On episode 197A of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about the PBC belt coming soon, 6 PPV cards on Fox within a calendar year ($500 in cost!), Devin Haney vs Javier Fortuna being mandated by the WBC, a review of domestic-level mismatches from last weekend and answers to all your questions! https://youtu.be/kPOMRZtZXuo
Nov 19, 2019•48 min
On episode 196 of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero gives more insight on the great fight between Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire in Japan, and reviews all of the action from last week including the KSI vs Logan Paul fight in Los Angeles, wins by Billy Joe Saunders and Devin Haney on the undercard, wins by Jamel Herring and Kubrat Pulev in Fresno, California, and more. Happy Veterans Day to and a big THANK YOU to all those who have served! https://youtu.be/gFxKwsjgDl0
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 1 min
On episode 195B of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero reviews a unanimous decision victory for Naoya Inoue over Nonito Donaire in Japan, then previews all the upcoming action this weekend. Jemel Herring defends his title against Lamont Roach in Fresno, California on ESPN, and KSI faces Logan Paul in Los Angeles on DAZN. https://youtu.be/9W7yv7yIHnM
Nov 07, 2019•46 min
On episode 195A of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero discusses wins by Miguel Berchelt, Javier Fortuna, Ryan Garcia and Saul Alvarez last Saturday. Canelo beat Sergey Kovalev by TKO inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but not before the Masvidal-Diaz fight had ended in New York. Boxing Twitter exploded with conspiracy theories of the fight being fixed or Kovalev taking a dive. Was it? And why did DAZN postpone their main event for a UFC fight? Montero rants. https://youtu.be...
Nov 05, 2019•57 min
Michael Montero returns to the Dave Smith show on SB Nation Radio to break down the 11th round TKO victory for Saul "Canelo" Alvarez over Sergey Kovalev in Las Vegas on DAZN. Montero and Smith discuss what's next for the Mexican superstar including a possible third fight with Gennady "GGG" Golovkin, and more.
Nov 04, 2019•13 min
On a special Halloween episode of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, Michael Montero previews all the match ups from another loaded weekend of fights. On Saturday, November 2, Sergey Kovalev defends his light heavyweight title against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in Las Vegas, Katie Taylor makes her super lightweight debut in Manchester, Top Rank has a card in California and PBC has a card in Maryland. https://youtu.be/7KB3imK_qm4
Oct 31, 2019•47 min
On episode 194A of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about the accusations from fans of Vasiliy Lomachenko ducking Devin Haney after being named "franchise champion" by the WBC, Josh Taylor eeking out a win over Regis Prograis in a great fight in London, Shakur Stevenson dominating Joet Gonzalez in Reno, Erickson Lubin and Robert Easter winning in Reading, PA, and more. https://youtu.be/1Lv5cR4Ct-w
Oct 29, 2019•53 min
On episode 193B of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero previews a LOADED weekend of fight action with cards on Thursday, Friday and Saturday all over the world. The major cards will compete on Saturday: Regis Prograis vs Josh Taylor on DAZN from London, Shakur Stevenson vs Joet Gonzalez on ESPN+ from Reno, NV, and Erickson Lubin vs Nathaniel Gallimore from Reading, PA on Showtime. https://youtu.be/WZBaoDICyOc
Oct 25, 2019•59 min
On episode 193A of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about Max Kellerman's irresponsible "quitter" rhetoric during the Gvozdyk-Beterbiev ESPN broadcast last Friday night, Artur Beterbiev's come from behind TKO10 win over Oleksandr Gvozdyk in Philadelphia, and more. https://youtu.be/QDerzIsaX1o
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 2 min
On episode 192B of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about the tragic death of Patrick Day, Errol Spence Jr facing DWI charges in Dallas, and previews the outstanding light heavyweight unification mach up between Oleksandr Gvozdyk and Artur Beterbiev on ESPN. https://youtu.be/5PQY1knozWs
Oct 18, 2019•52 min
On episode 192A of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about Tyson Fury entering WWE, former world title challenger Eloy Perez committing suicide, Patrick Day fighting for his life after being knocked out in Chicago, Aleksandr Usyk's heavyweight debut, Dmitry Bivol and Josh Warrington defending their titles, and more. https://youtu.be/H-SjKi3BcuI
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 10 min
On episode 191B of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about Errol Spence Jr being in a serious car accident in Dallas, then previews all of this weekend's action including Oleksandr Usyk making his heavyweight debut, live from Chicago. https://youtu.be/24T1ysT_P38
Oct 11, 2019•56 min
On episode 191A of The Neutral Corner podcast, host Michael Montero discusses the violent attack at the Shields-Habazin weigh in that ended with James Ali Bashir (Claressa Shields' brother is rumored to be the assailant), does a thorough review of Gennady Golovkin's unanimous decision victory over Sergiy Derevyanchenko in New York, and more. https://youtu.be/Suc5Lkn3r_o ---------------------------------------------
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 21 min
In the preview on episode 190B of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero breaks down the Friday night ShoBox show on Showtime headlined by Claressa Shields, as well as the big show from Madison Square Garden in New York City on DAZN Saturday night. In the main event, Gennady Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko fight for a vacant middleweight title. https://youtu.be/iuAmzpx8RsY
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 6 min
On episode 190A (review) of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero reviews the PBC on Fox PPV card top to bottom, including Errol Spence Jr’s split decision win over Shawn Porter, some fans/media scoring fights on a curve, what it means for the welterweight division as a whole, with a specific look at the PBC welterweights and their fights over the last 3-4 years. https://youtu.be/Q4h2zJFkKME
Oct 01, 2019•1 hr 11 min
On episode 189B of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, Steve Kim of ESPN joins host Michael Montero as they review the entire Errol Spence vs Shawn Porter PBC on Fox PPV card and answer your questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOe4ksuxwLg
Sep 27, 2019•56 min
On episode 189A of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about a divisive video posted by featherweight title holder Gary Russell Jr messing with Leo Santa Cruz Sr, lightweight prospect Michael Dutchover suffering his first pro loss under controversial circumstances in Texas, Alfredo Angulo scoring the upset win over Peter Quillin on an entertaining PBC on FS1 card, and more. https://youtu.be/Aeyq1b1-RAQ
Sep 24, 2019•1 hr 2 min
On episode 188B of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy Promotions making up, the Los Angeles presser for Canelo-Kovalev, WBSS season 3 possibilities, and then previews ShoBox (Texas) and PBC on FS1 (California) cards this weekend. https://youtu.be/N9UQXY80sz4
Sep 20, 2019•55 min
On episode 188A of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero discusses wins by Tyson Fury, Devin Haney, Jaime Munguia and others in a weekend of showcase fights. Montero also discusses biased, propaganda-filled commentary from ESPN, the growing feud between Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy Promotions, and more! https://youtu.be/hikEcdwhe6s
Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 7 min
On episode 187 of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero discusses upcoming fights being signed including Canelo Alvarez moving up to face Sergey Kovalev, the rematch between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz, and the circus between KSI and Logan Paul. Next, Montero reviews all the action surrounding Mexican Independence Day weekend including: Haney vs Abdullaev, Hardy vs Serrano, Fury (LINEAL!!!) vs Wallin, Munguia vs Allotey and more. https://youtu.be/yqj9lvTd44A
Sep 11, 2019•1 hr 12 min
On this Labor Day edition of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero breaks down Vasiliy Lomachenko grabbing a third lightweight title against Luke Campbell in London, Erislandy Lara destroying Canelo Alvarez's brother in Minneapolis, Michael Zerafa scoring an upset win over Jeff Horn in Australia and more. https://youtu.be/pA1BT9r7ask
Sep 02, 2019•57 min
In the preview segment of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast episode #185, Michael Montero talks about the proposed fight between Sergey Kovalev and Canelo Alvarez on November 2, more fights being signed for the end of the year, and previews all the action coming up this weekend including Vasily Lomachenko making his UK debut against Luke Campbell on ESPN. https://youtu.be/L7kuUnquhtg
Aug 30, 2019•1 hr 9 min
In the review segment of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast episode #185, host Michael Montero breaks down all of the action last week from around the world. Prospects like Filip Hrgovic, Brandon Figueroa, Luis Feliciano, Jaron Ennis and others kept their undefeated records intact. Meanwhile Juan Francisco Estrada defended his super flyweight title in Mexico and Sergey Kovalev defended his light heavyweight title by knocking out Anthony Yarde in Russia. https://youtu.be/KyttG6CzWy8
Aug 27, 2019•1 hr 4 min
In the preview segment of episode 184 of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about Gennady Golovkin inkinng a partnership with Eddie Hearn, his fight with Sergiy Derevyanchenko official for October 5, and the WBO rejecting Dillian Whyte's appeal. Next, Montero previews the Sergey Kovalev vs Anthony Yarde match up from Russian, Juan Francisco Estrada fighting in Mexico, and more. https://youtu.be/y2upfI9vbMg
Aug 23, 2019•57 min
In the review portion of episode #184 of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero discusses Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor back in talks for their scheduled World Boxing Super Series tournament finale, wins by Emanuel Navarrete and Jessie Magdaleno in Los Angeles, and more! https://youtu.be/0P-C3Ie3ebM
Aug 20, 2019•47 min
In the preview segment of episode #183 of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero talks about disrespect from Anthony Joshua pointed at former heavyweight great Lennox Lewis, and more drama with his scheduled rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr; as well as upcoming fights just added to the schedule. Last, Montero reviews Top Rank on ESPN show from Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles this Saturday night.
Aug 16, 2019•41 min
On the review segment of episode #183 of The Neutral Corner boxing podcast, host Michael Montero discusses the complicated situation surrounding the rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua, which is tentatively scheduled for December 7th in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. He also covers Regis Prograis withdrawing from the World Boxing Super Series tournament, Oleksandr Uysk's heavyweight debut landing in Chicago, Julio Cesar Chavez winning in Mexico, Robeisy Ramirez losing his pro debut in Philad...
Aug 13, 2019•57 min
Michael Montero back on the Dave Smith show on SB Nation Radio discussing the rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua heading to Saudi Arabia, Regis Prograis leaving the World Boxing Super Series, Vergil Ortiz Jr headlining on DAZN from Texas, a serious Man-Card Violation (with fake news from boxing photographer/videographer Tiffany Lam) and more!
Aug 11, 2019•16 min
On the preview segment of episode 182 of The Neutral Corner podcast, host Michael Montero discusses fights coming together for the fall schedule, diva tactics from Canelo Alvarez, previews the fight between Vergil Ortiz Jr and Antonio Orozco, and more! https://youtu.be/d7jh-UlZExI
Aug 08, 2019•43 min
On episode #182A of The Neutral Corner podcast, host Michael Montero reviews the latest news including former welterweight champ Carlos Baldomir being sentenced for 18 years for sexually abusing his own daughter, Canelo Alvarez being stripped of his IBF middleweight title, and another weak opponent for Tyson Fury. Next, Montero reviews Jean Pascal scoring an upset win over Marcus Browne, Adam Kownacki beating Chris Arreola in a heavyweight slugfest, and more! https://youtu.be/E-qnFfpnl6c
Aug 06, 2019•1 hr 10 min