You Don’t Play Boxing Podcast: Recent Episodes
Simon Walters
This week we give our Crawford v Canelo predictions and Anson chats to Sugarhill Steward to get his thoughts on the heavyweight landscape at the moment.
We look back at Usyk v Dubois plus the last few weeks big fights and we discuss the latest PED controversy in the Yafai v Rodriguez & Mungia v Surace fights.
In this pod we chat to Joe Smith Jnr who has shared a ring with both Beterbiev and Bivol to get his take on the big fight & Anson also checks in with David Nyika to chat about his latest fight.
Anson chats to Rafael Espinoza ahead of his World Title defence and we discuss the recent clashes, Tank v Martin, CBS v Riakporhe, Benavidez v Gvozdyk.
We review Usyk v Fury, Canelo v Mungia and Anson chats to Chris Billam Smith ahead of his big all English clash with Richard Riakporhe at Selhurst Park.
Anson chats to John Ryder to get his thoughts on Mungia vs Canelo and we look back on Garcia vs Haney & ahead to Naoyo Inoue’s return.
Anson and Simon look back at the last few weeks worth of fights including Dalton Smith's big win and look ahead to Haney v Garcia.
Anson chats to Dalton Smith before his big win on the weekend & we look back at the last few weeks results.
We catch up with Vernado Lopez, Maxi Hughes and Liam Davies ahead of their big fights over the next few weeks.
Bumper episode ! Anson bumped into Jason Moloney and Eddie Hearn on his travels ! He also caught up with Liam Williams
On the latest podcast we discuss what happened in November and look ahead to an action packed December. Anson chats to Chris Billam Smith ahead of his first title defence on the weekend.
Anson and Simon look ahead to Joe Cordina’s first defence of his word title. We also speak to Sivenathi Nontshinga, Raymond Muratalla and Emanuelle Navarette.
We look back at Wood v Warrington, Anson’s trip to see Bazinyan in Montreal and we chat to Jorge Linares ahead of his fight vs Jack Catterall.
Anson chats to Leigh Wood as he prepares for his huge clash with Josh Warrington on the weekend. We also speak to Jai Opetaia after his superb win vs Jordan Thompson.
This episode Anson chats to Austin Trout the only fighter to have been in the ring with both Charlo & Canelo, who clash on Saturday night.
We discuss the Lopez v Joet Gonzalez fights and Anson catches up with Joe Joyce ahead of his revenge mission against Zhang. We also hear from Jose Zepeda who fights Richardson Hitchins on the weekend.
Bumper episode !! Joet Gonzalez chats to Anson prior to his World Title fight with Luis Alberto Lopez, we also catch up with Freudis Rojas and Xander Zayas.
This episode we discuss Crawford v Spence and Anson chats to Elijah Pierce and Oscar Valdez
We’re almost there what a week in store, we preview Inoue v Fulton and Aaron David & Cory Spinks discuss Spence v Crawford. Anson chats to George Kambosos ahead of his big return.
We look back at the latest fights and have a legendary guest in Oscar de la Hoya looking back on his favourite fights. We also continue our build up to Crawford v Spence with Kermit Cintron.
Anson chats to Steve Claggett to reflect on his big win, we also look back on Lopez v Taylor & Wood v Lara. We start looking forward to Crawford v Spence by speaking to Buddy McGirt and Danny Garcia.
Bumper episode this time with Russ Anber giving us his opinion on Lomachenko v Haney, Luis Alberto Lopez let’s us known how his fight with Conlan will go & Sunny Edwards catches up with Anson ahead of his world title clash.
This weeks guest is Steven Butler and talks to Anson head of his clash with Janibek Alimkhanuly. We look back at Canelo v Ryder and ahead to Loma v Haney.
Anson and Simon get together to discuss the weekends fights, Cordina’s triumphant return in Cardiff and Tank Davis taking apart Garcia in Vegas. Plus Oleksandr Gvozdyk chats with Anson about the latest step in his comeback.
Anson and Simon discuss a few fights since the last podcast, Mbilli v Gongora (which Anson attended) plus we look ahead at some future fights.
Anson and Simon discuss Wood v Lara,
Nery-Hovhannisyan, Jack v Makabu and look forward to Fulton v Inoue amongst others. Anson catches up with Dan Azeez ahead of his fight vs Thomas Faure.
Anson and Simon discuss the last few weeks fights and look ahead to Wood v Lara and the rest of the weekends action
Anson has jetted off to Canada to watch the super middleweight clash between Erik Bazinyan and Alantez Fox at the Montreal Casino, he catches up with them both on this weeks podcast.
Anson and Simon take a look back at 2022 and choose Top fight, Top Knockout and fighter. We also discuss a few prospects to keep an eye on in 2023.
Paul Butler joins Anson to reflect on his unification fight with Inoue. We also chat with Liam Smith ahead of his huge domestic match up with Chris Eubank Jnr and Liam Williams gives us his insight after sharing the ring with both men.
Anson catches up with Paul Butler ahead of his unification fight in Japan vs Inoue. We also hear from Diego Pacheco who had a good win the weekend before.
Anson and Simon discuss Whyte v Franklin and also the previous weekends fights. Anson caught up with Kevin Lerena ahead of his clash with Daniel Dubois on the Fury v Chisora undercard.
Anson chats with Dillian Parker about his comeback fight vs Jermain Franklin and we also catch up with Zach Parker ahead of his big domestic clash with John Ryder.
This is a rare treat ! Anson sits down with the one and only Sugar Ray Leonard to discuss the 6 fights that shaped his illustrious career.
Anson and Simon discuss the recent heavyweight clashes, Canelo v GGG and upcoming fights between Crawford & Spence and Eubank v Benn. We also discuss Joe Cordina being stripped off his IBF title and Anson catches up with Ali Akhmedov.
It’s a heavyweight special as Anson chats to Filip Hrgovic ahead of his clash against Zhang and we discuss the huge rematch in Saudi Arabia, Usyk v Joshua.
Anson speaks to Olympian Richard Torrez ahead of his 2nd pro fight and also catches up with Alexis Rocha who looks to continue his good form on the Garcia v Fortuna card.
A month on from his superb knockout win in Cardiff we catch up with Joe Cordina to reflect.
Regulars Anson and Simon look back at a big weekend of boxing, Joe Cordina’s world title win, Haney v Kambosos and Inoue v Donaire. Anson catches up with Amir Khan to reminisce on his fantastic career.
A lot to discuss this week ! We reflect on Benavidez v Lemieux, Tank v Romero & Janibek. We look forward to Kambosos v Haney, Inoue v Donaire and also Anson chats to this weeks guest Joe Cordina ahead of his World Title fight in Cardiff vs Kenichi Ogawa.
Anson and Simon discuss Charlo v Castano, Boots Ennis and more from the previous weekend . Anson chat to both David Benavidez and David Lemieux ahead of their big clash on Saturday.
This week we discuss the fall out of Canelo v Bivol and the superb performance of Shakur Stevenson vs Valdez. This weeks guest is Sergey Kovalev ahead of his comeback at Cruiserweight vs Tervel Pulev.
Simon and Anson discuss Fury v Whyte and Spence v Ugas and Anson speaks to Shakur Stevenson ahead of his unification fight with Oscar Valdez. We also catch up with Liam Smith who has a big night at Madison Square Garden against Jesse Vargas in front of him.
Anson let’s Shawn Porter break down Spence v Ugas as only he can ! Brandun Lee tells us how he is ahead of his fight on the undercard of Spence/Ugas.
Anson speaks to Christian Mbilli in Montreal after his stunning knock out win, Simon and Anson discuss recent fights and look forward to the next few weeks match ups.
Anson and Simon discuss Ramirez v Pedraza and Chocolatito v Martinez. Anson catches up with Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan ahead of their big fight on the weekend.
Regulars Simon and Anson discuss the controversy surrounding Taylor v Catterall and we look forward to Chocolatito v Martinez. An added bonus is we have Jose Zepada breaking down the upcoming Ramirez v Pedraza matchup.
We catch up with Amir Khan ahead of his long awaited clash with Kell Brook on Saturday and Anson and Simon also discuss the controversial McGregor, Cash and Ryder v Jacobs fights.
Anson speaks to Lee McGregor ahead of his fight with Diego Ruiz & we also listen on Eubank, Sauerland and Roy Jones discussing the Eubank v Williams fight.
Anson spoke to Liam Williams ahead of his mouthwatering clash with Chris Eubank Jnr in Cardiff on the weekend. Anson also caught up with Otto Wallin ahead of his fight in on the same bill.
Anson speaks to Gary Russell Jnr ahead of his fight with Mark Magsayo on the weekend and also discusses the heavyweight scene with Simon.
Anson chats to Josh Taylor on his trip to Dubai and also discusses 2021’s standout moments with co-host Simon.
The latest episode has Simon and Anson discussing the last few weeks fights and Anson chats with Sunny Edwards ahead of his World Title fight in Dubai.
This week Anson catches up with David Benavidez and Felix Sturm who give us their thoughts on this weeks huge unification fight between Canelo Alvarez and Saul Alvarez.
This podcast we discuss Navarette v Gonzalez, Garcia v Martin, Anson chats to Shakur Stevenson and also runs through his Hall of Fame selections !!
Simon and Anson discuss Fury v Wilder, Smith v Fowler plus some rising stars. Anson also spoke to Savannah Marshall ahead of her homecoming world title fight on the weekend.
Regulars Simon and Anson discuss Joshua v Usyk and look ahead to Fury v Wilder. Anson catches up with Liam Smith before his huge domestic clash with Anthony Fowler.
Regulars Simon and Anson discuss Joshua v Usyk and Fury v Wilder III and Anson chats with Brandun Lee.
Regulars Simon and Anson catch up to discuss the recent fights, a classic fight in Duran v Barkley and some of the top prospects at the moment with Joe Goossen discussing Frank Martin.
In the latest episode hall of fame trainer Jesse Reid catches up with Anson and talks through his wonderful career training the likes of Roger Mayweather, Lamon Brewster and Johnny Tapia and reminds us of the notorious Spadafora v Mayweather sparring session. Also regulars Simon and Anson discuss the latest fights and those coming up in the next few weeks.
Regulars Anson and Simon catch up for the first time in a while to discuss recent fights (Frampton v Herring, Boots Ennis, Chocolatito v Estrada), the weekends middleweight match up between Williams and Andrade and some of the super fights to look forward to in Canelo v Saunders and Fury v Joshua.
Regular hosts Simon and Anson discuss the fights that have taken place recently Joyce v Dubois, Spence v Garcia, Joshua v Pulev and look forward to the Canelo - Smith matchup.
In the latest episode of You Don’t Play Boxing regulars Anson and Simon get together to discuss the latest round of big fights.
Episode 15 sees us catching up with Michael Amoo-Bediako to discuss the big fight coming up in the lightweight division between Lomachenko and Lopez and the rest of the division include his own fighter Richard Commey.
On the latest Episode Anson catches up with Max Alperovich to discuss all things East of the Adriatic in the boxing world and had a great chat with Pep Correa who talks us through his wonderful career coaching Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard and in particular how he rated Sugar Ray and how he would’ve fared against some modern day greats. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Aaron Snowell joins us on Episode 13 to discuss his career training Mike Tyson, learning from Muhammad Ali and we had a surprise guest as Muhammad Ali Jnr called Aaron as we were recording the podcast !!!
It’s the battle of the nicknames this week as John ‘Iceman’ Scully tells us how training has progressed in lockdown and Clarence ‘Bones’ Adams discusses his incredible career. Regulars Anson and Simon discuss the latest fights.
The Ring Magazine editor Doug Fischer joins us to chat about this weeks return to boxing and to take to look forward as to the upcoming fights in a post Covid-19 world.
Download and listen to Michael Woods discussing the current Covid related situation in boxing including conversations with Bob Arum as to upcoming shows. Outstanding Olympian and prospect Gary Antuanne Russell talks to Anson about his lockdown and what the future holds for him.
Evander ‘The Real Deal’ Holyfield sits down to talk to us again and this time it’s to talk us through his heavyweight reign from 1990-95. Evander discusses huge fights with George Foreman, Larry Holmes and Riddick Bowe.
It’s our Coronavirus Lockdown special, Anson met John ‘Iceman’ Scully in Montreal to catch up with him and training camp with Artur Beterbiev and also had a great chat with Steve Farhood around his Showbox role and all things boxing.
Former 3 weight world champion Duke McKenzie and The Ring Magazine’s Tom Gray take a look back at Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, also regulars Simon and Anson give their views on the huge heavyweight clash and we also look ahead to Chocolatito v Yafai & Harris v Martinez.
Fantastic episode where Evander Holyfield takes us back through his Cruiserweight reign. Ring magazine Editor in Chief Doug Fischer gives us his thoughts on Wilder v Fury II and Evander discusses his views on the huge match up on February 22nd. Regulars Simon and Anson talk through the weekends fights too.
Bonus YouTube centric episode when Shane Mosley discusses training Jake Paul and Lewys Edwards gives us an insight into what makes YouTube fights so appealing to the younger generation.
Listen to Rick Mirigian discuss plans for the superstar from his stable Jose Ramirez to face Josh Taylor in a huge unification clash and Rising star Ruben Villa lays out his future plans plus his next fight on the DAZN Super Bowl card. Our 2 regulars (Anson and Simon) round up the recent fights and discuss some future bouts.
Great episode where Coach Al Mitchell discusses his long and illustrious career including training Forrest, Reid, Mayweather and Ward. Our friend Tony Tolj discusses plans for the very exciting Moloney twins Andrew and Jason.
Superb preview of upcoming fights, Michael Moorer and Francis Warren breakdown Wilder v Ortiz and Joshua v Ruiz. Francis also discusses upcoming fights for Daniel Dubois & Chris Jenkins. The legendary Kenny Adams gives us insight from the corner of Nonito Donaire’s titanic struggle with Inoue.
Episode 2 - Anson chats to Abel Sanchez about his thoughts on Kovalev v Canelo and some of the new fighters in his stable. We also have a superb chat with Kenny Adams on Inoue v Donaire and how his man can defeat the most fearsome puncher in World Boxing. Anson and Simon discuss Josh Taylor, Berbetiev and more.
Anson Wainwright of the Ring Magazine and Simon Walters introduce you to the You Don’t Play Boxing Podcast.
This episode reviews the previous weekends fights, discusses some of the weeks talking points and upcoming fights.
It also includes interviews with Evander Holyfield and Ronnie Shields, giving as an insight into their illustrious careers.