It was a mellow week of boxing, topped by a Top Rank card with Mikaela Mayer defeating Sandy Ryan, again. Brian Norman Jr made his first title defense of his WBO welterweight title, and Bruce Carrington looks to be moving toward a title shot.

On DAZN, William Zepeda defeated Tevin in their rematch on a Golden Boy Promotions card. Also, Oscar Collazo stopped Edwin Cano, Joselito Velazquez was involved in a fight that was too much fun, Robin Safar made his debut with Golden Boy Promotions, and Yokasta Valle defeated Marlen Esparza. Could Valle fight Gabriela Fundora?

Next Saturday on Prime Video, Tim Tszyu vs. Joey Spencer, with a notable feature bout of Endry Saavedra vs. Mikkel Nielsen

A strong Top Rank card featuring: Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Guido Vianello
, Lindolfo Delgado vs. Elvis Rodriguez, Abdullah Mason vs. Carlos Ornelas, Albert Gonzalez vs. Dana Coolwell, Steven Navarro vs. Juan Esteban Garcia, 8 rounds, and Jahi Tucker vs. Troy Williamson

On ESPN+, Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Anauel Ngamissengue

On DAZN, Joe Joyce vs. Filip Hrgovic

Timestamps
0:00 William Zepeda-Tevin Farmer II
9:08 Yokasta Valle-Marlen Esparza
14:00 Oscar Collazo
16:11 Mikaela Mayer-Sandy Ryan II
22:20 Brain Norman Jr
27:05 undercard
29:30 Masamichi Yabuki-Angel Ayala
34:40 Tim Tszyu-Joey Spencer
39:50 Richard Torrez-Guido Vianello
45:10 Lindolfo Delgado-Elvis Rodriguez
49:00 undercard
53:35 Janibek title defense
56:30 Joe Joyce vs. Filip Hrgovic
01:00:30 ProBox TV card
01:05:37 Final thoughts

In this episode, I am joined by Pete Lopes to preview the upcoming week of action.

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Timestamps
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:25 R.I.P. George Foreman
6:12 Sebastian Fundora-Chrodale Booker
9:50 Fundora vs Xander Zayas
14:20 Jesus Ramos Jr – WOW!
17:08 Elijah Garcia-Terrell Gausha
25:10 Lester Martinez-Joeshon James
31:20 ProBox TV
37:52 George Kambosos-Jake Wyllie
41:10 Tiara Brown-Skye Nicolson
45:10 Pat Brown’s pro debut on Friday
46:53 Mikaela Mayer-Sandy Ryan II
50:43 Brian Norman Jr returns
52:10 Top Rank undercard
55:30 William Zepeda-Tevin Farmer II
57:20 Golden Boy undercard
59:55 Final thoughts

In this episode, we break down the two big fights of the week.

First, Beto Duran, the play-by-play announcer of Golden Boy Promotions, and a wealth of boxing knowledge comes on to preview Saturday's lightweight bout between William Zepeda and Tevin Farmer which is a rematch from November. You can follow Beto here and here.

Boxing coach and podcaster Christine Lopez joins the conversation to talk about the WBO women's welterweight title on ESPN as Mikaela Mayer looks to defend her belt against Sandy Ryan. The fight is also a rematch. You can follow her content here.

The full episode is available at http://lukieboxing.substack.com

Dakota is on leave for a week so we recruited https://x.com/ATokkers5 to join the show and breakdown a busy week of fights including Keith Thurman’s knockout of Brock Jarvis, Kenshiro Teraji-Seigo Yuri Akui, Nick Ball stopping TJ Doheny…is Ball ready to fight Naoya Inoue? Plus, Austin “Ammo” Williams-Patrice Volny. Then, we preview Sebastian Fundora-Chordale Booker, George Kambosos’ return to the ring and a great ProBox TV main event between Lester Martinez-Joeshon James. 

You enjoy him you can watch his show on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@championshiprndspodcast?si=Gkm_YxkQUna1R-2z

0:00 Intro
0:50 Keith Thurman’s comeback
5:30 Kenshiro Teraji-Akui
15:13 undercard thoughts
20:40 Nick Ball-TJ Doheny
28:09 undecard thoughts
33:08 Austin Williams-Patr
39:00 undecard thoughts 
44:00 Sebastian Fundora-Chordale Booker
51:30 undercard thoughts
53:30 George Kambosos returns
54:40 Skye Nicolson vs. Tiara Brown
58:50 Cherneka Johnson vs. Nina Hughes
01:00:00 Lester Martinez-Joeshon James

We are joined by two great guests this week.

First,  Anthony Saldana a/k/a Stacks breaks down the junior middleweight title fight between titleholder Sebastian Fundora and Chordale Booker. The fight is Saturday on Prime Video and a super middleweight contender bout between undefeated fighters Lester Martinez and Joeshon James. The fight is on ProBox TV.

 Zach of the Unofficial Scorecard Podcast (https://theunofficialscorecardpodcast.libsyn.com/ep-72-eric-raskin) joins the show to preview Saturday's DAZN telecast between former undisputed lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr facing Daud Yordan.

The full episode will be available Monday at http://lukieboxing.substack.com

Show notes

0:00 Boxing in 2025
19:25 ProBox TV card recap
28:50 Most Valuable Prospects 11
36:20 Natasha Jonas-Lauren Price
42:40 Keith Thurman-Brock Jarvis Preview
50:10 Kenshiro Teraji-Seigo Yuri Akui
54:30 Listener questions
01:01:50 Nick Ball-TJ Doheny
01:04:00 Austin Williams-Patrice Volny
01:07:17 Edgar Berlanga
01:08:40 undercard
01:13:00 final thoughts

We are joined by two great guests this week.

First, Zach of the Unofficial Scorecard Podcast (https://theunofficialscorecardpodcast.libsyn.com/ep-72-eric-raskin) joins the show to preview Wednesday's fight between former titleholder Keith Thurman and Brock Jarvis (which I am not sure how to watch in the United States), and a flyweight unification bout between Kenshiro Teraji-Seigo Yuri Akui which is on ESPN+ early Thursday morning.

That is followed by the best in the business, Sean Bastow of BTR Boxing Podcast Network (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/btr-boxing-podcast-network/id1433752118). Sean helps us understand what we show now about WBA featherweight titleholder Nick Ball's fight against TJ Doheny on Saturday, which is broadcast on DAZN. Then, we talk about middleweight Austin "Ammo" Williams against Patrice Volny
which occurs Saturday night in the U.S. on DAZN as well. 

In this podcast, we talked about Lamont Roach Jr's amazing performance against Gervonta Davis. We give our thoughts on the fight. We discuss the undercard bouts, Subriel Matias’ win over Gabriel Valenzuela, and Lewis Crocker’s DQ win over Paddy Donovan.

Dakota and the Big Dog, also breakdown the upcoming week’s action.

Timestamps 
0:00 Gervonta Davis-Lamont Roach Jr
18:22 Gary Antuanne Russell-Jose Valenzuela
23:36 Alberto Puello-Sandor Martin
28:40 Yoenis Tellez-Julian Williams
31:30 Johan Gonzalez-Jarrett Hurd
33:30 Subriel Matias now mandatory challenger for Richardson Hitchins
35:36 undercard
38:00 Paddy Donovan-Lewis Crocker
46:30 Golden Boy Promotions card on Thursday preview
48:45 Natasha Jonas-Lauren Price
51:20 Undercard
52:50 Albert Batyrgaziev
55:10 Arnold Khegai-Joet Gonzalez
58:30 Lucas Bahdi facing Ryan Racaza.
01:01:50 news of the week 
01:04:30 Rocky Hernandez

Boxing coach John Pullman joins the show to preview #KhegaiGonzalez which will air on Saturday on ProBox TV and #JonasPrice.

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