BTR Boxing Podcast Network
Experience a network of boxing podcasts, featuring exciting big fight previews, in-depth reaction shows, and captivating series such as Legendary Nights, Career Profiles, Ones To Watch, and The Darker Side Of Boxing. Please find us on the Sport Social website: https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/btr-boxing-podcast-network/
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The Darker Side Of Boxing - Sucker Punch - The ...
James Butler Jr came from the tough, unforgiving New York, and throughout his life, he would forge an unlikely friendship with a talented pair of brothers. His fledgeling boxing career would take off only for a moment of madness inside the ring to...
68 min
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Legendary Nights - The Tale Of Marvin Hagler vs...
The fight, promoted as "The Super Fight" and "The King of the Ring", was scheduled for April 6, 1987, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Leonard was guaranteed $11 million, and Hagler was guaranteed $12 million. Hagler was a heavy favorite. The odds...
89 min
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Career Profiles - Jeff Fenech
The three-time world champion at bantamweight, super bantamweight and featherweight is arguably one of the greatest boxers Australia has ever produced. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York in June 2002, Fenech is...
65 min
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Tony Davis - Boxing's Unsung Hero
Sean speaks to former Team GB coach Tony Davis who takes you through his life story from the early days of being forced into the sport to spending many years in the armed forces serving the country.
In 2017 Tony was the first on the scene during a...
146 min
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The Big Fight - Josh Taylor vs Jose Ramirez
Sean and guest co-host Irish amateur boxer Luke Byrne discuss the undisputed super lightweight clash between Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez.
54 min
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The Darker Side Of Boxing - Wheeling Dealing & ...
In the second part of the Don King story, Sean & Johnston pick up from the "Thrilla In Manilla" and tell the story of how at one time King ruled the heavyweight division with the like of Larry Holmes & Mike Tyson as his main men, but that was not...
70 min
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Legendary Nights - The Tale Of Muhammad Ali vs ...
The Thrilla in Manila was the third and final boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. It was contested in 1975 for the heavyweight championship of the world at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines, on Wednesday, October 1st.
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Career Profiles - Alexis Argüello
Alexis Argüello was a Nicaraguan professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 1995. He was a three-weight world champion, having held the WBA featherweight title from 1974 to 1976; the WBC super featherweight title from 1978 to 1980; and the WBC...
63 min
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The Big Fight Reaction - Canelo Defeats Billy J...
Sean & Johnston recap on Canelo's victory over Billy Joe Saunders after Saunders was pulled out by his corner after the 8th round. There are discussions over the extent of the injuries sustained, and talk about the future for both competitors.
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The Big Fight - Canelo vs Billy Joe Saunders
Sean & Johnston sit down to discuss the first mega fight of the year as Canelo takes on Billy Joe Saunders in a super middleweight clash with WBC, WBA & WBO titles on the line.
56 min
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The Darker Side Of Boxing - Wheeling, Dealing &...
Donald King is the American boxing promoter we all love to hate. He is known for his involvement in putting together some of the most historic boxing bouts. He has also been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction (later...
74 min
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Legendary Nights - The Tale Of Chris Eubank vs ...
On 22 June 1991 at Earl's Court, Chris Eubank took on Michael Watson with the WBO world middleweight title at stake. Sean & Johnston discuss the path that lead to this fierce rivarly.
67 min
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Career Profiles - Ken Buchanan
Ken Buchanan MBE is a Scottish retired professional boxer from Edinburgh and the former undisputed world lightweight champion. A clever boxer, Buchanan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and turned pro in 1965. He won both the Scottish and British...
66 min
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The Darker Side Of Boxing - Killed in Brazil - ...
As a follow-up to Murder or Suicide? The Mysterious Death Of Arturo Gatti Sean & Johnston interview the author of "Killed In Brazil" Jimmy Tobin to discuss the inspiration behind the book along with what it takes to source the necessary information to...
36 min
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Legendary Nights - The Tale Of Carl Froch vs Je...
Carl Froch vs. Jermain Taylor was a boxing super-middleweight fight between the newly crowned champion Carl Froch and former Undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor. The fight was held at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut, the...
71 min
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Career Profiles - Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which led to his boxing nickname of the Easton Assassin.
Holmes, whose left jab is rated among the best...
80 min
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The 8 Week Recap
In this episode Sean & Johnston look back over the big fights from the last eight weeks and the hot topics in boxing right now!
Topics including:
*Povetkin vs Whyte II
*Estrada vs Gonzalez
*Okolie vs Glowacki
*The Welterweight Division
*Conor...
102 min
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The Darker Side Of Boxing - The Life, Times & C...
Tony Ayala Jr. was one of the most talented boxers to ever grace the ring in the light-middleweight division. He won 31 of his 33 pro bouts, and he was in line to compete for the division belt multiple times throughout his career. However, Ayala Jr....
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Legendary Nights - The Tale Of Mike Tyson vs Ja...
Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas, billed as Tyson Is Back!, was a professional boxing match that occurred at the Tokyo Dome on February 11, 1990. The event is historically significant, as the then-undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson lost by...
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Career Profiles - Roy Jones Jr
Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer, boxing commentator, boxing trainer, rapper, and actor who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. He competed in boxing from 1989 to 2018, and held multiple...
111 min
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The Darker Side Of Boxing - The Murder Of Shaun...
Shaun Cummins was a British boxer who won the WBA Inter-Continental super welterweight title in 1992 and went on to fight for the British and European middleweight titles. After his career had ended life seemed to have taken an upward trajectory in...
61 min
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Legendary Nights - The Tale Of Erik Morales vs ...
Érik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I, was a professional boxing match between the three-division and reigning WBO Super Bantamweight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera and reigning WBC Super Bantamweight world champion Erik Morales. It took place...
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Career Profiles - Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound...
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The Darker Side Of Boxing - Boxing & The Mafia
In this episode, Sean & Johnston delve into the origins of how the mafia came to the forefront of boxing which included fixed fights, paid-off referees, greedy managers, misused boxers, and the mobsters who controlled it all
103 min
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Legendary Nights - The Tale Of Evander Holyfiel...
Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis, billed as "Undisputed", was a professional boxing match contested on March 13, 1999 for the WBA, WBC, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight Championships. The result was a draw or tie, specifically a split draw, which proved...
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