{"podcast":{"title":"Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast","slug":"big-fight-weekend-boxing-podcast-605559","podcast_index_feed_id":605559,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4124899/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/big-fight-weekend","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/42e519185da787eb65fd4d6716c6db45.jpg","author":"tj","episode_count":696,"summary":"From the opening bell to the final round, our boxing shows are tailored to the fight fan of today and even, yesterday. Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael, who is the premier boxing media personality in the U.S., come your way with a Friday preview and a Monday recap of everything in the boxing ring, every weekend. Plus, you'll hear from the biggest named fighters present and past in one on one interviews. And, the guys LOVE to talk nostalgia of the great fighters like Muhammad Ail, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquaio and more. If you are even a casual boxing fan, you will want to be with us on the \"Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast Feed.\"","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T08:18:17.468801+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-fight-weekend-boxing-podcast-605559"},"episode":{"title":"Oleksandr Usyk Wins Dramatically Over Verhoeven + Sheeraz And Frank Sanchez Big KOs And Fight News! | Fight Freaks Unite","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-wins-dramatically-over-verhoeven-sheeraz-and-frank-sanchez-big-kos-and-fight-news-fight-freaks-unite","published_at":"2026-05-25T02:37:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-fight-weekend-boxing-podcast-605559/oleksandr-usyk-wins-dramatically-over-verhoeven-sheeraz-and-frank-sanchez-big-kos-and-fight-news-fight-freaks-unite","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-fight-weekend-boxing-podcast-605559","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/oleksandr-usyk-wins-dramatically-over-verhoeven-sheeraz-and-frank-sanchez-big-kos-and-fight-news-fight-freaks-unite--72148635","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72148635/fight_freaks_unite_usyk_wins_dramatically_5_24_26.mp3","summary":"A wild night in Egypt on Saturday produced an unexpected, dramatic title win for Oleksandr Usyk and our guys are ready to go over that, the undercard and much more on the newest \"Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!\" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafae of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletterl to go over it all They start with the recap of Saturday’s \"Glory in Giza\" Ring magazine DAZN PPV in Giza, Egypt Oleksandr Usyk TKO11 Rico Verhoeven, and retains heavyweight titles. This was controversial and we have lots and lots of takes on how much Verhoeven pushed Usyk to the brink. This, includes- what's next for both? In the co-feature, Hamzah Sheeraz KO2 Alem Begic, wins WBO super middleweight title.This was a joke of a fight and we need to see better opponents for Sheeraz. Also, veteran Jack Catterall W12 Shakhram Giyasov, and wins vacant WBA “regular” welterweight title and big Cuban Frank Sanchez KO2 Richard Torrez Jr., IBF heavyweight eliminator . Massive knockout for Sanchez and what does this mean for Torrez's future fighting big heavyweights? Also, a recap of Friday’s Golden Boy DAZN card in San Jose, California Amari Jones KO3 Vincenzo Gualtieri, IBF middleweight eliminator. Jones looks good in a wide open middleweight division. Plus, Robin Safar W12 split Yamil Peralta, cruiserweight contender fight. Then, some news Talks going on for WBC middleweight titlist Carlos Adames to move up to super middleweight to challenge Osleys Igesias for his IBF title. We are intrigued by this one. Junto Nakatani had surgery on his broken left orbit suffered in round 11 vs. Naoya Inoue earlier in May. What's his prognosis? Former WBA welterweight titlist Yordenis Ugas is coming back June 6th. First fight in three years since back to back rough losses to Spence and B…","meta_description":"A wild night in Egypt on Saturday produced an unexpected, dramatic title win for Oleksandr Usyk and our guys are ready to go over that, the undercard and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4458,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-fight-weekend-boxing-podcast-605559/episodes/oleksandr-usyk-wins-dramatically-over-verhoeven-sheeraz-and-frank-sanchez-big-kos-and-fight-news-fight-freaks-unite/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-fight-weekend-boxing-podcast-605559/oleksandr-usyk-wins-dramatically-over-verhoeven-sheeraz-and-frank-sanchez-big-kos-and-fight-news-fight-freaks-unite.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}