If you are a sports fan, and watch sports on television, you have listened to Barry Tompkins call an event. Yes you have. Mr. Tompkins' career has spanned over fifty years, and he is still going strong. Lucky for us, he had a couple of hours off, in between meals.

Real Boxing Talk has three contributors who might have been in the minority in predicting that Teofimo Lopez would beat Vasiliy Lomachenko. We might have been, but we were not. We review what happened and what should happen now. Of course, if we were you we would be questioning why would you listen to us. But we are cute and funny and more often than not we know what the heck we are talking about, so give us a break. We good!!!

We preview Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez. Broadcasting on ESPN 10.17.2020, this bout is for the WBA/WBO/IBF Lightweight Title. Lomachenko owns the WBA & WBO belts and comes in with a record of 14-1. While Lopez, owner of the IBF crown comes in at 15-0. We breakdown how we think things will play out. Then we look at the ramifications of the cancellation of Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III. Bonus!!!!!

After we spoke with Darnell Boone, we kept on talking. So somebody hit the record button and we didn't stop for awhile. Unscripted, unedited, hopefully not unnecessary...

A great departure for us on Real Boxing Talk. We talk to a real boxer. Darnell Boone joins us and talks about what it is like to be that guy who is always ready to fight. He has been in the ring with the likes of Andre Ward, Sergey Kovalev twice, Adonis Stevenson twice (winning once by 2nd round TKO), Erislandy Lara, Jean Pascal, and more. He talks to us about his first time in the ring facing Kelly Pavlik and the life of fighting on short notice (and sometimes no notice). Good guy, good talk.

Coinciding with the conclusion of the Negro League Baseball Museum's virtual art show, we connect with a three of the 100 international artists, makers, and baseball retailers involved. Rene Florville (@rene3art), Ryan W. Lotito (@supremecustomgloves), and Jamie Thomas (@legacysportsart), talk about their styles of art and what this exhibit means to them. Please visit www.nlbm.com for more details.

A special show with three sports artists. Alvin Fall (@alvin_fall), Ken Karl (@kenkarl01), and Chris Brown (@CBrownSportsArt) talk about their inspirations, procedures, and the emerging world of sports art. It's a fun look at how these gentlemen do what they do and the future of this interesting platform. Check them out on the Beckett.com site as well.

We are back talking about boxing, most recently last weekend's card featuring the Charlo twins. We then look at what is next and those fighters that seem to be getting overlooked as the powers that be sort out how we view championship boxing in the near future.

On this episode of The Games, we talk with Artistic (Synchronized) Swimmer Myriam Glez. Myriam participated in the 2000 games competing for France and then the 2008 games competing for Australia. She then returned to the games coaching the Great Britain team in 2012 and then as the CEO of USA Synchronized Swimming in 2016. She now works with athletes making the transition from active athletics with her company Athletes Soul.

We welcome two-time Olympian Mariya Koroleva to "The Games". Mariya competed in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Games in Artistic (Synchronized) Swimming. She shares with us how to enjoy the grind, ignore the "no's", and how to persevere to achieve your goals. Great conversation.