The Standing 8 Podcast

We review the following fights: Sergey Kovalev vs Anthony Yarde and Vasyl Lomachenko vs Luke Campbell.  Yarde put up a valiant effort against Kovalev, as he almost had the esteemed veteran on his last legs by the end of Round 9.  Kovalev, with experience on his side, turned the tables around by Round 10 and resumed to punish the energy depleted Yard with piston jabs.  Eventually, Kovalev would KO...

In Episode 37, we review the WBA Welterweight Championship fight between Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman.  At age 40, Pacquiao displayed one of this year's best all around boxing performances.  A jab knockdown in the 1st round and a piercing body shot in the 10th were Pacquiao's biggest highlights from the PBC PPV event.  In the early rounds, Thurman had trouble with Pacquiao's deceptive jab, whi...

In Episode 36, light flyweight sensation Seniesa "Super Bad" Estrada (17-0, 7 KOs) joins us for a very special interview!  After her recent June victory at The Avalon Hollywood on Golden Boy DAZN Thursday Night Fights, Seniesa has set her sights on winning major world titles in and around her division.  Specifically, we get her thoughts her current champion peers in her division, namely Yesenia Go...

In Episode 35 of The Standing 8 Podcast, we discuss the limbo state of the Heavyweight division.  How much value should we put into Tyson Fury being ranked #1 on The Ring Magazine's top Heavyweight list?  We also revisit Andy Ruiz Jr upset victory of Anthony Joshua.  What went wrong for Joshua in that fight and how will the rematch play out? Just recently, the WBC implemented its new Franchise Cha...

In Episode 34, we welcome very special guest Regis Prograis, the newly crowned WBA Junior Welterweight Champion and finalist in the 140lb WBSS tournament.  We'll discuss his upcoming tournament final against Josh Taylor as well as his thoughts on the current boxing landscape.  Eddie Sanchez from Corcoran, CA joins the podcast as our 2nd main guest.  We'll preview his upcoming 3rd pro fight coming...

In Episode 33, we review Middleweight championship fight between Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs, which took place at the T-Mobile Arena on 5/4/2019.  After winning the fight by unanimous decision, Canelo now holds 5 titles at Middleweight (WBC, WBA, The Ring, and IBF).  Does this put Canelo at #1 on the pound 4 pound rankings?  Where does Jacobs go from here?  We address those questions and more...

In Episode 32, we review Terence Crawford's dominant win over Amir Khan in their Welterweight championship fight that happened April 20th in Madison Square Garden.  Did Khan "quit" in the 6th round to avoid further onslaught from Crawford?  Crawford is now 3-0 in his current division at 147, successfully defending his WBO title for the 2nd time.  Given the lackluster ending for a PPV event, Bob Ar...

Episode 31 serves as a special rewind to our August 2018 interview with Claressa Shields (8-0, 2 KOs).  In anticipation of her 4/13/2019 Middleweight Championship unification match with Christina Hammer (23-0-1NC, 10 KOs), we present the extracted interview with Shields off of Episode 18.  Following the interview is an early preview of Shields vs Hammer by panelist Cortney Tanner and Frontproof Me...

Keith "One Time" Thurman and Josesito "The Riverside Rocky" Lopez provided fireworks in their 1/26/2019 fight on PBC on Fox. It was also Thurman's comeback fight from a near 2 year layoff. In that time, he relinquished his WBC title, got married, and underwent elbow surgery. In episode 29, we review Thurman's hard fought victory over Lopez to retain his (Super) WBA Welterweight title.  We also tak...

Last Saturday, Manny Pacquiao successfully defended his regular WBA welterweight title against Adrien Broner via unanimous decision, adding another victory to an already impressive record of 61-7-2.  We review the performances of both fighters in Episode 28 of The Standing 8 Podcast.  We also give our initial preview of the upcoming Middleweight unification matchup between Canelo Alvarez and Danie...

Previewing the upcoming Welterweight championship fight between 8 divison champion Manny Pacquiao and 4 division champion Adrien "The Problem" Broner.  We gives our predictions and possible tactics for the fight.  Reaction to Caleb Plant becoming the new IBF Champion at Middleweight, defeating Jose Uzcategui in all action fight.  Plus, we discuss the recently announced matchup between Terrence Cra...

In Episode 26 of The Standing 8 Podcast, the panel gives their takes on the controversial draw placed on the Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury heavyweight championship fight.  Vasyl Lomachenko dominating Jose Pedraza to a unanimous decision win, unifying lightweight titles, gets reviewed.  The panel also reacts to Teofimo Lopez 1st Round KO performance over Mason Menard under the Lomachenko/Pedraza car...

In this 25th Episode of The Standing 8 Podcast series, Duarn "The Storm" Vue joins us for a special interview.  Vue, who reps Wisconsin's Supreme Hits Boxing Team, won the vacant WBA Inter-Continental Featherweight Title earlier this year.  Also, we will give our final thoughts on the Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury fight.

In Episode 24 of The Standing 8 Podcast series, Anthony Saldana (lead writer and photographer for Supreme Boxing) joins the staff as special guest panelist. We give our review of Oleksandr Usyk's dominant win over Tony Bellew. PBC had just released their 2019 Fox/FSN 1 broadcast schedule, headlined by their FOX PPV championship bout between Errol Spence Jr and Mikey Garcia happening on March 16. T...

The Standing 8 Podcast team dicuss what lies ahead for newly crowned IBF Middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs.  Where will be his next broadcast home?  We preview Jacobs immediate future after his HBO deal.  Nonito Donaire recently made noise in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tourney with a TKO victory over #1 seed Ryan Burnett, winning his WBA title.  We go over how successful he'll be...

In Episode 22 of The Standing 8 Podcast, the panel covers recent performances such as Terrence Crawford TKO victory over Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade outclassing Walter Kautondokwa for the vacant WBO Middleweight title. Find all of our content at www.thestanding8podcast.com

Coming off a knockout win over Alex Duarte on the Sergey Kovalev vs Eleider Alvarez undercard, Brooklyn's Frank Galarza aka "The Notorious" joins Episode 21 for a special interview. We catch up on what's new with the super welterweight veteran. Most importantly, we get to know more about his non-profit organizationi Youth Fighting Forward http://www.champsboxingclub.org/youth-fighting-forward . Th...

Legendary boxing insider Rick Glaser returns as special guest panelist in our 20th episode of The Standing 8 Podcast.  The panel gives their reaction to Shawn Porter winning the decision over Danny Garcia, becoming the new WBC Welterweight Champion.  Heading into the final days leading up to rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, the panel also gives their final takes on the megafigh...

In Episode 19 of The Standing 8 Podcast, we assess Tyson Fury's 2018 return, winning two warmup fights against Sefer Seferi and Francesco Pianeta.  We also preview the recently announced heavyweight clash between Fury and Deontay Wilder.  In other heavyweight happenings, we recap Bryant Jennings remarkable win over Alexander Dimitrenko after overcoming a 4th round knockdown.  We also continue more...

The one and only Claressa Shields (2X Olympic Gold Medalist, female WBC / IBF Super Middleweight Champion, and WBA / IBF Middleweight Champion) joins us for a very special interview in our 18th episode of The Standing 8 Podcast.  We get to know more of her backstory and her immediate goals as she furthers her blossoming boxing career.  Joseph Correa of Frontproof Media, Alicia Taylor, and Tiffany...

Legendary boxing insider and matchmaker Rick Glaser of  www.glaserboxing .com was present as special guest for our 17th live boxing podcast.  He took time to bless our podcast with behind the scene stories and thoughts on the current political landscape in boxing.  Click the player for this podcast to hear this very special episode!

In this 16th boxing podcast episode, we review the recent victories of Terrence Crawford (Jeff Horn) and Errol Spence Jr (Carlos Ocampo).  Whose performance was more impressive?  If and when they finally meet, who comes out victorious?  We also give our take on the recent obstacles in making the Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder fight a reality.

Frontproof Media's Joseph Correa joins us as guest panelist in this 15th live boxing podcast.  We review Vasyl Lomachenko's impressive 10-Round TKO victory over Jorge Linares, obtaining the WBA Lightweight title.  We also preview upcoming challenges for Lomachenko as he continues to build on his pound-for-pound resume.  

Two divison former world champion Randall Bailey joins us as special guest for our 14th full panel boxing podcast!  The panel will discuss Jarrett Hurd's tough win over Erislandy Lara, potential talks of future match between Vasyl Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis, and more!

In this 13th full panel boxing podcast, The Standing 8 Podcast crew is joined by Eddie Sanchez of Corcoran, CA.  We look back at his recent professional debut win, which took place at the historic Tower Theatre in Fresno.  We review Anthony Joshua's heavyweight unification win over Joseph Parker.  Canelo Alvarez withdrawal from his rematch with Gennady Golovkin is discussed.  The People's Top 10 P...