Full Ep: Showtime's Barry Tompkins & Steve Kim of ESPN
It's a brand new edition of the boxing fan's source for news, opinion and information from Big Fight Weekend.Host T.J. Rives is back with fights being canceled left and right due to the Coronavirus outbreak. But, he's got excellent guests and insights on the whole situation.First, legendary U.S. Boxing play by play commentator Barry Tompkins of Showtime is back on. Barry worked what might be the last Pro sports event on TV for awhile last Friday night on Showtime's "ShoBox, the Next Generation" card from Minnesota.T.J. and Barry talk about how bizarre it was with no fans to have that fight card. And, then the discussion turns to "what's next this spring and summer?" Does this include a possible Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz battle in June in L.A. on Showtime PPV? Barry has opinions about all of it.Next, is a "roundtable" interview with Marquis Johns, Sr. writer of BigFightWeekend.com, and our special guest Steve Kim, Boxing writer/insider of ESPN. Marquis and Steve give their opinions on the unusual situations with fight cards being canceled and what it means for the different promotions? Plus, the guys discuss Canelo Alvarez's fight with Billy Joe Saunders and when and where it might land?And, what will happen with the Anthony Joshua Title defense in June and perhaps is the proposed Fury-Wilder III fight for Las Vegas going to be delayed?Hear it all as part of this edition of the "Big Fight Weekend" podcast!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/big-fight-weekend/donations