No Holds Barred with Eddie Goldman
160 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNo Holds Barred with Eddie Goldman, who is widely known as the "conscience of combat sports", discusses the combat sports and martial arts, including boxing and various types of wrestling. It is called No Holds Barred because the show is dedicated only to telling the truth.
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No Holds Barred: Joshua-Pulev, Fury-Wilder 3 -- Meh, Bleh, Feh
March 05, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the next round of fights for the top tier of heavyweights. Fresh from being stopped in the seventh round by Tyson Fury in their Feb. 22 rematch, Deontay Wilder has reportedly exercised the clause in the contract for that fight for a third fight between these two to take place. The reported working date is July 18. That pushes back any potential fight between the consensus top two heavyweights, Tyson Fury and Anthony Jo...
No Holds Barred: CRAZY
February 24, 2020 00:00 - 24 minutes - 33 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses Tyson Fury's seventh-round stoppage of Deontay Wilder on February 22 in the biggest fight so far of 2020 and for the heavyweight division. Fury is now clearly the consensus top heavyweight in the world. What this fight meant for both fighters and for boxing, as well as what might be and should be next in the unresolved quest to crown an undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, are all examined. (Photo of Deontay ...
No Holds Barred: Frank Lotierzo on Wilder-Fury 2
February 13, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with boxing analyst Frank Lotierzo. Our discussion focused on the most important fight both in the heavyweight division and in boxing in general this year, the February 22 rematch between undefeated fighters Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. This fight will be shown on pay-per-view and streamed live in several countries, and take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. We spoke with Frank Lotierzo by ...
No Holds Barred: Changhee Han on 2nd African Regional Martial Arts Congress and UNESCO's International Centre of Martial Arts
February 02, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Changhee Han. who is the Programme Specialist in charge of the 2nd African Regional Martial Arts Congress and the 3rd Martial Arts Open School Project in 2019, which were organized by UNESCO's International Centre of Martial Arts.. We spoke with him by Skype Friday. The 2nd African Regional Martial Arts Congress was held September 25-26, 2019, in Accra, Ghana. The first of these congresses was held in 2018 in Nairob...
No Holds Barred: Maxwell Kalu on the African Warriors Fighting Championship in 2020
January 26, 2020 00:00 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with Maxwell Kalu, founder and CEO of the African Warriors Fighting Championship. We spoke with him by Skype Friday. The African Warriors Fighting Championship made its debut in 2019 with three events, all in Nigeria, featuring traditional wrestling and Dambe, a style of boxing popular in West Africa. "It's been a real ride," he said. "I have to remind myself every now and again that's it's not even been a year. We l...
No Holds Barred: Chris Baldwin on Wilder-Fury 2
January 19, 2020 00:00 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with our correspondent Chris Baldwin. She was at this past Monday's press conference in Los Angeles for the rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs) and Tyson Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs). Their first fight, in Dec. 2018, ended in a controversial split draw, with most observers saying that Fury deserved the win. The rematch is scheduled to take place Feb. 22, 2020, at the MGM Grand Gard...
No Holds Barred: Caradh O'Donovan On Athlete Activism, Moving From Kickboxing To Karate, And The Olympics
January 12, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with former kickboxer and current member of the Irish karate team Caradh O'Donovan. She is also a member of the start-up group of the new international athlete-led movement Global Athlete. We spoke with her by Skype Thursday. Previously an amateur kickboxing world and European champion, Caradh O'Donovan recently made the transition to karate, and has become an Irish national karate champion. With karate being included o...
No Holds Barred: Wilder-Fury 2 -- The Great Gamble
December 30, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the rematch between unbeaten top heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, which is scheduled to take place February 22, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Topics include the significance of this fight, why this is a great gamble for both fighters, what to expect and not expect in this rematch of their controversial December 2018 split draw, the late announcement of this fight, what the future may hold for both fighters depending on...
No Holds Barred: Rob Koehler of Global Athlete on Athletes' Rights, Including Athletes in Decision-Making, and Russian Doping Scandal
November 27, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 89.5 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Rob Koehler, director general of Global Athlete. A former World Anti-Doping Agency deputy director general, Rob Koehler is leading this "international athlete-led movement that will inspire and lead positive change in world sport, and collectively address the balance of power between athletes and administrators," according to its web site. We spoke with him by phone Monday. While he agreed that Global Athlete is an advocacy...
No Holds Barred: Is One-Punch Wilder One Step Closer To Heavyweight Unification?
November 25, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses this past Saturday's rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Luis "King Kong" Ortiz, won by Wilder with a one-punch knockout near the end of round seven. The topics include what this all says about Wilder, what his future may be, how this affects the future of the heavyweight division and the quest to establish an undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, and much more. (Ph...
No Holds Barred: Can King Kong Conquer Wilder In Their Rematch?
November 19, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the upcoming rematch between WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) and challenger Luis "King Kong" Ortiz (31-1, 2 ND, 26 KOs). This takes place Saturday, November 23, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It will be shown in the U.S. on Fox pay-per-view and in the U.K. on Sky Sports. Their first fight took place March 3, 2018, in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In what had been an exciting and close fight, Wilder dro...
No Holds Barred: Balogun Ojetade on WarriorCon
November 10, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with Balogun Ojetade, the founder, director, and master instructor of the Afrikan Martial Arts Institute. Our main topic was an event scheduled for next year, on October 9-11, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia, called WarriorCon. We spoke with Balogun Ojetade by phone Wednesday. "WarriorCon is a convention that is comprised of panel discussions and workshops, and features the indigenous martial arts of Africa, the Ca...
No Holds Barred: While Most Of Us Were Sleeping, Canelo Put Kovalev To Sleep On DAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZN
November 06, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 31.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the November 2 fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev, and the ill-conceived decision by streaming service DAZN to delay its start until after a UFC event on another platform was completed. This outraged many in boxing, as the Canelo-Kovalev fight only started after 1 AM Eastern Time. Also discussed are how this was a gross insult to the core audience of boxing fans DAZN has built in the U.S. for the past year, ...
No Holds Barred: While Most Of Us Were Sleeping, Canelo Put Kovalev To Sleep On DAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZN
November 06, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 24.2 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the November 2 fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev, and the ill-conceived decision by streaming service DAZN to delay its start until after a UFC event on another platform was completed. This outraged many in boxing, as the Canelo-Kovalev fight only started after 1 AM Eastern Time. Also discussed are how this was a gross insult to the core audience of boxing fans DAZN has built in the U.S. for the past year, ...
No Holds Barred: Wise Morrow on 52 Blocks ATL
October 23, 2019 00:00 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Wise Morrow, one of the founders of 52 Blocks ATL. There is a revival of interest in the fighting techniques known as 52 Blocks, and we discussed exactly what it is and what those teaching it have planned. We spoke with Wise Morrow, who is now based in the Atlanta area, by phone Tuesday. "52 Blocks is an African-American art form," he said. "When we fought in our neighborhoods as young boys, it's about our defense, how mu...
No Holds Barred: Maxwell Kalu on Next Steps for the African Warriors Fighting Championship
October 14, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with Maxwell Kalu, founder and CEO of the African Warriors Fighting Championship. The African Warriors Fighting Championship is Africa's first multidisciplinary fighting organization and features competition in the indigenous African styles of combat sports Dambe, which is a form of boxing popular in West Africa, and traditional wrestling. They held their second and largest event yet, "The Battle for Lagos", on Septembe...
No Holds Barred: Professor Mo on 52 Blocks Self-Defense System
September 26, 2019 00:00 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with martial artist Mahaliel Bethea AKA Professor Mo AKA Sensei Mo. Our main topic was the urban self-defense system known as 52 Blocks. We spoke with him by phone Wednesday. 52 Blocks, he said, is an "urban self-defense system, because it's not a traditional martial art. Some people connect it with prison, and the researchers really connect it all the way from Africa. And because of mass incarceration obviou...
No Holds Barred: Jens Sejer Andersen on Olympic Scandals, Athlete Power, and 2019 Play the Game Conference
September 23, 2019 00:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with Jens Sejer Andersen, the international director of Play the Game. This year's conference, the 11th of Play the Game's biannual events, will be the first one taking place outside Europe and in the U.S. It will take place October 13-16, 2019, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Colorado Springs. This is THE major world event advocating sport reform. More details on the conference can be...
No Holds Barred: Bob Carson on Ruiz-Joshua 2
September 09, 2019 00:00 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with Bob Carson. We attended this past Thursday's Ruiz-Joshua 2 press conference in New York, and had a lengthy discussion right after it about the fight itself, the media, the controversy about staging the fight in Saudi Arabia, and much more. The PodOmatic Podcast Player app is available for free, both for Android at Google Play, and for iOS on the App Store. The No Holds Barred theme song is called "The Heist", whic...
No Holds Barred: Devin Haney, Manny Robles, Eddie Hearn, Joe Markowski, Ruiz-Joshua 2
September 07, 2019 00:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with lightweight contender Devin Haney, heavyweight champ Andy Ruiz's trainer Manny Robles, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, and DAZN executive Joe Markowski. On September 13 at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden, Devin Haney (22-0, 14 KOs) will fight Zaur Abdullaev (11-0, 7 KOs) for what is now being billed as the WBC interim lightweight title. The 20-year-old Haney is regarded by many as one of the rising stars of b...
No Holds Barred: Maxwell Kalu on African Warriors Fighting Championship
August 30, 2019 00:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Maxwell Kalu, founder and CEO of the African Warriors Fighting Championship. The African Warriors Fighting Championship is Africa's first multidisciplinary fighting organization. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, the African Warriors Fighting Championship showcases warriors competing in indigenous African styles of combat sports such as Dambe, which is a form of boxing popular in West Africa, and traditional wrestling. After a debut...
No Holds Barred: Ruiz, Joshua, Fury, Wilder, and the Unfinished Quest for Heavyweight Unification
August 26, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the major heavyweight fights which may or may not take place by the end of this year, and the dimming prospects for there being a heavyweight title unification any time soon. The self-proclaimed lineal champion, Tyson Fury, is slated to fight Sept. 14 against little-known Otto Wallin. Unified WBA-IBF-WBO champion Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua are scheduled to have their rematch Dec. 7 in Saudi Arabia. And WBC champ...
No Holds Barred: The Legacy of the World Sumo Challenge
August 02, 2019 00:00 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman reposts what was the first preview show of No Holds Barred, and featured interviews about and from the World Sumo Challenge. This event originally took place October 22, 2005, at Madison Square Garden, and was shown on tape delay on ESPN2 that December. The original No Holds Barred show on this event was posted on December 27, 2005. This new edition of No Holds Barred adds at the beginning of the show commentary on why this ve...
No Holds Barred: Matthew Gelfand on Shuai Jiao in America and the World
July 08, 2019 00:00 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Matthew Gelfand, an instructor and coach at Shuai Jiao Evolution. Based in New York, he will be traveling to California this coming weekend for the 2019 TCAAT Shuaijiao Tournament of the San Francisco Bay Area. Hosted by USA Shuaijiao, this tournament will take place Saturday, July 13, at Cupertino High School, 10100 Finch Ave., Cupertino, California 95014. We spoke with him by phone Sunday. Shuai Jiao, the Chinese traditi...
No Holds Barred: Tyson Fury vs. Tom Schwarz and the Heavyweight Soap Opera
June 12, 2019 00:00 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the upcoming June 15 fight between heavyweights Tyson Fury of the U.K. (27-0-1, 19 KOs) and Tom Schwarz of Germany (24-0, 16 KOs). This fight headlines a card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will be shown live in the U.S. on the ESPN+ app and in the U.K. on pay-per-view on BT Sport Box Office. Among the topics are why this fight is happening now, how it reflects the needs and plans of ESPN and Fury's co-...
No Holds Barred: Mysteries Abound As Andy Ruiz Jr. Upsets Anthony Joshua
June 03, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the upset TKO victory by Andy Ruiz Jr. over Anthony Joshua Saturday, June 1, at Madison Square Garden, to capture three of the four major heavyweight belts. Many mysteries remain as to why this upset occurred, and these as well as what may happen next and what this means for the future of the heavyweight division are explored, plus much more. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxing USA.) The PodOmatic Podcast Playe...
No Holds Barred: Wilder, Joshua, Fury, and Heavyweight Myths
May 23, 2019 00:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman busts up the many myths being peddled in the media about how Deontay Wilder's knockout performance against the hapless Dominic Breazeale this past Saturday, May 18, made him into some type of major star. Also discussed is the future of the heavyweight division, the upcoming fight on June 1 of unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua against Andy Ruiz Jr., and much more. (Photo of Deontay Wilder vs. Dominic Breazeale from Rya...
No Holds Barred: John Perretti on His Life and Memoir, The Origin Of A Species and Mixed Martial Arts
May 08, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with lifelong martial artist, former UFC and Battlecade Extreme Fighting matchmaker, TV commentator, and our senior correspondent, John Perretti. His long-awaited autobiography and memoir has recently been released. It is called The Origin Of A Species and Mixed Martial Arts. We spoke with him by phone Tuesday. This book covers so many topics and so much territory that we had to limit our discussion, which fo...
No Holds Barred: Regis Prograis, Bruce Carrington, Weekend and TV Boxing Woes
April 17, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman comments on the fallout from Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller's reported positive PED test, previews the April 27 Regis Prograis-Kiryl Relikh World Boxing Super Series 140-pound tournament semifinal fight, speaks with amateur boxer Bruce Carrington, discusses the many woes from one of the worst weekends in televised boxing, and once again calls out the destructive role being played by the many mutually exclusive TV and streaming deals and paywa...
No Holds Barred: Joshua. Wilder. Fury. 2019.
December 27, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discussed the prospects in 2019 for a heavyweight title unification fight between WBA-IBF-WBO champ Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) and WBC champ Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs), as well as a rematch between Wilder and Fury (27-0-1, 19 KOs), who fought December 1 to a highly criticized split draw decision. That fight is analyzed, options and obstacles facing all three fighters' next fights are discussed, and much more. (Photo of ...
No Holds Barred: Lavell Marshall On The Growth Of Shuai Jiao And His Upcoming Journey to Chin
November 20, 2018 00:00 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke Lavell Marshall. While proficient in many types of martial arts, he mainly focuses as a trainer and competitor in Shuai Jiao, the Chinese traditional style of wrestling. We spoke with him Sunday, right after a seminar he conducted in New York. There are several different styles and rulesets of Shuai Jiao, although in general it is all standup wrestling with no groundwork or par terre. Although some styles include striking and jo...
No Holds Barred: Naoya Inoue, Terence Crawford, and Life After HBO
October 11, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 31.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the recent fights of top ten pound-for-pound fighters Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford, who both formerly fought on HBO in the U.S., as well as the critical success of the World Boxing Super Series. Also previewed is Crawford's next fight, on October 13 against Jose Benavidez Jr., which will air on ESPN in the U.S. We spoke with Crawford on last week's media conference call. (Photo of Naoya Inoue knockout of Juan Carlos Payano...
No Holds Barred: Anthony Joshua on Fighting Alexander Povetkin
September 20, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.34 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman presents a two-part, multimedia show and analysis. The written part of the show has an analysis of the Canelo-Golovkin rematch, the emergence of DAZN in the U.S., the PBC deals with Showtime and Fox, the international stardom of Anthony Joshua, and more. It can be read on the No Holds Barred site here. The PodOmatic Podcast Player app is available for free, both for Android at Google Play, and for iOS on the App Store. The No...
No Holds Barred: Declan Hill on Sports Gambling and the Fight for Sports Integrity in the U.S.
September 16, 2018 00:00 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with investigative journalist, academic, consultant, and expert on match-fixing and corruption in international sports, Declan Hill. He has just started a new teaching position as an associate professor in the Investigations Department at the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at the University of New Haven in New Haven, Connecticut. This unique position, which he calls a "professor ...
No Holds Barred: Joshua-Povetkin on DAZN, Katie Taylor, Kristal Hart
July 24, 2018 00:00 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Anthony Joshua, Alexander Povetkin, Katie Taylor, and our media colleague Kristal Hart of the "Kristal Hart Show" at last Tuesday's New York media event announcing the U.S. debut of the streaming service DAZN. The 28-year-old unified heavyweight champion Joshua from the U.K., with a record of 21-0 with 20 KOs, fights Povetkin September 22 in London on a card shown in the U.K. on Sky Sports Box Office and in the U.S. ...
No Holds Barred: James Rushton of DAZN, U.S. Media Launch Analyzed
July 19, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with James Rushton, the CEO of the DAZN sports streaming media company. This week it was announced that DAZN, which is already in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, and Canada, and will soon launch in Italy, would be starting its OTT (over-the-top) streaming service in the U.S. on September 10. The first live offering will be the September 22 card headlined by the heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Alexander Pov...
No Holds Barred: The Incomparable Dr. Margaret Goodman
May 15, 2018 00:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with Dr. Margaret Goodman, a neurologist, the former chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and the president and board chairman of VADA, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. We spoke with her Saturday in New York. "The best aspect of what VADA has accomplished is education," she said. "The fans are much more educated. I think the fighters are getting much more educate...
No Holds Barred: Eddie Hearn, Big Baby Miller, Simon Denyer, Kristal Hart, Boxing's Billion Dollar Deal
May 11, 2018 00:00 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the new deal reported to be for one billion U.S. dollars between Matchroom Boxing and the Perform Group, the parent company of the sports streaming service DAZN. 32 Matchroom shows will be streamed live in the U.S. exclusively on DAZN, beginning in September. They claim this will change boxing in the U.S. and around the world. But can it succeed? The kickoff event for this new venture took place Thursday in New York. To discu...
No Holds Barred: Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, Olympic Doping Whistleblower, Fights Russian Oligarch's Lawsuit
May 03, 2018 00:00 - 34 minutes - 48 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman presents Monday's telephone press conference held by the lawyers for Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, the former director of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory, who became a key whistleblower exposing Russia's state-sponsored doping program for Olympic and other elite athletes. The main speakers, both representing Dr. Rodchenkov, were attorneys Jim Walden of Walden Macht & Haran, and Derek Borchardt of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. Thi...
No Holds Barred: Charles Farrell on Joshua vs. Parker and the Heavyweights
March 28, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with our colleague, correspondent, and the award-winning boxing writer, Charles Farrell. We spoke with him by phone Tuesday. Our main topic was the biggest fight of the year so far, the heavyweight title unification fight taking place this Saturday, March 31, between the two undefeated belt holders Anthony Joshua of the U.K. and Joseph Parker of New Zealand. The 28-year-old Joshua is the IBF and WBA champ and...
No Holds Barred: Malaak Shabazz on Malcolm X, Black History, and Martial Arts
February 03, 2018 00:00 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with human right activist Malaak Shabazz, who is the youngest daughter of Malcolm X. With February being designated Black History Month, she has been traveling to many events which have provided information and analysis on the life and times of her father. She has just returned home to New York from Washington, D.C., from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, where there wa...
No Holds Barred: The Black Fist Affair, The Failed Russian COINTELPRO Operation Against the Black Community in America
January 09, 2018 00:00 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the "Black Fist Self-Defense Project", a Russian troll operation which paid for self-defense classes to be held in the Black community in America in 2017. Explained are the background to their engaging legitimate and unknowing people in this scam, the objectives of the Russian trolls, and how this was part of a broader campaign that was Russia's failed version of COINTELPRO, the notorious program of the American FBI to...
No Holds Barred: Gabriel Kuhn on Workers' Sport, Anti-Fascism, and Combat Sports
January 01, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with writer, activist, and athlete Gabriel Kuhn. He is the author of several books, including two which we discussed: Antifascism, Sports, Sobriety: Forging a Militant Working-Class Culture and Playing as if the World Mattered: An Illustrated History of Activism in Sports. We spoke with him Wednesday. Among the accomplishments of the past that have all but been buried in history are the existence of mass workers' sports organiza...
No Holds Barred: Omowale Adewale on Self-Defense, Robin Thede Show, and 'Black Fist' Russian Trolls
December 27, 2017 00:00 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with former boxer, kickboxer, and MMA fighter, and current trainer, nutritionist, and activist, Omowale Adewale. We spoke with him by phone Tuesday. The December 14 episode of late-night hit TV show "The Rundown with Robin Thede", shown on BET in the U.S., had a feature on a Russian troll operation known as "Black Fist". We discussed this with Omowale, how they tricked him into being associated with it (and how I was tricked into...
No Holds Barred: Dr. Bennet Omalu on Wrestling, Grappling, CTE, and Concussions
August 14, 2017 00:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with Dr. Bennet Omalu. He was in New York Monday, August 7, to give a presentation at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York, and hosted by the New York Press Club, about his new book, Truth Doesn't Have a Side. Dr. Omalu is the pioneering forensic pathologist who was the first to prove a connection between the head trauma and brain injuries which inherently result from playing American football, a...
No Holds Barred: Dr. Bennet Omalu on CTE, Children, and Football
August 10, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman presents the complete audio from the August 7 presentation by Dr. Bennet Omalu at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York, and hosted by the New York Press Club, as well as the informative and lively question-and-answer session which followed the presentation. Dr. Omalu is the pioneering forensic pathologist who was the first to prove a connection between the head trauma and brain injuries which inherently result fr...
No Holds Barred: Anthony Joshua And The Heavyweight Maze
August 07, 2017 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the heavyweight maze which so many fighters want to get through to get a title shot at the division's best and most popular fighter, IBF and WBA champion Anthony Joshua. This past week, the 41-year-old former champion Wladimir Klitschko announced his retirement from boxing. We discuss the positives and negatives from his lengthy career. The scramble to get big money title fights is often inhibited or even prevented b...
No Holds Barred: John Perretti on the Mayweather-McGregor Scam
June 30, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with lifelong martial artist, former UFC and Battlecade Extreme Fighting matchmaker, TV commentator, and our senior correspondent, John Perretti. Our topic was the absurd boxing match planned for August 26 between the recent top pound-for-pound boxer, Floyd Mayweather, who is 49-0, and UFC fighter Conor McGregor, who is 0-0 in boxing. We spoke with John Perretti by Skype Thursday. While most people in boxing circles s...
No Holds Barred: Charles Farrell on Fixing Fights
May 12, 2017 00:00 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with our colleague, correspondent, and award-winning boxing writer, Charles Farrell. We spoke with him in New York Wednesday at a book party for a new book in which he is one of the featured writers, The Bittersweet Science. His contribution is an essay called "Why I Fixed Fights", and that is the topic we discussed. The PodOmatic Podcast Player app is available for free, both for Android at Google Play, and ...
No Holds Barred: Charles Farrell on the Coming Coronation of Anthony Joshua
April 21, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 98.4 MBOn this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with our colleague, correspondent, and award-winning boxing writer, Charles Farrell. He is also one of the writers featured in the new book The Bittersweet Science. Our main topic was the April 29 heavyweight title unification fight between the 27-year-old IBF champion Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) and the 41-year-old former champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs). This fight, which is also for a vacant W...