Our special guest this week is Mike Costello, the legendary British boxing broadcaster who worked for BBC for 45 years and now calls the fights for DAZN.

The conversation was both engaging and wide-ranging, which is no surprise when you bring the likes of Costello and British boxing commentator Darren Rees together. Among the topics they discussed were two big junior welterweight fights in the U.K. Jack Catterall, once robbed of the championship at 140 pounds, still wants to rule the division and will face Regis Prograis this Saturday at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester. And Adam Azim, a junior welterweight prospect himself, just scored his biggest win with a victory in a crossroads bout over his longtime friend, Ohara Davies, at the Copper Box Arena in London.

Costello and Rees also talked about boxing being in a special period, the heavyweight division, and Mike's special nights behind a microphone.

Also in this episode, Darren brings us up to date on other U.K. boxing news, including Sam Gilley winning at York Hall against Jack McGann and Dan Azeez losing a close decision against
Lewis Edmondson.

And on the U.S. side, American boxing writer David Greisman examines Bakhram Murtazaliev's sensational three-round TKO of Tim Tszyu to defend his junior middleweight world title, and all the opportunities now available for Murtazaliev at 154. That, plus other boxing news in the States such as Chris Colbert's loss to Omar Salcido, Miyo Yoshida's bantamweight title fight against Shurretta Metcalf, and what's going on with undisputed champions Artur Beterbiev and Naoye Inoue and their mandatory challengers.

United Boxing Podcast comes out every Tuesday. Follow Darren @DarrenRees_, David @FightingWords2, and the show itself on X at @UnitedBoxingPod

INTERVIEW: Boxing promoter Tom Loeffler on Callum Walsh, Serhii Bohachuk vs. Israil Madrimov, and more.

Tom Loeffler's career in boxing as a manager and promoter has spanned more than three decades and included some of boxing's most recognizable names. As a manager, he worked with stars such as James Toney, Shane Mosley and Kevin Kelley. And as a promoter, he worked alongside heavyweight champions Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko and guided Gennadiy Golovkin from a relative unknown into one of the best middleweights of this era.

These days, Loeffler heads up 360 Promotions, whose stable includes junior middleweight contender Serhii Bohachuk, former undisputed welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus, and prospects Callum Walsh (junior middleweight), Gor Yeritsyan (featherweight), Omar Trinidad (welterweight) and Cain Sandoval (junior welterweight). Trinidad and Yeritsyan will headline in separate fights on October 26 on UFC Fight Pass.

In this interview, boxing writer David Greisman talks to Loeffler about Bohachuk's upcoming fight with Israil Madrimov and what could come next if he wins; the relationship with UFC and how that's helping build Loeffler's next generation of talent; whether Golovkin has officially retired and what GGG is up to in his new role as chairman of World Boxing's Olympic commission.

United Boxing Podcast comes out every Tuesday — with standalone interviews like this posted on occasion. Follow Darren @DarrenRees_, David @FightingWords2, and the show itself on X at @UnitedBoxingPod

Artur Beterbiev took home all four major world titles with a majority decision over Dmitry Bivol, and yet it still feels like there's unfinished business between the two best 175-pound fighters in the world.

In this week's episode, American boxing writer David Greisman and British boxing commentator Darren Rees recap Beterbiev vs. Bivol, their desire for a rematch, and what could come next, including a fight with the winner of January's match between David Benavidez and David Morrell.

We also discuss the eventful undercard featuring Fabio Wardley's sensational first-round knockout of Frazer Clarke, Skye Nicolson defending her featherweight title against Raven Chapman, Jai Opetaia defeating Jack Massey and moving on toward a unification bout against the winner of Chris Billam-Smith vs. Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez, and Ben Whittaker going over the top rope against Liam Cameron and leaving in a wheelchair.

Our guest this week is highly respected boxing writer Cliff Rold, who will give us his insights on both Beterbiev vs. Bivol as well as the huge set of fights that took place in Japan, including the bantamweight title fights that saw Junto Nakatani defeat Petch Sor Chitpattana and Takuma Inoue lose to Seiya Tsutsumi. Cliff can be followed on Twitter @roldboxing and you can read his writing at roldboxing.substack.com.

And we look forward to this coming weekend's action, with Bakhram Murtazaliev defending his junior middleweight title again Tim Tszyu and junior welterweight prospect Adam Azim facing his longtime frined Ohara Davies in a crossroads bout. All of that, plus our Fighters of the Week!

United Boxing Podcast comes out every Tuesday. Follow Darren @DarrenRees_, David @FightingWords2, and the show itself on X at @UnitedBoxingPod