A wild weekend all over the globe of championship fights, most prominently seeing Manny Pacquiao fight to an unfulfilling draw with Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas. We're ready to recap tha,t plus undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine cements his legacy with a thundering KO of Daniel Dubois Saturday night in London. We've got it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast!
Host TJ Rives guides you through this recap edition with insider Dan Rafael's thoughts from on scene in the immediate aftermath Saturday night of the Pacquiao-Barrios controversial decision. Pac-Man looked great for 46 years of age and four years out of the ring, but he didn't quite do enough to get the decision and take the title. Dan doesn't agree with it. And, you'll hear the back and forth on this pod. Plus what we see Manny, again, including in a possible rematch with Barrios?
Plus, Dan recaps the rest of the undercard including Sebastian Fundora's technical knockout win over Tim Tszyu for a second straight victory over the Australian and retain his WBC junior middleweight title.. What's next for Fundora, now?
The guys also discuss Usyk's dominance over Dubois with a fifth round KO, which means he's now won six consecutive heavyweight title fights And, he has to be regarded as the best heavyweight fighter of the last decade- bar none. Will Usyk continue to fight on? And, if so, whom is the likely opponent? T.J. and Dan break it down.
Then we go into the preview mode with the upcoming vacant WBO 154 lb title fight as Puerto Rican Xander Zayas get set to battle lesser known Jorge Garcia of Mexico Saturday night in the Top Rank Boxing/ESPN main event at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.
Dan has a one-on-one conversation with Zayas to talk about the biggest moment to date of his career and what it could lead to if his hand is raised Saturday?
We wrap the recap pod with TJ going to Ricky Carroll, lead writer of the Big fFght Weekend.com site and talking with him some more about the Usyk fantastic performance and what his future is short-term and his Hall of Fame legacy is compared to other great fighters?
It's all part of the great weekend of action on the "Fight fFeaks United Recap" podcast on this feed. And, make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple /spreaker/Spotify etc.!