Chris Algieri: “The Mayweather’s and the Pacquiao’s are moving out and it’s time for the next star to step up”

Former WBO light welterweight champion, Chris Algieri, is returning to the ring this weekend and hopes a win over Erick Bone might lead to another high profiled fight in 2016. Algieri lost a one sided fight to Manny Pacquiao in 2014, but rebounded with a close competitive loss to Amir Khan in his last bout…

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Peter Fury: “The fight went exactly to plan. Nobody thought it could be done but Tyson Fury out boxed Klitschko!”

Heavyweight, Tyson Fury has done what many felt was not possible, and that was unseating Wladimir Klitschko as heavyweight champion of the world. Fury used his height and reach advantages and out boxed the long time champion. His trainer Peter Fury orchestrated the game plan, one never tried on Klitschko before, as most fighters do…

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Floyd Mayweather: “Pacquiao’s a man that was chasing Floyd for years to fight, a fight that was an easy fight for Floyd”

Floyd Mayweather Sr. has always spoken his mind and never held back his opinion in regards to former eight division world champion, Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach. Through the years, Senior has expressed his doubts on the legitimacy of the accomplishments of both, and now that his son has claimed a victory over…

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Edwin Rodriguez: “I know Adonis Stevenson brings real power, I’m aware of it, I’m not just going to rush in there and try to go crazy”

Edwin Rodriguez is a ranked light heavyweight contender who coming off an exciting fight against undefeated contender Michael Seals. Rodriguez, now 30, came off the canvas to win the fight and during this interview, Edwin speaks on overcoming the knockdowns and coming away with the win. Rodriguez also talks about his future and a possible…

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Floyd Mayweather: “Pacquiao bust De La Hoya up and stopped him and little Floyd beat Pacquiao up like he was nobody!”

Now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has retired, the news surrounding him are no longer about what fights are next, but instead replaced with other well known athletes mentioning him in the press, to get attention for themselves. In recent weeks Mayweather received press during a big MMA promotion and from open letter by Oscar De La…

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Floyd Mayweather Sr on his son’s future, De La Hoya’s comments & Manny Pacquiao’s legacy. Also with Edwin Rodriguez – On The Ropes #244

“On The Ropes” Boxing Radio returns again this week with host Jenna J to discuss all the latest fights and fight news in boxing. In this episode I will be previewing the upcoming HBO PPV event which will feature a middleweight clash between Mexican star, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Puerto Rican icon, Miguel Cotto. I…

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Johnathon Banks: “Wladimir Klitschko is reaching legendary status and Tyson Fury has never faced any one like that before”

I was recently afforded an opportunity to speak to trainer and former heavyweight contender, Johnathon Banks. Banks works with the reigning IBO heavyweight champion of the world, Wladimir Klitschko and in this interview he speaks about the upcoming challenge of Tyson Fury. Johnathon talks about how he thinks the fight will go and the perception…

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Virgil Hunter: “If Andre Ward’s gonna move up into the division, you want to fight the best and Kovalev’s the top dog in that division”

Virgil Hunter is regarded by many as one of the best trainers in the sport and his success in the corner led to him being named the 2011 Trainer Of The Year. Hunter currently works with former world champions Andre Ward, Amir Khan, Andre Berto and also trains younger boxers looking to make their way…

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Canelo Alvarez: “Miguel Cotto did give Mayweather a better fight, but he also fought Austin Trout and he lost and I beat Austin Trout!”

The big event between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Miguel Cotto is now less than two weeks away and with this middleweight championship battle drawing ever closer, the camps for both fighters are making their final preparations for the fight. Canelo now 25, recently joined the media from around the globe to answer their questions about this upcoming…

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Steve Farhood: “I don’t know who would be considered the best fighter Golovkin’s fought but I know that he hasn’t fought a very high level of opponent”

Steve Farhood has been working in boxing for thirty seven years, and in that time he has seen many great fighters come into the sport and leave it when their careers are over. With Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao heading out the door, fans wonder who will carry the torch for the sport when both fighters…

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Malik Scott: “I’m the best skilled heavyweight on God’s green earth and I can’t wait to fight again and continue to prove people wrong”

I recently was afforded the opportunity to interview highly regarded heavyweight contender, Malik “King” Scott, to talk about his victory from last week against Tony Thompson. Scott, 38-2-1 (13 KOs), won clearly against the 44 year old Thompson but found himself dropped in the ninth round from a shot to the side of the head….

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Steve Farhood: “I think Mayweather’s gonna fight again and it has nothing to do with Floyd, it has everything to do with boxing history”

Boxing analyst, Steve Farhood is a well respected member of the boxing fraternity and currently serves as a commentator on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation. In addition to his analyst work, Steve also appear on multiple networks for “Premier Boxing Champions” as a researcher and ringside scorer. In part 1 of my “On The Ropes” boxing…

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Terence Crawford: “This is Manny Pacquiao’s last fight when he fights me. It’s time for a new generation to take over boxing.”

Terence Crawford is quickly becoming one of boxing’s biggest stars as the now 28 year old is a now a two division world champion and has his name in the running to get a fight with the legendary eight division world champion, Manny Pacquiao. In this “On The Ropes” boxing radio interview with Terence Crawford,…

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Abel Sanchez: “I think Floyd Mayweather will definitely come back. He’s the only one that Golovkin would come down to 154lbs for”

The question that the boxing world has asked in recent years is who will carry the sport when its biggest stars, Mayweather and Pacquiao retire. Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement after his September 12th win over Andre Berto and most recently Bob Arum announced the Manny Pacquiao’s April 9th bout will be his last,…

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Terence Crawford on retiring Manny Pacquiao. Abel Sanchez on Golovkin’s future. Farhood on Mayweather vs. Pacquiao II – OTR #243

“On The Ropes” Boxing Radio returns this week with host Jenna J to discuss all the latest fights and fight news going on in the sport. In this installment of the show, I will be recapping Saturday night’s HBO boxing event in which WBO light welterweight champ, Terence Crawford dispatched of tough Canadian boxer, Dierry…

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Al Bernstein: “I don’t think Floyd Mayweather beats Gennady Golovkin, I think Golovkin beats him. He’s too big and too strong!”

I recently was afforded an opportunity to speak to Hall of Fame boxing commentator, Al Bernstein. Bernstein has been in the sport for over thirty years and is widely regarded as one of the knowledgeable figures in the boxing. In part 2 of my interview, I talk with Bernstein about Floyd Mayweather’s future and how he…

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Al Bernstein: “If Canelo Alvarez doesn’t get a stoppage, he’s gonna have to go twelve rounds without Cotto doing serious damage to him”

Hall of Fame boxing commentator, Al Bernstein, recently joined me for an interview to talk about all the latest new stories going on in the sport. Bernstein gave his thoughts on Gennady Golovkin’s recent destruction of David Lemieux and talked about what direction he would like to see ‘GGG’ go next. Al also talked about…

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Abel Sanchez: “Gennady Golovkin is not after Canelo or Cotto, GGG is after the belts and he wants all four of them!”

Gennady Golovkin’s recent eight round destruction of David Lemieux was as one sided and dominant a performance as we have seen from the Kazakh boxer. With the win, ‘Triple G’ moved himself one step closer to becoming the undisputed champion and also has moved himself up the P4P ranks toward the #1 spot. Golovkin’s trainer,…

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B.J. Flores: “Manny Pacquiao fights who he wants to fight and Floyd fights who he wants to fight. Amir Khan is on the B side”

I recently had a chance to speak with cruiserweight contender and respected NBC analyst B.J. Flores. Flores is coming off a decision loss to former light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov and his looking to return this December to get back on a winning track. Besides talking about his future, Flores discussed the recent bump in…

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Winky Wright: “I was going to beat Shane Mosley, it was more of was I going to be able to knock him out?”

I recently was afford an opportunity to interview former undisputed junior middleweight champion, Ronald “Winky” Wright. Winky amassed a career record of 51-6-1 (25KOs) and challenged for the undisputed middleweight championship, coming out with a controversial draw. In this interview Winky shares his thoughts on his career defining fights against Shane Mosley and Felix Trinidad….

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