Lance and Mike break down Jermell Charlo’s TKO of Tony Harrison to regain his WBC Super Welterweight title, a wild win for Efe Ajagba over Iago Kiladze on the undercard, the Danial Jacobs-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fiasco, Errol Spence Jr.’s outlook for 2020, and Gervonta Davis vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa to close out the year. Plus, the guys give out their 2019 awards for Fight of the Year, Fighter of the Year, KO of the Year, Trainer of the Year, Upset of the Year, and Best Rivalry of the Year.

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Lance and Mike record from Los Angeles at the Mikey Garcia-Jessie Vargas press conference, ahead of their scheduled February 29 fight. First, Jessie Vargas discusses how his fight against Mikey Garcia came together, his thoughts on how the fight will play out, and why he believes he can score an upset on fight night. Then, Eddie Hearn talks about Mikey Garcia-Jessie Vargas, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Daniel Jacobs, Bob Arum’s cirticism, NSAC, drug testing, DAZN, and much more. After that, Regis Prograis discusses potentially fighting Mikey Garcia down the line, a Maurice Hooker bout, his outlook for 2020, and more. Finally, Mikey Garcia talks about being very motivated following his loss to Errol Spence Jr., his thought process on taking a fight against Jessie Vargas at 147lbs., a potential Manny Pacquiao matchup, buying himself a car for his 32nd birthday, and more.

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Lance and Mike recap Anthony Joshua’s victory over Andy Ruiz and give their thoughts on how the fight played out, the potential for a trilogy bout, and the megafight that would be Joshua vs. Wilder. Then, the guys discuss Crawford vs. Mean Machine, Crawford’s need to fight elite talent for the sake of his legacy, and Tiofemo Lopez vs. Richard Commey. Plus, Lance sits down with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum days after his 88th birthday to discuss the Terence Crawford vs. Mean Machine fight, future matchups for Crawford, Tiofemo Lopez vs. Richard Commey, promoting the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury rematch, Michael Conlan’s next fight, and much more.

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Mike is joined by sports promoter and Matchroom Boxing managing director Eddie Hearn in a cab on the way to the Andy Ruiz-Anthony Joshua 2 press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to discuss how he put together the Clash On The Dunes rematch, how this fight could be different than the first one, Anthony Joshua’s mindset going into the bout, and much more. 

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Lance and Mike talk about their own personal paths covering the sport of boxing over the last ten years and take a look back at some of the best fights, fighters, stories, and moments from the past decade in the boxing world, while taking a look at the decade to come.

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Lance and Mike preview the much-anticipated rematch between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz and give their thoughts on how the fight will play out, the potential Wilder-Fury rematch hanging in the balance, and much more, including audio of Deontay Wilder discussing the matchup, giving his thoughts on Luis Ortiz’s preparation for the fight, and where he feels his legacy stands at this point. Plus, the guys break down Saturday night’s undercard featuring Leo Santa Cruz vs. Miguel Flores, Brandon Figueroa vs. Julio Ceja, and Luis Nery vs. Emmanuel Rodriguez, and discuss Devin Haney’s upcoming shoulder surgery, Caleb Plant’s next title defense against Alfredo Angulo, Sergey Kovalev’s excuses about the Canelo Alvarez fight, and much more.

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Lance and Mike discuss KSI-Logan Paul 2 and assess the reaction from fans and the media following the event. Plus, breaking down Devin Haney’s performance on the undercard, his next fight against Javier Fortuna, and a possible matchup with Ryan Garcia down the road, the need for Gervonta Davis to take a step up in competition in 2020, the silence surrounding Errol Spence Jr’s health, Wilder-Ortiz II, Showtime’s future, or lack thereof, in the boxing business, and Mike breaks news of a likely Jojo Diaz-Tevin Farmer fight during the show. 

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Lance and Mike record from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to break down the Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev WBO Light Heavyweight title fight and make their predictions, as well as discuss the tension between Canelo and Oscar De La Hoya heading into the bout. Then, former two-time champion Jessie Vargas joins the show to give his perspective on the fight and how moving up in weight may affect Canelo’s performance. Later, DAZN executive Joe Markowski talks to the guys about the slate of upcoming fights on DAZN starting with Canelo-Kovalev and continuing with Logan Paul-KSI and Ruiz-Joshua 2. Plus, the guys discuss Ryan Garcia vs. Romero Duno and the rest of Canelo-Kovalev undercard, recap the Josh Taylor-Regis Prograis fight, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. evading a VADA test, and look ahead to Jermell Charlo vs. Tony Harrison II and Gervonta Davis vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa.

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Lance is joined by special co-host Logan Paul at Wild Card Boxing Club to discuss his rematch with KSI at the Staples Center on November 9, how his misstep in Japan led to becoming a new person dedicated to learning the sport of boxing, whether the YouTube generation will gravitate to boxing or not, and much more. Plus, Jake Paul reveals he’s in talks with Eddie Hearn for a match in December or January, and their trainer Shannon Briggs says Logan Paul will be in a Heavyweight title fight within four years.

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