Ariel x Ade, episode 35: Reaction to Dubois' controversial gathering, Manny Pacquiao turns back the clock, Andy Lee calls for Usyk vs. Parker, Ellie Scotney joins
Ariel Helwani and Ade Oladipo kick off the show by reacting to the viral video of Daniel Dubois’ large gathering before his 5th-round TKO loss to Oleksandr Usyk (01:13), with Ade’s perspective from the event. Then, the duo make their predictions for Usyk’s next fight (08:35).
Andy Lee, former WBO middleweight champion and current trainer to the stars, joins and discusses what’s next for Joseph Parker, Hamzah Sheeraz’ handwrap controversy, Ben Whittaker’s ceiling, and more (15:05).
Up next is Ellie Scotney, the unified super-bantamweight champion, who talks about her huge win on the Taylor-Serrano undercard and her journey to becoming an MVP fighter (35:19).
Then, Ariel and Ade turn to the rumor that Claressa Shields was offered a massive contract to fight the long-retired Laila Ali (51:49).
They move on to their analysis of 46-year-old Manny Pacquiao’s draw against champion Mario Barrios (54:21), Sebastian Fundora’s stoppage of Tim Tszyu (58:37), ‘Bam’ Rodriguez’ dominant Loma-esque victory (1:01:17), and pay their respect to Josh Taylor after he announced his retirement (1:06:05).
They finish off by hypothesizing what’s next for Top Rank in terms of distribution (1:09:06) and delivering the Parting Shot (1:13:18).
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