Showtime Boxing

Manny Pacquiao defeats Keith Thurman via split decision to once again become the Welterweight Champion! We discuss what's next for Manny, will Floyd come out of retirement once again? Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Maxim Dadashev as he recovers from emergency brain surgery following his brutal fight with Subriel Matias. We pay tribute to one of the best ever, Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker, RIP. We look ahead to Saturday night as Gervonta "Tank" Davis makes his return to the ring in his hometown of Baltimore vs Ricardo Nunez, live on Showtime.

Eric and Kieran cover all of the action from this past week, including the basketball court? Steve Farhood once again joins the guys and talks Shobox, behind the scenes when a fight gets cancelled, the heavyweight picture, Tank Davis and well as previewing Pacquiao vs Thurman on July 20th.

With 6 months in the books, Raskin and Mulvaney look back at the first half of 2019 and give their awards to the top fighter, top fight, best KO and upset of the year...so far, with special guest, Rafe Bartholomew of The Athletic! Also in this episode, a preview of next weekend's fights, Thurman - Pacquiao, Davis - Nunez, Wilder - Fury date set and who will Canelo fight next?

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Jermall Charlo defends the WBC Middleweight Championship against a game Brandon Adams in his hometown of Houston. On the same card, Erickson Lubin continued to impress with his stoppage of Zakaria Attou in a WBC Junior Middleweight eliminator. We cover all of the action from this past weekend and deliver news on Canelo, Khan, Klitschko and more!

We are not lions but our guest Jermall Charlo made an exception and joined us to discuss his June 29th Interim Middleweight Title showdown with the winner of season 5 of The Contender, Brandon Adams that you can see on Showtime. We also discuss the undercard, featuring Erickson "Hammer" Lubin taking on French contender Zakaria Attou in a 12-round WBC title elimination bout in the co-main event. Opening the telecast is a WBA featherweight title eliminator between slick Mexican southpaw Eduardo Ramirez and power-punching Dominican Claudio Marrero. Boxing news and the mailbag round out this strong episode of Showtime Boxing!

New Hall of Famer James "Buddy" McGirt joins the podcast! Buddy has had tremendous career not only as a Welterweight Champion, but as a trainer of many champions, including recently guiding Sergey Kovalev to victory in his rematch against Eleider Alvarez. Hear great stories about the late Arturo Gatti and more! We also cover the GGG card, preview Tyson Fury vs Tom Schwarz as well!

Stephen Espinosa, like all of us, was shocked by Any Ruiz Jr. beating Anthony Joshua for the Unified Heavyweight Championship. He joins the podcast to discuss that fight and what the heavyweight landscape looks like in its wake, including Deontay Wilder's announcement of not one, but two fights!

Who's laughing now? Not Anthony Joshua after the referee stopped the fight in the 7th round and Andy Ruiz Jr. pulled one of the greatest upsets in boxing history to become the Unified Heavyweight Champion of the World! We also cover what was a great night of boxing, Deontay's announcement of not one, but two fights and look ahead to GGG.

It's fight number 2 on the heavyweight tune up tour as Anthony Joshua takes on Andy Ruiz. Don't judge a book by its cover as Ruiz can actually fight! We also talk Pacquaio vs Thurman, GGG, Callum Smith and more. We debate who would have won Hagler vs Leonard II and answer YOUR questions!