Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio

Mike Tyson and George Foreman are two of the biggest heavyweight punchers both of recent memory, and all-time. And they almost fought! On this episoe of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, Patrick Connor and Brin-Jonathan Butler talk about why Tyson-Foreman never happened, and what the result may have been if they had! SUBSCRIBE! Store: https://bit.ly/KNGMerch Follow us on social media! Twitter: Patr...

Fighters fight on too long as a general rule. Even so, some fighters notably have longer careers than others. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historians Patrick Connor and Aris Pina team up to remember a handful of fighters whose careers spanned impressive lengths of time. SUBSCRIBE! Store: https://bit.ly/KNGMerch Follow us on social media! Twitter: Patrick Connor - @Pat...

Floyd Mayweather's victory over Oscar de la Hoya was a star-making performance, yet many seem to disagree with the final decision. That makes it a good fight to revisit and re-score. There was also a small matter of Oscar de la Hoya's recent "documentary" to discuss. "The Golden Boy" recently debuted on HBO's streaming service, and might figure into the Mayweather-De la Hoya discussion more than p...

It makes sense that the biggest fighters are the biggest punchers. Rocky Marciano, Mike Tyson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey and so forth are legendary punchers, but where do they rank on the list of heavyweight champions with the most knockouts? Here's a list of the Top 15 heavyweight champions who scored the most knockouts during their careers, with boxing historian Patrick Connor. SUBSCRIBE! Store: h...

Terence Crawford is a magnificent fighter. No need to qualify anything or compare him historically to any fighter from the past. He may truly stand alone as the greatest fighter of his era, and his domination of Errol Spence, Jr. sure seems to back that idea up. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, Patrick Connor and Aris Pina express their gratitude for a wonderful week of boxing p...

Naoya Inoue is one scary fighter, and he proved it by going through unified junior featherweight champion Stephen Fulton with ease. How far can Inoue go? Where should he be pound-for-pound? And wait, because there's an entirely DIFFERENT top-level fight in just a few days: Errol Spence, Jr. vs Terence Crawford. It's the one we've been waiting for. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast...

Tommy Morrison was known as "The Duke," and the 1980s and 90s heavyweight contender was a charismatic, hard-hitting scrapper. Unfortunately he also made many questionable decisions throughout his life, and several of them led to an early demise. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, Patrick Connor and Aris Pina take a close look at the life, career and troubled times of Tommy Morriso...

We tend to focus on older history, but sometimes we'll recall fights and fighters from recent history, like the trilogy between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder that spanned three years and produced many thrills. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler remember and re-score the Fury vs Wilder trilogy. SUBSCRIBE! Sto...

Back in the 1950s, the heavyweight division was more or less held hostage by Floyd Patterson's trainer and manager Cus D'Amato after Rocky Marciano retired. A number of heavyweights during that time ripened on the vine, if not had a good portion of their careers wasted. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, Patrick Connor and Aris Pina remember a new set of fighters for Part 2 of the...

Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier created history and just seemed to do great thing in the ring together. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler remember the third and final chapter between two all-time greats. SUBSCRIBE! Store: https://bit.ly/KNGMerch Follow us on social media! Twitter: Patrick Connor - @PatrickMCon...

Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier were truly great heavyweight champions and bitter rivals. Their trilogy is known by boxing fans and detractors alike. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler join up to remember the first two fight between these heavyweight giants. SUBSCRIBE! Store: https://bit.ly/KNGMerch Follow us o...

It's not that often boxing gets massive fights, and even less often that they happen all the way down at lightweight. Gervonta "Tank" Davis and "King" Ryan Garcia meet in Las Vegas this weekend, and it's huge. Patrick Connor and Aris Pina teamed up to preview the fight and talk about both fighters' careers to this point, plus give their picks. Let's go! SUBSCRIBE! Store: https://bit.ly/KNGMerch Fo...

Heavyweight eras, and entire eras of boxing itself, are often defined by a single, popular champion. "As the heavyights go, so goes boxing," they say. But what happens when an entire generation is lost to oblivion because of decisions made by the champion? On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historians Patrick Connor and Aris Pina join forces to remember some Lost 1950s Heav...

There are many memorable moments in even recent boxing history, but few, like when George Foreman regained the heavyweight championship over Michael Moorer in 1994, are the kind where you remember who you watched with, or where you were. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and author/filmmaker Brin-Jonathan Butler team up to re-score the fight and re...

The year is young, but we've already had a few fights that were far better than anticipated. In fact, the words "fight of the year contender" have already been uttered. History is jammed full of fights that turned out way better than expected, and on this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, Patrick Connor and Aris Pina remember several of them. SUBSCRIBE! Store: https://bit.ly/KNGMerch Fol...

If there's one thing we love on the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, it's boxing history. We couldn't help but relive a bit more early 90s heavyweight action, this time between Mike Tyson and Donovan "Razor" Ruddock. It was a funky time for the heavyweight division. And in the middle of all that, a post-championship Tyson battled Ruddock twice. Join us for some detailed Tyson-Ruddock action! SUBSCRIBE...

You wouldn't know it now, but in the late 1990s and going into 2001, "Prince" Naseem Hamed was a superstar in the U.K. and on the verge of really breaking into the U.S. boxing scene. Then Marco Antonio Barrera happened. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, Patrick Connor and Brin-Jonathan Butler remember the looming mega-stardom of Hamed and the night he ran into Barrera. SUBSCRIBE!...

The mid- and late-1990s brought on some hard-charging culture in the U.S., and boxing wasn't exempt. The heavyweight division went through plenty of changes throughout the 90s, until finally it seemed Riddick Bowe stood alone as likely the best around. Then the Andrew Golota fights happened in 1996. There were brawls in the ring, melees outside of it, fouls, historic moments and more. Two fights a...

Heavyweight boxing is considered the sport's crown jewel or pinnacle, but fight fans are used to sacrificing activity rate and sometimes nuance for the chance at seeing a big heavyweight taken down. Ike Ibeabuchi and David Tua combined to throw 1,730 punches against one another in 1997, however, and it was the kind of fight fans still talk about 25 years later. A relatively sparse crowd in Sacrame...

It's difficult to believe 25 years have passed since "Prince" Naseem Hamed and "Flushing Flash" Kevin Kelley dazzled a Madison Square Garden crowd with a multiple-knockdown, four-round war. But that's how long it's been. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, Aris Pina and Patrick Connor team up to relive and remember Hamed-Kelley. As an added bonus, the great co-feature between Kenne...

Often boxing gets slow in the final month of the year, but for some reason we have plenty to talk about: Naoya Inoue's continued dominance in the lower weights, his place in Japanese boxing history, Teófimo López's fortunate win over Sandor Martin, Terence Crawford... and those blasted gloves. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, it's a mixture of contemporary stuff and history that...

First things first: Mills Lane was an honest referee and true boxing icon who will be missed, and a brief tribute was necessary. As for the boxing history, sometimes fighters can't get past a certain opponent or have serious difficulty with a particular style. It's happened numerous times, perhaps most notably when Muhammad Ali struggled with Ken Norton three times. On this episode of the Knuckles...

On November 30, 1979, three all-time greats fought on the same fight card when "Sugar" Ray Leonard defeated Wilfred Benítez for his first world title, and Vito Antuofermo kept his middleweight championship with a, uh, fortunate draw with Marvelous Marvin Hagler. This episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast centers on that Las Vegas fight card that involved a whole lot of history. Let's go! SUBS...

Calling boxing "The Theater of the Unexpected" might be cliché, but it's also true. Sometimes unexpected things happen, and every so often those unexpected things are awesome. Such was the case with Evander Holyfield's fun heavyweight championship defense over "Smokin'" Bert Cooper. The fight's tale involves Mike Tyson, Rick "Elvis" Parker and more of boxing's best characters from the late 1980s a...

So many boxing figures have become literally cultural icons, if not veritable juggernauts. Don King is such a character, and he had to get his start somewhere. In the early 1970s, Don King signed his first fighter Jeff Merritt, aka "Candy Slim," a troubled, hard-hitting heavyweight. You can probably already guess how that went. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, Patrick Connor and...