A mess in the Golden Boy Boxing main event due to Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez badly missing the light heavyweight limit leads our latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" Podcast.Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael, of his substack and BigFightweekend.com, return to go over how Ramirez's main event in Long Beach, CA having been more than seven pounds too heavy for his fight with veteran Gabriel Rosado. Dan has insight on what was going on leading up to Ramirez's massive weight miss, the ramifications of it for him and how it sent Golden Boy into scramble mode for a main event.That turned out to be the JoJo Diaz battle with Mercito Getsta that ended in a split decision controversy with wide scores on the card. Plus, DAZN has massive technical issues on top of the other problems. The boys are all over what happened.Dan has the latest on the unlikelihood that the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk undisputed heavyweight title fight can get finalized for April 29th. And, what does that mean for the fight happening at all later in the Summer?There's also fight news on Luis Alberto Lopez and Oscar Valdez upcoming fights, too. And some nostalgia around the first Erik Morales against Manny Pacquiao fight nearly 20 years ago.It's all on the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast, as part of the Big Fight Weekend podcast feed. Make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, etc.!!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/big-fight-weekend/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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