BTR Boxing Podcast Network

The Thrilla in Manila was the third and final boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. It was contested in 1975 for the heavyweight championship of the world at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines, on Wednesday, October 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alexis Argüello was a Nicaraguan professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 1995. He was a three-weight world champion, having held the WBA featherweight title from 1974 to 1976; the WBC super featherweight title from 1978 to 1980; and the WBC lightweight title from 1981 to 1982 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sean & Johnston recap on Canelo's victory over Billy Joe Saunders after Saunders was pulled out by his corner after the 8th round. There are discussions over the extent of the injuries sustained, and talk about the future for both competitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sean & Johnston sit down to discuss the first mega fight of the year as Canelo takes on Billy Joe Saunders in a super middleweight clash with WBC, WBA & WBO titles on the line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald King is the American boxing promoter we all love to hate. He is known for his involvement in putting together some of the most historic boxing bouts. He has also been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction (later pardoned), and civil cases against him. In this two-part episode, Sean & Johnston present the story of his early days in the numbers game before his ascens...

On 22 June 1991 at Earl's Court, Chris Eubank took on Michael Watson with the WBO world middleweight title at stake. Sean & Johnston discuss the path that lead to this fierce rivarly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken Buchanan MBE is a Scottish retired professional boxer from Edinburgh and the former undisputed world lightweight champion. A clever boxer, Buchanan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and turned pro in 1965. He won both the Scottish and British lightweight crowns before traveling to the United States and gaining worldwide recognition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

As a follow-up to Murder or Suicide? The Mysterious Death Of Arturo Gatti Sean & Johnston interview the author of "Killed In Brazil" Jimmy Tobin to discuss the inspiration behind the book along with what it takes to source the necessary information to be able to produce an informative and objective read. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carl Froch vs. Jermain Taylor was a boxing super-middleweight fight between the newly crowned champion Carl Froch and former Undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor. The fight was held at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut, the United States on April 25, 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which led to his boxing nickname of the Easton Assassin. Holmes, whose left jab is rated among the best in boxing history, held the WBC heavyweight title from 1978 to 1983, The Ring magazine and lineal heavyweight titles from 1980 to 1985, and the inaugu...

In this episode Sean & Johnston look back over the big fights from the last eight weeks and the hot topics in boxing right now! Topics including:*Povetkin vs Whyte II*Estrada vs Gonzalez*Okolie vs Glowacki*The Welterweight Division*Conor Benn's future*The End For Carl Frampton*The Fringe Heavyweights That Can Go Far*Andrade vs Williams*The Big Fight Latest - Fury vs Joshua Learn more about your ad...

Tony Ayala Jr. was one of the most talented boxers to ever grace the ring in the light-middleweight division. He won 31 of his 33 pro bouts, and he was in line to compete for the division belt multiple times throughout his career. However, Ayala Jr. couldn’t control the inner demons in his personal life, and it led to a life of drugs and some of the most heinous crimes imaginable. Learn more about...

Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas, billed as Tyson Is Back!, was a professional boxing match that occurred at the Tokyo Dome on February 11, 1990. The event is historically significant, as the then-undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson lost by knockout to the 42–1 underdog Douglas. The fight is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Japan paid $6 million to boxing o...

Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer, boxing commentator, boxing trainer, rapper, and actor who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. He competed in boxing from 1989 to 2018, and held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including titles at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight, and is the only b...

Shaun Cummins was a British boxer who won the WBA Inter-Continental super welterweight title in 1992 and went on to fight for the British and European middleweight titles. After his career had ended life seemed to have taken an upward trajectory in his new role as bodyguard to boy band Blue and a doorman on the local night clubs, that was until an accident would leave him paralysed from the waist...

Érik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I, was a professional boxing match between the three-division and reigning WBO Super Bantamweight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera and reigning WBC Super Bantamweight world champion Erik Morales. It took place on February 19, 2000, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight was named The Ring Magazine 2000 Fight of the Year and has...

Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is wid...

In this episode, Sean & Johnston delve into the origins of how the mafia came to the forefront of boxing which included fixed fights, paid-off referees, greedy managers, misused boxers, and the mobsters who controlled it all Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis, billed as "Undisputed", was a professional boxing match contested on March 13, 1999 for the WBA, WBC, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight Championships. The result was a draw or tie, specifically a split draw, which proved controversial. Sean & Johnston sit down to discuss Evander Holyfield vs Lennox Lewis from March 1999 for the WBA/IBF/WBC & Lineal heavyweight champion...

Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns' tall, slender build and oversized arms and shoulders allowed him to move up over fifty pounds in his career and become the first boxer in history to win world titles in five weight divisions: welterweight, light mid...

In this episode Sean speaks to Irish light heavyweight Kevin Cronin who documents his journey into the sport and shares stories from his time being an amateur boxer to the transition of becoming a professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sean & Johnston examine a 1983 boxing bout that took place between undefeated prospect Billy Collins Jr. and Luis Resto. The fight was on the undercard for a bout between Roberto Durán and Davey Moore. Resto unexpectedly beat the highly touted Collins in a 10-round unanimous decision; however, after the fight, Resto's gloves were found to be missing a significant amount of padding, illegal tamperi...

Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank was a series of two professional boxing matches which took place on 18 November 1990 and 9 October 1993. Both Benn and Eubank fought at middleweight and super middleweight around the same time in 1985–97, and became rivals on both the domestic and world boxing scene. Benn won his first 22 consecutive bouts by knockout, earning the moniker 'the Dark Destroyer'. Eubank wa...

Roberto Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight, as well as reigns as the undisputed and lineal lightweight champion, and the lineal welterweight champion. He is also the second boxer to have competed over a span o...

Sean speaks to Jack Hughes, who is currently 6-2 as a professional boxer. We go on a journey of Jack's introduction to the sport and how he has overcome many challenges both physically and mentally on the route to him realising a dream Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices