As junior welterweight champ Teófimo López gears up to defend against Shakur Stevenson, both fighters stand poised to add to the division's long history.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina team up to go through the strange and unique history of the 140-pound division.

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Over the decades, various boxing publications have had articles or pieces that featured young, up-and-coming fighters. Often those fighters ended up becoming world champions and famous contenders, but sometimes they didn't at all.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina team up to comb through a number of "New Faces" features from boxing magazines past. Some names you'll recognize, some you may not.

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Every year, writers, pundits and a smattering of fans get together to vote inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. As usual, the only boxing history podcast with two IBHOF voters had to weigh in on the ballot, their picks and the inductees.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historians Patrick Connor and Aris Pina welcome fellow historian and IBHOF voter Cliff Rold to the show for a chat about "GGG" Golovkin, Antonio Tarver, Nigel Benn and much more.

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Boxing history and true crime overlap so much than a Venn Diagram of the two would look like a circle. Unfortunately boxing history is also filled with cases of fighters who just got unlucky or got hit by tragic fate.

Al Migliorato, 1970s and 80s heavyweight, was one such fighter.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina remember the career, life and sad exit of Migliorato.

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Canelo Álvarez vs Terence Crawford is a fight few of us asked for before it was made. It took some time for us to warm up to it, but now that we have... you might be surprised by what we think is going to happen.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina preview Canelo-Crawford before delving into some relevant fight history.

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For most, the name Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings conjures up images of a hulking heavyweight who fought to a dubious draw with former champion "Smokin'" Joe Frazier in Frazier's last career bout. It goes without saying that he was more than that, and unfortunately he recently passed away without any fanfare and with few even noticing.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina remember the life and career of Jumbo Cummings.

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It's impossible to deny the more nationalistic or "tribal" appeal of boxing, and how common rooting for fighters who come from certain places is. Boxing (and other sports) have several different rivalries between countries, and lately it seems the México vs UK rivalry has been in boxing's spotlight.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor is joined by fellow historian Aris Pina in remembering many fights from this underrated tug of war.

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The basic idea of boxing and titles is seeing a champion taking on the best-available challenger. That doesn't always happen. Sometimes it goes right, sometimes it goes wrong. But sometimes the challenger is just a character who needs to be remembered.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina recall their favorite title challengers, from the characters to the hapless pugs.

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We're back, and unfortunately once more it's to memorialize one of boxing's greats.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina team up to remember the career of "The Bodysnatcher" Mike McCallum, who recently died at only 68.

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Being a fan of boxing, and especially of boxing history, means we have to sometimes contend with the deaths of our favorite fighters and fighters whose contributions to history were vast. Giovanni "Nino" Benvenuti was a popular champion and Italian hero, and he recently lost the one fight we all lose.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina remember the life and career of the great Nino Benvenuti.

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