?On The Ropes? Boxing Radio returns this week with host Jenna J to talk about all the latest news and stories in the sport of boxing. In this episode, I will be discussing big Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao announcement. After weeks of talks, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally signed for a May 2nd bout that will take place at the MGM grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. I will be giving my views on what this fight happening means for the sport of boxing and give my early prediction for the bout. I also will be talking about the fight taking place now, compared to 5 years ago and if we will end up seeing Mayweather and Pacquiao fighting more than one time. Click play on the audio player to listen to the latest edition of ?On The Ropes?
Guests
The first guest this week is highly regarded trainer, Abel Sanchez. Sanchez recently trained Gennady Golovkin to a dominate win over middleweight contender Martin Murray. Abel talks about the fight and how he rates Golovkin?s performance. Sanchez also speaks about the future of Golovkin and who he thinks will be willing to step up next. Additionally Sanchez breaks down a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao, and also talks about a Mayweather-Golovkin fight.
The second guest this week is light welterweight contender, Ruslan Provodnikov. Coming off of a one sided victory over Luis Collazo, Ruslan now has a big upcoming fight set for April 18th against long time contender Lucas Matthysse. Provodnikov spoke on what this fight means to his career and if he thinks a title shot will follow with a win. Additionally, Ruslan shared his views on the super fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.
The main guest on this weeks edition of ?On The Ropes? is world renowned boxing trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr. Senior makes his thirty third appearance to the show and talks about his son?s upcoming fight with Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao. Mayweather spoke about how he plans to go about fighting Pacquiao and what this fight means to his sons legacy. Floyd also talked about his son possibly scoring a knockout and what he thinks the future holds for his son after the fight.
Mailbag Segment
The mailbag segment returns this week. Fans have been submitting questions and today they get answered. Topics covered in this episode include:
Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch
The future of Miguel Cotto
James Kirkland?s chances without Ann Wolfe
Roy Jones Jr fighting at 46
Andre Ward?s future after being stripped of the ring belt
and much more!
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