An interesting weekend with numerous women's world titel fights in three different locations lead our latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!'Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all.They talk the Top Rank Boxing/ESPN show Friday night in New York, as Mikaela Mayer goes for the WBO women's welterweight title against the UK's Sandy Ryan in the main event. Will Mayer get a world title back after being without one for over two years? Also, Xander Zayas and Bruce "Shu Shu" Carrington are in the undercard fights that we discuss.There's also an undisputed women's junior lightweight title fight on Friday night in Georgia, but you haven't heard very much about Alycia Baumgardner in this one. Dan laments.Meanwhile, in England on Saturday veteran Terri Harper will challenge unbeaten but little known Rhiannon Dixon for the WBO lightweight crown in the Matchroom Boxing/DAZN main event.There's fight news about the likely strawweight unification title bout with Oscar Collazo vto meet Thammanoon Niyomtrong (Knockout CP Freshmart) in November in an intriguing matchup. Plus, Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol and full card held a presser on Wednesday in London in advance of their October card in Saudi Arabia. The guys are getting reved up for this one.Finally, some nostalgia on the 62nd anniversary of "Sonny" Liston becoming heavyweight champion of the world with a 1 round demoliton of Floyd Patterson. And, much more recently from 2009, Dan was ringside in L.A. as Vitali Kltischko wiped out Chris Arreola defending the WBC heavyweight title with a memory of his own drama post-fight!It's all on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview" podcast and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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