My guest on this episode is one of the most powerful and thoughtful executives in boxing - Showtime President of Sports and Event Programming Stephen Espinoza. We talk about Showtime’s excellent way to fill the COVID-19 programming void on Friday Nights with their Showtime Classic Boxing series. We discuss Showtime’s gameplan on how they’ll proceed when boxing events are allowed to come back and what precautions need to be in place.  We also spoke about the bidding wars between networks and what Stephen anticipates the market looking like post-COVID. We get into his plans for Gervonta Davis and the 154 lb. division as well as his attempts to get a Jermall Charlo- Demetrius Andrade unification made. And finally, we discuss his comments at last year's Leaders conference on the sport of boxing and whether we’ve reached “peak boxing” yet.

Really great conversation with Stephen, as always - hope you enjoy it!

Chronicles of the RinG - Is a look back of interviews that have conducted through the past years on Leave it in the RinG . This is our second episode of Chronicles of the RinG we dug up the old interviews of now Linear Champion Heavyweight Tyson Fury and ex-champion Deontay Wilder Before They Were Stars. 

Both men were on the same but separate paths to heavyweight supremacy before facing each other in the ring . 

 

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Join founder and creator of Leave it in the RinG who will touch on a few topics and today show . Follow us on social media and our Youtube Channe

The Stack Up show - We discuss how certain fighters from different eras of the sport Stack Up against the current fighters of today . First up #kostyatszyu v #joshtaylor#joseramirez#regisprogias and next #marcosantoniobarrera v #juanfranciscoestrada#sorrungvisai#romangonzalez .

Founder of FightHub , Marcos Villegas joins me to discuss if the styles of Kostya Tszyu and Marcos Antonio Barrera stack up against today's current champions.

F*ck it Let's Talk Fights with Johnny Sig :Johnny Sig has a sit down with Lyle Green , VP of Sheer Management Sports & talk the art of Boxing & the art of interviews & more!

 

 

About me: Aside from my family, boxing is my number one passion in my life. My love affair with the sport was introduced to me by my father. Some of my fondest memories in life were watching the fights with him where we shared our thoughts and emotions as the events transpired in front of us. The moment where I absolutely fell in love with the sport is when I witnessed Evander Holyfield go through the Pits of Hell against Riddick Bowe in round 10 of their first epic war. As a young teenager; seeing Holyfield administer the punishment he endured was a metaphor for life as to what it takes to be a man and deal with adversity. From that moment on, boxing has been a huge part of my life, and that experience motivated me to train in multiple forms of combat sports. I also went on to work for "Ring Talk Radio" from 2004-2019 as a staff writer & radio personality for the show. Currently; I'm a professional musician residing in Las Vegas.

 

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F*ck it Let's Talk Fights with Johnny Sig :WrestleMania 36 - They pulled it off! Plus Ozark, Mental Health discussion & more!

 

 

About me: Aside from my family, boxing is my number one passion in my life. My love affair with the sport was introduced to me by my father. Some of my fondest memories in life were watching the fights with him where we shared our thoughts and emotions as the events transpired in front of us. The moment where I absolutely fell in love with the sport is when I witnessed Evander Holyfield go through the Pits of Hell against Riddick Bowe in round 10 of their first epic war. As a young teenager; seeing Holyfield administer the punishment he endured was a metaphor for life as to what it takes to be a man and deal with adversity. From that moment on, boxing has been a huge part of my life, and that experience motivated me to train in multiple forms of combat sports. I also went on to work for "Ring Talk Radio" from 2004-2019 as a staff writer & radio personality for the show. Currently; I'm a professional musician residing in Las Vegas.

 

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Boxing Esq. host Kurt Emhoff and Fistianados host Evan Rutkowski do a special edition podcast to discuss the recent Coronavirus stimulus legislation set up to provide relief to those forced out of work by the COVID-19 pandemic.  

 

They are joined by two distinguished guests. Labor attorney Walter Kane and accountant and financial planner Mike Alvini.  Walter and Mike break down how and when to apply for unemployment benefits, the Paycheck Protection Program Loan (aka 7a loan), the COVID Disaster Relief Loan (aka the 7B loan), as well as the qualifications for the $1200 stimulus check.

 

The main takeaway is apply, apply, apply.  Definitely give this podcast a good listen and contact your accountant or financial advisor to help you.  If you don’t have one - Walter and Mike leave their contact information at the end of the podcast. Really informative conversation - hope you enjoy it.

 

Thanks,

Kurt

F*ck it Let's Talk Fights with Johnny Sig :Johnny Sig is joined by super middleweight & electrifying personality Ronald Ellis - THey discuss video games, boxing, life & more!

 

 

About me: Aside from my family, boxing is my number one passion in my life. My love affair with the sport was introduced to me by my father. Some of my fondest memories in life were watching the fights with him where we shared our thoughts and emotions as the events transpired in front of us. The moment where I absolutely fell in love with the sport is when I witnessed Evander Holyfield go through the Pits of Hell against Riddick Bowe in round 10 of their first epic war. As a young teenager; seeing Holyfield administer the punishment he endured was a metaphor for life as to what it takes to be a man and deal with adversity. From that moment on, boxing has been a huge part of my life, and that experience motivated me to train in multiple forms of combat sports. I also went on to work for "Ring Talk Radio" from 2004-2019 as a staff writer & radio personality for the show. Currently; I'm a professional musician residing in Las Vegas.

 

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Life Volume 3 - Johnny Sig is joined with the original lead singer of the band Toto - Bobby Kimball (Africa, Rosanna)

Johnny is joined with Jimmy Morecraft & they take a deep dive into Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Rise of Skywalker, the current state of life, Movies, TV, WWE, Boxing, UFC & more!

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F*ck it Let's Talk Fights with Johnny Sig :Johnny is joined with unbeaten featherweight prospect Victor Morales Jr. & they discuss life, music, boxing, video games & much more!

 

 

About me: Aside from my family, boxing is my number one passion in my life. My love affair with the sport was introduced to me by my father. Some of my fondest memories in life were watching the fights with him where we shared our thoughts and emotions as the events transpired in front of us. The moment where I absolutely fell in love with the sport is when I witnessed Evander Holyfield go through the Pits of Hell against Riddick Bowe in round 10 of their first epic war. As a young teenager; seeing Holyfield administer the punishment he endured was a metaphor for life as to what it takes to be a man and deal with adversity. From that moment on, boxing has been a huge part of my life, and that experience motivated me to train in multiple forms of combat sports. I also went on to work for "Ring Talk Radio" from 2004-2019 as a staff writer & radio personality for the show. Currently; I'm a professional musician residing in Las Vegas.

 

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