Boxing News Podcast

TRIS DIXON, back in the host’s chair, is joined by Matt Christie for this week’s Opening Bell.

All up for discussion is the recent form of Gennady Golovkin and Luis Collazo, the Gary Buckland-Gavin Rees verdict, 10 important boxing questions, and the future and legacy of Floyd Mayweather.

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IN this week’s Opening Bell Matt Christie and John Dennen kick back and talk about their favourite subject. Boxing.

Topics this week include the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley rematch, the latest opinion on the Carl Froch-George Groves saga and Enzo Maccarinelli’s comeback.

The Boxing News writers also look back on the weekend action featuring Marco Huck and Lamont Peterson, and ahead to Gennady Golovkin’s latest defence and the huge bill in Cardiff.

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IN THIS week’s Opening Bell Tris Dixon and Matt Christie look back on the career of Naseem Hamed, the Jean Pascal-Lucian Bute fight, and ahead to the weekend bouts featuring Marco Huck and Lamont Peterson.

They also find time to answer some readers’ questions.

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THE Opening Bell serves up another portion of boxing goodness. This time, Tris Dixon and Matt Christie discuss the impending showdown between Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal at light-heavyweight.

They also look at the top 20 fights of 2014, look back on Darren Barker's career, and review the new boxing movie, Grudge Match.

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OPENING BELL host and Boxing News editor Tris Dixon is joined in the office by promoter Eddie Hearn.

Hearn discusses Darren Barker's retirement, his plans around making the Carl Froch-George Groves rematch, the future of Tony Bellew and Kell Brook, fights he wants to make, his first car, Anthony Joshua and much more.

IN this week’s Opening Bell, Boxing News’ Tris Dixon and Matt Christie look at all things Tyson.

Firstly they discuss the breaking news that Tyson Fury has signed a promotional deal with Frank Warren and is being lined up for a summer “stadium” rematch with Dereck Chisora.

Then they move on to Mike Tyson, his impact, his legacy, and his career. Fascinating and unmissable stuff.

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IN this week’s Opening Bell, Boxing News’ Matt Christie and John Dennen look back on 2013 and ahead to 2014.

The first point of conversation is Stuey Hall’s heroic world title-winning victory over Vusi Malinga. What is next for Hall?

They then look ahead to the potential match between Amir Khan and Floyd Mayweather, Ricky Burns’ return against Terence Crawford, David Price leaving Adam Booth for Tommy Brooks and the June 7 showdown between Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto.

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WITH Tris Dixon away, Matt Christie and John Dennen will play.

The pair look back on the fall of Adrien Broner and wonder if he can rise again. Also, what is next for the victor, Marcos Maidana? There’s plenty of admiration for the exploits of Leonard Bundu and Lee Purdy in London, and there’s Stuey Hall’s world title duel with Vusi Malinga to preview.

With 2014 rapidly approaching, now is as good a time as any to look back on a bumper year. Their personal highlights, including the Carl Froch-George Groves scrap, are relayed and alongside the hopes for the following year.

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With Matt Christie AWOL in New York, John Dennen – fresh from Stuttgart – joins editor Tris Dixon in the Opening Bell.

Dennen relives the night in Germany, where he saw the pain of Darren Barker, who was defeated by Felix Sturm, and both talk about their recent discussions with Team Barker.

The two debate Malignaggi-Judah and the rest of the Brooklyn bill, and wonder what it might take to make talented Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux a star.

As well as talking about Derry Mathews-Stephen Ormond, Liam Smith and much more from a bumper weekend of action, they look ahead to the next test facing budding superstar Adrien Broner, who meets Argentine banker Marcos Maidana this Saturday in Texas.

 

Stevenson-Kovalev impress, Barker, Malignaggi-Judah; Rigondeaux

 

Macklin is back, Bellew falls shorts and Barker’s on the road

 

TRIS DIXON and Matt Christie look ahead to an action-packed weekend of fights, featuring Darren Barker-Felix Sturm, Zab Judah-Paulie Malignaggi; Guillermo Rigondeaux-Joseph Agbeko and much more.

Also discussed are the light-heavyweights who lined up in Montreal, Adonis Stevenson-Tony Bellew and Sergey Kovalev and Ismail Sillakh.

All this and much more goes under the BN microscope.

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