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Episode #212: Kieran Mulvaney (HBO Boxing)

Kieran Mulvaney (HBO Boxing) returns to the show. We discuss how Gennady Golovkin’s meteoric rise continues this weekend as he faces off against David Lemieux on PPV. Additionally, we look at some upcoming matchups on HBO this fall.   Show

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Episode #202: Bill Dettloff (“Ezzard Charles”, Ring Theory)

Bill Dettloff (“Ezzard Charles: A Boxing Life”) joins the show. We discuss the remarkable career of boxer Ezzard Charles who despite being an all-time great in his era, largely has gone ignored.     Show Notes You can purchase Ezzard

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Episode #196: Brin-Jonathan Butler (“The Domino Diaries”)

Brin-Jonathan Butler (“The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway’s Ghost in the Last Days of Castro’s Cuba”) joins the show. We discuss his time in Cuba and his exploration of what makes some prominent athletes

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Episode #193: Graham Houston (Boxing Monthly, IBHOF)

Graham Houston (Boxing Monthly, fightwriter.com, IBHOF) returns to the show. We preview the Super Fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Also, we discuss the rest of the boxing action coming up in the month of May. Show Notes You

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Episode #184: William Trillo (Boxing Journalist, Pound4Pound.com)

William Trillo (Pound4Pound.com) returns to the show. We discuss Gennady Golovkin’s return to the ring, as well as some upcoming televised boxing cards.   Show Notes Check out more of William’s work. Follow him on Twitter. Gennady Golovkin – Martin

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Episode #175: Margaret Goodman

Margaret Goodman (“Death in Vegas”, President/Chairperson VADA) joins the show. We discuss the neurologist’s background as a ringside doctor and what can be done to protect fighters. We also cover her new book that’s been described as part Million Dollar Baby,

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Episode #169: Graham Houston

Graham Houston (Boxing Monthly, fightwriter.com, IBHOF) joins the show. We preview this weekend’s Light Heavyweight Unification bout between Sergey Kovalev and Bernard Hopkins as well as other boxing news to round out the year. Show Notes You can see Graham’s

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Episode #166: Kieran Mulvaney

Kieran Mulvaney (HBO Boxing Reporter, freelance writer, “The Great White Bear: A Natural and Unnatural History of the Polar Bear”) joins the show. We discuss the upcoming slate of bouts happening on HBO and other boxing topics. Show Notes This

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Episode #157: Eric Raskin

Eric Raskin (“The Moneymaker Effect”, All In Magazine, Grantland, HBO Boxing, Ring Theory) joins the show. We discuss how the year 2003 changed poker forever. We then wrap up with the highs and lows of the year in boxing.  

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Episode #155: Rafe Bartholomew

Rafe Bartholomew (Editor at Grantland, “Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin’ in Flip-Flops and the Philippines’ Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball”) joins the show. We preview the upcoming slate of boxing action, and discuss Rafe’s past travels to the Philippines.   Show

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