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 May 25, 2017
Thursday May 25, 2017
We're smack in the middle of a bunch of action this year, and so far 2017 is the anti-2016 and that is something we needed. We have fighters traveling to different countries in their quests for riches and greatness, and we've also seen some of the darker things that come with boxing, like bunk disqualifications and post-fight fouls.
For instance, this weekend welterweight Errol Spence, Jr. travels to Sheffield, Yorkshire to fight Kell Brook, accounting for the "fighters traveling abroad" part. But last weekend, Andre Dirrell's uncle Leon Lawson decked Jose Uzcategui with a sucker punch after their fight ended prematurely on a foul. These aren't weird times. This is just boxing.
And this week on the boxing history edition of Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, Compubox operator Aris Pina and writer/historian Patrick Connor team up to discuss these topics and their places in boxing history.
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Wednesday May 24, 2017
Wednesday May 24, 2017
2017 just continues to move forward with worthwhile fights, though not without some speed bumps here and there. They're simply a part of boxing though, and they're negated by the good action the sport has seen already this year. This weekend on Showtime, for instance, Kell Brook and Errol Spence tangle in an excellent welterweight matchup.
And this past weekend on HBO, Terence Crawford seemed to confirm his place at the top echelon of the sport with a dominant performance over Felix Diaz. Also noteworthy: Jose Uzcategui on the receiving end of a nasty sucker punch after being DQ'd against Andre Dirrell, Ray Beltran's "Knockout of the Year" level KO of Jonathan Maicelo, Gervonta Davis' easy defeat of Liam Walsh, Shannon Brigg's positive drug test, and David Benavidez's win over Porky Medina.
If we're feeling depraved enough, perhaps we'll talk some Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor.
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Thursday May 18, 2017
Thursday May 18, 2017
Madison Square Garden is still a beloved East Coast boxing venue after over 120 years and several iterations. This weekend, Terence Crawford takes on Felix Diaz at the venue, reminding us that some of the biggest, most exciting and most memorable fights have taken place at The Garden.
Muhammad Ali's name was chanted through the building's rafters, while little guys like Kid Chocolate and Tony Canzoneri made regular appearances in the 1930s. Henry Armstrong, "Sugar" Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta all shed blood in The Garden.
This week on Knuckles Gloves Boxing Radio, CompuBox operator Aris Pina and writer/historian Patrick Connor talk about the outrageous, important and unbelievable fights in Madison Square Garden history.
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Wednesday May 10, 2017
Wednesday May 10, 2017
Well, some of us had to pay a bunch of money to sit through 12 rounds of tedious, one-sided lameness for it, but Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin was officially announced last weekend to a chorus of applause!
Canelo-Golovkin is, without a doubt, the biggest fight in boxing on the U.S. side of the pond. It's going down in September, which may still be four months away, but this match-up will deserve all the attention it gets.
Today on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, author and filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler will again team up with writer/historian Patrick Connor to talk Canelo-Chavez Jr and Canelo-Golovkin.
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Wednesday May 03, 2017
Wednesday May 03, 2017
How much boxing can we jam into a one-hour podcast? You're about to find out.
Last weekend boxing was treated to likely the best heavyweight fight since Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko tangled in 2003 when Anthony Joshua rallied to stop Wladimir Klitschko in front of a massive stadium full of people. It was an excellent event, and one that some might need help making sense of. What happens now? Is Tyson Fury still a factor? Is Klitschko ready for retirement?
Additionally, this coming weekend marks the clash between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. The Pay-Per-View event will be popular in Mexico and figures to sell well in the US, but is it even worthwhile? Will Chavez Jr. be able to safely make weight?
These issues and more will all be tackled by author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler and writer/historian Patrick Connor. You're welcome.
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Thursday Apr 27, 2017
Thursday Apr 27, 2017
There can be no doubt that Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko is a massive event in addition to being important to the heavyweight division. While the actual heavyweight title isn't involved, this is the next best thing, or the closest thing to it.
At 90,000 tickets sold, the fight has broken a number of sales and attendance records. It is a huge event in the U.K. Most mainstream press in the U.S. has failed to pick up on the story, however.
Nonetheless, Compubox operator Aris Pina and writer/historian Patrick Connor return this week to Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio to discuss Joshua-Klitschko and the biggest, most popular and most important heavyweight championship fights in boxing history.
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Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
A record-setting 90,000 seats have been sold for the heavyweight clash between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko. It's a fight that has been embraced by the general public in the U.K., even if it hasn't gotten the attention it deserves in the U.S. Joshua-Klitschko is a significant heavyweight bout with a potential for excitement, and it carries actual implications in the division.
This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, the duo of Brin-Jonathan Butler and Patrick Connor will explore the ins and outs of this popular fight and attempt to tackle the more complex questions.
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Monday Apr 03, 2017
Monday Apr 03, 2017
We're heading right into the middle of the year, and already 2017 has been rather kind to boxing fans. There has been no shortage of exciting fights and many have even been meaninigful. Over the next month or two, things get interesting in boxing and we should get more fireworks.
This weekend on HBO, one of boxing's most talented and flashy performers, Vasyl Lomachenko, takes on a worthy contender in Jason Sosa. It's not the five star bout everyone might hope, but it's a very respectable scrap, and one that offers Lomachenko the opportunity to make a huge statement.
In the HBO openers, Oleksandr Usyk and Oleksandr Gvozdyk make appearances against Michael Hunter and Yunieski Gonzalez, respetively. It's an all-Ukraine feature, and it should be worthy.
This week on KGB Radio, Brin-Jonathan Butler and Patrick Connor preview this weekend's HBO card, but also talk the state of boxing in the U.K., Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko and more.
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Wednesday Mar 22, 2017
Wednesday Mar 22, 2017
Every so often in boxing we're shown that the invincible are beatable, and we see how easy it is for heroes to be knocked off their perches. Last weekend both Gennady Golovkin and Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez lost a little bit of their shine on HBO Pay-Per-View against Daniel Jacobs and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, respectively.
Golovkin, who narrowly beat Jacobs despite clearly having difficulty, was knocked down a peg in public opinion following a less-than-brutish performance. Whether or not he should be is a different story, but when the unexpected happens...
In the co-feature, Sor Rungvisai managed to push around and out-muscle Gonzalez, the former pound-for-pound king. It was a close fight, but one many felt Gonzalez won.
This week on Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio, author and filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler and boxing writer/historian Patrick Connor team up to recap the PPV and more.
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Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
There's plenty of boxing on tap to keep boxing fans and media busy, but the first order of business this weekend is the middleweight skirmish between Gennady Golovkin vs Daniel Jacobs.
For some, this fight represents the first time Golovin has faced a puncher skilled enough to meet the Kazakh's fire with fire of his own. But others believe Jacobs will wind up simply becoming another victim of Golovkin's ferocity. Though it may not be deserving of Pay-Per-View, it's a competitive fight on paper and will almost certainly end early.
It may be worth spending a few clams to catch Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez in action, however, as he takes on Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on the PPV undercard.
But also on the menu for Brin-Jonathan Butler and Patrick Connor is the awful knockout David Lemieux scored on Curtis Stevens last weekend.
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