Our resident expert analysts, Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid, were joined Sunday by John J. Raspanti, lead writer for doghouseboxing.com, for a thorough postmortem of the weekend fights, evaluating whether Adonis Stevenson is really "Superman," and just how "bad" Dawson really is after getting TKO'd in back-to-back fights -- in fact, back-to-back rounds. They tell us what it's going to take to turn Yuriorkis Gamboa into a crowd-pleaser, Maidana's place on boxing's "Mr. Excitement" list, and much more.
This is the first half of our June 9, 2013 show, featuring an in-depth interview with Muhammad Ali's daughter, Rasheda, after the commercial break.
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Our expert analysts, Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid, take apart the Froch-Kessler fight, analyze Froch's waist-high defense, weigh-in on HBO's broadcasting team, compared to Showtime's crew, and break down Juanma's chances of dealing Mike Garcia his first loss, among other topics.
This is the first half of our May 26, 2013 show, featuring a riveting interview with unbeaten heavyweight Amir Mansour after the commercial break.
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Our expert analysts, Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid, welcome Lucas Matthysse to boxing's big list of meteorites after his three-round demoltion of Lamont Peterson. They also marvel at the multiple possibilities for Matthysse in the violence-packed 140- and 147-pound weight divisions.
Trainer Sam Garcia then joins us to talk about the final two weeks of training camp for Paul "Gallo Negro" Mendez, his up-and-coming middleweight.
This is the first half of our May 19, 2013 show featuring boxing historian Christopher James Shelton with an amazing story after the commercial break.
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Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid analyze Guillermo Rigondeaux's stunning domination of Nonito Donaire, opine on the judges' scorecards, and talk about the future of both fighters in the first half of our April 14, 2013 show. Travis also announces his May 25 fight against Carson Jones in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
This is Part I of a show that features an in-depth interview with Hall of Fame referee Robert Byrd after the commercial break.
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Expert analysts Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid describe what we might expect from Canelo vs. Floyd, Marquez vs. Bradley, and Pacquiao vs. Alvarado -- all of which are still in the rumor stage. Travis also discusses his new co-trainer, former heavyweight champ Pinklon Thomas.
The second half of our April 7, 2013 show features a hilarious, dead-honest and poignant interview with El Conquistador, Ruben Castillo, whose 81-fight career included world title shots at Juan Leporte and boxing titans Salvador Sanchez, Alexis Arguello, and Julio Cesar Chavez.
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Our expert analysts, Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid, join us to discuss the remarkable battle between Timothy Bradley and Ruslan Provodnikov. They analyze why Bradley hasn't yet been embraced as one of boxing's superstars, they weigh in on whether Freddie Roach has lost his mojo, they anticipate what should become an amazing smack-talk smackdown between Broner and Malignaggi, and they predict the over-under in rounds for Donaire-Rigondeaux.
Travis, an active professional boxer, also walks us through his loss the previous night -- a six-round unanimous decision to still-unbeaten Haskell Rhodes -- during which he fractured his hand and got hammered below the belt five times. And, by the way, he called us from a hospital bed.
This is the first half of our March 17, 2013 show, which, after the commercial break, features an absolutely sensational interview with two-time lightweight champ Julio Diaz. Don't miss that one.
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Our expert analysts, Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid, wax philosophic about Bernard Hopkins' ascent to immortality as a 48-year-old world champion, and weigh-in on whether Instant Replay has a place in boxing.
We then talk to Max and Sam Garcia, the father-son trainers whose hot prospect, Preston Freeman, was murdered four days earlier in St. Louis.
This fascinating 30 minutes is the first half of our March 10, 2013 show featuring Ruslan Provodnikov and boxing writer John J. Raspanti of doghousboxing.com after the commercial break.
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Our expert analysts, Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid, break down the weekend fights, including Richard Abril's conquest of Sharif Bogere, Evgeny Gradovich's takedown of Billy Dib, and Gary Russell Jr.'s shutout victory.
They also evaluate the Nevada State Athletic Commissions $900,000 and 9-month nuking of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for going one toke over the line.
This is the first half of our March 3, 2013 show featuring a riveting in-depth interview with freshly minted IBF super middleweight champ Ishe Smith after the commercial break.
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Our expert analysts Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid weigh the worthiness of Joe Calzaghe as an all-time great, ID the true antagonist in the Top Rank-Golden Boy war, comment on the Mayweather/Guerrero/Brook circus, and break down upcoming fights between Bradley & Provodnikov, Kessler & Froch, and Holt & Peterson.
This is the first half of our Feb. 10, 2013 show featuring an in-depth interview with former WBO light welterweight champ Kendall Holt after the commercial break.
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John J. Raspanti, lead writer for doghouseboxing.com, join co-hosts Dennis Taylor and "Irish" Joe O'Rourke to spin a few little-known yarns about boxers of the past.
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