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‘The Ropes’ Podcast: Talking Mayweather-Pacquiao With Referee Steve Smoger, and Previewing Klitschko-Jennings

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April 23, 2015

Rafe and Brian ask Steve Smoger how a top referee approaches the Floyd Mayweather Jr.–Manny Pacquiao fight; plus, the weekend in boxing and a preview of the Wladimir Klitschko–Bryant Jennings heavyweight title bout.

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Filed Under: Grantland Network, Podcasts, Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather-Pacquiao, Steve Smoger, Wladimir Klitschko, Bryant Jennings, Rafe Bartholomew, Brian Campbell, The Ropes Podcast

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