Today, we are taking another break from talking movies!

To mark the release of my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, this is the first of a mini-series entitles, "My Heavyweights."

On each episode a guest will be grilled with the same 15 questions on heavyweight fights and fighters.

Joining me today is Phil Rogers.

Phil is a boxing writer and you can find his work regularly in the pages of Boxing News.

You can follow him on Twitter/X

You also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

Heavyweight Title Fights Of The 1980s, is available from Amazon or other book sellers.

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website or social media. I'd love to hear from you.

Today, we are taking another break from talking movies!

To mark the release of my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, this is the third of a mini-series entitles, "My Heavyweights."

On each episode a guest will be grilled with the same 15 questions on heavyweight fights and fighters.

Joining me today is Nigel Collins.

Nigel Collins is a true legend of boxing journalism, with a careers spanning half a century. His most recent book, Hooking Off The Jab, is available here

You also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

Heavyweight Title Fights Of The 1980s, is available from Amazon or other book sellers.

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website or social media. I'd love to hear from you.

In this episode, Sergio Angelini joins me to discuss Million Dollar Baby, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.

Sergio is the host of the Tipping My Fedora podcast and you can follow him on Bluesky

You can also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website. I'd love to hear from you.

Today, we are taking another break from talking movies!

To mark the release of my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, this is the second of a mini-series entitles, "My Heavyweights."

On each episode a guest will be grilled with the same 15 questions on heavyweight fights and fighters.

Joining me today is William Dettloff.

Bill Dettloff is the former longtime senior writer at The Ring magazine and former editor in chief of Ringside Seat. He has written several boxing books, the latest of which is MATTHEW SAAD MUHAMMAD: BOXING’s MIRACLE MAN. 

You can follow Bill on Twitter/X

His book on Saad Muhammad is available here

and you can order his book on Ezzard Charles here

You also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

Heavyweight Title Fights Of The 1980s, is available from Amazon or other book sellers.

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website or social media. I'd love to hear from you.

Today, we are taking another break from talking movies!

To mark the release of my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, this is the first of a mini-series entitles, "My Heavyweights."

On each episode a guest will be grilled with the same 15 questions on heavyweight fights and fighters.

Joining me today is Paul Zanon.

Paul is the author of 11 books, including boxing books on Jimmy Tibbs, Paul Ingle, Mark Prince, and Johnny Tapia. His most recent book was a collaboration on the auto-biography of musician Paul Hardcastle.

He also writes for a number of boxing publications and visits prisons around the UK encouraging people to read and write.

You can follow Paul on Twitter/X

His book with Paul Hardcastle is available here

You also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

Heavyweight Title Fights Of The 1980s, is now available to pre-order from Amazon or other book sellers.

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website or social media. I'd love to hear from you.

In this bonus episode, producer and director, Evan Haiman, joins me to talk about his forthcoming new documentary, Ringside in the Mountains: The history of boxing in the Catskills.

You can follow Evan on Instagram or Bluesky

You can also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website. I'd love to hear from you.

In this episode, David Curcio joins me to discuss The Prizefighter and the Lady, starring Myna Loy, Max Baer, Walter Huston and Otto Kruger, from 1933.

You can find out more about David via his website here

You can buy his book from most book sellers, including Amazon

You can also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website. I'd love to hear from you.

Today, we are taking another break from talking movies!

With my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, now available for pre-order, I decided to go deep on some of the heavyweights from that era.

In this, the third and final part of this little mini-series, Charles Farrell joins me again to discuss the two heavyweight legends that have been notable by their absence in our first two conversations - Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes.

Which of the two should rank higher in heavyweight history?

Charles' fascinating and entertaining memoir is available here and you can now pre-order his book on Mitch "Blood" Green from Amazon

You also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

Heavyweight Title Fights Of The 1980s, is now available to pre-order from Amazon or other book sellers.

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website or social media. I'd love to hear from you.

In this episode, thriller author S.B. Caves joins me to discuss Rocky 2.

You can follow Sam on Twitter/X or check out his website

You can buy his latest book from Amazon

You also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

My upcoming book, Heavyweight Title Fights Of The 1980s, is now available to pre-order from Amazon or other book sellers.

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website or social media. I'd love to hear from you.

Finally, as always, it would be really helpful if you could leave a rating and review, wherever you listen to your podcasts. Thank you.

It's Blaxploitation time!

In this episode, Boston Globe film critic, Odie Henderson joins me to discuss Hammer from 1972, starring Fred Williamson.

Odie is also the author of the excellent book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema. You can buy his book here

You also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing

My upcoming book, Heavyweight Title Fights Of The 1980s, is now available to pre-order here

You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website. I'd love to hear from you.

Finally, of course, it would really help if you could leave a rating and review wherever you are listening to this podcast. Thank you.