Monday, May 30, 2022
"'Night and the City' - Classic Film Noir and Classic Wrestling" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: Eddie Goldman, film noir, Night and the City, No Holds Barred, wrestling
Friday, May 27, 2022
No Holds Barred: Bye Bye, Olympic Boxing? on The WAAR Room with Chris Baldwin and Malissa Smith
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with our colleagues Chris Baldwin of the WAAR Room and Malissa Smith of Girlboxing on the WAAR Room. A video of this discussion has also been posted on the WAAR Sports YouTube page.
We spoke with them by Zoom Monday, May 23.
The beleaguered International Boxing Association (IBA), at their recent congress, only allowed sitting president Umar Kremlev of Russia to run for that office after disqualifying his only opponent a day before the election, and also disqualified four candidates from running for their board who had raised some criticisms of the direction IBA has taken. This stunt did not sit well with the IOC, which had already suspended IBA, and said it was closely monitoring what was supposed to be a governance reform process for IBA.
At the same time, relations between the IOC and Putin's Russia have been at a low point since Russia began its war of aggression against Ukraine right after the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympics, which was supposed to be a period of peace called the Olympic Truce. For years the IOC has appeased Russia, following their violation twice before of the Olympic Truce, with the attack on Georgia in 2008 and annexation of Crimea in 2014, and their recalcitrant and defiant actions involving their state-sponsored doping program. All these resulted essentially in slaps on the wrist. But IOC president Bach last week said that Russia was responsible for "personal threats to individuals from the IOC and Olympic Movement." Only this might have been the breaking point for Bach.
We discussed why it is not surprising that a Mafia regime like Putin's tried to threaten and bully the IOC, how IBA's reliance on Russia for funding through the state-run Gazprom energy giant may have doomed their chances of being reinstated by the IOC, how all this further jeopardizes Olympic boxing which already has been excluded from the program of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, how the demise of Olympic boxing will damage and possibly destroy both amateur and professional boxing, who might potentially replace Russia as a benefactor of Olympic boxing, and much more.
In addition, Malissa Smith kept us up-to-date with some important news about women's boxing.
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Labels: Chris Baldwin, Eddie Goldman, Girlboxing, IBA, IOC, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, Olympic boxing, Russia, WAAR Room, WAAR Sports
Monday, May 23, 2022
"Keep An Eye On Yoelvis Gomez" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: boxing, Cuba, Eddie Goldman, No Holds Barred, Yoelvis Gomez
No Holds Barred: Avril Mathie and Terri Moss, on The WAAR Room with Chris Baldwin and Malissa Smith
Our guests were fighter and model Avril Mathie and promoter and former fighter Terri Moss, a 2015 inductee in the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame and CEO of the Buckhead Fight Club.
We spoke with them by Zoom Tuesday, May 17.
On June 11, the unbeaten Avril Mathie (7-0-1, 3 KOs) continues her quest to get a title fight as she fights on the Summer Time Brawl show at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. We spoke with her about her journey into boxing, and with Terri Moss about her role as a promoter.
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Labels: . boxing, Avril Mathie, Buckhead Fight Club, Chris Baldwin, Eddie Goldman, Girlboxing, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, Terri Moss, WAAR Room, WAAR Sports
Friday, May 13, 2022
No Holds Barred: Bivol Beat Canelo But Should Have Been Banned, on The WAAR Room with Chris Baldwin and Malissa Smith
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with our colleagues Chris Baldwin of the WAAR Room and Malissa Smith of Girlboxing on the WAAR Room. A video of this discussion has also been posted on the WAAR Sports YouTube page.
On Saturday, May 7, pound-for-pound king and super middleweight champ Saul "Canelo" Alvarez lost by a clearcut decision in Las Vegas to unbeaten Russian fighter Dmitry Bivol, who holds the WBA light heavyweight belt. We discussed this fight, but also why, when the U.S. is sanctioning Russia for its criminal war of aggression in Ukraine, Russian boxers should not be permitted to fight on U.S. soil. Tune in now to hear our breakdown on the fight and why sanctions are so important in the war against Putin's propaganda machine.
(Photo by Ed Mulholland/Matchroom.)
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Labels: . boxing, Chris Baldwin, Dmitry Bivol, Eddie Goldman, Girlboxing, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, Russia, Saul Canelo Alvarez, Ukraine, WAAR Room, WAAR Sports
Thursday, May 12, 2022
"DAZN and the Future of Women's Boxing" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: Amanda Serrano, DAZN, Eddie Goldman, Katie Taylor, No Holds Barred, women's boxing
Thursday, May 05, 2022
No Holds Barred: Taylor and Serrano Make History, and Kinahan Cornered, on The WAAR Room with Chris Baldwin and Malissa Smith
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with our colleagues Chris Baldwin of the WAAR Room and Malissa Smith of Girlboxing on the WAAR Room. A video of this discussion has also been posted on the WAAR Sports YouTube page.
We spoke with them by Zoom Monday, May 2.
What a fight! The bout between Ireland's undisputed lightweight champion fighter, Katie Taylor, and Amanda Serrano, the Brooklyn-based seven-division champion who hails from Puerto Rico, was one for the ages. Taylor and Serrano made history as the first women headliners in the main arena at the mecca of boxing, Madison Square Garden. Fighting on a packed card, the two pound-for-pound greats fought an instant classic in front of a sold-out crowd of excited fans with a decibel level that was so loud, the referee couldn't hear the bell at the end of a few of the rounds. Taylor came out on top with a split-decision and a lot of talk of a rematch. Time will tell.
The second half of the show looked at the impact of the U.S. government's decision to freeze the assets of the top echelon of the Kinahan Organized Crime Group, along with putting a five million dollar bounty leading to the arrest and conviction of the gang's leadership. We discussed the impact of this decision on boxing, including the shuttering of MTK Global's boxing empire. Bob Arum of Top Rank promised to cooperate with U.S. authorities but did admit he'd paid Daniel Kinahan four million dollars in fees for the Tyson Fury fights. The WBC also had to walk back their very recent public embrace of Daniel Kinahan. A lot of uncertainty remains on what the fallout will be. We shall continue to discuss it on future WAAR Room shows as more information becomes available.
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Labels: Amanda Serrano, Chris Baldwin, Daniel Kinahan, Eddie Goldman, Girlboxing, Katie Taylor, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, WAAR Room, WAAR Sports, women's boxing
Monday, May 02, 2022
"Taylor-Serrano Was A Classic, But ...." on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: Amanda Serrano, boxing, DAZN, Eddie Goldman, Katie Taylor, No Holds Barred, Shakur Stevenson, Twitter
