We're back off a lighter weekend with only one prominent fight card, in Russia of all places, too, to recap the world title fight there and have a prominent former world champ join us on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!"Host T.J. Rives is joined by insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter to go over ti all with their takes.First, they recap Saturday’s IBA Pro card in MoscowHeavyweight Murat Gassiev TKO6 Peter Kadiru, retains WBA title in a one sided fight. Afterwards, Derek Chisora was in the ring to challenge Gassiev to a fight. What. Are. We.Doing. Here?!In the co-featuere heavyweight Artem Suslenkov TKO11 Joe Joyce, who is CLEARLY finished at this point. Then, it's former unified welterweight champ Errol Spence joining Big Dan for a conversation. It is his first fight in three years, as Spence will move up in weight and face fellow former world titleholder Tim Tszyu in a middleweight fight that headlines a PBC PPV card July 25th U.S. time. Hear them discuss his layoff, the challenge of fighting in Australia and more.Then, some newsThe Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn non-announcement at Friday’s UFC weigh-in and the latest on whether this fight is going to get signed and announced for September? Per source, Dan says WBO super middleweight titlist Hamzah Sheeraz will make his first defense on July 25th in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the Anthony Joshua-Kristian Prenga DAZN PPV undercard.Next, the WBC junior welterweight mandatory between titlist Dalton Smith and former titlist Alberto Puello, postponed from June 6 due to a Smith injury, will be rescheduled for Oct. 24 but Puello will have an interim bout this coming Saturday in his native Dominican Republic.And, lightweight contender Andy Cruz has a new opponent replacing Alberto Bell in Abraham Montoya on this coming Saturday’s Matchroom Boxing card, but it won’t an IBF eliminator as the Bell fight was supposed to be.Finally, Sunday is Julio Cesar Chavez's 64th birthday. So let’s celebrate and talk about his greatness.It's all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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