on the line, the co-feature on this card will be Maxi Hughes taking on Archie Sharp in a lightweight bout. 

Angelo Leo looks to defend his IBF featherweight title against Tomoki Kameda in Japan. 

Timestamps
0:00 Emanuel Navarrete-Charly Suarez
21:00 undercard
28:00 Anthony Cacace-Leigh Wood results
31:35 ProBox TV
34:40 Serhii Bohachuk-Myke Fox Preview
39:48 Fisher-Allen II

In this podcast, Lukie is all by himself as Dakota is away being an adult. 

The main topic is Emanuel Navarrete-Charly Suarez and the WBO junior lightweight title fight. It was confusing and we talk about it.

Other stuff, Raymond Muratalla wins the interim IBF lightweight title over Zaur Abdullaev. I will talk about a few notable insights including Giovani Santillan, Andres Cortes and Alan Garcia. 

Also, Anthony Cacace stopped Leigh Wood...I will talk about this for a little bit, but not too much. 

On Friday, Dainier Pero survived a knockdown to win a heavyweight main event. 

I will also talk about this week's fight action, with the most marquee bout being Serhii Bohachuk-Myke Fox which will broadcast on UFC Fight Pass.

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The big fight of the week will be 360 Promotions' card on UFC Fight Pass between junior middleweight contender Serhii Bohachuk-Myke Fox on Saturday at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California. 

I am joined by veteran reporter Miguel Maravilla for this episode to preview the card. 

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This week I preview the upcoming fights by myself. 

The fights I talk about both happen on Saturday including Emanuel Navarrete vs Charly Suarez on ESPN, and a junior middleweight eliminator fight Erickson Lubin vs Ardreal Holmes.

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In this episode, we talk about Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn, a fun pay-per-view fight. Other reactions, Anthony Yarde-Lyndon Arthur III, Aaron McKenna defeating Liam Smith, Chris Billam-Smith edging Brandon Glanton, and more...

Then, we get to this week. Ryan Garcia faces rival Rolando Romero on Friday at Times Square. The co-feature is Devin Haney vs. Jose Ramirez. If both win, Garcia and Haney could face each other at a later date. The opener is Teofimo Lopez against Arnold Barboza Jr.

Then, on Saturday on DAZN PPV from Saudi Arabia, Canelo Alvarez faces William Scull. Canelo will look to become a two-time undisputed champion in the super middleweight division. Bruno Surace will rematch Jaime Munguia as the co-feature. Other good fights, heavyweight Efe Ajagba takes on Martin Bakole, Badou Jack puts his WBC cruiserweight title on the line against Noel Mikaelian, and Mexican Olympian  Marco Verde makes his pro debut. 

On Sunday on ESPN, Naoya Inoue will face Ramon Cardenas. Inoue will fight in the U.S.

WBO featherweight titleholder Rafael Espinoza faces Edward Vazquez in a good title defense. Can Rohan Polanco become a featherweight contender? his bout against Fabian Maidana will tell us a lot. 

Notable undercard bouts and fighters to watch, Emiliano Vargas, Art Barrera Jr.,  and Ra’eese Aleem-Rudy Garcia.

Timestamps 
0:00 Chris Eubank Jr-Conor Benn
13:00 undercard
18:55 Ryan Garcia-Rolando Romero 
24:50 Devin Haney-Jose Ramirez
32:00 Teofimo Lopez-Arnold Barboza Jr
39:00 Canelo-William Scull
43:03 undercard
51:20 Naoya Inoue-Ramon Cardenas
54:00 Rafael Vazquez-Edward Vazquez
56:50 undercard

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This week, we are joined by Gayle Falkenthal of NYFights.com, as she gives her thoughts on Ryan Garcia-Rolando Romero, Devin Haney-Jose Ramirez, and Teofimo Lopez-Arnold Barboza Jr.

That is followed by featherweight Malikai Johnson, fresh off his new broadcasting gig on Westside Promotions, as he breaks down Canelo Alvarez-William Scull and what you should know about the undercard.

We concluded with my good friend Abraham Gonzalez of FightsATW.com breaking down Naoya Inoue-Ramon Cardenas.

In this show, we will talk a bit about Gabriela Fundora, and her potential. The shocking upset loss that will rework the junior middleweight division, as Jorge Garcia Perez won a split-decision against Charles Conwell. Plus, we talk about the upcoming Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jr card and should we care? Plus, a solid undercard. 

Timestamps 
0:00 Gabriela Fundora’s promising future
11:00 Jorge Garcia Perez upsets Charles Conwell 
14:30 Golden Boy undercard 
20:53 Sergey Kovalev’s career  
27:10 Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jr
39:05 Viddal Riley-Chev Clarke 
41:20 Liam Smith-Aaron McKenna 
42:20 Chris Billam-Smith-Brandon Glanton
46:00 News and notes