Canelo-Jacobs Fight Week - Oscar De La Hoya, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tevin Farmer (Las Vegas)

05/03/19 • 34 min

Host Beto Duran continues coverage for Canelo-Jacobs Fight Week in Las Vegas, welcoming boxing legends Oscar De La Hoya and Sugar Ray Leonard to the show for a session with Lance Pugmire, Dylan Hernandez, and Arash Markazi. Oscar discusses his earliest memories of being in the LA Times, and Sugar Ray discusses some of his greatest opponents. Later in the show, Tevin Farmer pops by to discuss what happened at the undercard press conference with Joseph Diaz, Jr. and discusses what he overcame early in his career to become the IBF super featherweight champion.

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Host Beto Duran is in Las Vegas for this weekend's Canelo Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs matchup Saturday May 4th. The build-up to the big event is known as Fight Week. Recorded Wednesday during the Undercard Workout, Beto talks with boxing journalist Lance Pugmire and columnist Dylan Hernandez about the upcoming fight. Also featuring one-on-one interviews with undercard standouts Vergil Ortiz, Jr., Joseph Diaz, Jr., and Mauricio Herrera - all Southern California current residents. If you can't be here, Beto takes you there - up, close, and personal with these athletes preparing not only for this weekend, but their continued journey towards their goals of someday headlining a Cinco de Mayo boxing match in Las Vegas themselves.

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