Pound for Pound

Daniel Mays is one of the UK's most loved actors and has starred in an array of TV series and films, including; Vera Drake, Atonement, Shifty, Line of Duty, Atonement, The Adventures of Tin Tin, Rogue One; A Star Wars Story, 1917, Code 404 and many more. He's also a huge boxing fan! We got to chat to Daniel about his life in lockdown, his experiences with some of the worlds biggest names such as Steven Spielberg, and where his love for the sport came from.
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There's been a lot of news, rumours and hearsay on when boxing can be restarted after the COVID19 lockdown and it can be hard to know who's best to listen to, but if there's one man who will be able to give us an insight into that answer it's the General Secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control, Robert Smith. Robert has been working day & night to see how boxing can start again with certain provisions in place and how to make it as safe as possible for everyone involved. We normal say the magic words that an episode is "the best one yet", for this one we're going with... the most important one yet. Truly not to be missed if you can't wait for boxing, or any sport, to be starting up again.
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Our friend of the show Tony Bellew joins us again for a catch up and chin wag over all the latest goings on in his life and the world of boxing. We hear how Tony has been coping in lockdown and get the ins & outs of his current stint in Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins, including a certain boxing challenge! Tony was Box Office in the ring and he’s always Box Officer when he’s on our show.
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It's not every week that we bag a 2 time, 2 weight, World Champion on the show! Badou Jack has been one of the most exciting boxers on the planet the past 5 years. From training under the famed Floyd Mayweather TMT stable to fighting the top British talent such as; George Groves, James DeGale & Nathan Cleverly! Badou has certainly had one hell of a career and as he tells us... he's not done yet! We catch up with Badou on how he's keeping on weight & fit during lockdown and which opponents he has his sights set on for when boxing returns.
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This week we're joined by a British legend of the big screen. Stephen Graham has starred in many of the greatest films & TV Shows over the past 20 years; Snatch, Pirates of the Caribbean, Gangs of New York, Boardwalk Empire, Doctor Who, This is England, The Irishman... and many many more! Stephen is a huge boxing fan and we got to chat to him about the sport he loves as well as some great stories from his films and how he got into the industry. All together now... THIS COULD BE THE BEST ONE YET!
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LET'S GO CHAMP!
This week we have one of the sports biggest and best characters on the show, Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs! Shannon has many achievements; Former Heavyweight champion of the world, Beat the great George Foreman, & has one of the most recognisable catchphrases in sport! We chat to Shannon about all the latest news in his crazy life from his recent signing to fight bare knuckle to reflecting on his tough upbringing in Brownsville, New York. This man is a story machine and if he doesn't get you motivated by listening to him then nothing will!
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We are delighted to welcome back onto the show mr. Mauricio Sulaiman, El Presidente of the World boxing Council (WBC). Mauricio was brilliant the last time he came on the show and didn't hide in answering any questions. Even if you don't agree with everything the WBC do you can't say that their president isn't open in communicating their decisions or hiding from any controversies. Mauricio comes from a boxing family and has more stories then most boxers to put together so we can't think of anyone better to pass the time with during our self isolation than Mr. Sulaiman.
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On this week's show we're joined by a boxer who many believe is the greatest to have ever come out of these shores. Undefeated in 46 fights, beaten legends such as Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr & Chris Eubank and sold out stadiums. There's not many boxers in the world that have had the career that Joe Calzaghe has had and he joins us for the first time on the show! We got to delve right into Joe's career and hear first hand about his boxing apprenticeship with his father Enzo and also about those American fights that topped off his stellar career. We're not going to say the words this time... but hopefully you'll be thinking it when you're giving this one a listen!
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We are still striving to deliver a weekly episode even though we are all isolating... therefore Jake & Spencer aren’t in our usual recording box together and this weeks show is recorded slightly differently. However, even a global pandemic can’t stop us from producing the goods! On this weeks show is one of the unsung heroes of British boxing, promoter Dennis Hobson. Dennis has some of the best stories & experiences in the sport from the past few decades and opened up to us on them all. He even gave us an insight in what it’s like being a boxing promoter, especially during these tough & unprecedented times!
We hope this weeks show can give you a bit of escapism from watching those Only Fools and Horses repeats & building the Taj Mahal in lego. Stay safe peeps!
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With the current outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic the Pound for Pound team are keen to still publish a weekly show, especially if we all find ourselves self-isolating and have finished watching all the Boxing Gold's on Sky Sports Catch Up.
On this weeks show we have the brilliant Chris Wild. Chris has an amazing story that culminated in him writing the book, Damaged, which chronicled heartbreaking stories around Britain's child care system. Chris used boxing as an avenue to help turn his life around and continues to campaign and do everything he can to make the system a much safer place. This is an interview like no other we’ve had on the show.


We hope everyone stays safe in these uncertain times and hopefully a weekly show can give everyone a bit of an escape from any challenges the pandemic is bringing them.
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