The Franchise, hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, take a weekly look at the Montreal Combat Sports scene, as well as what is happening on the international stage. This podcast is taken from segments of The Franchise, which airs every weekend from 7 am to 10 am on TSN Radio 990 in Montreal. In this week's episode:

Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco preview the main card from UFC 144

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The Franchise is introducing a new segment every Sunday that will focus on Boxing with our boxing expert, Matt Casavant.

Today's topics include:

• - review of Saturday night's main event at the Bell Center for a GYM Boxing Event headlined by Adonis Stevenson vs Jesus Gonzales.  Adonis Stevenson  becomes one step closer to earning a shot at Lucian Bute's belt.
  
  - interesting news about Montreal's best fighters Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal in regards to who their next opponents might be.
  
  -Vitali Klitschko defending his Heavyweight Title (WBC) against Dereck Chisora Saturday in Germany, and the aftermath with David Haye

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The Franchise, hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, take a weekly look at the Montreal Combat Sports scene, as well as what is happening on the international stage. This podcast is taken from segments of The Franchise, which airs every weekend from 7 am to 10 am on TSN Radio 990 in Montreal. In this week's episode:

John "The Bull" Makdessi discusses the changes he has made since suffering the first professional MMA loss of his 10 fight career, including a trip to New Mexico to train with Greg Jackson, the venue moving from his hometown of Montreal, and his opponent Anthony Njokuani.

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The Franchise is introducing a new segment every Sunday that will focus on Boxing with our boxing expert, Matt Casavant.

Key Facts About Matt:

First entered Ring 83 (Russ Anber's gym) at the age of 17. Learn the fight game from Russ Anber and helped out as an assistant trainer. Spent last 4years assisting the local commission with the distribution and organization of the gloves for fights held in the province. Involved with Eye Of The Tiger Management which has several local and some international fighters under contract.

Some of the topics discussed were:

• -Manny Pacquiao's new opponent has been selected he will be fighting Timothy Bradley June 9th on PPV. This comes a week after Floyd Mayweather chose Miguel Cotto as his opponent for May5th. So once again boxing is left without a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight (the only two Major PPV attractions and crossover stars).
• Locally there's news emerging about Bute's next opponent and that it most likely will be Carl Froch sometime in May. There's also an important Canadian fight tonight at the Hershey Center in Mississauga between Samuel Vargas and Manolis Plaitis

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