Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio
One of the highest-rated boxing podcasts. Fight recaps, previews and boxing history from author Patrick Connor, Aris Pina of CompuBox and author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler.
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Thursday Dec 28, 2017
Thursday Dec 28, 2017
The "state of boxing" is often the subject of an ongoing discussion on this podcast, and 2016 was one awful year overall. It would have been difficult for this year to be worse, and thankfully 2017 was indeed a massive improvement. There were some memorable skirmishes, some insane knockouts, unbelievable controversies, as usual...
In short, boxing continued to be boxing this year. Reports of its demise were premature, as they always are.
This week, on Knuckle and Gloves Boxing Radio's final show of 2017, James Foley re-joins the usual cast of boxing historian Patrick Connor and author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler to deliver some of the most scorching takes around. Scorching. Look it up.
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Monday Dec 11, 2017
Monday Dec 11, 2017
Guillermo Rigondeaux may have been a firm underdog against Vasyl Lomachenko, but few thought the Ukrainian would triumph so thoroughly in this battle of Olympic gold medalists on ESPN. If nothing else, Lomachenko confirmed that he deserves to be ranked among the best fighters in the world.
This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, author and filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler and boxing historian Patrick Connor team up to tackle the how's and why's of all that happened between Lomachenko and Rigondeaux.
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Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Vasyl Lomachenko's showdown with Guillermo Rigondeaux is one of the most anticipated fights of 2017. It's a year that's ending with a bang -- or at least we hope so. Lomachenko-Rigondeaux could conceivably end a few different ways, and a few of them could be less-than-scintillating.
No matter how it endsm Lomachenko-Rigondeaux matches two fighters with an incredible amount of experience, talent and skill. It's an extremely worthy offering, and getting it on ESPN is awesome. We'll be there.
But this weekend also sees perennial "Fight of the Year" participant Orlando Salido square off against Miguel Roman on HBO, with Tevin Farmer and Francisco Vargas in separate bouts on the undercard.
There's also a small matter of Sadam Ali's upset win over Miguel Cotto to discuss. So join us on this week's episode of Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio with author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler and boxing historian Patrick Connor!
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Friday Dec 01, 2017
Friday Dec 01, 2017
The island of Puerto Rico has an incredible relationship with the sport of boxing. Per capita, "The Island of Enchantment" may have produced more champions than anywhere else, and the list of champions is long.
This weekend on HBO, Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto takes on Sadam Ali in what may be his final bout. The occasion gives us the perfect opportunity to discuss the greatest champions that Puerto Rico has ever produced.
Join us for another history edition of Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio as historian/writer Patrick Connor and Compubox operator Aris Pina talk about Carlos Ortiz, Felix Trinidad, Hector Camacho, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfred Benitez and more.
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Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
2017's final month is upon us, and this year has been far kinder to all of us boxing fanatics than previous years have been. And we're still not done!
This weekend on HBO, Miguel Cotto fights for (what he says is) the final time, taking on Sadam Ali, who is moving up a division for the clash. It's less-than-ideal, but Cotto is still a massive draw and an important figure in boxing. Whether or not he fights on after this is tougher to know.
Last weekend, also on HBO, Sergey Kovalev made a successful return following the Andre Ward debacle(s) by thrashing Vyacheslav Shabranskyy in 2 rounds. The tripleheader also brought us scraps between Sullivan Barrera and Felix Valera, and Yuriorkis Gamboa and Jason Sosa. Both had their share of controversy, per usual.
What about the state of the heavyweight division? Deontay Wilder's hopes for presiding over it? Upcoming bouts? We're going there.
Join author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler and boxing historian Patrick Connor in talking life, love, loss, lament and luscious, exquisite boxing. But mostly boxing.
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Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
The ability to vote fighters into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y. should be viewed as a great honor and taken seriously. Absent some other system, this is the way fighters of yesteryear have been honored since the early 1990s. This year's ballot wasn't an easy one to parse through, and many fighters seem deserving.
From Erik Morales, Vitali Klitschko, and Winky Wright to Santos Laciar, Julian Jackson and Ricky Hatton, many fighters are in the running with legitimate arguments for getting in.
On this week's episode of Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, Compubox operator joins fellow boxing historian and site/show founder Patrick Connor in dissecting the ballots they mailed in and the reasoning behind their picks.
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Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
It seems that in boxing, 2017 is the year that just keeps on giving. There's no end in sight, and this weekend provides us with more boxing than we can shake a stick at.
First, George Groves takes on Jamie Cox in a super middleweight continuation of the World Boxing Super Series on ITV. Then Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares fight in separate bouts on FOX. And just about immediately after that, a Showtime tripleheader features Jermell Charlo vs Erickson Lubin, Erislandy Lara vs Terrell Gausha and Jarrett Hurd vs Austin Trout. And it all kicks off with an ESPN card on Friday the 13th.
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Thursday Sep 28, 2017
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
Boxing in the 1980s was consumed by mostly just a handful of things, like Muhammad Ali's exit, Larry Holmes' reign and decline, Mike Tyson's entrance, the "Fabulous Four," and a smattering of lesser things. Often completely forgotten in all of the madness of the decade were fighters trying to be the next Ali or Holmes -- the lost heavyweights of the 80s.
This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, Compubox operator Aris Pina again teams up with fellow boxing historian Patrick Connor to remember the less-popular big men of the 80s.
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Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
It happens several times a year, it seems, but boxing lost another great fighter in Jake LaMotta. At 95-years-old, LaMotta was the oldest living former champion and a living legend. The sport will miss him greatly.
Last weekend we were treated to an exciting fight at middleweight -- LaMotta's old stomping grounds -- between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin.
Both matters need to be addressed, and this week resident historians Aris Pina and Patrick Connor hop onto Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio's boxing history edition once more to...address them.
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Wednesday Sep 20, 2017
Wednesday Sep 20, 2017
Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin was a middleweight showdown roughly two years in the making. While it was exciting and tense, the result was confusing and disappointing enough that it took the focus away from much of anything good about the fight.
This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, author and filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler joins boxing historian Patrick Connor in dissecting the controversial draw verdict, the odd scoring and everything in between.
Where do the fighters go from here? Would a rematch be any good? Listen in and find out!
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