The BoxingWales Podcast: Recent Episodes
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In the latest special episode of the BoxingWales podcast, Swansea’s Enzo Maccarinelli tells the best story never told in Welsh boxing. The cruiserweight reveals the secrets of his trip to Moscow in 2015 when he knocked out American legend Roy Jones Jr, upset the plans of Vladimir Putin’s favourite motorcycle gang and escaped to tell the tale. Music by BenSound.com and image by Patriot Boxing Promotions.
In a special Christmas episode, the BoxingWales podcast returns with a revealing interview from Maerdy's Alex Hughes (13-0, 7KO). The middleweight from Maerdy opens up on the emotional rollercoaster of his career, including a misdiagnosed brain scan and career-ending eye injuries. The 27-year-old also discusses the effect turbulent events had on his family and plans to remain in the sport as an amateur coach, as well as a crazy trip to Russia on the undercard of Enzo Maccarinelli vs Roy Jones Jnr. Music by BenSound.com and image by Huw Fairclough Photography.
In this episode, we catch up with Welsh lightweight champion Gavin Gwynne (11-0, 1KO) ahead of next Saturday night’s huge fight at London’s O2 Arena, live on Sky Box Office.
'GG' is less than one week away from challenging Cardiff’s Joe Cordina (9-0, 7KO), the 2016 Olympian who holds the British and Commonwealth lightweight belts and we talk about all angles of the all-Welsh derby.
Gavin has just returned from a two-week stint of training in Los Angeles. Although going with gym mates Lee Selby and Jordan Withers, it was a completely new experience for the 29-year-old, who has also made the immense sacrifice of being a full time fighter for the first time ever.
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For so long the unluckiest person in Welsh boxing, Swansea's welterweight belt collector Chris Jenkins (22-3-2, 8KO) joins the podcast fresh from his latest win. The 30-year-old reflects on his successful defence of the British title, when he also captured the vacant Commonwealth championship with a ninth round technical unanimous decision against homeowner Paddy Gallagher (16-6, 10KO). Jenkins responds to some of the criticism from partisan critics and discusses his next move, which is likely to be mandatory challenger Liam Taylor (21-1, 10KO) before the end of the year.
In the last of our mini-series counting down to MTK Global’s statement show in Cardiff, the podcast reacts to the immediate aftermath of the weigh-in.
Along with BoxingWales.com Editor Dewi Powell, co-host Ricky Wright returns from his travels working rings in Thailand and MTK Global promoter Lee Eaton completes the trio for the finale episode.
Lee opens up the details of MTK Global’s plans for their Welsh project and reacts to Jay Harris’ (15-0, 8KO) opponent Angel Moreno (19-3-2, 6KO) initially missing the weight for the European flyweight title. Plus, there’s a full preview of tomorrow night’s action.
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Our coverage continues tomorrow with instant ringside reports from the Vale Sports Arena in Cardiff. If you can’t tune into iFL TV or ESPN+, then keep refreshing BoxingWales.com as the fights unfold.
Remember, you can still listen to this week’s previous podcast episodes with Craig Woodruff (7-4, 2KO), Kieran Gething (8-2-1, 2KO), Rhys Edwards (5-0, 2KO), Jay Harris and Gary Lockett on BoxingWales.com, iTunes or SoundCloud.
IMAGE BY MTK GLOBAL.