Monday, September 08, 2025
"I Had to Write Something About Canelo vs. Crawford" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: boxing, Canelo Alvarez, Eddie Goldman, Netflix, No Holds Barred, Terence Crawford
Saturday, October 05, 2024
"Make No More Clown Fights in Riyadh or Anywhere Else" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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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
Sunday, July 30, 2023
"King Crawford Shuts The Haters Up" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Monday, July 24, 2023
"Spence vs. Crawford Predictions" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Sunday, November 28, 2021
"Crawford KOs Porter, and Pay-Per-View KOs Crawford" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
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Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, ESPN, No Holds Barred, pay-per-view, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford, Top Rank
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
No Holds Barred: Brilliant Bud, Resilient Reis, Triller-less Teofimo, on Thee WAAR Room with Chris Baldwin and Malissa Smith
We spoke with them Sunday, November 21.
We discussed Terence Crawford's tenth round stoppage of Shawn Porter to establish himself as the top welterweight in the world, and what may be next for him now that he is a free agent and no longer under contract to Top Rank. We discussed Kali Reis's split decision win over Jessica Camara to set up a fight with Chantelle Cameron to unify the major belts at 140 pounds. We discussed unified lightweight champ Teofimo Lopez's upcoming fight with George Kambosos Jr. and heard comments from Lopez on this fight. And we discussed how and why the ongoing failure of boxing to have the best fight the best, plus the pay-per-view model, only continue to marginalize the sport.
All this is part of our in-depth coverage of the corrupt world of boxing and sports governance in general.
(Photo of Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter by Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images. Photo of Kali Reis vs. Jessica Camara by Ed Mulholland/ Matchroom Boxing.)
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Thursday, October 11, 2018
No Holds Barred: Naoya Inoue, Terence Crawford, and Life After HBO
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the recent fights of top ten pound-for-pound fighters Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford, who both formerly fought on HBO in the U.S., as well as the critical success of the World Boxing Super Series. Also previewed is Crawford's next fight, on October 13 against Jose Benavidez Jr., which will air on ESPN in the U.S. We spoke with Crawford on last week's media conference call.
(Photo of Naoya Inoue knockout of Juan Carlos Payano by Naoki Fukuda/World Boxing Super Series.)
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Labels: boxing, DAZN, Eddie Goldman, ESPN, HBO, Monster, Naoya Inoue, No Holds Barred, Terence Crawford, World Boxing Super Series
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
No Holds Barred: Spence's Massacre, Crawford's Exile, and the Welterweights
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discussed IBF welterweight champ Errol Spence Jr.'s one-round massacre on June 16 of mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo, the potential for a unification fight with WBO champ Terence Crawford, how boxing's fragmented promotional structure is holding back such a highly desirable fight, and much, much more.
(Photo of Errol Spence Jr. vs. Carlos Ocampo by Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions.)
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Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, Errol Spence, ESPN, No Holds Barred, Showtime, Terence Crawford
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
No Holds Barred: The Differing Fates of Tyson Fury, Leo Santa Cruz, and Terence Crawford
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discussed the victories Saturday, June 9, by heavyweight Tyson Fury, welterweight Terence Crawford, and featherweight Leo Santa Cruz. But what happened in these fights meant different things for these fighters and for their fates and futures. That is what is explored and analyzed, as well as who gained and lost what from these fights, and what should be next for each of them.
(Photo of Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares from Stephanie Trapp/Showtime.)
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Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, Leo Santa Cruz, No Holds Barred, Terence Crawford, Tyson Fury
Monday, March 26, 2018
How to Screw Up the Jeff Horn-Terence Crawford Fight
by Eddie Goldman
That Top Rank-ESPN deal is turning out to be more of a lemon than a peach. After last week's disastrous ratings for a good fight between Jose Ramirez and Amir Imam, now this duo is screwing up the Jeff Horn-Terence Crawford WBO welterweight title fight. After an injury to Crawford, the fight was postponed from April 14 to, reportedly, June 9. It will still be in Sin City AKA Las Vegas, but the TV situation is also becoming sinful.
First, it is not clear just where this fight will be televised in the U.S. New ESPN commissar Jimmy Pitaro had claimed before the fight was rescheduled that it would be on the paid ESPN+ app, which is supposed to launch sometime this spring. Bye bye, major free fights on ESPN. But the app still hasn't been launched, so this one could be aired on the regular ESPN network in the U.S.
But wait, there's more!
At the same time as this fight, Showtime in the U.S. will be airing a quality PBC card from Los Angeles, headlined by the rematch between WBA featherweight "super" champion Leo Santa Cruz and WBA featherweight "regular" champion Abner Mares. Despite these bizarre designations of multiple "world" champions in the same weight class by the WBA, this fight should be top quality and action-packed, as was their first fight in 2015. Reportedly unbeaten WBA 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo will be making a title defense as the televised co-feature, so this card is shaping up to be must-see TV for fight fans.
Running a Top Rank card directly against the Showtime card, especially if it ends up on the ESPN+ paid app, sounds like a suicide mission business-wise. It presents the remaining stable of hardcore boxing viewers with an unpleasant choice of choosing to watch and focus upon one of these telecasts rather than the other. And it just plain sucks.
But wait, there's more, and it gets worse!
After defeating Manny Pacquiao last July, Australian Jeff Horn has become a major sports star in his home country. His fights now headline pay-per-views on Australia's Main Event and also New Zealand's Sky Arena. That is a major source of revenue for him.
However, already scheduled for the night of June 9 in the U.S., which would be June 10 in Australia, is another pay-per-view featuring another Australian star fighter. That is a UFC show featuring a title fight with Australian Robert Whittaker, their middleweight champion. This card takes place in Chicago, meaning that all these shows would be on at the same time.
True, there is only a very partial crossover between fans and viewers of boxing and UFC. But what this does create is a time conflict for Australia's Main Event, which had booked the UFC show months ago.
Now Main Event must either decide to show the boxing on tape-delay, get the Horn-Crawford fight rescheduled, or not show it at all. Rescheduling the time slot of either show will no doubt limit the numbers brought in for the one given the worse time. Since UFC was there first, and presumably has a valid contract with Main Event, that would put the boxing at a major disadvantage in these negotiations.
Horn's manager Dean Lonergan was quoted in the Australian press as saying that one potential option was to package both events into an Australian pay-per-view "blockbuster".
But as noted, the audiences for both shows are far from identical, and combining these shows somehow into one presentation will no doubt water down the marketing and promotion of both events.
So they are screwing up in America and they are screwing up in Australia. Sure, this fight could be postponed again, and again, and maybe again. But that would piss off not only the fans but also the fighters.
For the Horn-Crawford fight, it just may be time to change the classic Australian cheer of "Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" to "Oy Vey, Oy Vey, Oy Vey".
Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, ESPN, Jeff Horn, No Holds Barred, Terence Crawford, Top Rank
