Boxing Light Heavyweight Wrap Up – HBO recently announced that June 17th would see a re-match between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev for the WBA, IBF and WBO world titles at 175 pounds. The two first met last November 19th on HBO pay-per-view and what ensued was a closely fought, technical contest that the judges […] More
How about a nice, long Boxing PPV Discussion – TnS Boxing Podcast #40 – The 2017 boxing calendar continues to churn along and several big fights have already been produced. The Carl Frampton versus Leo Santa Cruz rematch, the Badou Jack versus James DeGale super middleweight title unification bout and last week’s Gennady Golovkin versus […] More
Triple G Preview and More – TnS Boxing Podcast #39 – This coming Saturday, March 18th sees boxing return to Madison Square Garden as HBO pay-per-view presents Gennady Golovkin versus Daniel Jacobs. Golovkin is 36-0 and he currently holds a bevy of world titles at 160 pounds. One title that has escaped him is the […] More
Rating Deontay Wilder TnS Boxing Podcast #38 – This past Saturday night in Birmingham, Alabama WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder returned to action as he faced Gerald Washington in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions fight card that aired on CBS. The CBS platform means that nearly 2 million viewers saw the […] More
February Boxing History Talk – TnS Podcast #37 – At the TalknShoot Boxing Podcast, we have long held the belief that boxing, not baseball or football or basketball, is the sport with the richest and deepest history for those that care to look. February 8th of 1888 saw the birth of Adolphus “Ad” Wolgast in […] More
Boxing 2017 First Half Preview – TnS Podcast #35 – The boxing calendar for 2017 has a lot of big fights already on the program, and this latest TalknShoot Boxing podcast takes a look at some of the matches already in the books. This weekend in Las Vegas the WBA featherweight world title fight between […] More
International Boxing Odds Jan 28th – The last weekend of January sees Showtime Boxing step up with the big show scheduled for the MGM Grand, but several other high-level fights scheduled for Saturday are also getting attention at the sports books. Oscar De La Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions are in Indio, California for […] More
This week we discuss the state of Women’s Boxing in 2017. Welcome to the Talk N Shoot Boxing Podcast Episode #34. The first major women’s boxing match of 2017 goes down this coming Saturday, January 14th as Brooklyn’s own Amanda Serrano faces Mexico’s Yazmin Rivas with her WBO super bantamweight women’s world title on the […] More
Matchroom vs Top Rank TnS Boxing Podcast #33 -As we enter the calendar year 2017, Talk’n’Shoot issues it’s 33rd edition of the TnS Boxing Podcast and we are once again joined by veteran journalist Frank Lotierzo of The Sweet Science to take a look at boxing’s biggest international players. For this in-depth discussion, we take […] More
Bernard Hopkins Tribute – This December 17th at the Forum in Inglewood, California, a legend took his last step into a prize fighting ring as 51-yea- old Bernard Hopkins faced Joe Smith Jr in the main event of HBO Boxing’s end-of-the-year offering. Hopkins is certainly heading to the hall of fame, but he likely did […] More
Heavyweight December – The December boxing calendar is filled with heavyweight action, and in this latest Talk’n’Shoot Podcast we look at all the fights set for December in boxing’s glamour division. The big show comes on December 10th in Manchester as IBF world champion Anthony Joshua (17-0) defends his title against Eric Molina (25-3). The […] More
Kovalev vs Ward Post Fight – This past weekend’s ligt heavyweight showdown between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev lived up to expectations in my book. The two fought a tense, measured battle for 12 rounds, and neither man was unscathed at the end. Kovalev struck early, sending Ward to the canvas in round two with […] More
