We've come to the end of 2021 and it's time to hand out the "Big Fight Weekend Podcast" end of the year awards for Fighter, Fight and KO of the Year! Host T.J. Rives is back with Marquis Johns Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com and special guest, Abe Gonzalez of NYFights.com to go over their choices and reasons why. Is the Fighter of the year unanimous for Undisputed Super Middleweight world champ Canelo Alvarez or is there someone like WBC Heavyweight champ Tyson Fury, who's just as deserving? T...
Dec 31, 2021•42 min
It's the Christmas Eve edition of the show with host T.J. Rives back to talk Jake Paul's rematch KO of Tyron Woodley in Tampa last weekend and more on "the Big Fight Weekend Podcast." T.J. welcomes Marquis Johns, Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com back on to discuss that fight card and all the other ones from last weekend from England to San Antonio to Minneapolis. The guys are also joined by Peter Blake, radio/internet sports host from the Tampa Bay area, as Peter became part of the Paul post-fi...
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 2 min
As we head to the second to last weekend of 2021 there are still plenty of Boxing cards all over the globe, including the latest Jake Paul PPV and host T.J. Rives and guests are ready to discuss and preview them on the "Big Fight Weekend" podcast! First up, T.J. and Marquis Johns, Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com are back to discuss last weekend's action including Lightweight contender Vasiliy Lomachenko's decision win at MSG, Nonito Donaire's defense of his Bantamweight World Title at age 39 a...
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 9 min
It's another exciting weekend of bouts from the East coast to the West coast of the U.S. and into England and even, the UAE, too. And, host T.J. Rives and guests are ready to discuss it all on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Podcast" T.J. welcomes Marquis Johns, Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com, back aboard to help recap last weekend's action and look ahead to all the top bouts. Plus, the guys are joined by boxing insider Steve Kim of the "3 Knockdown Rule Podcast" that he hosts with Mario Lopez....
Dec 10, 2021•58 min
A weekend of Lightweight title showdowns in both Las Vegas Saturday and then, a rare Sunday night PPV in L.A. And, we have some intriguing guests join us to break it all down for the latest edition of the "Big Fight Weekend Podcast" Host T.J. Rives is back with Sr. writer Marquis Johns of BigFightWeekend.com to get ready for the Devin Haney vs. JoJo Diaz Saturday night WBC Lightweight title bout in Las Vegas and then, the Sunday battle in L.A. between three division world champ Gervonta Davis an...
Dec 03, 2021•52 min
A recap of an impressive World Welterweight title win by Terence Crawford and previews of two title more world title fights this weekend are part of the latest Big Fight Weekend Podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back with Marquis Johns, Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com, to discuss Crawford's biggest win as a Welterweight yet, as he impressively stopped the former champion Porter in the 10th round last Saturday night in Las Vegas. What's next for Crawford either at Welterweight or moving up to Jr. Mid...
Nov 26, 2021•55 min
It's one of the most highly anticipated fights of the end of 2021 as unbeaten WBO World Welterweight Champ Terence Crawford puts his title on the line against for WBC champ, Shawn Porter, Saturday in Las Vegas on ESPN PPV. And, host T.J. Rives and guests are ready to preview it on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Podcast." First, T.J. welcomes Marquis Johns, Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com to go over all the news of the week. This includes the shocker that Canelo Alvarez will be looking to move u...
Nov 19, 2021•59 min
Off another impressive championship KO, Canelo Alvarez is now the Undisputed Super Middleweight Champ and we're ready to discuss it all and talk fights this weekend on the "Big Fight Weekend Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com Marquis Johns and they are joined right away by Michael Rueda of Vegas Sports Today for all of the takes on Canelo's 11th round TKO of previously unbeaten Caleb Plant. Michael also gives insight on what fight he thinks will be next for ...
Nov 12, 2021•57 min
It's one of the most anticipated fights of 2021 as four division world champ, Canelo Alvarez gets set to go for the Undisputed Super Middleweight Title Saturday night in Vegas, when he takes on unbeaten Caleb Plant in a scheduled 12 rounder on PPV. And, host T.J. Rives is ready for the full preview, with analysis and of course, some betting advice on this historic bout. First, up is Showtime Boxing Hall of Fame fight analyst Al Bernstein, who has great insight on the. magnitude of this bout. Al ...
Nov 05, 2021•52 min
The month of October is closing out and we are ready to preview the final fight weekend of it with hosts TJ Rives and guests on "The Big Fight Weekend podcast." TJ welcomes Marquis Johns, senior writer of BigFightWeekend.com and special guests Keith idec, senior writer columnist for Boxingscene.com to go over the news the week and preview the fight cards this weekend. The guys discuss first the impressive win by unbeaten Shakur Stevenson to capture the WBO Jr. Lightweight title in Atlanta last S...
Oct 29, 2021•52 min
It's an intriguing WBO World Junior Lightweight Title fight in Atlanta Saturday night and we are ready to preview Jamel Herring defending against rising star Shakur Stevenson on "The Big Fight Weekend Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is joined by Sr. writer for BigFightWeekend.com, Marquis Johns, and right off the bat, they welcome the WBO champ Herring to the show to preview the bout. Herring is set to make his third title defense, but Stevenson is 10 years younger and many believe will beat Herring. ...
Oct 22, 2021•47 min
It was a tremendous WBC Heavyweight Title fight last Saturday night and host T.J. Rives and his guests are back to discuss Fury-Wilder III and make some other fight picks too on "the Big Fight Weekend Podcast" First, it's a roundtable with Marquis Johns, Sr. Writer of Big Fight Weekend.com and T.C. Martin from Las Vegas and the five day a week "TC Martin Show" in the desert. Both guys were live at the T-Mobile Arena on the Vegas strip for Fury's 11th round KO. They have their insight on why Fury...
Oct 15, 2021•42 min
It's the biggest fight of 2021 to date, as after a year wait WBC Heavyweight champ Tyson Fury puts his version of the world title on the line against former champ, Deontay Wilder, in Las Vegas on Saturday night. And, we are ready to preview it on the "Big Fight Weekend Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with Sr. Writer for BigFightWeekend.com, Marquis Johns, to give insight analysis and betting advice on the third showdown between these two. After their first bout in December 2018 was declared a ...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Fresh off the upset last Saturday night in London of Unified Heavyweight champ, Anthony Joshua by Ukrainian star Oleksandr Usyk, host T.J. Rives and Marquis Johns of BigFightWeekend.com are ready to recap it and look to the future for the Heavyweights. The guys also welcome Abraham Gonzalez of NYFights.com to give his thoughts and analysis on Usyk's upset decision win on Joshua's home turf that has the boxing world buzzing. What's next for the unbeaten Ukrainian? An immediate rematch with Joshua...
Oct 01, 2021•59 min
We're ready to close out the final weekend of September with one of the biggest fights of 2021, as Unified Heavyweight champ, Anthony Joshua of England, battles unbeaten former Cruiserweight World champ, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk. T.J. Rives and his guests are ready to go for this showdown in front of over 60,000 fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London. First, he and Marquis Johns, Sr. writer of BigFightWeekend.com, go over the news of the week. That includes future Hall of Famer, Manny...
Sep 24, 2021•1 hr 8 min
On the latest edition of the show, it's time for T.J. and his guests to get a little nostalgic, as two huge fight anniversaries happened four decades ago this week with Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard. T.J. welcomes Marquis Johns, Sr. Writer of Big Fightweekend.com, and historian Lee Groves of RingTV.com and his own boxing history books to the show. The guys discuss "The Greatest" Muhammad Ali recapturing the Heavyweight title for a second time, when he defeated Leon Spinks in a rematch in th...
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 18 min
On the latest episode of our boxing show and preview, host T.J. Rives and guests return to discuss the return Saturday night of former Undisputed Heavyweight Evander Holyfield at age 58 to fight in eight round bout against former UFC Light Heavyweight champ, Vitor Belfort First, T.J. welcomes Keith Idec of Boxing Scene to discuss the Holyfield return. And, let's just say Keith, who's been covering the sport for over 20 years, doesn't hold back on fear for Holyfield's safety. The guys also discus...
Sep 10, 2021•55 min
How much longer will the boxing public "buy into" Youtuber turned boxer, Jake Paul, headlining on PPV and what about the intriguing fight card in Leeds, England Saturday? We cover it all on the latest "Big Fight Weekend" podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back to cover Paul's decision win in Cleveland over former MMA fighter, Tyron Woodley, that headlined the Showtime pay per view. T.J. welcomes Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com, Marquis Johns, to discuss that card from last Sunday night. And, they are...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min
It's the latest edition of our show and host T.J. Rives is ready to go over the latest in the "sweet science" and get in a full preview of the Jake Paul-Tyron Woodley PPV card from Cleveland, OH, on Sunday night. As always, T.J. is joined by Sr. Writer fo the site, Marquis Johns and their special guest is Dan Canobbio of Compubox (punch stats) and his popular show "Inside Boxing Live" airing on Pluto TV and Fubo Sports. T.J., Marquis and Dan first go over the Yordenis Ugas upset of Manny Pacquia...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 1 min
On Saturday night in Vegas Cuban-born Welterweight champ, Yordenis Ugas, upset future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision in what could've been "Pac-man's" final fight. Host T.J. Rives and Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com, Marquis Johns, are back to discuss it all, including under what circumstances the near 43 year old Filipino legend might still fight, once more? Plus, the guys give you more on how Ugas did what he did Saturday, how the judges all actually scored a big time fig...
Aug 23, 2021•35 min
We are ready for one of the top names in boxing over the last 20 years to make his return to the ring after a two year absence Saturday, as Manny Pacquiao headlines a Vegas PPV. And, we will discuss it all on the latest edition of "The Big Fight Weekend Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is joined by BigFightWeekend.com Sr. Writer, Marquis Johns and special guests from Las Vegas to give you what you need to know, including wagering info, about Pacquiao taking on Cuban Born Welterweight title holder, Yord...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 12 min
We got a tremendous weekend of fights set for Saturday from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Carson, California to the London, England, suburbs. And, we're ready to break it all down on the latest "Big Fight Weekend." Host T.J. Rives is back with Sr. Writer from BigFightWeekend.com, Marquis Johns, to go over the news of the week and bring on special guest, Crystina Poncher of Top Rank Boxin/ESPN's play by play call of the Saturday night Joshua Franco-Andrew Moloney third fight for the WBA Super Flyweight tit...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 4 min
It's arguably a bigger weekend for U.S. fight fans in the amateur ranks as two USA Men's Boxers will fight for Gold at the year delayed Tokyo Olympics Sunday. We cover that and the two prominent professional fight cards in Minneapolis and the London on Saturday, as part of "The Big Fight Weekend" podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back with Sr. Writer, Marquis Johns, to briefly recap last weekend's action and discuss all the news of the week. That includes little known Heavyweight Jonnie Rice upsetting...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 1 min
It's almost soap opera-like with World Super Middleweight Champ Canelo Alvarez and whether he will be fighting in September and against whom? However, host T.J. Rives is back with his guests to decipher that and take a look at the pro fight cards Saturday in Newark, NJ and suburban London, England. Plus, they'll be going over Olympic boxing for the USA, as well. First, T.J. and Sr. Writer of Bigfightweekend.com, Marquis Johns, discuss the latest with the future Hall of Famer Canelo and whether h...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 11 min
On the latest edition of the show, host T.J. Rives is back and getting ready for the weekend of fights, including an anniversary for the Showtime cable boxing series "ShoBox." Long time, award winning boxing play by play man Barry Tompkins comes on board the show along with Sr. Writer of BigFightWeekend.com, Marquis Johns, to discuss Friday night's fight card in Nebraska featuring a pair of unbeaten Super Middleweights in the main event. The event is the 20th anniversary of "ShoBox" on Showtime....
Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 12 min
The Undisputed Junior middleweight World Championship is on the line Saturday night in San Antonio Texas when Jermell Charlo takes on at Brian Castano in a scheduled 12-rounder. And, we are ready to talk all about it on the latest edition of a "Big Fight Weekend" podcast . Host TJ Rives is back with his guests to break it all down in the "Lone Star State." Marquis Johns, senior writer bigfightweekend.com is back aboard along with special guest Abe Gonzalez of NewYorkFights.com, as they both prov...
Jul 16, 2021•54 min
Controversy reigns around the latest postponement of the Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder World Heavyweight title fight scheduled for later this month. And, we're discussing that and the most prominent fight card coming up in Southern California Friday night on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Podcast." Host TJ Rives is back and ready to go over the news the week with senior writer from BigFightWeekend.com Marquis Johns. The guys discuss the fights from last weekend and also have more on the muddled light...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 5 min
On the latest edition of our show, will there be an upcoming Terence Crawford Fall fight with contender and former World Champ, Shawn Porter? And how good was the Gervonta Davis-Mario Barrios battle last Saturday night in Atlanta? Our guys discuss it all on the latest "Big Fight Weekend." Host T.J. Rives is joined by Marquis Johns, Sr. writer of BigFightWeekend.com, for all of the discussion and the fight predictions of this weekend. You'll hear from the former WBC 147 lb. champ, Porter, as he d...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 11 min
From Atlanta to Mexico to Las Vegas, there are prominent fight cards all over North America and we are ready for the insight and breakdown on the latest edition of Big Fight Weekend! Host T.J. Rives is back with the latest including on Gervonta Davis is Pay-per-view battle Saturday night in Atlanta against fellow unbeaten Mario Barrios on Showtime. Davis steps up to fight at 140 lb for the first time in his career and the question is where the taller Barrios will give him problems? TJ welcomes b...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Lots of big-time fight cards coming on Saturday and we're ready to preview all of it as part of the Big Fight Weekend podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back and ready to preview the Saturday night WBC Middleweight Title showdown in Houston between Champion Jermall Charlo and challenger Juan Macias Montiel of Mexico. Showtime will televise the scheduled 12 rounder to see if Charlo can improve to 32-0. T.J. also will take a look at the Unified Bantamweight World Champion Naoya "the Monster" Inoue in act...
Jun 18, 2021•58 min
