Macklin's Take - Boxing Podcast
193 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsI'm Andy Clarke, a boxing commentator and pundit, mainly for Sky Sports. This is the home of a boxing podcast me and 3-time world title challenger and Sky colleague Matt Macklin are doing called Macklin's Take. Topical debate, big-name guests and boxing insiders, we'll bring you all of it. We hope you enjoy it.
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Macklin's Take #184 Wardley v Clarke preview
March 29, 2024 22:00 - 31 minutesMatt and Andy sit down to discuss the highly anticipated heavyweight clash that is set to take place at the O2 Arena on Sunday evening. You can pre-order Andy's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knockout-Andy-Clarke/dp/0711294852 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #183 Saudi, Birmingham and pulling fighters.
March 18, 2024 21:53 - 1 hourMacklin and Andy look back at the recent fight-night in Saudi as well as the Queensbury show in Birmingham + the subject of pulling a fighter out of a lucrative event. You can pre-order Andy's book 'The Knockout' here: https://amzn.eu/d/91tGECx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #182 AJ V Ngannou fight week LIVE from Saudi 🥊 🇸🇦 👑
March 05, 2024 22:01 - 45 minutesMacklin and Andy are in Saudi for AJ v Ngannou and they're lapping up the fight week chaos with some of the many people making the event happen. You can pre-order 'The Knockout' by Andy Clarke now: https://amzn.eu/d/hnMrPJ6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #181 AJ V Ngannou look ahead 🥊
February 26, 2024 22:16 - 53 minutesMarch 8th Anthony Joshua faces Francis Ngannou in Saudi, will Macklin make it or will he become an accoucheur in his own home? Boxing meets the Dad's Club in another episode of Macklin's Take. Andy's book 'The Knockout' is available for pre-order here: https://amzn.eu/d/hnMrPJ6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #180 Fury vs Usyk, the domestic schedule and much more.
February 19, 2024 20:44 - 55 minutesMatt and Andy are back to discuss Fury vs Usyk, domestic schedule, Buatsi vs Yarde, Whittaker and more. Pre-order 'The Knockout' by Andy Clarke here: https://bit.ly/4b7Kj2J Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #179 A Small Heath Boxing club special
November 27, 2023 18:29 - 1 hourThis week on Macklin's Take we bring you a very special episode. We talk often on the podcast about amateur boxing, about how vital amateur clubs are, not just to the sport, but also to the communities they belong to, and how the people who run them are the sport's true, unsung heroes. Well a couple of weeks ago Matt invited me along to the birthday party of his old amateur coach, a man who helped save and shape so many young people's lives and who also brought through more than his fair sh...
Macklin's Take #178 Saudi, AJ, Fury, Wilder and the health of British boxing!
November 20, 2023 19:11 - 52 minutesAndy and Matt are back to delve into the two most recent events announced with a show full of names on the 23rd of December and an actual date for Fury and Usyk to get it on in February + the conversation goes on to the health of British boxing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #174 JOSHUA v WHYTE OFF! ❌
August 07, 2023 19:44 - 53 minutesMacklin and Andy react to the news of Joshua v Whyte being cancelled and delve into the topic of PED's in boxing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #173 A good week for boxing
July 31, 2023 20:30 - 52 minutesMacklin and Andy review a fine week in boxing as Inoue, Fulton, Spence and Crawford not only gave us a week to remember but represented the sport in the finest of manners. A good week for boxing. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review our show on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #172 BIG fight week special 🥊 🇺🇸 🇯🇵
July 24, 2023 21:14 - 52 minutesThe excitement builds on a monster fight week as Inoue and Fulton clash in a fight for the ages in Tokyo, while across the North Pacific Crawford and Spence will finally get down to business. All of this and more in this week's Macklin's Take. @MattMacklin @MrAndyClarke / #MacklinsTake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #171 with Steve Kim
July 10, 2023 21:39 - 1 hourIn this episode, Macklin and I are joined by the brilliant Steve Kim! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #170 With Teddy Atlas (Part 2)
June 26, 2023 19:15 - 1 hourTeddy Atlas is back for part 2! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #169 with Teddy Atlas
June 19, 2023 19:53 - 1 hourThis week on Macklin's Take it's the one and only, Teddy Atlas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #168 with Jazza Dickens
June 12, 2023 20:00 - 52 minutesThis week Matt & I are joined by IBO World Featherweight champion Jazza Dickens. And I invite the pair of them to tell me what cliches and general nonsense talk, peddled by the likes of me, winds them up the most! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #167 with Jon Pegg
June 05, 2023 20:09 - 1 hourHe's back, the Macklin's Take franchise champion, Jon Pegg. if you're listening on apple podcast, please rate and review! Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #166 with Scott Welch
May 29, 2023 19:59 - 1 hourThis week myself and Matt Macklin are joined by former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Scott Welch. We caught Scott down in sunny Bournemouth where he was preparing his son Tommy for his fight on the Okolie vs CBS card. We chatted boxing families, the current heavyweight and scene and also took a pretty deep dive into the psychology of boxing and the brutality of suffering and coming back from a knockout. It was very interesting stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Macklin's Take #165 with Gary Newbon part 2
May 23, 2023 08:02 - 1 hourThis week on Macklin's Take we bring you part 2 with the legendary Gary Newbon. Please do make sure you have listened to part one before hitting the play button on this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #164 with Gary Newbon
May 15, 2023 20:10 - 52 minutesThis week on Macklin's Take we bring you the first of two episodes with the one and only Gary Newbon. Gary spent 50 years at the top level in TV and was of course a big part of the brilliant ITV team that brought us the Big Fight Live. Benn vs Eubank, Eubank vs Watson, Benn vs McClellan attracted enormous viewing audiences and Gary was right in the middle of it all, getting where water couldn't and asking the questions that needed to be asked. He's a life-long boxing fan, is bang up to dat...
Macklin's Take #163 with Rob Tebbutt
May 01, 2023 19:34 - 1 hourThis week on Macklin's Take me and Matt are joined by boxing media mogul and seeker of truth and justice Rob Tebbutt. Rob is one of the most respected and influential operators in boxing's vast digital platform and his channel ID Boxing has quickly earned a reputation as an industry leader. We talk to Rob about the complexities of the YouTube platform and how he's chosen to navigate it over the years and also about the news that ID Boxing is merging with Boxing News to provide and online ho...
Macklin's Take #162 with Al Siesta
April 17, 2023 18:35 - 51 minutesThis week on Macklin's Take me and Matt are joined by Boxxer's International Head of Boxing Al Siesta. And we ask whether relations between the major UK promoters have hit an all-time low. Or are they capable of working together more so we can avoid nights like May 27th, when we have three world title fights involving British fighters on different cards and different networks, on the same night. Because ultimately it's the sport and the fans that suffer. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
Macklin's Take #161 with Kody Mommaerts
April 10, 2023 21:57 - 1 hourThis week we welcome a certain Kody Mommaerts onto the podcast. You'll know him better as Boxxer and Sky MC Big Mo, who has blazed a trail across our screens since making his Sky debut in Bournemouth last summer. An outstanding athlete back in his college days, which weren't long ago at all, his journey to the centre of the ring has been an interesting one to say the least. It was great to sit down with him and hear all about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...
Macklin's Take #160 with Spencer Oliver
April 03, 2023 18:07 - 57 minutesWith Macklin now safely back from paternity leave and the podcast back on the road, this week we catch up with our great pal Spencer Oliver. After his career was cut short by injury Spencer very quickly became a pundit and has remained in that role for 25 years. The job has changed a lot over that period, beyond all recognition is some ways, so Spence was the perfect man to fill us in on what has been a fascinating journey for him so far. He's very relieved there were no camera phones or so...
Macklin's Take #159 with Errol Johnson
February 13, 2023 22:00 - 1 hourThis week on Macklin's Take we've tracked down a man we've been after for a while; trainer, manager and promoter Errol Johnson. Errol runs Black Country Boxing. He's one off the busiest blokes in the boxing business and knows it inside out. We see him and his fighters up and down the country all the time and he goes way back with Macklin too, having been in the opposite corner for Matt's first ever amateur fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #158 with Joe Gallagher & Spencer Oliver
January 23, 2023 20:00 - 1 hourJoining us for our first podcast of 2023, Joe Gallagher and Spencer Oliver.Matt was actually held up in traffic but we were able to keep the ship afloat without him and he did manage to make it in time to join us towards the end.We had a look at what we can expect in 2023, where the sport sits currently in terms of its popularity, the impact of Misfits boxing, and even had time to talk commentary and corner work.It was a great fun chat with two top blokes. Desire + CapitalRyan and Jamie talki...
Macklin's Take #157 with Robert Smith
December 19, 2022 20:00 - 1 hourFor our final podcast of 2022 me and Matt welcome back Board of Control General Secretary Robert Smith.It's been an interesting year, in boxing it always is. We've had stadium fights, scoring controversies, the re-emergence of a robust small hall scene post Covid, the death of a monarch and the Conor Benn saga. And whilst Robert may not have loved every single second of it, as he rightly told us, the good has outweighed the bad and we head into another year with the sport in good shape.Merry ...
Macklin's Take #156 - Fury vs Chisora and the state of the boxing landscape
December 05, 2022 20:00 - 55 minutesIn this one me and Matt look back at Fury vs Chisora and give our take on how the fight and the whole event played out.We take a look at the state of the current promotional and TV landscape within boxing. And we talk a bit of Josh Kelly as well. Desire + CapitalRyan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify The Noco Moto Motorcycle PodcastHosts MotoGPete and Swiggy are on a mission to discuss, rate, ride, and phil...
Macklin's Take #155 with Lewis Van Poetsch and Rich Farnan
November 28, 2022 19:00 - 1 hourLewis Van Poetsch, better known as Poochi, is one British boxing's finest away corner warriors, and along with his manager and trusted cornerman Rich Farnan, travels the land taking on all comers.It's a crucial role, one that's unique to boxing really, and one that's maybe changing a bit too.There have been a number of away corner wins recently and Poochi has notched a few himself, so me and Matt thought it was about time we had a proper chat about life on the road with two of the sport's mos...
Macklin's Take #154 - Big Fight Deep Dive with Steve Lillis - Mike Tyson vs Danny Williams
November 21, 2022 18:00 - 1 hourThis week we embark on another Big Fight Deep Dive.Our leader on this expedition is top boxing journalist Steve Lillis who takes back almost 20 years to Louisville, Kentucky and Mike Tyson vs Danny Williams.It was a hell of a week and a hell of a result, with stories to match! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Introducing the George Groves Boxing Club
November 16, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBOur pals George Groves and Dec Taylor have created their own boxing club, 'The George Groves Boxing Club' and it's well worth your time and attention. They've given us a taster to share with you and here it is. Search 'The George Groves Boxing Club' in any podcast platform and you will find it there. Macklin's Take will return next week! The Immigration Guy Kyle Farmer combines his expertise on all things immigration with his sense of humor! Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Introducing the George Groves Boxing Club
November 16, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutesOur pals George Groves and Dec Taylor have created their own boxing club, 'The George Groves Boxing Club' and it's well worth your time and attention. They've given us a taster to share with you and here it is. Search 'The George Groves Boxing Club' in any podcast platform and you will find it there. Macklin's Take will return next week! Desire + CapitalRyan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Learn more abou...
Macklin's Take #153 - The Big Fight Deep Dive - Eubank vs Collins with Ian Darke
November 07, 2022 20:00 - 1 hourBy popular request this week sees the return of the Big Fight Deep Dive, where we take an in-depth look at a key clash from years gone by in the company of somebody who was there.A fight that's been on the list for a long time is Chris Eubank vs Steve Collins from March 18th 1995.Eubank was the long-reigning WBO Super Middleweight champion and maybe the biggest name in British boxing at the time whilst Collins was WBO champ at the weight below and moving up to 168lbs for the first time.It wa...
Macklin's Take #152 - The Conor Benn saga - How did we get here?
November 01, 2022 21:00 - 50 minutesIn this special extra episode me and Matt discuss the ongoing Conor Benn saga.We first discussed it when the news very first broke but have deliberately kept our powder dry since because no new information had come to light and we're not in the business of indulging in pointless speculation.But last week saw some revelations so we decided it was time to address what has become one of the British sport's burning issues.We know all the parties involved, Conor Benn, Eddie Hearn and Board of Cont...
Macklin's Take #151 with Mark Taffet
October 31, 2022 19:00 - 1 hourWe love a boxing insider on Macklin's Take :)And this week me and Matt sit down with a man who was right on the inside of boxing's premier broadcasting flagship for over 25 years.Mark Taffet was head of HBO Pay Per View and with the company from 1983, all the way through to 2015.He was fundamental in putting together some of the biggest fights the world has seen and a key player in HBO fight cards and broadcasts becoming the gold standard that their competition strived to match.We chatted abo...
Macklin's Take #150 - Ambrose Mendy Part 2
October 24, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourThis week it's part 2 of our chat with the one and only Ambrose Mendy.Last time out Ambrose regaled with some great tales of adventure from his early days, promoting alongside Frank Warren and cracking the cartel.Today he gives us the inside track on the formative years of his relationship with Nigel Benn and tells us the whole story behind how Benn vs Watson ended up being contested in a huge tent in Finsbury Park on what has gone down in history as one of British boxing's most legendary nig...
Macklin's Take #149 with Ambrose Mendy - Part One
October 17, 2022 19:00 - 43 minutesThis week me and Matt caught up with the one and only Ambrose Mendy.Best known for his days with Nigel Benn, Ambrose has been an influential figure in British boxing for decades, these days working as an advisor to Boxxer.There are very few things he hasn't seen in the sport and he has the stories to match.In this episode he takes us back the early days, casting his mind back to the very first promotion he was involved in and giving us the inside story of how he and Frank Warren cracked Briti...
Macklin's Take #148 - Shields vs Marshall reaction
October 16, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutesAfter a glorious night at the 02 me and Matt decided we needed to take a look back at what was a fantastic night for boxing.The build-up, the cast of characters, the fights, the atmosphere, it was all sensational.And it gave us a glimpse of what could be a very bright future. Desire + CapitalRyan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macklin's Take #147 with Crystina Poncher
October 14, 2022 01:00 - 46 minutesIn this one me and Matt continue the build-up to the big Shields vs Marshall card in the company of Top Rank and ESPN commentator Crystina Poncher.Crystina's calling the fight for the US audience so was the perfect person to talk to about the card, the fighters and the significance of the event and we even had time to delve into the story behind her own boxing journey.She was great company, especially considering she was fighting chronic jet lag! Desire + CapitalRyan and Jamie talking about p...
Macklin's Take #146 with Savannah Marshall & Alycia Baumgardner
October 12, 2022 20:00 - 55 minutesThis week on Macklin's Take we're back in East London for the Shields vs Marshall/Mayer vs Baumgardner card at the 02.It's a huge week for this modern era of women's pro boxing and we had the good fortune to sit down with both WBO Middleweight champion Savannah Marshall ahead of her fight for Undisputed vs self-proclaimed GWOAT Claressa Shields and WBC Super Featherweight boss Alycia Baumgardner as she prepares to take on IBF & WBO belt holder Mikaela Mayer.One was just about to go training, ...
Macklin's Take #145 - Eubank vs Benn Emergency pod
October 05, 2022 15:00 - 35 minutesWhat a day.At the time of recording the Board of Control had just decreed that as far as they were concerned Eubank vs Benn was "prohibited" and would not be going ahead.That came just a couple of hours after the promoters issued a joint statement saying that it would.Chaos.So we decided we needed to convene for an emergency pod.We were actually planning to do one today anyway previewing the fight :) Desire + CapitalRyan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx...
Macklin's Take #144 with Thomas Hauser
October 03, 2022 19:00 - 1 hourThis week me and Matt are joined by Hall of Fame boxing writer and friend of the pod Thomas Hauser.I bumped into Thomas at York Hall a couple of weeks ago. It was his first visit to one of British boxing's finest institutions so we thought we'd better check in with him and see how he enjoyed it.It wasn't all we discussed of course.TV was the main talking point.The pros and cons of exclusive deals between networks and promoters and the power struggles they create. The sad departure of HBO and ...
Macklin's Take #143 with Colonel Bob Sheridan
September 26, 2022 21:00 - 1 hourThis week on Macklin's Take we're joined by the legend that is Colonel Bob Sheridan.The Colonel has been calling fights since the 1960s, over 10,000 for TV radio in total, and has been ringside for most of the sport's biggest bouts over that period: The Rumble in the Jungle, the Thriller in Manila, Tyson Douglas in Tokyo, The Bite fight, to name just a few.And that's not all he's done, amazingly.He's also been a pro baseball player, a rodeo rider, a politician and a cattle farmer.All of whic...
Episode #142 with Clifton Mitchell
September 19, 2022 07:00 - 1 hourThis week we're joined by Clifton Mitchell, a man who's career in boxing has served him up more experiences than most.He boxed as a pro, out of the famous Ingle gym, taking the ring moniker of Paddy O'Reilly.As soon as he hung up the gloves he opened his own gym, the One Nation in Derby, that's going strong 25 years later.He also started the most successful boxing security firm in the UK.Oh, and he's been to Neverland to meet Michael Jackson and is on first name terms with Jennifer Lopez and ...
Episode #141 with Peter Fury
September 09, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutesThis week we sit down with top trainer and friend of the pod Peter Fury.It's always great fun having a chat with Peter, someone who knows the boxing game inside out and is never afraid to say exactly what he thinks.It was our first time recording in person with our guest for a good while, it really is great to be back :) Desire + CapitalRyan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify The Noco Moto Motorcycle Podcast...
Macklin's Take #140 - Fury vs AJ - Could it really happen?
September 07, 2022 20:00 - 30 minutesAfter abandoning you for nine months me and Matt Macklin are back and all over you like a cheap suit with our second pod in two days!With the talks around the Fury vs AJ potential mega fight hitting the boxing world like a lightning bolt we thought we'd better get together for a chat.Could it really happen?It looks like it really could. Desire + CapitalRyan and Jamie talking about people talking about Marx, and occasionally Marx himself....Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Learn more about ...
Macklin's Take #139 - Don't call it a comeback!
September 06, 2022 18:00 - 52 minutesWell it is a comeback really :)After a long nine months away Macklin's Take is back!We never intended to be absent for so long but there was never any chance we wouldn't return so thanks everyone for your patience. And thanks for all the messages we got from people telling us we needed to get our s*** together and get back to it, you were absolutely right of course.We'll be doing our best to bring you an episode every week from now on, or as near to it as we can.This week we ease ourselves ba...
Macklin's Take #138 with Dan Azeez
December 05, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourThis week on Macklin's Take me and Matt welcomed new British Light Heavyweight champion Dan Azeez to the podcast.Dan turned in a dazzling display a couple of weeks back to claim the Lonsdale belt and having already won the Southern Area and English titles has done it the traditional way.He's an old school fighter who, like his hero Marvelous Marvin Hagler, just wants to give the public the fights they want to see and mix it with any and all of the other British 175lb fighters.We love his atti...
Macklin's Take #137 with Jon Pegg
November 29, 2021 20:00 - 1 hourIt's the Return of the King :)Our Franchise champion, the one and only Jon Pegg, had a brief sojourn in hospital recently so we thought the perfect tonic for him would be another appearance on MT.And he was on fine form as usual.We got into a number of subjects, including what it's like running small hall shows post Covid, something Jon's doing with great success, and why it is that although everyone seems to love the Rocky films, they seem to be less keen on real life Rockys.As usual with th...
Macklin's Take #136 with Joe Gallagher
November 21, 2021 19:00 - 1 hourThis week me and Matt welcome back to the pod our good friend; top trainer, manager and now also promoter, Mr Joe Gallagher.And Joe was bang on form :)We went deep into a few different topics: The current UK promotional and broadcast battlegrounds, the seemingly lost art of talent spotting and with Anthony Joshua touring US gyms recently in search of a new trainer we asked Joe what he felt AJ needed to do to get back on track. He had plenty to say about that! Desire + CapitalRyan and Jamie ta...
Macklin's Take ~135 with Kelvyn Travis
November 16, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourAfter being away for the last couple of week's at the Men's World Amateur Championships in Belgrade me and Matt decided to delve deep into the amateur code in this episode.We wanted to talk about all levels, from club to country to elite international level, and we wanted someone with some longevity too, someone who's been around the sport for longer than us and who basically knows better than us.And we had the perfect man for the job in Kelvyn Travis.A long time club coach, former internatio...
Macklin's Take #134 with Sam Jones
October 25, 2021 21:00 - 1 hourThis week me and Matt are joined by top boxing manager Sam Jones.Sam has become a very familiar figure with British fight fans over the last few years and someone we've seen around a lot.But we only ever really knew him just to say hello to so thought it was time we found out a bit more about the man who co-founded the very successful SJAM an who has recently become one of Probellum's big new signings.And unsurprisingly his back story is a very interesting one, starting pretty much with a ner...