Punches and Punchlines

Send a text Fritz and Franco took in the Top Rank card from New York on ESPN and boy was it fun. First up was the Jahi Tucker vs Akeem Black fight and then the Omar Rosario vs Raekwon Butler battle. Next was Abraham Nova vs William Encarnacion and finally, the main event of Joe Smith Jr vs Steve Geffard. It was a fun night of boxing and as always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humo...

Send a text Fritz and Franco kick off the show with a new intro, courtesy of Christina Ocampo, Franco's sister! The boys then break down what is coming up in the next couple of weeks for the world of boxing. Make sure to like, subscribe, and follow!

Send a text Fritz and Franco kick off the new season of Punches and Punchlines with the PBC Pay Per View of Luis Ortiz vs Charles Martin. On the undercard, the boys break down Frank Martin vs Romero Dino, Viktor Faust vs Iago Kildze, Jonnie Rice vs Michael Coffie, and Frank Sanchez vs Christian Hammer. There was a lot to get into and as always, Fritz and Franco break it all down for you... with a...

Send a text Fritz and Franco kick off the show with their personal pound for pound rankings to close out 2021. Then they get into their nominees and picks for Fight of the year, Knockout of the year, Ring walk of the year, and Fighter of the year. Their final picks may surprise you! As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.

Send a text Fritz and Franco break down the ESPN and DAZN cards, starting with Katie Taylor vs Furaza Sharipova and then Conor Benn vs Chris Algieri. Next the boys jump into Xander Zayas vs Alessio Mastronunzio, Keyshawn Davis vs Jose Zaragoza, Jared Anderson vs Oleksandr Teslenko, and finally, the headline fight of Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Richard Commey. It was a fun weekend of fights and the boys...

Send a text Fritz and Franco took in the fights from DAZN and ESPN+, starting with Charlie Edwards vs Jacob Barreto in East London at York Hall. They also broke down Isaac Lowe vs Luis Alberto Lopez and all of the knockdowns. Then the boys break down Chicago's very own, Jessica McCaskill vs Kandi Wyatt. Next was Carlos Diaz vs Montana Love and then Devin Haney vs Joseph "Jojo" Diaz....

Send a text Fritz and Franco Broke down the fights from the DAZN card and then the headline fight from Showtime, which featured Stephen Fulton Jr vs Brandon Figueroa. Over on DAZN, the boys started with Zhang Zhilei vs Craig Lewis. Then they broke down Kenichi Ogawa vs Azinga Fuzile before taking on the main event of George Kambosos Jr vs Teofimo Lopez. You've heard all the pretentious boxing...

Send a text Fritz and Franco are joined by the super talented and funny Jim Flannigan, of the All Over The Place Podcast, after attending the Thanksgiving Eve show live, in Rosemont, Illinois. The boys break down all the fights for the night, starting with Angel Barrera vs Isaiah Varnell. Then they take on Jimmy Quiter vs Robert Magee, followed up by Deontae Pettigrew vs Dajuan Calloway. Finally,...

Send a text Fritz and Franco take on the David Benavides vs Kyrone Davis fight on PBC Showtime before moving on to the DAZN card. There they break down Raymond Muratalla vs Elias Araujo, Janibek Alimkhanuly vs Hassan N'Jam N'Jikam, Esquire Falcao vs Patrice Volny, and then finally the big Terence Crawford vs Shawn Porter battle. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of hu...

Send a text Fritz and Franco took in 3 different cards, starting with the David Benevides vs Kyrone Davis fight on PBC Showtime. Then the boys tackle the DAZN fights, starting with Dante Dixon vs Jordan McCorry, then Terri Harper vs Alicia Baumgardner for the IBF and WBC super featherweight titles before moving on to Kid Galahad vs Kiko Martinez for the IBF featherweight title. Finally, they dive...

Send a text Fritz and Franco kick things off with the Mikaela Mayer vs Maiva Hamadouche fight from ESPN+ and then head over to the PPV. There they dive in to the Elvis Rodriguez vs Juan Pablo Romero fight, followed up by Leonardo Baez vs Rey Vargas. Then the boys take on Anthony Dirrell vs Marcos Hernandez before finishing off with the big unification fight between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant....

Send a text Due to some technical difficulties, the podcast was down for a week and then we had Halloween and children who love candy. We will return next weekend with the big Canelo vs Plant fight! Will Canelo win and unify the division? Will Plant pull off the upset and make Franco cry? Tune in next week!

Send a text Fritz and Franco break down the best fights for the weekend of October 15th and 16th, including the Mikey Garcia vs Sandor Martin upset, Jonathan Gonzalez vs Elwin Soto, Emanuel Navarrete vs Joet Gonzalez, Marc Castro vs Angel Luna, Angel Ruiz vs Giovani Santillan, and Javier Martinez vs Darrell Jones. As always, the boys dive right into the fights... with a sense of humor.

Send a text Fritz and Franco break down the ppv card, starting with Vladimir Hernandez vs Julian Williams. Then the boys give their take on Edgar Berlanga vs Marcelo Coceres before delving into Jared Anderson vs Vladimir Tereshkin. Robert Helenius vs Adam Kownacki was a low blow fest and then Frank Sanchez vs Efe Ajagba was underwhelming. Luckily, Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury lived up to all of th...

Send a text Fritz and Franco break down the big heavyweight fight between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk, but first, the boys take a dive into Maxim Prodan vs Florian Marku, and have a few disagreements. Then they take on Lenin Castillo vs Callum Smith before turning their attention to Campbell Hatton vs Sonni Martinez. Just when it sounds like they might be agreeing on everything, they break d...

Send a text Fritz and Franco take a dive into the Ebanie Bridges vs Mailys Gangloff fight before watching Katie Taylor and Jennifer Han. Next up is the Josh Warrington vs Mauricio Lara fight that didn't actually happen and then the Kyrone Davis vs Martez McGregor shit show that did happen. Finally, the boys break down the Jesus Ramos vs Brian Mendoza fight. As always, the boys do it all... wi...

Send a text Fritz and Franco took a dive into the carnival that was the Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley PPV. The undercard started with the underwhelming fight between Tyson Fury's half-brother, Tommy Fury vs Anthony Taylor. Then we had Juiseppe Cusumano vs Daniel Dubois in Dubois' first trip to the United States. Next was Ivan Baranchyk vs Montana Love in slug fest. The boys decided to flip...

Send a text Fritz and Franco are back! They didn't leave the fights from August 14th behind, though. The boys covered Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Eqdijus Kavaliauskas on DAZN, Andrew Moloney vs Joshua Franco and Nico Ali Walsh vs Jordan Weeks on Espn on ESPN, Joshua Buatsi vs Ricards Bolotniks back on DAZN, and John Riel Casimero in a snoozefest against Guillermo Rigondeaux. Then Fritz and Franco take...

Send a text Fritz and Franco had a busy weekend and about 15 hours of boxing to sift through, so the boys are going to take everything in and then piggy back it with the PPV shows from the next weekend... can't wait to break it down! Also, Franco is trying to see how much he can get away with before Nintendo sends a cease and desist.

Send a text Fritz and Franco first break down the DAZN Fight Camp battles from Eddie Hearn's backyard. Ebanie Bridges took on Bec Connolly, then Alen Babic beat up Mark Bennett, before Kid Galahad bullied James Dickens. The the boys moved over to ESPN and the fights from Belfast, Northern Ireland. First up was Jose Luis Castillo vs Paddy Donovan, followed up by Jose Felix Jr vs Tyrone McKenna...

Send a text Fritz and Franco break down the free fights from PBC on Fox and the Fight Camp bouts from Eddie Hearns' backyard. Avni Yildirim vs Jack Cullen, Can Xu vs Leigh Wood, Joey Spencer vs James Martin, Vito Mielnicki vs Noah Kidd, and Michael Coffie vs Jonnie Rice are all broken down, as usual, with a sense of humor.

Send a text Fritz and Franco took in the Showtime card from San Antonio, Texas on Fritz's birthday! Amilcar Vidal Jr took on Immanuwel Aleem in a fun fight with lots of action. Then Anthony Yigit took on the much hated Rolando Romero, who fought like the trash he is. Finally, Jermell Charlo took on Brian Castano for a unification match that would have unified all of the major belts! It didn&a...

Send a text Fritz and Franco break down the boxing action from Los Angeles on the DAZN card. Starting with Hector Tanajara Jr. taking on William Zepeda, then Tenkai Tsunami vs Seniesa Estrada, leading into Joseph "Jojo" Diaz Jr. vs Javier Fortuna, and finishing with Zurdo Ramirez vs Sullivan Barrera. It was a fun night of fights and the boys dive in, as always, with a sense of humor.

Send a text Fritz and Franco take a dive into the DAZN fights between Daniel Matellon and Jose Argumedo and then Julio Cesar Martinez vs Joel Cordova. Then the boys head up to Las Vegas for the ESPN+ card that included Subaru Muratalla vs Keven Monroy, Rob Brant vs Janibek Alimkhanuly, Guido Vianello vs Marlon Williams, and Masayoshi Nakatani vs Vasiliy Lomachenko. It was a fun night of fights and...

Send a text Fritz and Franco break down the fights from ESPN+ and DAZN from June 19, 2021. They start in El Paso with Blair "The Flair" Cobbs and his possible Ring Walk of the Year vs Brad Solomon, then Marlen Esparza vs Beth Zamora. Next on that card was possible KO of the Year when Bektemir Melikuziev met the right hook of Gabriel Rosado. Finally was Jaime Munguia vs Kamil Szeremeta. T...