In the Booth

Ebanie "The Blonde Bomber" Bridges is currently arguably one of the most important personalities in women's boxing. Polarizing and vocal, she recently went to war with Shannon Courtenay for the Bantamweight championship of the world. 

The Australian boxer shares her opinions on the state of women's boxing, the growth of the sport, gaining a huge UK following, turning her life around, transitioning from bodybuilding to boxing and a lot of talk about her job as a teacher and being a role model for kids in the classroom.

On this week's episode of In the Booth: Mic Check we get wild, one of our most entertaining episodes brings you a story of how we got offered €10,000 by a cult, a reaction to the weird new Netflix dating show "Sexy beasts", talk about a dating show for fat people, we discuss Instagram being the new dating app, Doja Cat's new release "Planet Her", how Doja's music can be accessible to men as well, Oliver watches Bare Knuckle fighting for the first time in anticipation of the upcoming event between Paige VanZant and Rachel Ostovich and a little discussion on how athletes and artists can draw a far larger audience by engaging in other forms of media and self expression.

Janay Harding is one of our favorite recent discoveries in mma. At the core, the Bellator fighter is a well thought out growing brand. We talk about the importance of authenticity on social media, becoming a brand, absorbing the fight business, picking up skills for your resume along the way, already being prepared from a young age for life after fighting and more. If you didn't know about Janay before, you will love her after this one!

Stitch Duran joined us! Stitch is a beacon of knowledge. We discuss the legendary Cutman's story from the farms to becoming a household name in the world of combat sports, cornering Tyson Fury, landing several movie roles as himself, fighter pay in mma, being fired from the UFC as a result of speaking out and the current state of boxing.

Drake has been announced as the winner of Billboard Artist of the Decade. We go over previous winners, compare it to the popular AMA awards and discuss whether it's justified and how long Drake's reign will go on.

A lot has been going on at the Joe Budden Network, after firing his long time co-hosts and friends Rory & Mal there has been some controversy surrounding remarks he made towards DJ Olivia Dope of another JBN show "See The Thing Is". We give our thoughts on the matter, management in the new and ever growing world of podcasting and where we think the future lies.

We give our opinion on the upcoming boxing exhibition bout between multiple time champion, the undefeated Floyd Mayweather and the YouTube Boxing sensation Logan Paul.  The fight will be broadcast on Showtime June 6th.

If you want tips on how to make money off your art, you need to listen to Rita Howis. We go over her early adult life starting as a street artist sketching portraits for passersby in Times Square to now commissioning her original paintings worldwide from Copenhagen.

Maha Haq is a young Cannabis entrepreneur based in California. She discusses how her mother catching her smoking ended up throwing her into her destiny and getting into the medical research side of Cannabis, learning the entire production chain of marijuana from growers to dispensaries. We go over recent policy changes in the United States, draw comparisons with the Netherlands and how Cannabis marketing happens.

TENNIN talks about moving away from Paris, the changes that covid had on her creative process, networking and her latest release "TENNIZER". we'll keep you posted.