Yep, the Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz showdown Saturday on Showtime started a bit slowly, with both heavyweights showing clear-cut respect for the other's weapons of mass destruction ... but was anybody ever bored? This battle of unbeaten knockout artists was a time bomb waiting to explode from the opening bell, and didn't disappoint.
Expert analysts Travis Hartman, Rizwaan Zahid, and John J. Raspanti provide a thorough dissection of a sensational battle of the titans, looking at the fight from multiple angles, including spectulation about what Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn are probably saying behind closed doors about their inevitable collision with "The Bronze Bomber."
We also get our weekly update on the United Kingdom boxing scene from British correspondent Paul McLaughlin, who treats us to another epic, very-inspired "singing" performance by Tyson Fury, among other features.
And we connect with biographer Jeffrey Sussman to talk about "Rocky Graziano: Fists, Fame, and Fortune," a vivid portrayal of one of the most-colorful and leathery-tough fighters of the 1940s and 1950s.
This is a fully-loaded, energy-packed episode of The Ringside Boxing Show. Enjoy!
Dennis Taylor is host of The Ringside Boxing Show, editor/publisher of www.ringsideboxingshow.com, and co-author (with John J. Raspanti) of "Intimate Warfare: The True Story of the Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward Boxing Trilogy," currenly on Amazon's bestseller list.