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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

EP23 Boxing with Ghosts

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan Carlin

Classical, Discussion, Rome, Ancient, Military, History, Archival, War, Modern

4.88.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Ready for an argument? Like Dan's quote voice? Waiting to hear Dan discuss boxing? Then you've hit the trifecta. Boxing expert Mike Silver and Dan discuss whether today's modern fighters could compete with those of yesteryear. 1. The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science by Mike Silver 2. The Night the Referee Hit Back: Memorable Moments from the World of Boxing by Mike Silver 3. Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing: A Photographic History by Mike Silver

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0:00.0

It's hardcore history.

0:04.5

A tandem.

0:07.7

I have threatened for a long time to introduce a bunch of sort of niche subjects into the hardcore

0:13.4

history, a denim feed.

0:15.0

That's why we established this alternative feed to begin with, right?

0:19.7

So instead of having to have a show that could hold one's attention for four or five hours

0:25.7

or multi parts in a series, something we could just do as a throw away, you know, sort of

0:31.5

it'll be somebody's favorite show someday kind of show, but not necessarily a broad appeal

0:35.6

show when we release it.

0:36.9

And I think today's might fit that bill.

0:39.6

I've been threatening to do a show on boxing for a long time.

0:43.1

And this is a show on boxing.

0:45.5

But I think the way we're going to frame it might drag a bunch of you non boxing fans

0:51.6

into the conversation also.

0:55.3

I was trying to think of the logical starting point to this.

0:58.7

And I'm going to say maybe the middle 1990s where I had one of those conversations that

1:04.0

every one of you out there that's a sports fan has probably had at one time or another.

1:09.5

It just happened to be with somebody who I thought was particularly well suited to explain

1:14.5

to me the intricacies of the situation.

1:18.0

In the middle 1990s, I was, I had a radio show that bumped up against a sports show right

1:24.2

afterwards.

1:25.6

And the sports show right afterwards was hosted by a former NFL football player who played

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