Benavidez Should Fight Usyk Next, Errol Spence Returns vs Tszyu & Inoue Breaks Tyson’s Record

Andre Ward and Roy Jones Jr. break down a stacked Cinco de Mayo weekend that delivered everything boxing fans wanted. David Benavidez became the first three-division champion across super middleweight, light heavyweight, and cruiserweight with a dominant performance against Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, and the question of what comes next is the biggest one in the sport right now. Roy makes a bold strategic call the Hall of Game audience will be debating for weeks: skip Jai Opetaia, skip every other cruiserweight, and go straight to Oleksandr Usyk while the iron is hot.

Andre and Roy also dig into Naoya Inoue vs Junto Nakatani in Tokyo, where Inoue defended his undisputed junior featherweight title in front of 55,000 fans and broke Mike Tyson’s Tokyo Dome live gate record. They also react to the news that Errol Spence is officially back, set to fight Tim Tszyu in Australia on July 25.

Plus: Mitchell Robinson and Dyson Daniels get tangled up in the Knicks vs Hawks 72-22 playoff blowout, and Roy explains exactly why a Pensacola fighter was never going to take that lying down.

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0:00 – Intro
0:26 – Recap of Fight Weekend / Cinco de Mayo Boxing
1:32 – Undercard Review: Sanchez vs. Chavez
4:38 – Co-Main Event: Jaime Munguia vs. Armando Resendiz
5:53 – Controversial Decision? Duarte vs. Fierro Breakdown
7:41 – How to Score a Close Fight (Judging Discussion)
10:55 – Main Event: David Benavidez vs. Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez
15:57 – Benavidez at Cruiserweight: What’s Next?
16:47 – Canelo Alvarez vs. Benavidez: Will It Ever Happen?
19:09 – Benavidez vs. Usyk? Exploring the Big Money Fights
24:24 – Ad Break
27:12 – Naoya Inoue vs. Nakatani at Tokyo Dome (55,000 Fans!)
31:16 – Breaking News: Errol Spence Returns vs. Tim Tszyu
35:22 – Knicks vs. Hawks Braw
39:10 – Closing Thoughts on the State of Boxing

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