On the latst edition of the show, host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and newsletter return to go over numerous fights this weekend. This included one of the most shocking KO/upsets of 2024, as well.That came in the Saturday Zanfer/ESPN+ show from Tijuana, Mexico, as little known Bruno Surace of France knocked about former super middleweight title challenger Jaime Munguia in his hometown! Big Dan has more on what happened and what does this do to Munguia's future?Also, Saturday in the Matchroom Boxing/DAZN show from Monte Carlo, Monaco fomer world champ Murodjon Akhmadaliev captured the WBA interim 122 lb. title with a third round KO of Ricardo Espinoza. We go over the win and what it means for Akhmadailiev in '25?And, back in North America in the Golden Boy/DAZN show from Ontario, CA, Alexis Rocha and Raul Curiel put on a wild weltereweight main event draw. And, it looks like we'll do it again.There's news as Australian Sam Goodman is cut in training, and his scheduled Dec 24th challenge against undisputed 122 lb. champ Naoya Inoue is now delayed to January 24th. Dan has the details on what went down.And finally, Nostalgia as:Dec. 14, 2019 – 5 years ago Saturday – Terence Crawford scored a TKO over "Mean Machine" Kavaliauskas to retain his WBO 147 lb. title in one of his toughest fights he's had. Plus, Teofimo Lopez bombed Richard Commey in co-feature to win his first world title, IBF 135 tile. Dan was ringside at MSG.Dec. 17, 2016 – 8 years ago on Tuesday – Joe Smith Jr. kayoed hall of famer Bernard Hopkins litterally out of the ring in the fight that Big Dan says he “made.” It was BHop’s last fight and Da was ringside at The Forum in Inglewood, CA.And we look back on the one year anniversary of Showtime signing off from boxing (A David Morrell TKO in the second over Sena Agbeko main event) and that was it after 37 years of fights on their network and PPV. And, the sport is worse for it.Hear it all on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe to this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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