Welcome to the official Matchroom Boxing Podcast. Home to various shows incluing Matchroom Radio, Flash Knockdown, A Dream Achieved, The Punchline, Hearn & Bellew: Talk The Talk plus interviews with the fighters and more!
New Year means new fights! We speak with Eddie Hearn who runs over the upcoming schedule including; * Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith * Lewis Crocker vs Jose Felix * Conor Benn vs Pete Dobson * Conah Walker vs Cyrus Pattinson * Adrian Curiel vs Sivenathi Nontshinga
We catchup with an honest 'Showtime' Sunny Edwards who discusses his recent loss to Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez and why the experience will help spur him on to more World Titles, Saturday's show in Saudi Arabia and friend Lyndon Arthur's fight with Dmitry Bivol and much more!
With 24 hour to go until Fight Night, Eddie Hearn gives a quick run through of the Day Of Reckoning including Anthony Joshua's must win main event against Otto Wallin, Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker's mouthwatering chief support, Dmitry Bivol's World Title defence against Lyndon Arthur, Jai Opetaia's Cruiserweight crunch clash with Ellis Zorro and Daniel Dubois' Heavyweight showdown with Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller.
What a unique episode of our Matchroom Radio Podcast with David Diamante we have... Ahead of Sunny Edwards vs Bam Rodriguez... We speak with the two older Brothers of our main event, two World Champions in their own right... Charlie Edwards and Joshua Franco. The pair breakdown Saturday's main event and stake their claim for victory plus discuss their own journey and current situation in the game plus a couple of current news stories including Devin Haney, Claressa Shields, Fury vs Usyk and more...
All weighed in and ready to go! We're On The Ground as Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez and Sunny Edwards are both on weight ahead of their mouth watering unification showdown in Glendale, Arizona - We catchup with both Champions and a host of guests including Eddie Hearn, Dalton Smith, Junaid Bostan, Charlie Edwards, Brandon Scott and Grant Smith. It's raw and uncut... Enjoy!
Finally... It's time to unify in Arizona! Hear from both Sunny Edwards and Bam Rodriguez ahead of their huge Flyweight showdown. Also joining us on the show is Galal Yafai who takes on our new 'Coach Trip' quiz with a cameo from Rob McCracken, Dalton Smith reviews The Best Thing That Happened In Boxing Last Week and talks the Team Edwards training camp, Peter McGrail looks ahead to Saturday's outing and also features in a new segment plus much more!
It's raw and certainly unpredictable as ever, our 'On The Ground' Podcast heads to San Francisco just minutes after the Devin Haney vs Regis Prograis weigh in... With cameos from Ebanie Bridges, Frank Smith, Dave Coldwell, Andy Cruz and more...
We caught up with Eddie Hearn in San Francisco ahead of Saturday's show headlined by Devin Haney vs Regis Prograis and the undercard including Andy Cruz, Ebanie Bridges, Liam Paro vs Montana Love plus talks the PBC linkup with Amazon Prime, the latest on Conor Benn, the countdown to Bam vs Sunny and Dec 23's Day Of Reckoning!
It's Season 4 of Flash Knockdown to launch with Haney vs Prograis Fight Week! Jamie and Scott are in San Francisco to talk Saturday's monster fight. There's a teaser snippet of our upcoming 'Inside Look' feature with both main event fighters, Ebanie Bridges takes on our new quiz and talks her maiden World Title defence, Beatriz Ferreira explains why her Olympic final loss is spurring her on to bigger things and our very own Frank Smith runs over The Best Thing To Happen In Boxing Last Week and t...
We catchup with Callum Smith ahead of January's shot at the unified Light Heavyweight monster Artur Beterbiev in Canada. Mundo looks to become a two weight World Champion but has the feared, big punching Champion in front of him. Smith talks his development with trainer Buddy McGirt and a potential Undisputed clash down the line with Dmitry Bivol.
We're back On The Ground in Dublin as Jamie takes to the mic seconds after the conclusion of the Cameron vs Taylor 2 press conference to speak with various people in the room, at random... Including Maiseyrose Courtney, Eddie Lam, Bradley Skeete, Thomas Carty, Steve Bunce, Richard Maynard, iFL TV's Colm & Andy to get the inside scoop ahead of Saturday's big show!
It's FINALLY Dublin Fight Week as Chantelle Cameron and Katie Taylor run it back this Saturday! Jamie and Scott speak to Gary Cully who previews his return to the ring and move to Liverpool, Thomas Carty reviews The Best Thing To Happen In Boxing Last Week and Saturday's Heavyweight showdown, Skye Nicolson picks her dream Dinner Party lineup and looks ahead to her fight with Lucy Wilderheart and Andy Lee talks his charge Paddy Donovan's outing against Danny Ball and makes a last dart attempt to ...
Fresh off a flight to Los Angeles, we catchup with Eddie Hearn to discuss Diego Pacheco's rise in the Super Middleweight division. The 19-0 sensation steps up against Marcelo Coceres this Saturday with a guaranteed war between Mayerlin Rivas and Erika Cruz. Elsewhere Eddie plays down rumours the Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn fight has stalled and talks all things Day Of Reckoning including the future plans between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
Jamie and Scott are in Newcastle this week for our NXTGEN card which gets a full preview. Liam Paro joins ahead of his December 8 clash with Montana Love and runs over those sparring rumours, Josh Warrington has stern words for Leigh Wood and takes on our quiz, Oshaquie Foster reviews his epic fight with Rocky Hernandez and eyes a unification with Joe Cordina next and there's another Mike Costello gem from the memory bank plus more!
We're On The Ground in Newcastle fresh off the back of the Shabaz Masoud vs Jose Sanmartin press conference. It's raw and ready. We speak to The Maverick ahead of his main event bout and also hear from Cameron Vuong, Darren Barker, Ishmael Davis, Jimmy Sains and Tony Sims.
29 May 2016... A date Tony Bellew will never forget. The lifelong Evertonian rose from the canvas to sensationally knockout Ilunga Makabu at Goodison Park to life the WBC World Crusierweight crown. Hear the backstory plus untold tales as The Bomber almost broke down just two hours before the fight, the ringwalk, the fight itself, the post-fight celebrations and much more... Plus a dramatic twist to confirm he contemplated coming out of retirement this year following a short training reunion with...
David Diamante is in Monte-Carlo this week ahead of Cordina vs Vazquez. Joining us for Episode 75 of the Matchroom Radio Podcast is IBF World Light Flyweight Champion Sivenathi Nontshinga and his coach Colin Nathan. The duo pair explain their route into the sport, South African’s rich World Championship history, their own relationship, Undisputed dreams ahead of their World Title defence against Adrian Curiel and much more!
We're On The Ground in Monte-Carlo just minutes after the final press conference between Joe Cordina and Edward Vazquez. We catchup with both Champion and Challenger plus a whole range of guests including Matchroom's own Frank Smith, Charlie Parsons, Tony Sims, Dan Lawrence and Sivenathi Nontshinga. It's raw and it's ready!
There's an extended episode of Flash Knockdown from Monte-Carlo in the build up to Cordina vs Vazquez. The Welsh Wizard's coach Tony Sims joins to preview our main event and pick his dream dinner party lineup. Leigh Wood recaps his dramatic win over Josh Warrington and talks the Super Featherweight Mix, Wood's former foe Michael Conlan joins us from Miami to discuss his new linkup with Pedro Diaz and December 2's fight with Jordan Wood, Johnny Fisher looks back on Fury vs Ngannou and his next mo...
David Diamante hosts another episode of the Matchroom Radio Podcast this time from Cancun, Mexico. Bobby Benton, trainer to not only Regis Prograis but also O'Shaquie Foster who headlines the show against Rocky Hernandez, joins us to discuss both big fights coming up, his background into the sport, training alongside multiple legends, giving back to the community and a whole host more!
Another fight week this time in Cancun, Mexico! wWe catchup with Eddie Hearn to preview Saturday’s big show headlined by the WBC World Super Featherweight showdown between O'Shaquie Foster and Rocky Hernandez. Also on the card, Sugar Nunez looks to close on a 130lbs World Title shot of his own. Hearn also talks Tyson Fury’s fight with Francis Ngannou, Anthony Joshua’s next move, the latest on Eubank vs Benn and much more!
Three weight World Champ Jorge Linares speaks with David Diamante in Liverpool, England the night before his fight with Jack Catterall. The future Hall of Famer recalls his career so far, his desire and drive at this stage of his career, those defining World Title wins, living in Japan and much more!
What a night in Sheffield. Jamie and Scott recap Leigh Wood's epic comeback knockout against Josh Warrington with a range of guests including Billy Joe Saunders who was ringside and gives an update on his return to the ring, Joe Cordina's name was mentioned as a future fight for Wood but the Welsh Wizard may have other plans following his upcoming Monte-Carlo fight, Jordan Gill reveals what was said in his first face off with Michael Conlan and gives the inside scoop on his best mates' success a...
David Diamante is joined by Johnathon Banks in Sheffield for another episode of Matchroom Radio. Banks is in town for Cecilia Brækhus’ World Title shot against Terri Harper. The former Cruiserweight and Heavyweight contender recaps his own pro career, training under the late and great Emanuel Steward, Gennadiy Golovkin’s next move, training alongside Wladimir Klitschko and much more!
It's another huge fight week as Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington do battle in Sheffield. Dave Coldwell joins us to preview Hopey Price's Final Eliminator and picks his dream dinner party lineup, Jack Catterall talks all things Jorge Linares and the 12 Round Eliminator Challenge, Peter McGrail is back from injury and plots his route to the top, There's another Mike Costello memory and unfortunately our fifth and final guest was held up in traffic so we'll see if we can get him on the show next week...
We're live from the public workout at Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington in Sheffield speaking to various fighters on the card including both men in main event, their respective trainers Sean O'Hagan and Ben Davison plus Hopey Price, Kieron Conway, Terri Harper, Nico Leivars and others in the room including Jordan Gill, Dalton Smith and Sunny Edwards. It's raw and it's truly on the ground!
We catchup with Eddie Hearn at Matchroom HQ to run through a whole host of subjects including Canelo Alvarez's victory over Jermell Charlo, Saturday's crunch WBA World Featherweight Title clash between Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington, reviewing Jai Opetaia's brutal knockout over Jordan Thompson, an update on Conor Benn vs Chris Eubank Jr talks, thoughts on Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk and the latest on Anthony Joshua's next move.
Our best line-up yet? Katie Taylor previews the big rematch with Chantelle Cameron in November, Nigel Benn looks back on Conor Benn's ring return and picks his dream dinner party guestlist, Sunny Edwards talks his two week media tour to promote the Bam Rodriguez unification and takes on our latest quiz, Dalton Smith talks his next move and recaps the boxing world last week and there's another Mike Costello memory... Don't forget to follow our brand new WhatsApp channel for breaking news, exclusi...
Former WBA World Lightweight Champion Anthony Crolla is next up in our new series 'A Dream Achieved' reflecting on the events that unfolded before and after his iconic stoppage victory over Darleys Perez in a rematch. From the controversial draw before, the attack which left him with a fractured skull and broken ankle just weeks out with a planned fight with Richar Abril and his rise to that moment including wins over the likes of Gavin Rees and John Murray plus much more.
David Diamante is joined by IBF World Flyweight King Sunny Edwards in Orlando, Florida in the aftermath of Sunny's first meeting with Dec 16's opponent WBO Champ Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez. 'Showtime' talks the huge Unification, his route to Undisputed, path into boxing including why his Dad had a boxing ring on his front lawn, relationship with Brother Charlie, time up at Team GB up in Sheffield, transition into the pro game plus his mindset and tactical forward thinking plus much more!
