Ringside Boxing Show

 Expert analysts Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid join co-hosts Dennis Taylor and "Irish" Joe O'Rourke for a deep look at the Lamont Peterson's scandal, the climate of performance-enhancing drugs in boxing, the possibility of a Khan vs. Danny "Swift" Garcia match-up, and breakdowns of Dawson-Ward and Pacquiao-Bradley. This is the first half of a show that featured an in-depth interview with Demarcus Corley after the break.

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Demarcus Corley held the WBO light welterweight title for two years beginning in 2001, but a split-decision loss to Zab Judah in a title fight put him on a nine-year skid that included 18 defeats in his next 27 fights.

Remarkably, the 37-year-old Corley has bounced back in 2012 with back-to-back wins over Gabriel Bracero (18-0) and Paul McCloskey (23-1), and suddenly is being mentioned as an opponent for the likes of Amir Khan.

Equally astounding is that Corley is still fighting at 140 pounds -- the same weight division at which he won a National Golden Gloves title as an amateur in 1995.

 And if that's not stunning enough, his plan is to drop to 135 pounds and fight for a title there.

 Enjoy this eye-opening interview with a boxer who has given himself the opportunity to be remembered alongside "Cinderella Man" Jim Braddock and the second coming of George Foreman as one of the great comeback stories of all time.

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Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid, expert analysts who appear weekly on the show, break down Mayweather's win over Cotto, what it means to both fighters, whether Floyd needs to fight Pacquiao to satisfy historians, whether Cotto is a Hall of Famer, and more.

If you've never heard The Ringside Boxing Show, you have something important to add to your bucket list.

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 When Armando Muniz fought Carlos Palomino for the WBC welterweight championship in 1977, it marked the first time in the history of the sport that two college graduates had met for a world title.

 Muniz fought four times for the title, but never won -- unless you count the infamous robbery that took place in Guadalajara against defending champion Jose Napoles. That one still sticks in the craw of Muniz, whose list of opponents in an 18-year career also included Emile Griffith, Angel Espada, Ernie "Little Red" Lopez, Hedgemon Lewis, Pete Ranzany and Sugar Ray Leonard.

We did an unusually lengthy interview with Munoz -- 40 minutes -- discussing his life before and after boxing, his classic fights, his experience as a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympic Team in Mexico City, and much more. Enjoy an amazing conversation with "El Hombre" from the May 6, 2012 edition of the Ringside Boxing Show.

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Part one of the April 12, 2012 edition of The Ringside Boxing Show, featuring the expert analysis of Travis Hartman & Rizwaan Zahid on Chad Dawson's conquest of Bernard Hopkins, Seth Mitchell's TKO victory over Chazz Witherspoon, WBO super featherweight champ Adrien Broner, and more. Part two of this show is our in-depth interview with middleweight contender Andy Lee.

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 Andy Lee was a national champion and represented Ireland at the 2004 Olympics in Athens before turning pro in the U.S. under Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward.

 He spoke to us in-depth about his life, his amateur and pro careers, and his upcoming world middleweight championship fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on the April 29, 2012 edition of The Ringside Boxing Show.

Enjoy this compelling interview with one of the more-colorful personalities in boxing.

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Part One of Sunday's Ringside Boxing Show, featuring doghouseboxing.com's John J. Raspanti, expert analysts Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid, and trainer Max Garcia. Part Two is our in-depth interview with 2011 "Trainer of the Year" Virgil Hunter, whose stable includes WBC & WBA world super middleweight champion Andre Ward.

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Virgil Hunter was the choice of the international boxing writers as "Trainer of the Year" in 2011 for his work with WBA and WBC super middleweight champ Andre Ward, along with others in his stable like Mike Dallas Jr., Chazz Witherspoon, Karim Mayfield and Stan Martyniouk. He joined us on April 22, 2012 to discuss his life in boxing and his relationship with his godson, Ward, the last American boxer to win Olympic gold.

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 Donny Lalonde ran away from an abusive home at 15, wandered into a boxing gym in British Columbia at 17, and blossomed into the WBC light heavyweight champion. His name was thrust back into the headlines recently by his former trainer, Teddy Atlas, who revealed that he stalked Lalonde, planning to kill him, after the fighter fired him just before the big money arrived.

 Lalonde talked about his life, his career, and his new initiative to help boxers live a healthier, happier life after the spotlight goes out. Enjoy this astonishing interview from the April 15, 2012 edition of The Ringside Boxing Show.

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 Ernest Hemingway, arguably American's greatest writer, had a lifelong love affair with the sport of boxing, not only as a wordsmith, but also as a recreational competitor. Where truth and myth part ways is where boxing historian Christopher James Shelton comes in with his always-meticulous research.

 Shelton's conversation about Hemingway's life and times in boxing was rich and lively on the April 8, 2012 edition of The Ringside Boxing Show. Listen, learn, enjoy Shelton's story about a fascinating figure in American literature.

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