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THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas
Hall of Fame boxing commentator and trainer to 18 world champion fighters, Teddy Atlas shares his views on all things boxing. In addition to giving fight analysis, predictions, and a look at what’s happening behind the scenes in the boxing world, Teddy connects the tenets and lessons learned inside the ring to broader application in life.
ABOUT THE GIVEAWAY
As Ken mentioned on the show, we’re giving away two gloves, both signed by Vasyl Lomachenko and Teddy Atlas.
One will be given to a random YouTube subscriber (subscribe here). One will be given to our favorite review on Apple Podcasts. When leaving review in Apple Podcasts please be sure to put your full name in the comment so that we can make sure we’re getting the signed glove to the right person.
We’ll select winners on Thursday March 21. We’ll announce them on the next podcast and on Teddy’s social media handles. Good luck!
MORE DETAIL ON THE SHOW
Teddy Atlas and co-host Ken Rideout record this episode once again from Oxnard, CA where Teddy is in training camp with his fighter Oleksandr “Alex” Gvozdyk, the WBO Light Heavyweight Champion.
After some discussion of camp, like how Teddy selects and works with Alex’s sparing partners (10:54), the two dive into the recent deal between Tyson Fury and ESPN/Top Rank/Bob Arum and what it means for future fights in the heavyweight division (22:20). Teddy shares what the sport of boxing would need to do to really give fans the fights they want (37:15).
Later, Vasyl Lomachenko and his manager Egis Klimas join the show (1:02:08). Loma covers everything from getting into boxing as a child, his relationship with his father, the switch from amateurs to pros, overcoming the controversial loss to Orlando Salido in his second pro bout, his mental exercises with sports psychologist, thoughts on trash talking, what makes him different from fighters like Gervonta Davis, and more.
For background, Lomachenko is the current unified lightweight world champion. Prior, he held the WBO featherweight and junior lightweight world titles between 2014 and 2018 before moving up to lightweight. He is also a 2x Olympic Gold Medalist.
**NOTE: Ken mistakenly says that Loma won his third world title in just his third professional fight. He meant to say, Loma won his FIRST world title in just his third professional fight. No one has done this in fewer fights, and Loma is only the second person ever to do it in three fights. (Tied with Saensak Muangsurin, a Thai boxer who fought in the 1970s.)
Egis Klimas is the manager to Lomachenko, but also manager to WBC Light Heavyweight Champ Oleksandr “Alex” Gvozdyk, Unified Cruiserweight World Champion Oleksandr Usyk, WBO Light Heavyweight Champ Sergey Kovalev, and other top fighters.
Thanks to John Summerford for the video production and sound editing.
Big thanks to VHS collection for intro music. More on VHS Collection here: http://www.vhscollection.com/.
Teddy Atlas and co-host Ken Rideout record this episode from Oxnard, CA where Teddy is in training camp with his fighter Oleksandr “Alex” Gvozdyk, the WBO Light Heavyweight Champion. Teddy shares a look at what training camp entails with Alex (7:00) and the stresses that come with it (16:29). He and Alex are six weeks out from a March 30 ESPN title defense against French boxer Doudou Ngumbu. Teddy and Ken then discuss the recently announced Joshua v. Miller fight (24:15) before diving into the past fights of Thurman v. Lopez (31:05), Davis v. Ruiz (38:53), and the massive upset in Machato v. Cancio (45:00). Upcoming fights of Porter v. Ugas (1:03:52), Spence v. Garcia (1:06:25), Bivol v. Smith Jr. (1:13:30) are covered. Then, Alex Gvozdyk joins for an interview at the end (1:16:50). He shares how he got into boxing, his Bronze Medal win at the 2012 Olympics, and his victory over Adonis Stevenson to win the WBO Championship on Dec 1. All this and more... like Micky Ward stories (52:45).
Big thanks to VHS collection for intro music. More on VHS Collection here: http://www.vhscollection.com/.
Teddy Atlas is joined in studio with co-host Ken Rideout to discuss many of the big fights from the past few months along with some on the horizon. The two dive into the Fury v. Wilder fight, covering how the fight unfolded, the controversial decision, and the fact that Anthony Joshua is now on the outside looking in. Teddy shares insight on how fights get made and why the structure is primed for corruption. The two also recap Browne v. Jack, discussing the cut suffered by Jack, the growth of Browne as a fighter, and the comments made by Browne towards Teddy at the end of the fight. Other topics covered include Gvozdyk v. Stevenson, the decision on Harrison v. Charlo, fax machines v. email/the internet, Pacquiao v. Broner, upcoming fights such as Canelo v. Jacobs, Crawford v. Khan, Gvozdyk’s title defense and Teddy’s work with the Light Heavyweight Champion. All this and much more.
Big thanks to VHS collection for intro music. More on VHS Collection here:http://www.vhscollection.com/.