Monday, July 29, 2024
The WAAR Room: Unraveling the Paris Olympic Controversies
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.
This show was recorded July 28, 2024.
Labels: boxing, Chris Baldwin, Eddie Goldman, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, Olympic boxing, Paris Olympics, WAAR Room
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Thursday, July 25, 2024
"Some Gems and Germs on Boxing Twitter" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
My latest piece, "Some Gems and Germs on Boxing Twitter", is up on the No Holds Barred Patreon page.
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Labels: boxing, czar, Eddie Goldman, No Holds Barred, Olympics, Turki Alalshikh, Twitter
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Sunday, July 21, 2024
The WAAR Room: Biden Out, Harris In, The Fight for Democracy
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!
This show was recorded July 21, 2024.
Labels: Chris Baldwin, democracy, Eddie Goldman, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, WAAR Room
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Monday, July 15, 2024
"The World and Boots Ennis" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: boxing, Bozy Ennis, David Avanesyan, Eddie Goldman, Eddie Hearn, Jaron Boots Ennis, No Holds Barred, Terence Crawford, Turki Alalshikh
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Monday, July 08, 2024
"Stevenson and Zepeda Win But There's Only One Johnny Fisher" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, Johnny Fisher, No Holds Barred, Shakur Stevenson, William Zepeda
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Wednesday, July 03, 2024
"Bone Saws for Boxing Writers" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: Abdulaziz Almuzaini, boxing, Eddie Goldman, Jamal Khashoggi, MBS, Mohammed bin Salman, No Holds Barred, Saud al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabia, Turki Alalshikh
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Monday, July 01, 2024
The WAAR Room: The Saudi Boxing Power Grab, Conflicts of Interest, and No Space For Women
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.
We started discussing the Saudi boxing takeover and the secretive, proposed new global "league" or governing body, that already has seen numerous conflicts of interest, for example with certain fighters being favored as Riyadh Season ambassadors. We discussed how many of the internationally accepted principles of good governance are already being violated. And we discussed the case of Egyptian worker Ahmed Mohamed Omar, who was reportedly given a 19-year prison sentence in Saudi Arabia for a tweet he made criticizing Saudi boxing boss Turki Alalshikh about football, and what this means for boxing.
So far, all the Riyadh Season-sponsored boxing shows have featured only men's boxing, even though women have previously boxed on professional and amateur cards in Saudi Arabia. This includes announced fights for their shows on Aug. 3 in Los Angeles, Sept. 21 in London, and Oct. 12 and Dec. 21 in Riyadh. We discussed how what the Saudis are doing by excluding women is deleterious both to women's boxing and to boxing as a whole.
Plus, we also discussed the upcoming congress of the Asian Boxing Confederation where they will vote on whether to join World Boxing, the fight to save Olympic boxing, and more.
This show was recorded June 30, 2024.
Labels: Ahmed Mohamed Omar, boxing, Chris Baldwin, Eddie Goldman, governance, Malissa Smith, No Holds Barred, Saudi Arabia, WAAR Room, women's boxing
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