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On this edition of The WAAR Room, Chris Baldwin, Malissa Smith, and Eddie Goldman discussed some of the many controversies seen at the 2024 Paris Olympics, both in boxing and in general. We discussed the disputed split decision win by Poland's Aneta Rygielska over Britain's Rosie Eccles in the opening round of the women's welterweight division, which many called a robbery. We also discussed the opening round victory of American Jajaira Gonzalez over Estelle Mossely of France, who has been boxing professionally for several years, in the women's lightweight division. We addressed the issue of Olympic boxing allowing pro boxers, some of whom have already won major pro titles, to fight against amateurs in the Olympics, as well as many ongoing controversies in the judging and refereeing of Olympic boxing. Also, we discussed the controversy over a modern and humorous interpretation of the ancient Greek Festival of Dionysus during the opening ceremony, about which right-wingers lied and said was a parody of da Vinci's classic painting The Last Supper. In pro boxing news, we discussed Claressa Shields's latest win, adding light heavyweight and heavyweight belts to her collection, the continuing lack of opportunities for many women pro boxers, the slugfest between Derek Chisora and Joe Joyce won by Chisora, and much more.

Labels: boxing, Chris Baldwin, Eddie Goldman, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, Olympic boxing, Paris Olympics, WAAR Room

 

My latest piece, "Some Gems and Germs on Boxing Twitter", is up on the No Holds Barred Patreon page.

Labels: boxing, czar, Eddie Goldman, No Holds Barred, Olympics, Turki Alalshikh, Twitter

On this special political edition of The WAAR Room, Chris Baldwin, Malissa Smith, and Eddie Goldman discussed the historic news that President Joe Biden announced that he will not seek re-election and that he is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination for President. We examined why this has happened, how this affects the fight to save democracy from Trump and his fascist Project 2025 program, and what we must do now. Democracy is on the ballot!

Labels: Chris Baldwin, democracy, Eddie Goldman, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, WAAR Room

 

My latest piece, "The World and Boots Ennis", is up on the No Holds Barred Patreon page.

Labels: boxing, Bozy Ennis, David Avanesyan, Eddie Goldman, Eddie Hearn, Jaron Boots Ennis, No Holds Barred, Terence Crawford, Turki Alalshikh

 

My latest piece, "Stevenson and Zepeda Win But There's Only One Johnny Fisher", is up on the No Holds Barred Patreon page.

Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, Johnny Fisher, No Holds Barred, Shakur Stevenson, William Zepeda

 

My latest piece, "Bone Saws for Boxing Writers", is up on the No Holds Barred Patreon page.

Labels: Abdulaziz Almuzaini, boxing, Eddie Goldman, Jamal Khashoggi, MBS, Mohammed bin Salman, No Holds Barred, Saud al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabia, Turki Alalshikh

 

On the edition of The WAAR Room, Chris Baldwin, Malissa Smith, and Eddie Goldman presented an analysis and discussion that went where all the boxing "media" is too compromised and ignorant to go.

Labels: Ahmed Mohamed Omar, boxing, Chris Baldwin, Eddie Goldman, governance, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, Saudi Arabia, WAAR Room, women's boxing