TQBR Radio 8/27: Jhonny Gonzalez vs Abner Mares, Leo Santa Cruz vs Victor Terrazas Recap with William Dettloff

Katy Perry as a boxer at the MTV VMA's, probably inspired by listening to TQBR Radio; photo credit: WENN

 
Enough of that pseudo-musical nonsense. You come here for boxing.
 
We may be due for a really crappy weekend of fighting, but don't tell the boxing gods that. Two supposedly ho-hum weekends in a row turned into inspiring ones -- depending on who you were rooting for. We've been just a little bit spoiled, so it would be nice if things could stay that way.

This week on Queensberry Rules Radio, BadLeftHook's James Foley and TQBR's Patrick Connor will make a few ears bleed recapping Jhonny Gonzalez' upset demolition over Abner Mares, Leo Santa Cruz' stoppage of Victor Terrazas, a controversial outcome on Friday Night Fights, and so on. Also covered will be previews of Seth Mitchell vs. Chris Arreola and Ricky Burns vs. Raymundo Beltran. Joining the gormless gulpins this week is author, boxing writer and co-host of the Ring Theory podcast William Dettloff.

Click this link to tune in live at a special time of 5:30 p.m.  Pacific/8:30 p.m. Eastern, or download the episode later via iTunes or Stitcher Radio.

Symbiotic: 10 Important Days in History That Tangled with Boxing

There exist very few avenues a reasonable person could saunter down in arguing that the sport of boxing hasn't infused itself into the fine spirits of history. In fact, the idea of boxing and the fates of laws, nations and ethnic populations being intertwined -- sometimes violently, sometimes less so -- has been pointed out on TQBR time and time again.

In this more specific list, we explore what pugilism was taking place on days that could be described as pivotal in the history of the last 100 or so years -- or about how long boxing has been widely covered in reasonable detail. In these cases, the boxing had little to do with the history, but they demonstrate how the sport has carried on while clocks appeared to stop in other facets of life.

Aug. 1, 1981: MTV makes its debut; Eusebio Pedroza defends his belt...again

A couple of hours after The Buggles helped video lyrically and somewhat literally kill the radio star by being the first music video played on MTV, Panamanian featherweight Eusebio Pedroza was sentencing Venezuelan contender Carlos Piñango to a torturous demise. Piñango, who passed away in March of this year, became Pedroza's 12th defense of the WBA featherweight belt by way of slow bleed, ending in round 7 with a flurry punctuated by a left hook downstairs. Thousands of miles away from MTV airwaves that scattered musical magnetism here and there, Pedroza was elected to Panama's Legislative Assembly as a hero in his motherland. Of course, Pedroza didn't quite have MTV-level influence. That was reserved for fellow Panamanian Roberto Duran. 

TQBR Radio 8/20: Darren Barker vs. Daniel Geale, Sergey Kovalev vs. Nathan Cleverly Recap With Cliff Rold

Pre-psychotic breakdown Amanda Bynes driving and texting, possibly about this week's episode of TQBR Radio; photo credit: David Tonnessen, PacificCoastNews.com

 
There's just something about Queensberry Rules Radio that makes people want to break the law and text about it -- at dinner, at bar mitzvahs, even while driving, like our friend Amanda up there. But the serious talk should be about the run boxing has been on in 2013, and more specifically last weekend's nice offerings.

This week on TQBR Radio, James Foley of Bad Left Hook and TQBR's Patrick Connor will do exactly that, recapping Darren Barker's skin-of-his-teeth win over Daniel Geale, Sergey Kovalev's krushing stoppage of Nathan Cleverly, an excellent Friday Night Fights card, and much more. And joining the team of whipcats this week is BoxingScene writer and Transnational Boxing Rankings Board chair Cliff Rold.

Click this link to tune in live at 12:30 p.m.  Pacific/3:30 p.m. Eastern, or download the episode later via iTunes or Stitcher Radio.

TQBR Radio 8/13: Deontay Wilder vs Siarhei Liakhovich Recap, Nathan Cleverly vs Sergey Kovalev Preview

Walton Prison in Liverpool, England, early 20th Century; photo credit: here

August 13th marks the day that Peter Allen was hanged at Walton Prison for his part in murdering John Alan West. Allen and accomplice Gwynne Evans were the last two state executions in 1964.

More importantly, August 13th will also come to be significant as the day that Queensberry Rules Radio made an epic comeback following a week off! Some wept, some trembled, most vomited, and James Foley of Bad Left Hook and I (TQBR's Patrick Connor) are back to stem that tide.

This week on TQBR Radio, James and Patrick recap last week's ShoBox card -- especially the awful KO scored by Deontay Wilder over Siarhei Liakhovich -- and preview this weekend's Friday Night Fights action, as well as the HBO Boxing After Dark card headlined by Nathan Cleverly vs. Sergey Kovalev. No guests, no rules... NO MERCY.

Click this link to tune in live at 12:30 p.m.  Pacific/3:30 p.m. Eastern, or download the episode later via iTunes or Stitcher Radio.