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).
The Ariel Helwani Show