Saturday, October 22, 2022
"Joy Resides Outside The Ring" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: . boxing, Eddie Goldman, jazz, No Holds Barred, Samara Joy
Thursday, October 20, 2022
No Holds Barred: Shields vs. Marshall and the Rise of Women's Boxing, on The WAAR Room with Chris Baldwin and Malissa Smith
We spoke with them by Zoom Tuesday, October 18.
What a fight! Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall gave it all they had in a fight of the year candidate on October 15 at a packed O2 Arena in London. We had an in-depth discussion about this fight and the entire all-women's card which it headlined, and what this all means for women's boxing and boxing in general. But both pro and amateur boxing have plenty of problems and scandals dragging them down, and we discussed those, too.
(Photo of Shields vs. Marshall courtesy of Top Rank.)
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Labels: boxing, Chris Baldwin, Claressa Shields, Eddie Goldman, Girlboxing, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, Savannah Marshall, WAAR Room, WAAR Sports, women's boxing
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
"The September of Boxing's Years" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Friday, October 14, 2022
No Holds Barred: Shields-Marshall and Mayer-Baumgardner Preview, 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 Tuesday, October 11.
This Saturday, October 15, history will be made at London's O2 Arena when an all-women's boxing card, headlined by two major title unification fights, takes place. The main event will see two unbeaten fighters, WBC-WBA-IBF-Ring Magazine middleweight champ Claressa Shields and WBO champ Savannah Marshall, fight to crown an undisputed champion. The co-feature will have WBO-IBF-Ring Magazine champ Mikaela Mayer face WBC champ Alycia Baumgardner in a junior lightweight title unification fight. This card will be shown on Sky Sports in the U.K. and ESPN+ in the U.S.
We discussed this card including the two headline title fights. We also discussed the latest developments in Olympic boxing, as the IBA continues to defy the IOC and most sports bodies by allowing fighters from Russia and Belarus to compete under their own flags.
(Photo of fighters on Shields-Marshall full card from Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images.)
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Labels: Alycia Baumgardner, boxing, Chris Baldwin, Claressa Shields, Eddie Goldman, Girlboxing, Malissa Smith, Mikaela Mayer, No Holds Barred, Savannah Marshall, WAAR Room, WAAR Sports, women's boxing
Sunday, October 09, 2022
"IOC vs. IBA, Fight of the Year Candidate!" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: Boris van der Vorst, boxing, Eddie Goldman, IBA, International Boxing Association, IOC, Kamil Bortniczuk, No Holds Barred, Olympics, Russia, Ukraine, Umar Kremlev, WACA, World Anti-Corruption Agency
Wednesday, October 05, 2022
No Holds Barred: The Olympic Boxing Debacle, 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, October 3.
We had an in-depth discussion of the "extraordinary congress" of the IBA, which was held September 25 in Armenia. This congress was a complete debacle and only set the stage for IBA's suspension from the IOC being turned into expulsion, and boxing being completely dropped from the Olympic program starting in 2028.
Since we recorded this show, there has been another development which will likely only hasten Olympic boxing's demise. Going against the recommendations of the IOC and what virtually every other international Olympic federation has done following Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, IBA will now allow boxers from Russia and Belarus to compete under their own national flags and identities, playing their national anthems for tournament winners. We also discussed the implications of this for both professional and amateur boxing.
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Labels: Boris van der Vorst, boxing, Chris Baldwin, Eddie Goldman, Girlboxing, IBA, International Boxing Association, IOC, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, Olympics, Russia, Ukraine, Umar Kremlev, WAAR Room, WAAR Sports
