It was a demolish job knockout by Russian unified light heavyweight champ Artur Beterbiev over American Joe Smith Saturday night in New York. And, we're ready to recap that fight and all that went on in the Top Rank Boxing/ESPN show on the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast.
Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider for BigFightWeekend.com, are ready to go over the Beterbiev KO of Smith inside of six minutes. Did Smith have the wrong strategy? Was Beterbiev going to eventually KO him, and it was just of matter of how soon? Dan has more from being ringside at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden Saturday night.
Also, will we see Beterbiev battle his fellow countryman Dmitry Bivol in an undisputed bout at 175 lb. next?
Also, in the co-feature bout Robeisy Ramirez of Cuba scored a big KO, himself, as he defeated Abraham Nova in just five rounds. What's the former two time Olympic Gold Medalist Ramirez's future at Featherweight? Dan has some insight on what he believes Top Rank and Ramirez's management will do.
Finally, the guys discuss the announcement that the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua rematch is now official for August 20th. Dan gives more insight on the details of the bout and the television rights, etc., for the showdown for the WBA/IBF/WBO championships.
Hear it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast and makes to follow/subscribe to the "Big Fight Weekend Podcast" feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, etc.
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