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Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, billed as the "Fight of the Century", was the boxing match between WBC/WBA heavyweight champion Joe Frazier (26–0, 23 KOs) and The Ring/lineal heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (31–0, 25 KOs), held on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Fight is widely regarded as the biggest boxing match in history and arguably the most anticipated a...

George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister and author. In boxing, he was nicknamed "Big George" and competed between 1967 and 1997. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Sean and Johnston present the story of the legendary heavyweight, from his early days on Fifth Ward to the heavyweight champio...

Author John Cameron speaks to Sean about his years of research that has gone into creating the definitive life story of the legendary fighter Rocky Marciano! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sean & Johnston sit down and discuss current affairs in the sport, including rumours that Anthony Joshua is set to accept fifteen million pounds to step aside so that Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk can fight to be crowned undisputed heavyweight champion. TAlso on the show, the lads discuss the ongoing social media beef between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall, and question whether this fight...

The world championship bout held on March 17, 1990 between WBC world champion Julio César Chávez of Mexico and IBF world champion Meldrick Taylor of the United States, both at light welterweight, was a historic event in boxing. It was titled "Thunder Meets Lightning" as an allusion to the punching power of Chávez and fast hand speed of Taylor. The fight was expected to be a rousing and exciting on...

Sean & Johnston present their wish list for boxing in 2022 including:*Fights to see in each division*Changes to make in the sport*Removing certain elements that dampen the sport*The Ringside Charitable Trusthttps://ringsiderestandcare.com/Donate: https://www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3795439 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield was a series of two bouts in 1996 & 1997 for the WBA world heavyweight championship which resulted in two of the most shocking nights in boxing history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997, and challenged six times for world titles at super-bantamweight and featherweight. Sean & Johnston take you through the life and times of the history-making bantamweight from Northern Ireland that brought more than just pride to h...

Sean & Johnston look back at 2021 as a whole and have put together a list of categories for those deserving of the not so prestigious BTR Boxing Podcast Awards. Awards Presented Are:Fight Of The YearFighter Of The YearUK Fight Of The YearUK Fighter Of The YearPromotional Company Of The YearTop Ten P4P Plus much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, we present the story of Oscar Bonavena, the brash heavyweight contender whose sheer arrogance and wild lifestyle would lead to his grisly end! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lukie and Sean explore the many stories that had lived in folklore around Stanley Ketchel, from his encounter with "The Murderous Mexican" and the Jack Johnson encounter which lives on in infamy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, we cover the life, times, and untimely demise of Stanley Ketchel, a fighter regarded as one of the greatest of his time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko was a professional boxing match contested between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko. The event took place on 29 April 2017 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, with Joshua's IBF and the vacant WBA (Super) and IBO heavyweight titles on the line Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lukie & Sean reflect on Paul Sykes's story and how elements of his life were that of a man who knew no boundaries. Also discussions are had over how this episode has left many with a feeling of mixed emotions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode we present the story of a heavyweight boxer who would find notoriety away from the ring for his long prison stints and being known as one of the hardest men in Britain! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is arguably the greatest heavyweight championship fight ever staged in Las Vegas. Larry Holmes fought Ken Norton at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the WBC heavyweight title on June 9, 1978. Holmes had beaten big bad Earnie Shavers three months earlier in a title eliminator, and Norton, who was 40-4 going in, looked to give the 27-0 Holmes a run for his money and boy did he ever! Learn more abo...

Salvador Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican professional boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Sanchez was the WBC and lineal featherweight champion from 1980 to 1982. Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that had it not been for his premature death, Sánchez could have gone on to become the greatest featherweight...

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We present the story of Pinklon Thomas, a man who would take a trip to the depths of a drug-fuelled hell, but would fight his way back from the brink and turn it around to become a world champion! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The rivalry between Israel Vázquez and Rafael Márquez was a series of four boxing matches that took place between 2007 and 2010, which has been described as "the most entertaining fight series in recent boxing history", and has been compared with two other notable series of fights in the decade: Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward and Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera. The second fight in the series wa...

Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion at cruiserweight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and remains the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the three belt era Sean & Johnston take you through the life and times of E...

Lukie and Sean dissect episode six as they reflect on the life and boxing career of Diego "Chico" Corrales and discuss the possibility that CTE may have played a part towards the end of Corrales's life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We tell the story of a man that lived a fast and hard life, a life that would come to an untimely end with many bumps in the road along the way, including that one legendary night that would define his legacy in the sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe was a professional boxing match that took place on November 13, 1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight was contested for the undisputed world heavyweight championship, which consisted of the WBA, WBC, IBF, and Lineal championships. After much anticipation from the result of the first fight, Bowe and Holyfield would meet twice more in what turned in to one of the gr...

Sean speaks to Jack "Punk" Hughes who returns to the ring On 27th November for the first time since 2019. Jack speaks honestly about taking the risk of fighting a bigger fighter and discusses how boxing can be a lose-lose sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices