I Like Boxing with Joe and Joel

In this episode, we review the outstanding unification contest that just took place between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano. We also review Martin Bakole's excellent decision victory over Tony Yoka, despite the judges' best efforts to try and rob him! In the news section, we pay tribute to Amir Khan, who has decided to retire from boxing. He is a 100% bonafide legend of British boxing. We also di...

In this episode, we breakdown Dmitry Bivol's upset victory against Canelo Alvarez and explore both their likely options moving forward. We also look at the Daniel Kinahan fallout which is an evolving story as well as Cuban professionals and Lauren Price and Karriss Artingstall's ongoing involvement with Team GB, despite turning pro. We also pay homage to the one and only Kell Brook, who has retire...

We kick off season 2 with a more topical approach, where we review the big fights, dissect the big news and preview the biggest contests coming up! In this episode, we review April's action, which includes Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte, Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano, Shakur Stevenson v Oscar Valdez, Errol Spence v Yordenis Ugas, GGG v Ryoto Murata, Josh Warrington v Kiko Martinez, Conor Benn v Chris...

In this episode, we look back at the life and career of Jane Couch. A trailblazer and 90’s pop culture icon, Jane paved the way for women's boxing in this country. Without her groundbreaking legal victory over the British Boxing board of Control women's boxing simply wouldn’t be in the excellent health it’s in today. Her unique place in boxing history is well and truly secure.  SFX from Frees...

In this episode, we discuss Edwin Valero, whose dark and turbulent life culminated in him murdering his wife and killing himself at the age of just 28. As a fighter, he set a then world record winning his first 18 fights by way of first round knockout and was on course to fight Manny Pacquiao in a dream mega fight before tragedy stuck. We discuss his early life and consider who would have likely w...

In this episode, we look at the life and career of Darrin Morris, a fighter who is infamously known for being ranked in the top 10 by the WBO, even though he had been dead for 1 year! Despite the rankings fiasco, we found a fighter who had a very good career and whose achievements in the ring have been somewhat forgotten. His death at the age of 34 of HIV related meningitis raised concerns about m...

In this episode, we look back at the life and career of Kirkland Laing, a British boxing legend. We focus on Kirk's upset victory over the great Roberto Duran in 1982's Ring Magazine Upset of the Year and look at the contrasting trajectories that their respective careers took, both before and after this fight. We consider other great away victories for British fighters on foreign soil and finally,...

This episode pays homage to Peter Buckley, Britain's best known journeyman boxer. We take a look at his life and storied career, as Peter took on some of the very best at elite British level or higher. We examine the life of a journeyman boxer in general and consider their defining characteristics. Finally, we consider the importance of journeymen in British boxing history and why they are so impo...

In this episode, we discuss Sam Langford, widely considered as one of the greatest fighter's in history never to win a world title. Sam's career, which was predominantly in the United States in the early 1900's, came at a time when segregation was rife and as a result, very few black fighters got an opportunity to fight for world titles. We explore Sam's early life, career and his legendary rivalr...