On this episode of the Interim Champion Boxing Podcast with Raskin & Mulvaney, your intrepid hosts attempt a “cold open,” discuss the Zhang-Parker announcement and other fights on tap, react to the BWAA award winners, play The Fight Game, place bets on Jonas vs. Mayer, and break down the first episode of True Detective: Night Country.

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It’s the ultimate hodge-podge episode of the Interim Champion Boxing Podcast! On this edition, Eric and Kieran analyze Artur Beterbiev’s KO of Callum Smith and who they favor in Beterbiev-Bivol, preview Mikaela Mayer vs. Natasha Jonas, dive deep into the controversy — and possible full-blown scandal — of Tony Weeks’ accusations about the Nevada State Athletic Commission, recap the results of the 2024 dream card draft poll, lay out a new betting-based podcast picks competition, and open up the listener mailbag to cover everything from Jim Bagg to the Raskin-Mulvaney origin story to Hagler vs. Pacquiao (sort of).

Oh, and Kieran reveals, at long last, the kitten names!

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On this episode, Eric and Kieran analyze all the boxing news of the week — most notably, the announcement of a March 8 heavyweight bout between Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou — break down Vergil Ortiz’s return and Tony Weeks’ stunning stoppage, preview Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Smith, and draft the fights they most want to see in the year ahead, cr…

The debut episode of The Interim Champion Boxing Podcast with Raskin & Mulvaney is here, offering fresh thoughts on stale fights including Joshua-Wallin, Parker-Wilder, and Inoue-Tapales. Eric and Kieran also talk year-end award revisions, Bivol-Beterbiev, Kenny Bayless, Cameron Dunkin, Italy, and kitten names, and they play a round of The Fight Game.