Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio

Gennady Golovkin vs Vanes Martirosyan Preview, Jacobs-Sulecki Recap

We experience this every year as boxing fans: weather heats up, so do the fights. Yes, we've had cancellations and postponements, but that's just a part of the sport. We've already had a solid first near-half of the year, and we have some tasty stuff coming our way too.
This weekend Gennady Golovkin finally makes it back into the ring, albeit not against "Canelo" Alvarez and not on HBO PPV as we had all hoped and anticipated. Instead, due to the whole Clenbuterol thing, we'll see Golovkin take on Vanes Martirosyan on HBO. It's a weird Cinco de Mayo consolation, but...okay. Intriguing, however, is the addition of undefeated and undisputed women's welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus in a title defense against Kali Reis.
Also this weekend is the rematch between Tony Bellew and David Haye. It's a rematch so highly anticipated I'm just going to end this sentence after I change the subject to last weekend.
Daniel Jacobs scrapped his way to a decision win over Maciej Sulecki on HBO last weekend, and that needs some discussing. Mostly a potential Jacobs-Charlo showdown needs discussing, but that's what we mean here. There's also that showing from Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller against Johann Duhaupas. That was a thing.
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Broner vs Vargas, Frampton vs Donaire, Khan-Lo Greco Preview

The schedule this weekend is the kind of fight schedule we could use, with a bit of everything in there. From Amir Khan's return, to a card featuring both Adrien Broner AND Gervonta Davis, to a Charlo, and more. It actually doesn't end there. The potential for making fun and enjoying some actual boxing at the same time is there, and it's nice.
This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio. author and filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler and boxing historian Patrick Connor talk Amir Khan vs Phil Lo Greco, Adrien Broner vs Jessie Vargas, Carl Frampton vs Nonito Donaire, and so forth.
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Boxing History - Craziest Fight Endings

Boxing is a crazy sport. Possibly the craziest of sports, and especially when taking its history into account. And boxing history is what these editions of Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio is all about!
Though we've discussed the most controversial fight endings before, this show is just about the craziest debacles and the most unlikely and stunning endings that only boxing can bring, and has since it began.
Boxing historian Patrick Connor and CompuBox operator and fellow fight enthusiast Aris Pina return to talk about unique fights along the lines of Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe II, AKA the "Fan Man" fight that was interrupted by a crazed fellow strapped to a glider. THAT kind of crazy.
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Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker Preview

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Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz Recap, Canelo, Weekend Preview

Month three of 2018 is off and running, and a clash between two hard-hitting heavyweights still has people talking. Deontay Wilder's win over Luis Ortiz would still be tops in the boxing news cycle if it weren't for Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's positive test for Clenbuterol. But it gives us more things to discuss this week.
Was Wilder-Ortiz a great fight? Can Wilder defeat the Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker winner? Is there anyone alive that fights more like a spaghetti noodle with boxing gloves on than Wilder? Give us time. We'll try to answer these questions, and more.
And that Canelo thing. Is Canelo a PED user? Drug cheat? Did he seriously just eat "tainted meat?" Yeah, we'll try to get to that too.
By the way, there was an HBO card with Sergey Kovalev and Dmitry Bivol too.
But this coming weekend, Mikey Garcia faces Sergey Lipinets on Showtime, while Oscar Valdez and Scott Quigg square off on ESPN.
All of this and more, this week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio with author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler and historian Patrick Connor.
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Boxing History - The Cruiserweights

It sure looks like the cruiserweight division is enjoying a surge of both talent and popularity, thanks to the World Boxing Super Series, and more specifically, Oleksandr Usyk and Murat Gassiev's tremendous recent performances.
Often thought of as a second-rate heavyweight division, cruiserweight is consistently overlooked. How did this division -- not quite heavyweight, but bigger than light heavyweight -- even get started? Who are the division's greatest fighters?
This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, boxing writer/historian Patrick Connor is joined by Compubox operator and fellow fight history admirer Aris Pina, and the whole cruiserweight scenario will be laid bare.
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Boxing History - The Un-Filmed Classics

Boxing is a sport with no shortage of mythology and history. Much of the mythology centers around fights we've never seen before and have only heard or read about. That's what this show is for!
This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio's history show, Compubox operator Aris Pina and writer/fight historian Patrick Connor team up to talk boxing history. Just about all of "Sugar" Ray Robinson's welterweight reign has gone unseen by fans, as have classics between Willie Pep and Sandy Saddler, and Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano. They're only the tip of the fistic iceberg, so listen in!
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Usyk-Briedis, Matthysse & Linares Recaps, Canelo-Golovkin Rematch Official

If there were any question whether or not boxing had really kicked off in 2018, the excellent scrap between Oleksandr Usyk and Mairis Briedis answered with an emphatic "YES IT HAS."
Usyk-Briedis should stand as a "Fight of the Year" contender by the end of the year, if not a frontrunner. The two cruiserweights beat the heck out of each other in the semifinal of the World Boxing Super Series, with Usyk barely winning out. Then over on HBO, Lucas Matthysse continued his comeback with a strange stoppage of previously-undefeated Thai Tewa Kiram, and Jorge Linares mostly had his way with Mercito Gesta in the co-feature. We seent it. Read more about it here. 
There's a little matter of the Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin rematch to discuss too.
On this episode of Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, boxing historian Patrick Connor and author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler team up to recap the weekend's boxing and more.
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Boxing History - Forgotten Action Fighters

There's room for many styles, outlooks and approaches in boxing. Brawlers, stylists, patient thinkers... The contrast between these are a large part of what makes the sport interesting. But action is what draws the masses and keeps them enraptured. In boxing, television rules all and action makes for the best TV.
Many action fighters haven't been the best pound-for-pound, and some never even came close to sniffing a world title. Despite the entertainment they provide, many fade away or simply don't get the recognition they deserve. And we refuse to forget.
This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, boxing historian Patrick Connor and Compubox operator Aris Pina remember forgotten and underrated TV action fighters of years past.
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Boxing History - Greatest Jewish Fighters Ever

Fights and fighters simply aren't promoted along ethnic or religious lines like they used to be, for better or worse. In decades past, a number of large U.S. cities in particular would be nearly factioned-off in separate neighborhoods based on ethnicity and the like. In the 1920s and 30s specifically, Jewish fighters were extremely well-represented in boxing.
While pugilism seems to have largely forgotten Jewish influence in combat sports, we haven't. This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, boxing writer/historian Patrick Connor again joins up with Compubox operator Aris Pina to pay tribute to the greatest Jewish fighters of all time.
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