Welcome to the latest installment of the Boxing Hipster Podcast, hosted by Steven Wright (@steventhewarman) and Rian Scalia (@rian5ca).
Trainer Steven “The Warman” Wright and combat sports hipster extraordinaire Rian Scalia talk about boxing from a different perspective, taking varied approaches to discuss the latest happenings in the sport and highlighting lesser known aspects and fighters.
In this week’s episode, Wright and Scalia broke down Tony Bellew’s big upset of David Haye in London, England. Bellew overcame the odds as he took down the nearly seven-to-one favorite. They discussed Sam Eggington’s WBC international title defense over Paul Malignaggi, who retired from boxing in the days following. They covered the rest of the card that featured undefeated prospect Ohara Davies and super featherweight contender Lee Selby.
The pair covered the high level battle of unbeaten welterweights between Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia. They brroke down the unification bout between the WBA title holder Thurman and the WBC world champion Garcia and the rest of the night’s action.
As always, feel free to comment below or send feedback about the show to @steventhewarman or @CombatPress on Twitter, or on SoundCloud and iTunes.