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Welcome to a special episode of the Fight Freaks Unite podcast. I had the opportunity to speak at length with Hall of Fame trainer Joe Goossen on Wednesday night. It was his first interview since Ryan Garcia’s knockout loss to Gervonta Davis in their April 22 mega fight in Las Vegas, after which Garcia decided to part ways with Goossen, ending their three-fight run. Goossen spoke candidly about several topics: splitting with Garcia; how he was notified; their training camp; rumors of Garcia’s pre-fight rib injury; the fight; the second-round knockdown Garcia suffered; the seventh-round knockout; whether he thought Garcia could have continued; his thoughts on Davis as a fighter; what Garcia needs to work on; and why Goossen was not present at the post-fight news conference.
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