What are the biggest boxing podcasts not hosted by famous personalities (like Teddy Atlas' podcast), but just regular folks?
Probably Michael Montero's "The Neutral Corner", which is now hosted by The Ring. I did one for a website for about four years, so I became aware of many others, like the Ringside Boxing Show (from the authors of Intimate Warfare), Ringside Reporter, The Last Round, Enswell Boxing (Irish podcast), Rope-A-Dope Radio, etc. I'm not sure what is popular and what isn't, though, to be honest. Edit: I forgot The Boxing Rant, which seems to have a substantial following. This content is protected
The 3 Knockdown Rule with Steve Kim and Mario Lopez isn't too bad. Haven't listened to them recently though...
Dwyer is the only person I listen to. I can't stomach anyone else. There are a lot of unauthentic charlatans out there putting out bog standard content but Dwyer isn't one of them. Everyone seems to be jumping on the "podcast" bandwagon across all industries right now, and it is just mostly people sitting around talking regurgitated rubbish. Why do you think he is awful? I'm interested to hear.
I think he talks out his arse tbh, i generally disagree with a ton of his views Or rather did, as i haven't listened to him in a longgggg time because of this If he has changed or improved, fair play And your bang on with the boxing podcast thing Podcasts in general suffer from this genre wide as every Tom Dick snd Harry want to earn a few quid from just pushing record
I can definitely see your point of view. I have been listening to him solid since late 2008, I think. i like how he brings something different and doesn't sit on the fence. I am not generally bothered about people speaking well, but it is refreshing to hear somebody talk for 40 minutes straight without saying "ummm" and "ehh" etc. One of the worst is Hatman Strikes Back, in my opinion, a total salesman whose head is so far up his own backside. Tries to come across as a boxing genius but one of the reasons he doesn't show his face (anymore - kind of did at one point) is so that he can make invisible jump-cuts in the vast majority of his videos. He can't freestyle like Dwyer and he is also probably reading bullet points off of a word file. Apparently makes "well above" average wage, so he boasts, so his channel, merchandise and Patreon even earns such guys a nice wage. I think many people on this forum could make a good wage just from talking crap about boxing if they got the format right, which Hatman Strikes Back admittedly has. I have noticed these podcasts popping up everywhere, but they don't interest me. Normally the "podcaster" doesn't bring anything new to the table and comes across as wooden and plastic. The problem boxing "podcasters" (and sports in general) is that the content is rarely novel as the internet is saturated to death with the same interviews (same questions posed) with the same people responding with the same answers.
