Podcast Episodes

IBHOF Class of 2026 Discussion with Cliff Rold

Episode 149

Every year, writers, pundits and a smattering of fans get together to vote inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. As usual, the only boxing history podcast with …

Published on 20 hours ago

The Sad Case of Al Migliorato

Episode 148

Boxing history and true crime overlap so much than a Venn Diagram of the two would look like a circle. Unfortunately boxing history is also filled with cases of fighters who just got unlucky or got h…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Canelo Álvarez vs Terence Crawford Preview + History Bonus

Episode 147

Canelo Álvarez vs Terence Crawford is a fight few of us asked for before it was made. It took some time for us to warm up to it, but now that we have... you might be surprised by what we think is goi…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Life and Career of Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings

Episode 146

For most, the name Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings conjures up images of a hulking heavyweight who fought to a dubious draw with former champion "Smokin'" Joe Frazier in Frazier's last career bout. It goes wi…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Boxing's Mexico vs UK "Rivalry"

Episode 145

It's impossible to deny the more nationalistic or "tribal" appeal of boxing, and how common rooting for fighters who come from certain places is. Boxing (and other sports) have several different riva…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Favorite Title Challengers

Episode 144

The basic idea of boxing and titles is seeing a champion taking on the best-available challenger. That doesn't always happen. Sometimes it goes right, sometimes it goes wrong. But sometimes the chall…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

RIP Mike McCallum

Episode 143

We're back, and unfortunately once more it's to memorialize one of boxing's greats.

On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina …

Published on 6 months ago

RIP Nino Benvenuti

Episode 142

Being a fan of boxing, and especially of boxing history, means we have to sometimes contend with the deaths of our favorite fighters and fighters whose contributions to history were vast. Giovanni "N…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Boxing History - Forgotten Fighters

Episode 141

As boxing fans, we do our best to acknowledge fighters overall. But there's no question a small portion of fighters get the majority of the attention and accolades.

On this episode of the Knuckles an…

Published on 7 months ago

Boxing Movies - The Great White Hype

Episode 140

We haven't tried to hide the fact that we don't really like boxing movies. It's just too easy to mess up the tone and the action is too tough to replicate. 

That's why "The Great White Hype" stands o…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago