Pugilistically Inclined

Our whole damn "Black Boxing Pioneers" series is based on Dr. Louis Moore's book "I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915," so check it out it out HERE.

Mac chats with Dr. Lou Moore, professor at Grand Valley State University and author of "I Fight for Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915." We talk about manhood, class, race, and dive into some of Lou's work on Jack Johnson, Sam McVey, Bob Armstrong, and more! Our whole damn "Black Boxing Pioneers" series is based on Dr. Moore's book, so check it out it out HERE.

Featured Book: Louis Moore, I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915. University of Illinois, 2017. (Purchase)Other Sources:Collen Aycock and Mark Scott.  Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2008. (Purchase)William Gildea. The Longest Fight: In the Ring with Joe Gans, Boxing's first African American Champion. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. (Purchase).Steven Laffoley. Shadow Boxing: The Rise and Fall of George Dixon.  Pottersfield Press, 2012. (Purchase)Jason Winders. George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing's First Black World Champion, 1870–1908. University of Arkansas Press, 2021. (Purchase).

Featured Book: Louis Moore, I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois, 2017. (Purchase)Other Sources:Elsa Barkley Brown, “Negotiating and Transforming the Public Sphere: African American Political Life in the Transition from Slavery to Freedom,” in Jumpin' Jim Crow: Southern Politics from Civil War to Civil Rights, eds. Jane Dailey, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, and Bryant Simon. Princeton University Press, 2000. Dennis Brailsford, Bareknuckes: A Social History of Prize-Fighting. Cambridge: Lutterworth, 1988.John Hope Franklin, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2020. (Purchase)Luke G. Williams, Richmond Unchained: The Biography of the World's First Black Sporting Superstar. Gloucestershire: Amberely, 2015. (Purchase)

Mac and Mike are back at it! They reflect on the week that was and conclude with an interview with Boxing News Columnist and author, Alex Daley. His most recent book, Born to Box, is a biography of his grandfather, Nipper Pat Daly.

Mac and Mike reflect on the week that was, including Jacobs-Rosado, Tyson-Jones, and Joyce-Dubois. Results from Mexico, Australia, France, and Thailand. Mac takes a deep dive into recent research by Anne Tjønndal and Jorid Hovden on the struggles of young female immigrant Muslim boxers in Norway. Previews of Spence-Garcia, Tennyson-O’Reilly, and Gomez-Ceballo, plus some intriguing bouts from Australia and Japan.

Mac chats with undefeated Canadian lightweight Josh "Dubs" O'Reilly about his upcoming WBA lightweight eliminator against James Tennyson, slated for this Friday, December 4, live on DAZN!

Mac chats with former WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman about everything from starting boxing in Belarus, to winning the world title against Daniel Santos, to his upcoming comeback fight on December 5 against Jeremy Ramos.

Mac and Mike talk about Taylor-Gutierrez, Ball-Guanini, Harper-Thanderz, Crawford-Brook, Franco-Moloney, and more! Listener Mail! Why was there a ten year old British pro boxer in the 1920s and why don’t people talk about it more? What are Crawford’s options now? Why aren’t there boxing pogs?

Mac chats with the champ! Undisputed welterweight queen Jessica "CasKILLA" McCaskill talks about growing up, being homeless, taking up boxing, and becoming the IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO, IBO, and Ring Magazine champion of the world!

Mac previews all the big bouts that are on the docket for this weekend, zigzagging across the globe to bring you news from the United States, United Kingdom, and Argentina!

Mac chats with undefeated Greek middleweight Andreas Katzourakis (5-0-0, 4KOs). They touch on amateur and professional boxing in Greece; training with the great Abel Sanchez; his impressive shutout win over Walter Wright; and much more!

Mac and Mike look back at the PBC and DAZN cards, plus boxing from around the world!

Mac and Brian discuss his start in boxing; his recent KO1 win over Jorge Alberto Careaga; sparring with Duke Micah in New York; and his NABF Youth title shot on November 21 against Szilveszter Kanalas!

Mac chats with Australian cruiserweight champion Jason Whateley (7-0-0, 6KOs) about his early days in boxing; competing at the Commonwealths and Olympics; his thoughts on his old amateur for David Nyika of New Zealand turning pro; and the potential for a Commonwealth title shot against Chris Billam-Smith in 2021.

Mac chats with Matchroom super lightweight prospect Arthur Biyarslanov of Toronto, Ontario, about his beginnings in boxing; winning Pan-Am gold in 2015; turning professional and winning six straight; and of course his fight this Saturday against Juan Alvarez on the undercard of Haney-Gamboa.

Mac and Mike talk about all the boxing from the week that was: Davis-Santa Cruz, Juarez-Luna, Inoue-Moloney, Mayer-Brodnicka, Marshall-Rankin, Usyk-Chisora, and a ton more. They also chat about Wilder's recent comments; the Juarez-Luna glove debate; and take listener questions!

Mac chats with undefeated Canadian welterweight prospect Carolyn Redmond of New Brunswick via Guelph, Ontario, about her journey into boxing; four trips to the national amateur championships; what it was like fighting in front of thousands in Cape Breton; and her thoughts on Wyatt-Reis and McCaskill-Braekhus II! Photo by Jeff Lockhart Photography

Mac chats with Maine welterweight Brandon "The Cannon" Berry about life as a professional boxer in the Northeast; an interesting tie-breaker bout from earlier in his career; the potential for pugilistic collaboration between Maine and New Brunswick; and his big UBO All America championship clash against Zack Kuhn on November 14 in Derry, New Hampshire!

Mac chats with heavy-handed super welterweight Serhii Bohachuk of Ukraine. He's knocked out every opponent he's faced and looks poised to become boxing's next Ukrainian star. We talk about his impressive amateur career; his thoughts on developing punching power; where he sees himself in the super welterweight division; and a ton more! My sincerest thanks to Samir Aziz for serving as translator!

Lukasz Wierzbicki tells Mac about his boxing career and what it's like to be professional boxer. What goes through your mind after a cut or knockdown? How do you train for a pro boxing match during a pandemic? How does one mentally prepare to box at all? Big questions and great answers!

The week that was! And what a week… Mac and Mike look back at all the boxing action including the draw between Lipinets and Clayton; Estrada’s stoppage of Cuadras; Roman Gonzalez’s title defense; the poetry that is Julio Cesar Martinez; Jai Opetaia’s big win over Ben Kelleher; the debut of Justis Huni, who won the Australian heavyweight crown in his first pro fight; Dilan Prasovic’s WBO cruiserweight eliminator win; and a bunch more! Is Gef the Talking Mongoose haunting Mac? You be the judge.

Mac chats with undefeated Irish super featherweight Niall O'Connor (5-0-0, 4KOs) about his career to date, boxing in Ireland, and what might be next.

Mponda Kalunga joins us on Pugilistically Inclined to discuss his boxing career; life as a Tanzanian refugee; Witnessing Tyson-Botha on a store TV near his refugee camp; his plans for 2020 and 2021; and a TON more. You don't want to miss this one. Beautiful photo courtesy Mette-Margrethe Kristiansen.

Patrice Volny joins the podcast to talk about his upcoming IBF middleweight eliminator against Patrick Wojcicki in Germany. We talk about training during a pandemic, the possibility of fighting in a bubble, and what the vicious one has planned for Wojcicki on November 14!

Mac chats with Custio Clayton of North Preston, Nova Scotia, as he prepares for his big interim IBF welterweight championship clash against Sergey Lipinets on Showtime in the USA and TSN in Canada. We talk about his start in the sport, boxing in North Preston, the 2012 London Olympics, and, of course, his upcoming world title shot.

Mac and Mike dive into Lopez’s win over Lomachenko and what might be next for the lightweight king of kings (also…how about them scorecards?). The guys also reflect on Barboza-Saucedo, Berlanga-Bellows, Ritson-Vasquez (and the judge-cell phone controversy), Kozin-Namus, Colon-Moran, and Brown-Chudinov. Plus…what the heck is going on in Tanzania? Did Prince Patel lose to Innocent Evarist? Is it being overturned? The fellas then stray off into a discussion on meat pies and the edibility of squirrels.

Mac and Mike breakdown the ginormous unification clash between Lomanchenko and Lopez. Mac provides a wide-ranging global report, including results from South Africa, Ukraine, UAE, America, Canada, France, and Britain including: Thysse vs Allen, Williams vs Robinson, Navarrete vs Villa, Lemieux vs Ntetu, Signani vs Beaussire, Kotochigov vs Hughes, Berinchyk vs Simion, and Sanchez vs Lozano. Mac couldn't find video of Teshigawara vs Kawamura, or he would've watched that too! Listener Mail: Who would win a WBSS super middleweight tournament? What comes next for Teofimo Lopez?

Mac chats with Golden Boy Promotions' flyweight contender Sulem Urbina about her immigrant experience in the United States, her success in the amateur ranks, and of course her huge WBC flyweight eliminator against Marlen Esparza, coming up October 30 on DAZN!

Mac and Mike tackle another big week of boxing. We look back at the week that was, including; Ogawa-Nishitani, Contreras-Flores, Matsunaga-Shimizu, Zepeda-Baranchyk, Magsayo-Hermosillo, Cameron-Araujo, Buatsi-Calic! Plus Joe Louis card giveaway and listener mail! The guys also chat Loma-Lopez, Joyce-Dubois and Lemieux-Ntetu!

Mac and Mike discuss the massive that was, from the Charlo doubleheader PPV on PBC, to Josh Taylor on ESPN+ and the WBSS finale! Plus recaps from Denmark and France. Plus LOTS of listener mail!

Mac and Mike look back at Pedraza-Molina, Lubin-Gausha, Boots-Abreu and King Tug-Breedy Plus Listener Mail!

The guys discuss Chudinov-Sadiq, Gonazlez-Marriaga, Yarde-Spelman, Hefron-Bentley "Fight of the Week" goes to Kavaliauskas-Zewski Listener Mail! Mac weighs-in on; Moloney-Inoue, Tyson's boxing style, ranking Tank, Garcia, Haney and Lopez and whether or not more fighters will join Canelo in sueing DAZN and Golden Boy Promotions.

Join Mac and Mike as they reflect on the week's boxing and bang their heads against the wall debating the garbage dump of world title sanctioning bodies. Fight of the Week honours go to Ziani-Dilmaghani! They also chat about the Canelo-DAZN-GBP mess; Ugas vs Ramos; Crowley vs Torres; Herring vs Oquendo; Ziyatdinov vs Gasanov; Ennis-Brown vs Bowes; and a whole bunch more. So. Much. Boxing.

The story of Canadian miner, Jack Munroe, and how he landed an improbable heavyweight title fight against the great Jim Jeffries.

The guys reflect on Horn-Tzsyu, Ramirez-Postol, Culcay-Baraou, Barboza-Luis "Fight of the Week" looks back at Liam Taylor vs Darren Tetely! Listener Mail! Mac weighs-in on Postol's future and whether Elvis "The Dominican Kid" Rodriguez is ready for a title eliminator.