Showtime Boxing

Kieran and Eric talk to promoter Dmitry Salita and heavyweight contender Otto Wallin about dealing with COVID-19, and take a trip back to 1994 with Steve Farhood as they look back on the classic Showtime pay-per-view, "Revenge: The Rematches."

With live boxing on hiatus, Eric and Kieran begin a series of looks back at classic fight cards. This week, Ross Greenburg, Leonard Ellerbe and Brian Campbell join the pod to discuss the massive March 5, 2007 clash between Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya. Plus, we discuss Mike Tyson's tiger-owning regrets, Japan's boxing restart attempts, and the prospect of a mouth-watering Hall of Fame induction class in 2021.

We're Making Bread with Breadman, as Stephen 'Breadman' Edwards joins us for a conversation on a variety of topics including how boxers should be training in a time of self-isolation, and how Deontay Wilder can beat Tyson Fury. And we answer listeners' questions: who are our favorite boxers, past and present, whom casual fans may not know? Who is the best super middleweight of all time? And more.

Stephen Espinoza, Showtime President of Sports and Event Programming, joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on the network's boxing programming, the challenges posed by sporting events being shut down worldwide, and the possible bright future that awaits when normal service is resumed. Also, Eric and Kieran look back at some of the best two-fight rivalries in boxing history, puzzle over the latest Tyson Fury controversy, and acknowledge the passing of Roger Mayweather.

COVID-19 has laid waste to the boxing landscape, and boxing is no exception. But ShoBox went ahead behind closed doors, and Kieran and Eric discuss Brandun Lee's KO win, the rest of the card, and the impact of coronavirus on the sweet science and the wider world.

Showtime Boxing commentator Al Bernstein joins the show to preview a pair of upcoming Showtime boxing broadcasts, discuss ongoing Fury-Wilder fallout, and talk about fighters who keep getting chances and fighters who get mad at broadcasters. Also: a heavyweight upset in Brooklyn, and does Canelo finally have his Cinco de Mayo dance partner?

This week we take a look at the ever evolving heavyweight division and what's next for Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. We welcome "Stitch" Duran, cut man for Tyson Fury and legend in the business. We also recap Friday night's Shobox card, including Genc Pllana's upset of Kevin Newman II, as well as the return of Mikey Garcia and the legendary "Chocolatito".

Tyson Fury is your new WBC Heavyweight Champion as he battered Deontay Wilder until his corner threw in the towel in the 7th round. The one and only Roy Jones joins us to discuss the fight as well as his fighter, Kevin Newman will be in action on ShoBox this Friday night at 10pm on Showtime. We are also joined by UK Boxing News Editor Matt Christie to talk Fury over Wilder and the fact that the UK has all the belts!

The time for talk is almost over, but until then, we have a lot to say about the biggest heavyweight fight of this generation, Wilder vs Fury II. Former middleweight champ and Fury cousin and trainer Andy Lee joins us to weigh in on Saturday night's big fight. We also cover all of last weekend's action, including Caleb Plant, Ryan Garcia, ShoBox and more.

Gary Russell Jr. wins again over a game, tough, skilled Tugstsogt Nyambayar and once again calls out other champions as he is ready for the big fight. Showtime Analyst and former two weight champ Paulie Malignaggi joins us to break down Showtime's card and explain why Guillermo Rigondeaux is under-appreciated. We then look ahead to Friday nights ShoBox card as well as Ryan Garcia, Caleb Plant and more. Follow us on Twitter: @showtimeboxing @ericraskin @kieranmulvaney Instagram: showtimeboxing

Ruben Villa impresses again on Friday night's ShoBox, what's next? JoJo Diaz beats Tevin Farmer for the IBF Junior Lightweight Title. Will Mr. Gary Russell Jr. be tested this Saturday vs. "King Tug" on Showtime at 9pm? Makin' Bread With Breadman! Stephen "Breadman" Edwards joins us to talk about JRock and the betting options he likes this Saturday night. Ivan Redkach punished for biting Danny Garcia.

Danny Garcia is ready for the next big fight of his career, either against Manny Pacquiao or Errol Spence Jr. after defeating a game but overmatched Ivan Redkach. Paulie Malignaggi joins us to offer his perspective from ringside. We also cover all of the latest boxing news.

Paulie Malignaggi, Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell are recorded live from the Danny Garcia - Ivan Redkach weigh in. This post weigh in analysis gets you ready for all of the action taking place Saturday night, January 25th live from The Barclays Center in Brooklyn. You can watch it at 9pm eastern, only on Showtime.

Danny Garcia joins Showtime Boxing ahead of his January 25th Showtime Championship Boxing date vs Ivan Redkach. We cover Jeison Rosario's shocking upset of Julian "JRock" Williams for the Unified 154 lb title and the 250th edition of Shobox last Friday night featuring the devastating one punch KO of Adrian Estrella by the undefeated 140lb prospect Shohjahon Ergashev. We make our predictions for Saturday night as well as talk Hall of Fame, BWAA Award winners and more news!

Claressa Shields won the vacant WBC and WBO Junior Middleweight Titles with a dominating win over Ivana Habazin, further cementing her claim as the greatest female fighter of all time. Gordon Hall joins the show to reflect back on 250 episodes of Shobox and preview this Friday's ShoBox card. Saturday night we witnessed one of the worst scoring cards in the history of the sport, and that's saying a lot! We also cover the Middleweight debut of Jaime Munguia.q

Claressa Shields is on a mission to dominate several weight classes and solidify her position as one of, if not, the greatest female fighter of all time. She continues her quest on Friday night, January 10th against Ivana Habazin at 9pm on Showtime. Shields is going for a title in a 3rd weight class, this time at super welterweight. Brian Campbell, co-host of Morning Kombat, among other things, joins us to talk Floyd, heavyweights, the dream fight at 147 and more. We also go to the mailbag and offer our condolences to the family of Carlos "Sugar" De Leon.

We had an entertaining night of fights to end the year, highlighted by Tank Davis' lightweight debut that went a lot longer than many, including us, thought it would. The Pascal vs. Jack fight was an excellent brawl and a big upset as Thompson got the decision against Uzcategui. Our 2019 awards include: Round of the Year, Upset of the Year, KO of the Year, Fight of the Year and Fighter of the Year. As an extra bonus, Fight of the Decade and Fighter of the Decade! Happy New Year! @ericraskin @kieranmulvaney @showtimeboxing

Jermell Charlo stopped Tony Harrison in the 11th round of a very hard fought championship fight to regain the WBC Light Middleweight Title! Chavez Jr. lands some nasty body shots but in the end he couldn't hang with Jacobs and quit after the 5th round! Stephen "Breadman" Edwards joins us once again to discuss Charlo - Harrison II and looking at Tank Davis vs Gamboa from a betting perspective. Happy Holidays from all of us at Showtime!

We were honored to have Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield on the podcast to talk about today's heavyweight era and if it has the potential to be the next great era in heavyweight boxing. We discuss Terence Crawford's surprising struggle and victory over Egidijus Kavaliauskas as well as Teofimo Lopez's surprisingly quick KO of Richard Commey to claim a piece of the Lightweight Title. Will we see Lopez vs Loma in 2020? We talk upcoming fights, including Harrison - Charlo II and Tevin Farmer vs JoJo Diaz. Our thoughts and prayers are with Leon Spinks as he is in intensive care suffering with cancer.

The big Heavyweight Title rematch we were all waiting for didn't go as many thought it would. No knockdowns, no one hurt, just a lighter, motivated Anthony Joshua boxing circles around Andy Ruiz, who apparently thought all he had to do was show up and he'd win again. What's next for these two? Did the other heavyweights on the card impress? Jermall Charlo had an impressive KO of the awkward, crafty Dennis Hogan and we look ahead to Crawford - Kavaliauskas, Lopez - Commey and more!

The Heavyweight picture is about to get a lot clearer as two weeks after Deontay Wilder solidified his place and set up his rematch with Fury, Anthony Joshua comes back to regain his title and once again be in the conversation as one of the "big 3" but Andy Ruiz may have something to say about that. We preview Showtime Championship Boxing featuring Jermall Charlo vs Dennis Hogan and get some insight from former guest Stephen "Breadman" Edwards, who will also discuss betting lines for all of the weekend's action as well. We are looking forward to the double card on Saturday and this episode will leave you prepared for a great night of boxing!

It's amazing, Deontay Wilder is the undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the World and just made his 10th successful title defense by knocking out Luis Ortiz with one punch and yet he continues to be criticized for his lack of boxing "skills". We might be witnessing the most powerful punch in the history of the sport and let's not forget the size of these men that are being stopped with one monster right hand! Ortiz might have beaten any other heavyweight Saturday night, just not Wilder. One man who was ringside for the fight was Jimmy Lennon Jr. We welcome Jimmy to the show to talk about the fight as well as highlights from his Hall of Fame career.

We welcome Stephen "Breadman" Edwards, trainer to 154 pound unified champ, Julian "JRock" Williams, to talk about JRock, betting on boxing, PEDs, P4P and more. We talk Wilder vs Ortiz II, does "King Kong" have a chance? Shobox delivered two KO's and a controversial decision. Shields vs Habazin announced for the 3rd time and will Jacobs vs Chavez Jr. happen?

What a fight we witnessed on Thursday morning between Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series in the Bantamweight division in Japan! Definitely up there in the fight of the year conversation. And then Saturday we witnessed Logan Paul losing to KSI in a fight that will not be considered for fight of the year, maybe the opposite. We look ahead to another Shobox card this Friday night and also debuting that night is Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston. We talk with the author of the book, Shaun Assael and our former colleague and Hall of Fame Boxing Commentator, Larry Merchant for their unique perspectives on the mystery surrounding Liston's life and death.

We are exhausted because DAZN decided to make everyone wait for hours until the UFC main event was finished.....THANKS! When the fight finally did get started, we witnessed history as Canelo KO'd Sergey Kovalev to become Light Heavyweight Champion of the World. Is that enough to become P4P number 1? 154 contender Erickson Lubin, fresh off his 4th consecutive win, joins us to talk about his career and what's next. We then preview the Donaire vs Inoue fight, KSI vs Logan Paul as well...

A busy weekend of boxing and a busy week to look forward to. We cover victories by Lubin, Easter Jr. and Sanchez on Showtime Boxing, Josh Taylor's majority decision victory over Regis Prograis in an instant classic and Shakur Stevenson wins the vacant WBO title by beating up his girlfriend's brother, the previously undefeated Joet Gonzalez. We then welcome Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions to discuss the November 1st Shobox quadruple header at 10:30pm Eastern on Showtime featuring undefeated prospects 130lb Xavier Martinez, 140lb Richardson Hitchins and 135lb Rolando Romero. We preview Canelo vs Kovalev, comment on the Tank Davis vs Gamboa announcement, Oscar's troubles and more!

We start the show on a somber note as the boxing world mourned the loss of Patrick Day, an outstanding young man that also happened to be a boxer. Errol Spence Jr., survived being thrown from his Ferrari relatively unscathed, which was sort of a miracle, but now faces DUI charges. On Friday night we were treated to an excellent unification bout at Light Heavyweight as IBF champ Artur Beterbiev defeated WBC champ Oleksandr Gvozdyk via 10th round stoppage. Gvozdyk is out of the hospital with a minor concussion and we expect him to be back in big fights in 2020. We then look ahead to a lot of action next week as Showtime returns Saturday night with a card featuring Erickson Lubin taking on Nathaniel Gallimore and Robert Easter Jr. taking on Adrian Granados. Also on Saturday night is the junior welterweight unification fight between Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis, two undefeated champions! It should be a great weekend of boxing!

Our thoughts and prayers are with Patrick Day as he suffered a brain injury and is now in a coma after being knocked out by Charles Conwell in a junior middleweight fight this past Saturday. Errol Spence Jr. must have received a lot of prayers as he was thrown from his sports car and yet managed not to break any bones and is expected to make a full recovery. Oleksander Usyk, the undisputed Cruiserweight King made his long awaited debut at heavyweight. Can he compete in the land of the giants? We talk light heavyweights as Dmitry Bivol, the WBA Light Heavyweight Champion, defended his title against Lenin Castillo in a lackluster affair. Surely to be more entertaining is the unification bout between two other Light Heavyweight Champions: WBC Champ Olyksander Gvozdyk vs IBF Champ Artur Beterbiev. With Canelo vs Kovalev around the corner, the spotlight for the next couple of weeks is definitely on this very talented division.

We just turned 50! 50 episodes old...we made it! GGG survives against Derevyanchenko, is he starting to age and how will that affect him if he fights Canelo again? It was a wild scene in Flint as someone sucker-punched Habazin's trainer and put him in the hospital, calling off the fight. What will happen next? Boots Ennis and Jermaine Franklin were victorious on Shobox. We are talking Hall of Fame and breaking down the names in several categories. Usyk is making his long-awaited heavyweight debut, Evan Holyfield turning pro and yet more failed PED tests.

We have a loaded show starting with a review of the Spence Porter Welterweight unification fight. Was this a fight of the year candidate or just overrated action? Carl Froch believes the earth is flat? Too many hits to the head maybe? David Benavidez reclaims the Super-Middleweight title he never lost in the ring with an impressive victory over Anthony Dirrell...what's next? We talk to the impressive Jaron "Boots" Ennis, the undefeated Welterweight prospect who is preparing for his October 5th fight on the Shields-Habazin card on Showtime. We also preview the Heavyweight debut of Oleksandr Usyk and the GGG - Sergei Derevyanchenko fights.

On ShoBox, prospect Michael Dutchover suffers an upset loss when the fight was stopped from a cut in the eighth round, a week after Tyson Fury fought 9 rounds with what could be considered an even worse cut. Speaking of Fury, we talk more Fury - Wallin and preview the upcoming PPV Spence vs Porter as well as the undercard. We also cover the Angulo vs Quillin fight, which didn't go quite as we expected it to.

Barry Tompkins guest hosts as Kieran is somewhere cold saving the world. This week the show covers all of the action from this past weekend, including Fury being pushed to the limit by Otto Wallin, Navarrete, Munguia and Haney impress, a preview of Shobox triple-header taking place this Friday and an interview with International Boxing Hall of Fame Executive Director, Ed Brophy.

Al Bernstein steps in for Keiran as we talk "celebrity" boxing featuring Logan Paul vs KSI and if it is good for boxing. We catch up with former middleweight champ Andy Lee and get his take on the middleweights and British boxing and we look ahead to upcoming fights, headlined by Fury vs. Wallin.

Lomachenko once again wins agains a very determined and tough Luke Campbell, once again staking his claim to be considered number one pound for pound. Tayler vs Prograis back on, Canelo vs Kovalev? Looking at Hagler vs Leonard over 30 years later!

Super middleweight Vladimir Shishkin, Junior Welterweight Shohjahon Ergashev and Super bantamweight Arnold Khegai were all very impressive and entertaining on last Friday's Shobox card. Kovalev was able to turn back the challenge of the game but overmatched Yarde and we look ahead to some huge fights coming up!

Not only are we previewing the Shobox Tripleheader, we are talking Kovalev - Yarde, Canelo rumors, heavyweights doing some verbal sparring with Lennox vs AJ and Ruiz balking at Saudi Arabia?

Showtime Boxing Pod Presents: The Rising Star Fantasy Draft! Raskin & Mulvaney pick teams of the most promising under-25 boxers, snake-draft style. R & M also predict who would win, Whitaker or Mayweather?

Showtime Boxing covers all of the drama, both inside AND outside of the ring! Our special guest, Raul Marquez, talks about his career as an olympian, world champion and now boxing analyst. We talk Kownacki - Arreola slugfest, the huge upset of Pascal over Browne and the never-ending drama with Dillion Whyte, Canelo and Tyson Fury!

Will Tank Davis crack our top 10 pound 4 pound? If he keeps knocking out his opponents it will be a no-brainer. Gamboa and Ramirez impressive, Mayweather and Pacquiao fighting!....on social media : ( Dillian Whyte fails a drug test and Canelo's opponent search continues.

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? Follow Showtime Boxing at: Twitter: @showtimeboxing Instagram: showtimeboxing Erik Raskin: Twitter: @EricRaskin Kieran Mulvaney: Twitter: @kieranmulvaney

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!

Tyson Fury put on a show worthy of Las Vegas as he did his best Apollo Creed impression, dancing to Living In America on his way to the ring and destroying Tom Schwarz inside of it. There were knockouts and controversy in the Cruiserweight WBSS, Zab is recovering, Claressa going for 3rd title and Shobox featuring five undefeated fighters on Friday, June 21st as Gordon Hall joins the show to tell us about these fighters you don't want to miss! Pick the fights this Friday for your chance to win cash and prizes! Go too www.draftkings.com/showtime

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!

Hear Deontay Wilder answer questions from the press about his spectacular first round knockout of Dominic Breazeale and his future and if Anthony Joshua and/or Tyson Fury are in his sights.