Excited to have one of my all-time favorite boxing writers on the pod this week, Eric Raskin from boxingscene.com (formerly of the excellent Interim Champion Boxing podcast with his longtime podcast partner Kieran Mulvaney).
We talked about Eric’s pathway in the sport starting at Ring and KO magazines and branching out to ESPN, Grantland, HBO, and Showtime boxing. We then get into one of his most recent articles about the Saudi "Supercard" from this past Saturday and how maybe we should rethink these so that they don’t last eight hours and have so much fawning over Turki Alalshikh. We then discuss the actual fights on Saturday - Terence Crawford’s narrow win over Israel Madrimov for the WBA Jr. Middleweight crown, Jose Valenzuela’s upset over Pitbull Cruz, the heavyweight clashes between Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller and Martin Bakole vs. Jared Anderson as well as David Morell and Andy Cruz’s victories.
It was a really fun conversation with Eric. Hope you enjoy.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Friday, August 2, 2024
Boxing Esq. Podcast #65 - Tim Smith
Great conversation with Tim Smith from the PBC. We spoke about the card on Saturday, PBC's relationship with the Saudis, what's next for Tank Davis, Tim Tszyu, Caleb Plant, and Stephen Fulton, tentative timing for Fundora-Spence, and the "free fights" on Amazon. Enjoy!
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