Knuckles and Gloves Boxing Radio

Over the decades, various boxing publications have had articles or pieces that featured young, up-and-coming fighters. Often those fighters ended up becoming world champions and famous contenders, but sometimes they...

Every year, writers, pundits and a smattering of fans get together to vote inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. As usual, the only boxing history podcast with two IBHOF voters had...

Boxing history and true crime overlap so much than a Venn Diagram of the two would look like a circle. Unfortunately boxing history is also filled with cases of fighters who just got unlucky or got hit by tragic fate...

Canelo Álvarez vs Terence Crawford is a fight few of us asked for before it was made. It took some time for us to warm up to it, but now that we have... you might be surprised by what we think is going to happen. On...

For most, the name Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings conjures up images of a hulking heavyweight who fought to a dubious draw with former champion "Smokin'" Joe Frazier in Frazier's last career bout. It goes without saying that he...

It's impossible to deny the more nationalistic or "tribal" appeal of boxing, and how common rooting for fighters who come from certain places is. Boxing (and other sports) have several different rivalries between...

The basic idea of boxing and titles is seeing a champion taking on the best-available challenger. That doesn't always happen. Sometimes it goes right, sometimes it goes wrong. But sometimes the challenger is just a...

We're back, and unfortunately once more it's to memorialize one of boxing's greats. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow historian Aris Pina team up to remember...

Being a fan of boxing, and especially of boxing history, means we have to sometimes contend with the deaths of our favorite fighters and fighters whose contributions to history were vast. Giovanni "Nino" Benvenuti was a...

As boxing fans, we do our best to acknowledge fighters overall. But there's no question a small portion of fighters get the majority of the attention and accolades. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast...

We haven't tried to hide the fact that we don't really like boxing movies. It's just too easy to mess up the tone and the action is too tough to replicate. That's why "The Great White Hype" stands out as a boxing movie...

Boxing is different. We all know that. We're allowed access into the lives of fighters in a way other sports don't provide with their athletes, and as a result we often feel as though we know them and are close to them...

In the wake of Gervonta "Tank" Davis being held to a controversial draw by Lamont Roach, referee Steve Willis' officiating is being heavily scrutinized. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing...

Boxing and technology had been inseparable for more than a century when video games made their appearance, and after they did it stayed the same. Over the last few decades, dozens of boxing video games have been...

Boxing media is in bad shape, and the way ballots and voting is decided with the International Boxing Hall of Fame epitomizes what current issues are. Frankly, the process seems to be at an icky nadir. On this episode...

It's the time of year when many people are giving thanks. We're not much into holidays, but we'll take this opportunity to discuss some of the boxing things we're thankful for. On this episode, we stuff a few hours full...

Against all of our desires and wishes, Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul is just about here. We're sorry about that. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and author/filmmaker...

Let's face it: things have been weird and stressful lately. So rather than focus on all of that, we're focusing on some positive things for a change. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian...

It's Halloween month, and while some don't celebrate, many embrace the fun and zany culture that usually comes along with the holiday. Some fighters also partake by wearing costumes to the ring or performing fun ring...

The light heavyweight division is one of the oldest of the "original" divisions, and Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol is but an extension of the division's history. It's a necessary fight that nearly everyone wanted. On...

The International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York has been around since 1990, and there aren't too many history podcasts out there where the hosts have nearly 30 years of IBHOF voting between them. On this...

British boxing history goes back hundreds of years, and the heavyweight division is the oldest division for obvious reasons. There have been countless British heavyweights over the centuries, ranging from great all the...

In the early 2000s, both Manny Pacquiao and Edwin Valero were new and hard-hitting lower weight sensations. Their career trajectories were clearly on different paths, but for a few years, Pacquiao-Valero was a mythical...

We love huge, meaningful fights that everyone's been asking for. But let's face it: for every superfight we crave, we get umpteen fights that don't make much sense. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast...

With Terence Crawford taking aim at yet another division, it gives us another opportunity to talk about some history. On this episode of the Knuckles and Gloves podcast, boxing historian Patrick Connor and fellow...