The Interim Champion Boxing Podcast with Raskin & Mulvaney Podcast

This episode begins with some news about the ICBP (no spoilers here in the text), then Eric and Kieran talk about Canelo deciding to fight Berlanga, Benavidez staying at 175, Jake Paul’s win over Mike Perry, Lucas Bahdi’s stunning knockout of Ashton Sylve, the massive hearts of Dereck Chisora and Joe Joyce, a rare knockout for Claressa Shields, and the latest edition of The Fight Game. Plus, a sle...

The verdict is in, and the jury has declared the ICBP guilty … of delivering the best podcast in the biz! (We are a certified “Substack Bestseller,” after all.) On the latest mega-stuffed, Zhilei-Zhang-sized episode: * 5 vs. 5 recap and analysis, including where Zhang and Dubois fit into the heavyweight picture, the end of the road for Deontay, Bivol’s knockout tuneup for Beterbiev, and more * Ful...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com The undisputed champion of boxing podcasts returns to celebrate boxing crowning an undisputed heavyweight champion, after Oleksandr Usyk edged Tyson Fury in a thriller for all the marbles. Eric and Kieran analyze the back-and-forth action and speculate on an immediate rematch, plus they cover all th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com How better to wind down your Mother’s Day than to spend it with the two baddest muthas in boxing podcasting? On this week’s show, Eric and Kieran preview the massive Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk heavyweight championship showdown from a multitude of angles and make picks and bets, they assess Naoya Inou...

No spoilers here, but over the course of this extra-length episode, Eric and Kieran revolutionize the entire podcasting industry in a way that will blow your mind. How’s that for a tease? Along the way, they discuss the following: * Canelo Alvarez’s entertaining, largely as-expected win over Jaime Munguia, and Canelo’s surprisingly slim list of options for what to do next * Why the mariachi versio...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com The biggest fight of 2024 (until it’s surpassed two weeks later) is on deck this coming Saturday, as Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia step into the ring for a fight that thankfully is not Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga. Kieran and Eric break it down and make bets, plus they look ahead to Tim Tszy...

The fights ended after 1 a.m. Your favorite podcast hosts are exhausted. They lack the energy to write a creative intro. Here’s what you get: Ryan Garcia scored a three-knockdown upset over Devin Haney, and we’re breaking it down from every angle imaginable. We also discuss the undercard, an unexpected loss for Kurt Scoby, and news about Taylor-Serrano 2, Terence Crawford’s next fight, and the 5v5...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com Basking in the glow of their respective honorable mentions in the annual BWAA writing competition, Eric and Kieran got together on Sunday to make the case that they are also marginally worthy of recognition for their podcasting skills. Included in this episode: an interview with the one and only Jim...

Post-earthquake, pre-eclipse, the unnatural phenomenon that is the duo of Raskin & Mulvaney is here spinning gold out of a slow boxing week with another spectacular ICBP episode. And we partially have the listeners to thank, as you fine folks provided outstanding mailbag submissions, covering such topics as MayPac’s place in history, Tyson vs. Foreman, selling out to the Saudis, Boots Ennis, and B...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com The two sharpest minds in the boxing media sphere weigh in on the sharpest elbow in boxing and everything else coming out of a busy, highly entertaining weekend in the sport. Raskin and Mulvaney dig into Sebastian Fundora’s blood-soaked upset of Tim Tszyu, Pitbull Cruz punching Rolly Romero’s puncha...

There are a whole buncha fights next weekend, and the ICBP is here to preview them all: Tszyu-Fundora, Cruz-Romero, the rest of that PBC undercard, Valdez-Wilson, Zurdo-Goulamirian, and more. Also, Eric and Kieran catch up on the last two weeks of fights (including Zepeda-Hughes) and news (including Wilder-Zhang), they play The Fight Game, and they shamelessly plug all their recent articles. This...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com Fresh off a Friday spent repeatedly wasting excessive amounts of your precious time waiting for the next fight to start, it’s time to spend your Saturday wasting excessive amounts of your precious time in an altogether different way: listening to the Interim Champion Boxing Podcast! On this week’s s...

Bonus episode alert! The only woman to both box on HBO and star in a major HBO series, Kali Reis, joins us for a conversation covering everything from landing the role of Evangeline Navarro on True Detective: Night Country , to hanging with Jodie Foster, to why she’s not quite done with boxing yet. We really think you’re going to dig this interview — unless you’re Cecilia Braekhus’ promoter Tom Lo...

Eric wanted to record this episode of the podcast at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, whereas Kieran wanted to record it at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but in the end … they just recorded over Zoom from their respective homes that they hardly ever leave. Anyway, here it is, a Sunday edition of the ICBP featuring the following: * Berlanga’s KO of McCrory and the possibility of Canelo-Berlanga * Inoue a...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com The Interim Champion Boxing Podcast returns in its traditional Monday time slot, which may or not indicate that time is a flat circle — we’ll leave that to the listeners to decide. On this episode, Eric and Kieran recap wins for Sivenathi Nontshinga, O’Shaquie Foster, “Shu-Shu” Carrington, and “Rick...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com Ahead of Presidents’ Day weekend, the ICBP is rolling out, exclusively for subscribers, the 2017 oral history podcast looking back at the meteoric rise and devastating fall of Ike “The President” Ibeabuchi, the seeming heavyweight-champion-in-waiting who knocked out Chris Byrd in 1999 to run his rec...

Clear your calendar, hold your calls, the Interim Champion Boxing Podcast is back with an overstuffed, super-sized Super Bowl weekend episode! Eric and Kieran welcome boxing photographer and BWAA Courage Award winner Ed Mulholland to tell his story of beating throat cancer and to talk about some of his favorite fighters, plus the hosts cover Teofimo Lopez’s controversial snoozer against Jamaine Or...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com It’s another edition of the Interim Champion Boxing Podcast, the pod that always finds a way to ruin the party with an errant elbow to the face. On this Monday episode, Eric and Kieran grapple with the latest Fury-Usyk postponement, pour one out for the great Carl Weathers, recap wins for Conor Benn...

Back with another mid-week episode to get you through your humpday, Eric and Kieran break down what they like and don’t like about Tszyu-Thurman and the rest of PBC’s first card of the Amazon Prime deal, analyze Jaime Munguia’s KO of John Ryder and whether they now welcome the Canelo-Munguia option, discuss the latest Ryan Garcia-Oscar De La Hoya drama, set a line for how long Shakur Stevenson’s “...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com On this mid-week episode, Eric and Kieran give their postfight analyses of disputed decision wins for Natasha Jonas over Mikaela Mayer, Kenshiro Teraji over Carlos Canizales, and Seigo Akui over Artem Dalakian, preview (and consider placing bets on) Saturday’s Jaime Munguia vs. John Ryder matchup, p...

On this episode of the Interim Champion Boxing Podcast with Raskin & Mulvaney, your intrepid hosts attempt a “cold open,” discuss the Zhang-Parker announcement and other fights on tap, react to the BWAA award winners, play The Fight Game, place bets on Jonas vs. Mayer, and break down the first episode of True Detective: Night Country. This episode is free to all, but the next one won’t be, so if y...

It’s the ultimate hodge-podge episode of the Interim Champion Boxing Podcast! On this edition, Eric and Kieran analyze Artur Beterbiev’s KO of Callum Smith and who they favor in Beterbiev-Bivol, preview Mikaela Mayer vs. Natasha Jonas, dive deep into the controversy — and possible full-blown scandal — of Tony Weeks’ accusations about the Nevada State Athletic Commission, recap the results of the 2...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit boxingwithraskinmulvaney.substack.com On this episode, Eric and Kieran analyze all the boxing news of the week — most notably, the announcement of a March 8 heavyweight bout between Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou — break down Vergil Ortiz’s return and Tony Weeks’ stunning stoppage, preview Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Smith, and draft...

The debut episode of The Interim Champion Boxing Podcast with Raskin & Mulvaney is here, offering fresh thoughts on stale fights including Joshua-Wallin, Parker-Wilder, and Inoue-Tapales. Eric and Kieran also talk year-end award revisions, Bivol-Beterbiev, Kenny Bayless, Cameron Dunkin, Italy, and kitten names, and they play a round of The Fight Game. This is a public episode. If you would like to...

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