It's the latest edition of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" but with THE Dan Rafael flying solo due to TJ technical difficulties.Dan recaps Saturday Golden Boy/DAZN card in Houston, asRyan Garcia scores KO8 of Oscar Duarte, What did Dan think of Ryan's bounce back performance? And also, Flloyd Schofield demolishes Ricardo Torres in one round. Next up was the Saturday Matchroom Boxing/DAZN card earlier Saturday in Belfast, Northern Ireland.England's Jordan Gill pulls the shocker with a TKO7 over Michael Conlan. Great win for England's Gill and is it the end for Conlan? Then Dan has a one on one with junior middleweight Xander Zayas interview, as he fights Jorge Fortea on Dec. 9 in Pembroke Pines, Fla. In the Top Rank/ESPN co-feature to Robeisy Ramirez vs. Rafael Espinoza, for Ramirez’s WBO featherweight title. Hear more about Zayas timeline for a possible title shot, etc.There's NEWSThe WBA announced it has added the super cruiserweight division (its version of the WBC bridgerweight division). Weight limit is 224. Jaime Munguia and Sergiy Derevyanchenko, who put on a leading fight of the year candidate, both have their next fights set.The unbeaten Mexican Munguia meets England's John Ryder on DAZN Jan. 27 at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, which was announced during Garcia-Duarte broadcastDan's reporting has Derevyanchenko to face D'Mitrius Ballard Jan. 6 on the Vergil Ortiz Jr.-Fredrick Lawson Golden Boy DAZN undercard. More from Dan that WBC junior lightweight titlist O’Shaquie Foster will make his Top Rank debut in an ESPN main event Feb. 16 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Zayas ticketed for the co-feature if he wins/no injuries on Dec. 9. WBC junior lightweight titlist Emanuel Navarrete announced he underwent left hand surgery on Friday.Then, some trusty NostalgiaDec. 3, 1982 – 41 years ago on Sunday – epic doubleheader at Superdome in New Orleans. Thomas Hearns W15 Wilfred Benitez to win WBC 154 Wilfredo Gomez KO14 Lupe Pintor to retain WBC 122Dec. 3, 2011 – 12 years on Sunday – Miguel Cotto TKO10 Antonio Margarito to retain WBA 154 and avenge KO loss in massive bad blood rematch. Dan was ringside at MSG Dec. 6, 2008 – 15 years ago on Wednesday – Manny Pacquiao destroys Oscar De La Hoya in 8 one-sided rounds in a huge fight that sent Oscar into retirement and launched Manny into 7-figure PPVs. Dan was ringside at the MGM that night, too.Hear it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast" on the Big Fight Wekend Podcast feed and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Spotify, Google, etc.!!

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