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EPISODE 87: DAN RAFAEL Jun 29, 2020

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Veteran boxing scribe Dan Rafael joins the podcast to share Roberto Duran memories, calculate Jarrell Miller's total number of failed drug tests, discuss British heavyweights, review the ESPN/Top Rank fights from the MGM Grand "bubble", and more. And Eric listens patiently while Kieran celebrates Liverpool's Premier League title.

EPISODE 86: CARL FROCH Jun 22, 2020

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Former super-middleweight champ Carl Froch joins the podcast to reminisce about the Super Six tournament, his career and his reasons for retiring when he did, and to share his thoughts on boxing without crowds. And Eric and Kieran get to review actual, real fights again!

EPISODE 85: RINGSIDE, KENNETH SIMS, DESTYNE BUTLER, STEVE FARHOOD, RAY RASKIN Jun 15, 2020

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On this week's podcast, we discuss the Showtime documentary "Ringside" and talk to its two young stars, boxing prospects Kenneth Sims Jr., and Destyne Butler, Jr. Showtime boxing analyst Steve Farhood joins us. And Eric gives a moving tribute to his late father, Ray Raskin, to whom this episode is dedicated.

EPISODE 84: BRIAN CUSTER, JOSHUA-KLITSCHKO, MAIDANA-BRONER Jun 01, 2020

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Brian Custer joins the show to discuss his new podcast, the future of boxing, standing between Wilder and Breazeale, and the challenges of raising three young men in 2020. And Eric and Kieran look back on Anthony Joshua's battle in 2017 with Wladimir Klitschko and Mike Tyson's battle last week with his own shirt.

EPISODE 83: LEO SANTA CRUZ AND THE BEST REMATCH FIGHTERS May 25, 2020

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What does Leo Santa Cruz have in common with Floyd Mayweather, Lennox Lewis, and Joe Louis? They all have an excellent record in rematches. In advance of Showtime replaying Santa Cruz's two rematch wins against Carl Frampton and Abner Mares, Eric and Kieran talk to him about his career, and look back at those boxers throughout history who have done better against opponents the second - or third, or fourth - time.

EPISODE 82: BEST OF BRITISH May 18, 2020

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The British are coming! Gareth A. Davies of The Telegraph in London joins Erik and Kieran to share stories of covering Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe, and to predict the next stars of British boxing.

EPISODE 81: FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JIMMY GLENN, JUDGING FROM HOME May 11, 2020

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Kieran and Eric are joined by veteran boxing writer and Mayweather chronicler David Mayo as they look back on the career of Floyd Mayweather and his fights with Conor McGregor and Marcos Maidana. Also, they mourn the death of Jimmy Glenn and debate whether judges should score fights from their couch when the sport returns.

EPISODE 80: MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO, KEITH THURMAN, AND JOSEPH PARKER. May 04, 2020

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Eric and Kieran remember Mayweather-Pacquiao, consider the career of Keith Thurman, and talk with heavyweight contender Joseph Parker about the heavyweight division, life in lockdown, and the videos that have made him many fans' new favorite boxer.

EPISODE 79: ERROL SPENCE AND DERRICK JAMES Apr 27, 2020

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Errol Spence Jr's trainer Derrick James joins the podcast this week to

talk about Spence's recent fighting past and possible options for his

future; and Eric and Kieran discuss movies and the accuracy of a

dramatization of the life of Carlos Monzon.

EPISODE 78: CORRALES-CASTILLO REVISITED WITH JOE GOOSSEN Apr 20, 2020

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Diego Corrales' 10th round TKO win over Jose Luis Castillo in 2005 is arguably the greatest fight of the modern era; 15 years on, Eric and Kieran recall their memories of that classic night and talk in depth with one of its central figures, Corrales' trainer Joe Goossen.

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