Boxing Junkie

In this week’s Boxing Junkie podcast, USA TODAY Sports boxing writers Bob Velin and Mike Coppinger talked to special guest Daniel Jacobs, the WBA middleweight champion, who will put his title belt on the line Saturday against undefeated Peter Quillin at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Jacobs discussed his fight strategy and what he expects from Quillin. He also offered his thoughts on future middleweight matchups, including possible showdowns with Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez. The Junkies also broke down Saturday’s Jacobs-Quillin matchup, looked at the impact of Peter Nelson being named HBO Boxing’s new boss, replacing Ken Hershman, and opined on last weekend’s stunning heavyweight upset, as Tyson Fury unseated heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in Germany.

Boxing, in need of a good fight to help the general public forget May's disappointing Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao bout, turns to Miguel Cotto and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez for redemption. Bob Velin and Mike Coppinger of USA TODAY Sports break it all down and are later joined by legendary analyst Larry Merchant.

In a hard-hitting interview, Demetrius Andrade discusses the highs and lows of his boxing career in a discussion with USA TODAY boxing writers Bob Velin and Mike Coppinger. Andrade was open and honest about his recent woes with his promoters and his inability to get the big fights he believes he deserves. The Boxing Junkies also broke down the Nov. 7 WBO welterweight title fight between Timothy Bradley and Brandon Rios and the addition of Andre Ward, one of boxing's top pound-for-pound fighters, to the undercard of the Nov. 21st middleweight championship fight between Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez.

USA TODAY's Bob Velin and Mike Coppinger from Boxing Junkie talk to Carl Moretti the Vice President of Boxing Operations at Top Rank about this weekend's big fight pitting Terence Crawford against Dierry Jean and why the fans are so obsessed with Manny Pacquiao

In this inaugural episode of USA TODAY Sports' Boxing Junkie podcast, boxing writers Bob Velin and Mike Coppinger preview Saturday’s highly anticipated pay-per-view middleweight title matchup between knockout artists Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux, and bring in special guests, the legendary Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins and Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria, who takes on Boxing Junkie’s top pound-for-pound fighter Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez in the co-feature at Madison Square Garden.