Desert Island Fights

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is Michael Kronenberg. Michael Kronenberg is an award winning graphic designer whose clients include the Film Noir Foundation, TwoMorrows Publishing, Kino Lorber, The Ring , Marvel, and more. He was the founder, publisher, and designer of Ringside Seat magazine. He grew up a boxing fan, thanks to his father, who was a professional fighter. You...

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is boxing writer Jack Hirsch. Jack Hirsch is a former six-term president of the Boxing Writers Association of America. In 2020, Hirsch was inducted into the New York state boxing Hall of fame. He has written for various publications over the years. Foremost among them is Boxing News Monthly, with which he has been associated since 1989, and se...

In this special bonus episode of the podcast, I interview boxing writer Jack Hirsch about his new book, an authorised biography of all-tine great light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks. The book is simply titled, Michael 'Jinx' Spinks and is available in the US via Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target and Walmart. If you are in the UK, you can buy it here . You can order my book, Heavyweight Title...

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is Declan Warrington. Declan writes about boxing for Boxing Scene. He has previously written for Boxing News and The Ring. You can follow Declan on Twitter You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon Check out my website at Steve Hunt Boxing to read my writing on boxing history. You can also follow me on Twitter I...

In this bonus episode of the podcast, I interviewed Professor Thomas Aiello about his recently published book, Return of the King: The Rebirth of Muhammad Ali and the Rise of Atlanta . It's an excellent book which focusses on the lead up to Muhammad Ali's return to boxing after his three year exile. Professor Aiello explores the circumstances behind Ali's enforced lay-off and also how the politics...

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is Charles Farrell. You can buy his book, The Legend of Mitch "Blood" Green and other boxing essays, here . His memoir, (Low)life: A Memoir of Jazz, Fight-fixing, and the Mob, is available to buy here . You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon Check out my website at Steve Hunt Boxing to read my writing on boxi...

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is Phil Rogers. Phil is a freelance boxing journalist who has had numerous articles and interviews published in Boxing News. You can follow Phil on Twitter or check out his writing at his website here You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon Check out my website at Steve Hunt Boxing to read my writing on boxing...

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is Bill Dettloff. Bill is the former longtime senior writer at The Ring magazine and former editor in chief of Ringside Seat. He has written several boxing books, the latest of which is Ring Theory: Meditations on 35 years in boxing. You can order that from all good book sellers, including Amazon You can follow Bill on Twitter You can order my...

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is Eric Raskin. Eric is a veteran boxing journalist with more than 25 years of experience covering the sport for such outlets as BoxingScene, ESPN, Grantland, Playboy, Ringside Seat, and The Ring (where he served as managing editor for seven years). He also co-hosted The HBO Boxing Podcast, Showtime Boxing with Raskin & Mulvaney, The Inter...

Desert Island Fights is a new podcast where interesting people from the world of boxing each choose 5 fights to take to a desert island. It might be the greatest boxing match they ever saw, the first they ever saw live, the best performance from their favourite boxer, the criteria is up to them. On each episode, I'll chat with a guest about their choices and why they picked them. I hope you enjoy...