This week me and Matt welcome back our Franchise champion, the one and only Jon Pegg.

Macklin's Take will be taking a summer break in a few weeks and we reckon that when we return boxing will be back, crowds will be back and the Covid era will finally be coming to a close.

So we decided that over the next few episodes we'd have a bit of a light hearted look back at what has been a crazy last 15 months or so in the company of some selected guests. And unsurprisingly Jon was one of the first names on the team sheet, as he's definitely a man who can find the humour in almost any situation.

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This week on Macklin's Take me and Matt are joined by Mike Altamura.

Mike is a genuine boxing insider; a matchmaker, agent and fixer, he's been involved in the sport at pretty much every level from organising local shows in his home country of Australia, to scouting for Top Rank at Olympic Games, to managing fighters to world titles.

Mike's got one of those great, "only in boxing" kind of stories and it was tremendous fun hearing it.

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Ryan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....

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Hosts MotoGPete and Swiggy are on a mission to discuss, rate, ride, and philosophize...

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This week me & Matt catch up with Daily Star boxing writer Chris McKenna.

A few weeks ago it was Chris who broke the news that AJ vs Fury wouldn't be happening because Tyson would have to first give Deontay Wilder a third fight.

It was a huge story, the biggest of Chris' career to date so we were keen to know how it came about and just what it's like working on the boxing beat for a daily newspaper in the current climate; a job where you have to combine the old school values of the printed daily edition with the more modern approach demanded by the instant digital platform.

The conversation went in all sorts of directions and we finished off with a good chat about the Matchroom/DAZN news, which had been confirmed the day we recorded this with Chris.

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Ryan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....

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Hosts MotoGPete and Swiggy are on a mission to discuss, rate, ride, and philosophize...

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This week on Macklin's Take me & Matt are joined by our good friend Tris Dixon.

A former editor of Boxing News, Tris has long been one of the most respected figures in British boxing journalism.

And he has a new book out.

It's called Damage; The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing. It's a must read for everyone who really cares about the sport, absolutely everyone. It's the kind of book that could bring about real change and it was fascinating to talk to Tris about how he came to write it.

And we also took him back to his early days as a journalist, including his treks to all corners of the USA in search of old champions. It was great fun.

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Ryan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....

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The Noco Moto Motorcycle Podcast
Hosts MotoGPete and Swiggy are on a mission to discuss, rate, ride, and philosophize...

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This week me & Matt Macklin welcome back to the podcast a newly retired Carl Frampton.

The 2-weight world champion talks about hanging the gloves up, Belfast roots, childhood ambitions and we give him a few ideas for what he might want to do next, apart from boxing punditry of course.

It's been over a year since we last spoke to Carl so it was great to get him back on; we hope to catch him ringside soon.

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Ryan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....

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Back in March we had a long and very enjoyable chat with a 15-0 Sunny Edwards about the trials and tribulations of a boxing life and how he'd managed to drive his career to the brink of a world title shot.

A couple of months later he's now 16-0 and the new IBF Flyweight champion of the world after dethroning Moruti Mthalane, a man who hadn't lost since 2008, in immaculate style.

That ladies and gentlemen is the power of Macklin's Take :)

But seriously, we had to get Sunny back on the pod to hear all about that night and how life has been for him since realising his lifelong dream.

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This week me & Matt welcome Carl Greaves to the podcast.

Carl's our favourite type of guest, a true insider of the sport, a genuine boxing lifer!

He was a pro fighter and is now a trainer, manager, promoter and matchmaker. He's done it all; from taking fighters on the road to guiding David Avanesyan to a world title.

It was great fun chatting to him about the ups and downs of the fight game.

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Ryan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....

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This week on Macklin's Take...

It's the Return of the Cobra.

Me and Matt Macklin welcome back our good friend and colleague, 3-time world Super Middleweight champion, Carl Froch.

As usual the conversation took a number of turns with Carl and Matt discussing how fighters condition themselves to pain, how your formative boxing years shape you as a fighter, and why Carl wouldn't want his son to box pro.

And we had time for a chat about Canelo vs Saunders and a bit of Tyson Fury too.

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Ryan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....

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The Noco Moto Motorcycle Podcast
Hosts MotoGPete and Swiggy are on a mission to discuss, rate, ride, and philosophize...

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It's Chisora vs Parker at the weekend so we though we'd bring you an extra podcast this week.

In this one we catch up with our good friend Andy Lee, who now trains Joseph Parker to get his thoughts on life in the corner and of course Saturday's main event.

It was a very enjoyable conversation and just as I was thinking about bringing it to a close a message popped up on the screen saying that a certain Adam Booth had been admitted to the Zoom waiting room. I had no idea how that had happened but we were only too happy to let him in!

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Ryan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....

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The Noco Moto Motorcycle Podcast
Hosts MotoGPete and Swiggy are on a mission to discuss, rate, ride, and philosophize...

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This week me and Matt had the great honour of being joined on the podcast by legendary, Hall of Fame boxing writer Jerry Izenberg.

Jerry's been covering boxing for the Newark Star Ledger in New Jersey since 1950 and has seen it all; from the post war period when the Mafia controlled boxing right up until the present day.

Name an iconic fight during that period and Jerry was ringside. Patterson, Liston, Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Spinks, Holmes, Tyson, Holyfield, he's known them all so it was an absolute pleasure to talk to him about his life following the Noble Art.

Jerry's book, Once There Were Giants, the Golden Age of Heavyweight Boxing comes out in paperback on May 11th and is available now for pre-order via Amazon.

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Ryan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....

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The Noco Moto Motorcycle Podcast
Hosts MotoGPete and Swiggy are on a mission to discuss, rate, ride, and philosophize...

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