Pugilistically Inclined

Mac focuses in on the fighters of the turn of the century, particularly Bob Armstrong, Denver Ed Smith, and the rise of the great Jack Johnson. Don't forget to pick up a copy of Louis Moore's "I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915" to learn so much more than we can fit into out episodes.

Mac chats with Dr. Lou Moore, professor at Grand Valley State University and author of "I Fight for Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915." We talk about manhood, class, race, and dive into some of Lou's work on Jack Johnson, Sam McVey, Bob Armstrong, and more!

On this episode of Pugilistically Inclined, we continue our discussion of Black boxing pioneers, inspired by Louis Moore’s book “I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915.” In this second installment of our Black Boxing Pioneers series, we focus primarily on the careers of Peter Jackson, George Dixon, and Joe Gans, as well as the shifting notions of manhood and respectability attached to each.

On today’s episode we discuss black boxing pioneers in England and America, from 1800 to roughly 1890. This is the first in a series of three episodes based on Louis Moore’s book I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915. For this episode, we focus primarily on Bill Richmond, Tom Molineaux, and George Godfrey. For this installment, we also relied quite a bit on Luke G. Williams book Richmond Unchained. You can find links to purchase both books in the show notes.

Mac and Mike are back at it! They reflect on the week that was and conclude with an interview with Boxing News Columnist and author, Alex Daley. His most recent book, Born to Box, is a biography of his grandfather, Nipper Pat Daly.

Mac and Mike reflect on the week that was, including Jacobs-Rosado, Tyson-Jones, and Joyce-Dubois. Results from Mexico, Australia, France, and Thailand. Mac takes a deep dive into recent research by Anne Tjønndal and Jorid Hovden on the struggles of young female immigrant Muslim boxers in Norway. Previews of Spence-Garcia, Tennyson-O’Reilly, and Gomez-Ceballo, plus some intriguing bouts from Australia and Japan.

Mac chats with undefeated Canadian lightweight Josh "Dubs" O'Reilly about his upcoming WBA lightweight eliminator against James Tennyson, slated for this Friday, December 4, live on DAZN!

Mac chats with former WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman about everything from starting boxing in Belarus, to winning the world title against Daniel Santos, to his upcoming comeback fight on December 5 against Jeremy Ramos.

Mac and Mike talk about Taylor-Gutierrez, Ball-Guanini, Harper-Thanderz, Crawford-Brook, Franco-Moloney, and more! Listener Mail! Why was there a ten year old British pro boxer in the 1920s and why don’t people talk about it more? What are Crawford’s options now? Why aren’t there boxing pogs?