Teddy Atlas and co-host Ken Rideout talk with legendary sports journalist Jerry Izenberg about boxing, with Jerry telling stories of boxing greats like Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, and Sugar Ray Robinson.
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
05:00 – Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling 2
15:45 – Muhammad Ali
23:20 – Greatest Fighter of All-Time
36:05 – Mafia & Boxing
41:20 – Korean War
43:50 – Olympics & Corruption
49:35 – Ray Arcel & Roberto Duran
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49 Comments
love learning boxing knowledge teddy. pls bring back what if fights. example lennox lewis vs riddick bowe. or clarisa sheild vs layla ali
Thank you gentlemen, for making this piece of history for us. As a die hard boxing fan and history buff approaching 50 years old, this was a treat. I've always been intrigued and fascinated by the unique characters in boxing…from Bert Sugar to Izenberg to Larry Merchant, Lou Duva, etc. etc. Only in boxing can men like this exist.
Great show i grew up on Staten Island in the 40's and 50's, great fights were free on TV, my father and uncles smoke and beer, i can still smell the humanity
Primo
Greetings from Budapest
Great show!!
Joe Louis story is inspiring AF
I lost my train of thought. You were telling us how much white people suck.
My grandpa served at the Inchon landing, passed away last week. Was nice seeing the Forgotten War be talked about here
Jerry izenberg is a sporting encyclopedia
Cool stories, I believe the fight he talks about at 56:00 it's the fight between Alfonso Frazer and Niccolino Locche, always fun to learn this stories.
Luv hearing the old timers speak so much knowledge & history 👏🏽🥊
This is an absolute delight. You don't get that kind of history without hearing it from elders who experienced it. Listening to Joe Louis fights on the radio. Interviewing and being around Muhammad Ali. All amazing stuff. Jerry Izenberg is a treasure. Please, more interviews and conversations like this!
Teddy I like you but your understanding of Hitler is 5 grade dumb down level. Do better!
This guys stance on general MacArthur is completely wrong and based on nothing but emotions. Declassified material shows he kept pushing north because he knew china was involved and were finding Chinese planes shot down.
This one's a goodie for history buffs. Sweet podcast, as always 👌
Ahhhh, the Sweet sound of History! Thank you Teddy and Mr. Izenberg ro4 this Podcast! Beautiful!
Thank you very much, Jerry is a treasure trove of information and great stories, not just about boxing, but life.
Teddy has so much knowledge as well. All the best to Ken on that epic Mongolian desert race.
Nice notes on great fighters. Joe Louis was so accurate and well balanced, superb fighter.
love hearing old timer stories. would love to hear his thoughts on modern fighters too who hes into…. also maybe a quick 10 min towards fights of the week like cannonier and petrioni or whatever the guys name was… both landed some solid shots. just giving u guys future ideas to keep show what we expect but lets u be able to talk to the old timers about the sports history but keep in touch with the modern fighters… teddy whats ur thoughts on the vidall riley k o?
also a quick mention of the petition wud be nice.. keep promoting it.. people like oh i need to sign up then get busy and forget… promote it teddy we are for overwight to end corruptuion
Awesome conversation.
Man I wanted to see you talk about the Reigus Prograis fight… wanted to see if you guys could be objective.
Ohh and Teddy, you are not the voice of Combat sports maybe boxing, but but all combat sports.
Disappointing Teddy you didn't cover the fights in Australia this weekend. Some fights of consequence and amazing action but it seems the interest is only in USA and to a lesser extent UK boxing and not much else. Love your channel would just love to see you broaden your coverage of boxing.
Basically if joe louis lost we would all be speaking German.
This is just wonderful; it is incredible how sports has meaning outside its own realm and the interesting people who took part of this history had the most captivating stories that movies can try to emulate but always fall short. Thank you for this, wish it was longer.
Hearing this is great….but also makes me kind of sad that Boxing is in a slump right now.
Imagine going to a family get together and finding a guy like Jerry on your table. I'd ignore everyone and just talk boxing for hours with the vino flowing!
I'd appreciate Teddy's opinion on Tim Tszyu after his demolition of Ocampo.
Please bring this man back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW just finished what a delight this episode was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU!
Amazing interview simply amazing! This could've been a 3hour interview
This was great!
This was excellent 👏🏾
Always great listing to teddy and ken always say how fights are ,Boxing so so needs teddy atlas involved in the sport of the coruption ect..but i wish he could drop his beef with mike tyson ? must be a deep cut to him.. but we need them both involved especially mr atlas no one speaks the truth like teddy from the olympics till today.. teddy is keeping boxing alive love you to ken who is an ex prision gaurd and clean of steroids and who is a smart man long runner.always love how teddy speaks the truth to fighters to there faces totally need the teacher in boxing and would love him and mike to get along and keep boxing from dying.. love ken rideout who no"s mike tyson from an early age boxing needs more ex stars invioled teddy no1 love his cus storys`s and ken and teddy talking about PHD from canelo. all these boxers who are hard hitters as punches to cause serious damage keep boxing clean love yous guys tehhy and ken.. love to see the beef wish mike and teddy hit on the head and defused must be deep as been many years.. i love my boxing as a fan from edinburgh UK god bless teddys father one in a million rip DR THEODORE A. ATLAS special man sounds strong and your mother god bless scotland loves you please patch wihh mike tyson keep boxing alive ted wee need more men like you who say it as it is.. thanks ken to keep boxing clean of phd love howvyou say it as it is..
teddy stop telling Jerry his business. He knows more than u about Joe Louis vs max lol u interrupt him too much correcting him lol
Thanks for describing the pressure Joe Louis had to endure fighting Schmeling. To go to bat for Schmeling, he was married to a Czech actress he was loyal to even though the Nazi party wanted him to get a divorce. Schmeling also had a Jewish promoter he refused to fire, a man who held up a cigar after a fight in Germany while Schmeling and his team were extending the right arm. The photo caused a scandal in Germany at that time. And one can imagine the pressure Schmeling had to deal with fighting against Joe Louis, a black opponent Hitler and the Nazis expected him to dominate.
Wow was in Korean war this was such a gem
Great show. Wealth of boxing history! Loved reading him in Newark Star Ledger and New York Post! Learned something I never knew about Joe Bugner. Joe Louis, Frankie Carbo, Duran, Arcel, Freddy Brown, Robinson …. Great podcast and great interview by Teddy picking his memories. Fascinating! Kudos to Ken for letting the interview flow with Teddy and Jerry.
Jerry STILL going strong! First saw him in the 1992 documentary about Mike Tyson
that was a gem
Great episode. We’re lucky to have Jerry around still for stories like these. I’ll get the book. Maybe consider having him on several more times while we can he was great and he seemed to enjoy it too.
Amazing. Thank you for this.
I'm almost 50 years old but when I grow up I want to be just like Jerry. He's in great condition for 92, sharp as a razor.
Oh man. So great to see the legendary Jerry still so sharp! Love it.
Side note: Ken, wtf are you doing asking about the war, man? Cmon. Have some tact.
Great interview, i could listen to Gerry all day. 👍
wonderful episode!
Very good point on Louis being witty and intelligent.
My favorite quote from him was when he was asked why he didn't knock out a driver who was yelling insults at him after a collision.
Louis replied: "Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?"
Awesome stuff, Joe Louis sounds like an incredible guy.