Boxing: Claressa Shields previews major bout, Vasiliy Lomachenko returns
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2019
⏱️ 135 minutes
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Summary
Brian Campbell welcomes unbeaten middleweight champion Claressa Shields ahead of what could be the biggest fight in women's boxing history on Saturday when she faces Christina Hammer in a Showtime unification bout. Shields talks the pressures of carrying the sport on her shoulders and relives a sparring session against UFC star Cris "Cyborg" Justino. Plus, Rafe Bartholomew returns to preview pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko's return, react to Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman rumors and look ahead to Paulie Malignaggi's planned Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship debut against Artem Lobov.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:27.2 | You tease the bag long enough. |
| 0:29.3 | You're going to get the mesh. |
| 0:30.4 | It's the State of Combat podcast on CBS Sports with the Brian Campbell. |
| 0:36.3 | And not only is it back, folks, it is back with a bang, bang, bang. |
| 0:42.1 | Try and stop me. |
| 0:43.2 | Bang, bang. |
| 0:44.4 | Coming at you, all box all the time on this Tuesday morning. |
| 0:49.7 | The Life of BC, fresh off a trip to WrestleMania. |
| 0:54.2 | Do you care about that? |
| 0:55.1 | I'm not really sure you care about that. |
| 0:56.6 | I know my co-hosts don't care about that. |
| 0:58.9 | But before I bring in Big Red, |
| 1:00.8 | just want to remind you of a couple things. |
| 1:02.6 | This show, of course, still backed, jacked, packed, |
| 1:06.5 | and underwritten by that one and only performance |
| 1:08.9 | enhancing audio. |
| 1:10.2 | And if you like this show, please, please do us. |
| 1:13.4 | Please leave me alone. |
| 1:15.0 | Please do us that solid. |
| 1:16.5 | And head on over to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, I don't know, MySpace, Tinder, wherever you swipe and listen to find audio and leave us that five-star review. |
| 1:29.8 | Yes. |
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