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Punches and PunchlinesThe Runner and The Monster: Why We Can't Stop WatchingSend us a textA boxing weekend that began with disappointment ultimately delivered one of the year's most thrilling fights. Fritz and Franco take you through the entire spectrum of emotions that fight fans experienced over this packed weekend of action.The Times Square card failed to ignite any real excitement despite featuring names like Devin Haney, who appeared hesitant throughout his victory, and Ryan Garcia, whose defensive limitations were exposed in his loss to the equally controversial Rolly Romero. Neither contest provided the fireworks expected from such high-profile matchups.Saturday's Saudi Arabia...2025-05-1635 minPunches and PunchlinesBoxing for July 2024Send us a textFritz and Franco take a dive into some of the fights that have caught their attention this month and Fritz celebrates turning 50! Join them as they break down the best in boxing... with a sense of humor.2024-07-2321 minPunches and PunchlinesJanibek Alimkhanuly vs Steven Butler and Jason Moloney vs Vincent AstrolabioSend us a textFritz and Franco are back with a lost "bonus" episode that was almost lost to technical difficulties! From the weekend of May 13th, the boys break down Vincent Astrolabio vs Jason Moloney and Janibek Alimkhanuly vs Steven Butler. After that, they jump around the undercards and smaller fights from that weekend in our segment, Playing Boxing. As always, the boys break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2023-06-0123 minPunches and PunchlinesKatie Taylor vs Chantelle Cameron and Haney vs LomachenkoSend us a textFritz and Franco take 2 deep dives into the cards for Katie Taylor vs Chantelle Cameron for all the belts and then with Devin Haney vs Vasiliy Lomachenko for all the belts. After breaking down the main events, the boys break down the undercards in "Playing Boxing". As always, Fritz and Franco break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2023-05-2622 minPunches and PunchlinesRyan Garcia vs Gervonta DavisSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into breaking down the Ryan Garcia vs Gervonta "Tank" Davis fight before breaking down the rest of the card. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2023-04-2930 minPunches and PunchlinesJoe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang with Special Guest Lenny SchmidtSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into the heavyweight fight between Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang along with their friend, comedian Lenny Schmidt. The boys then "play boxing" to break down Mikaela Mayer vs Lucy Wildheart, Karthik Kumar vs Sam Noakes, and Moses Itauma vs Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko. As always, we break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2023-04-2025 minPunches and PunchlinesThe Rest of Easter Weekend Bonus EpisodeSend us a textFritz and Franco went to a live show on Easter Saturday, but got caught up with the rest of the fights from that weekend thanks to the modern miracle of a million streaming services! As always, the boys break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2023-04-1916 minPunches and PunchlinesRosemont Rumble 2023Send us a textFritz and Franco are back and joined by Jimmy Flannigan! The boys all attended the Rosemont Rumble presented by Bobby Hitz and had a great time. They break down all the action... with a sense of humor.2023-04-1632 minPunches and PunchlinesBobby Hitz Interview for Rosemont Rumble on April 8th, 2023Send us a textFritz and Franco have a special bonus episode with special guests Jim Flannigan and Bobby Hitz himself! They talk boxing, the upcoming Rosemont Rumble, restaurants, comedy, and how everything has changed over the years. Tickets for the Rosemont Rumble on Saturday, April 8th are available at Hitzboxing.comBoxing... it's better live! And as always, we break it all down for you... with a sense of humor.2023-04-0536 minPunches and PunchlinesDavid Benavidez vs Caleb PlantSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into the David Benavidez vs Caleb Plant ppv before "playing boxing" and breaking down the rest of last weekend. As always, the boys break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2023-04-0129 minPunches and PunchlinesTim Tszyu vs Tony HarrisonSend us a textFritz and Franco break down another weekend of boxing, kicking it off with a deep dive on the Tim Tszyu vs Tony Harrison fight. The boys then "play boxing" for all the other fights on the weekend of March 10-12. As always, Fritz and Franco break down all the fights for you... with a sense of humor.2023-03-1927 minPunches and PunchlinesBrandon Figueroa vs Mark MagsayoSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into the Brandon Figueroa vs Mark Magsayo fight before "Playing Boxing" and breaking down the fights from February 25th and March 4th. Elvis Rodriguez vs Joseph Adorno, Jamal James vs Alberto Palmetta, Subriel Matias vs Erilias Ponce, Amilcar Vidal vs Elijah Garcia, Jared Hurd vs Armando Resendiz, Angel Fierro vs Eduardo Estela, and Eduardo Nunez vs Jesus Martin Ceyca are ALL the fights covered! As always, the boys break them all down.... with a sense of humor.2023-03-1028 minPunches and PunchlinesLeigh Wood vs Mauricio LaraSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into the Leigh Wood vs Mauricio Lara fight before "playing boxing" and recapping the rest of the fights from the weekend and the weekend before. As always, the boys break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2023-02-2423 minPunches and PunchlinesAmanda Serrano vs Erika Cruz and Emanuel Navarrete vs Liam WilsonSend us a textFritz and Franco are back to break down all the action in boxing from the weekend of February 4th. First the boys take a deep dive into the Emanuel Navarrete vs Liam Wilson fight and discuss the possibility of a early fight of the year candidate. Then Fritz and Franco dive into the Amanda Serrano vs Erika Cruz blood bath. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2023-02-1028 minPunches and PunchlinesBeterbiev vs Yarde and Special Guest EleanorSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into the fight between Artur Beterbiev and Anthony Yarde. Then the boys break down the rest of the night in their segment, Playing Boxing. To wrap things up, we had a special guest stop by the studio, Fritz's little girl, and our boxing buddy, Eleanor! 2023-02-0221 minPunches and PunchlinesAbraham Nova and Adam Lopez Steal the ShowSend us a textFritz and Franco are back to take a dive into the Efe Ajagba vs Stephan Shaw card. This time, the boys take a deep dive into the undercard fight, which featured Abraham "Supernova" Nova and Adam "Bluenose" Lopez. As always, Fritz and Franco break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2023-01-2123 minPunches and PunchlinesTank Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia and the rest of the PPV from January 7th, 2023Send us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into the Tank Davis fight and then cover the rest of the PPV in their playing boxing segment. Travon Marshall, Brandon Lee, Vito Malnecki, Demetrius Andrade, Rashidi Ellis, Roiman Villa, and Boots Ennis are all covered. As always, the boys break down all of the fights... with a sense of humor.2023-01-1322 minPunches and PunchlinesThe Monster Inoue and the End of the Year Awards for 2022Send us a textFritz and Franco are back to break down Naoya Inoue vs Paul Butler and then give out the Punches and Punchlines awards for 2022. Do their amazing opinions match up with yours? If they don't, go yell at Fritz on Twitter! As always, the boys break down all the fights... with a sense of humor. 2022-12-2622 minPunches and PunchlinesTeofimo Lopez vs Sandor Martin and the weekend of December 10, 2022Send us a textFritz and Franco take deep dives on Micheal Conlan vs Karim Guerfi and Teofimo Lopez vs Sandor Martin. The boys then play boxing and give their hot takes on Jared Anderson vs Jerry Forrest, Xander Zayas vs Alexis Salazar, and the rest of the fights for the weekend, some of which the boys weren't willing to shell out money for. Join Fritz and Franco as they break everything down for you, as always... with a sense of humor.2022-12-1523 minPunches and PunchlinesVasiliy Lomachenko vs Jamaine OrtizSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into the contest between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Jamaine Ortiz before doing a little "playing boxing". As always, the boys break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2022-11-0423 minPunches and PunchlinesHaney vs Kambosos, Baumgardner vs Mayer, and Shields vs MarshallSend us a textWhat an action packed weekend of boxing! Fritz and Franco take deep dives into the fights for Alicia Baumgardner vs Mikaela Mayer, Claresa Shields vs Savannah Marshall, and Devin Haney vs George Kambosos. As always, the boys break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2022-10-2230 minPunches and PunchlinesSebastian Fundora vs Carlos OcampoSend us a textFritz and Franco break down the Sebastian Fundora vs Carlos Ocampo (no relation to Franco). The boys take a quick dive into the undercard and then preview the big upcoming weekend of fights. As always, they break everything down... with a sense of humor.2022-10-1317 minPunches and PunchlinesJoe Joyce vs Joseph Parker and Amanda Serrano vs Sarah MahfoudSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into the Joe Joyce vs Joseph Parker fight as well as Amanda Serrano vs Sarah Mahfoud. The boys follow it up with some Playing Boxing and, as always, they break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-09-2821 minPunches and PunchlinesCanelo vs GGG Part IIISend us a textThe boys are back and breaking down the end of the trilogy between Franco's favorite, Canelo Alvarez, and Fritz's favorite, GGG. The undercard also had some fun fights and as always, Fritz and Franco break it all down for you, with a sense of humor.2022-09-2425 minPunches and PunchlinesAndy Garcia vs Luis Ortiz and a Fight of the Year CandidateSend us a textFritz and Franco are back to break down the boxing you may have missed. The boys dive in on the fights of Juan Francisco Estrada vs Argi Cortes, Andy Ruiz vs Luis Ortiz, Jose Pedraza vs Richard Commey, Richard Torres Jr vs Marco Antonio Canelo, Jared Anderson vs Miljan Rovcanin, and what Fritz is calling a Fight of the Year candidate, Hector Flores vs Sivenathi Nontshinga. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-09-0931 minPunches and PunchlinesOleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua 2Send us a textAfter some technical difficulties, Fritz and Franco are back! The boys take a deep dive into the heavyweight title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua before breaking down 4 other cards in Playing Boxing. As always, they break it all down for you... with a sense of humor.2022-08-3131 minPunches and PunchlinesRyan Garcia, Giovanni Cabrera, and Issac DogboeSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna, Giovanni Cabrera vs Gabriel Flores Jr, and Issac Dogboe vs Joet Gonzalez. Then the boys take on the rest in playing boxing and break everything down, as always, with a sense of humor.2022-07-3028 minPunches and PunchlinesMark Magsayo vs Rey Vargas w/ Special Guest Chad DanielsSend us a textFritz and Franco get an assist with breaking down the action this week with the help of special guest Chad Daniels! The boys all broke down the Carlos Castro vs Brandon Figueroa fight as well as the Mark Magsayo vs Rey Vargas fight. As always, we break the fights for the weekend... with a sense of humor. Also, make sure to check out the Middle of Somewhere podcast, with Chad Daniels and Cy Amundson, as well as www.blacksmokegear.com for some cool boxing swag.2022-07-1625 minPunches and PunchlinesBam Rodriguez, Jessie Seven Belts, and AkmedalievSend us a textFritz and Franco break down all the belts and fights from Jesse Rodriguez vs Srisaket For Rungvisai, Jessica McCaskill vs Alma Ibarra, Ronny Rios vs Murodjon Akmedaliev and the undercard. It was a great weekend of fishing and boxing and as always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-07-0125 minPunches and PunchlinesArtur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Jr and the ESPN Top Rank card for June 18, 2022Send us a textFritz and Franco take a dive into the Top Rank card headlined by Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. They also take a dive into the Robeisy Ramirez vs Abraham Nova fight, mascots and all! Finally, the boys cover everything else in Playing Boxing. As always, they break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2022-06-2319 minPunches and PunchlinesInoue the Monster and Berlanga the CannibalSend us a textFritz and Franco break down the Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire fight, as well as Edgar Berlanga vs Alexis Angulo, Jaime Munguia vs Jimmy Kelly, and Hiroto Kyoguchi vs Esteban Bermudez. Some of the fights were amazing and lived up to the hype while other fights involved eventual suspensions and fines. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-06-1829 minPunches and PunchlinesDevin Haney vs George Kambosos and Jason Maloney vs Aston PalicteSend us a textThe boys are back! Fritz and Franco break down the Devin Haney vs George Kambosos battle for all 5 belts and Jason Moloney vs Aston Palicte. Listen as the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-06-0921 minPunches and PunchlinesCanelo Alvarez vs Dmitry BivolSend us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive on the Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol. How sad is Franco? How much money did Fritz win? This and more will be answered in this episode! Also, the boys "play boxing" and break down the rest of the fights from the Cinco de Mayo weekend as they always do... with a sense of humor.2022-05-1320 minPunches and PunchlinesKatie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano and Shakur Stevenson vs Oscar ValdezSend us a textFritz and Franco take deep dives into the Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano slugfest and the Oscar Valdez vs Shakur Stevenson fight. The boys then cover the rest in Playing Boxing. As always, the boys break down all the boxing... with a sense of humor.2022-05-0927 minPunches and PunchlinesTyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte plus moreSend us a textFritz and Franco give their take on the Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte ppl as well as fights from DAZN. The other fights include Francisco Grandelli vs Kane Baker, Ivan Zucco vs Marco Nikolic, Isaac Lowe vs Nick Ball, and then a little recap in Playing Boxing. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-04-3036 minPunches and PunchlinesGGG vs Murata and the fights for April 9, 2022Send us a textFritz and Franco break down Gennadiy Golovkin vs Ryota Murata, Sebastian Fundora vs Erickson Lubin, Ryan Garcia vs Emmanuel Tagoe, Mikaela Mayer vs Jennifer Han, and the rest of the fights for April 9, 2022. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-04-1425 minPunches and PunchlinesJosh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez and Miguel Berchelt vs Jeremiah Nakathila plus Playing BoxingSend us a textFritz and Franco take on the Josh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez fight as well as the Miguel Berchelt vs Jeremiah Nakathila fight. The boys then do quick takes on the rest of the fights for the weekend of March 26th, 2022 in the Playing Boxing segment of the show. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-04-0122 minPunches and PunchlinesEdgar Berlanga vs Steve Rolls and the DAZN and ESPN fights for March 19, 2022Send us a textFritz and Franco take a dive into the fights from DAZN and ESPN, starting with Bektemir Melikuziev vs David Zeregarra, Alexis Rocha vs Blair Cobbs, Bruce Carrington vs Yeuri Andujar, Xander Zayas vs Quincy LaVallais, and finally, Edgar Berlanga. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-03-2532 minPunches and PunchlinesLeigh Wood vs Michael Conlan and the rest of the fights for the weekend of March 12th, 2022Send us a textFritz and Franco break down Sandy Ryan vs Erica Farias, Teri Harper vs Yamila Abellaneda, Gary Cully vs Miguel Vazquez, and then Leigh Wood vs Michael Conlan in what could be a fight of the year candidate and knockout of the year candidate. The boys then play boxing and give quick takes on the rest of the fights for the weekend. As always, they break down all the fights... with a sense of humor.2022-03-1726 minPunches and PunchlinesChocolatito vs Julio Cesar Martinez and the fights for March 5th, 2022Send us a textFritz and Franco dive into the ESPN+ and DAZN fights for the weekend of March 5th, including Mauricio Lara vs Emilio Sanchez, Diego Pacheco vs Gen Pllana, Marc Castro vs Julio Medara, Jose Ramirez vs Jose Pedraza, and Roman Gonzalez aka Chocolatito vs Julio Cesar Martinez. As always, the boys break it all down... with a sense of humor.2022-03-1023 minPunches and PunchlinesJosh Taylor vs Jack Catterall and the rest of boxing for February 26, 2022Send us a textFritz and Franco take a deep dive into the fights on the ESPN+ card for February 26. The boys kick it off with Ebonie Jones vs Effy Kathopouli, Paddy Donovan vs Miroslav Serban, Jay McFarlane vs Nick Campbell, Eric Donovan vs Robeisy Ramirez, and then the main event of Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall. The boys then play boxing and get into some of the action from the Okolie vs Cieslak card, and more importantly, Franco finally has his wish come true when a DDT was landed during the Guerfi vs Gill match! 2022-03-0328 min