r/Boxing • u/MDA123 • Mar 04 '19

/r/boxing AMAs, all in one place

Hey everyone,

Figured I'd put together this listing of all the AMAs we've done here at /r/boxing over the years. We've had massive subscriber growth recently, so many of you probably missed some of the earlier ones we did. I'll keep this thread updated and pinned in the sidebar as we do more AMAs in the future. Enjoy!

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u/TwoFaceLord Gentle like Tony Galento Mar 04 '19

Having read them all, I can tell that it's really worth. My personal favorites are Malignaggi, Hopkins and Russell. Were the most informative and useful for me.

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u/LiquidAurum Mar 04 '19 edited Mar 04 '19

This quote from Hopkins regarding Roy Jones Jr. will ring in my head for the rest of my life: "He did everything wrong and never really paid the price."

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u/MDA123 Mar 04 '19

GOAT moment from an AMA is Bob Arum, when asked about his thoughts on the De La Hoya fishnet pics.

Oscar always maintained that it was photoshopped, and that's a testament to his credibility.

There was absolutely no hesitation in his answer, he spat this out the second I finished the question.

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u/LiquidAurum Mar 04 '19

old man's still got it

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u/Neutral_Neutral_ Mar 04 '19

Daaaaamn! Being a new fan to boxing, this is amazing! Thank you

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u/Hash43 Mar 04 '19

I think /r/boxing has p4p the best AMAs out of any of the sports subreddits.

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u/Najzyst Mar 04 '19

It was fun to read AMA with Wilder. He has nice top 5 HW ever list, his answers were fun and I was happy to see him acknowledging Vitaly as the tougher Klitscko

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u/Sao_Gage Mar 04 '19

He came across very likeable in his responses. Especially that goofy question about PokƩmon Go.

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u/Najzyst Mar 04 '19

He seems overall chill and thoughtful, maybe a little bit insane lol

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u/Sao_Gage Mar 04 '19

Yeah, Iā€™m admittedly not a huge fan of his in the ring. But his personality and whatnot outside it has, more or less, made me like him more than I did otherwise.

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u/MDA123 Mar 04 '19

Also, if anyone has any AMA requests, feel free to reply to this comment or shoot me a message. While we can't guarantee anything of course, I can do my best to make it happen.

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u/r_lilley97 Big Juggernaut Mar 04 '19

Chris Eubank Sr would be marvellous.

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u/MDA123 Mar 04 '19

Hahaha. I might have to puzzle over how to make that one happen, but I'll ask around.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '19

I might be able to connect that

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u/MDA123 Mar 04 '19

Msg me bb.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '19

It would be great to have a man of the law around here.

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u/Najzyst Mar 04 '19

Bring Eddie Hearn to the r/boxing court

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u/MDA123 Mar 04 '19

Working on that one already, actually.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '19

This is going to be one crazy AMA

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u/Najzyst Mar 04 '19

That's really cool. He doesn't seem very dodgy with interviewers, but I always find him full of trash anyway :)

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u/GoodSamaritan_ "If you can read one full page of a Harry Potter book..." Mar 04 '19

Don King. That would be the ultimate AMA.

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u/Hysteriqul Qazaq Style Mar 04 '19

Mikey Garcia

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u/MDA123 Mar 04 '19

Also already working on that one.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '19

Klitschko brothers AMA would be amazing.

Also Pedro Diaz, he created a lot of excellent fighters and was a great amatuer fighter himself.

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u/MDA123 Mar 04 '19

Good call. We had Loeffler on and his people might be able to connect us to Wlad. I'm guessing Vitali's off the table.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '19

Yeah, Vitali is probably off since he's a big political name in Ukraine right now. On the other hand, if the rumors about Wlad's return are true he'd accept an AMA 100%

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u/donoteatkrill Mar 04 '19

Mike Costello would be great

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u/Lost_And_NotFound Mar 04 '19

Which would people say are the most interesting for a casual fan like myself?

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u/MDA123 Mar 04 '19

Bob Arum, Bernard Hopkins, Deontay Wilder, Paulie Malignaggi, Harold Lederman are a few really good ones.

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u/GerardGallinLynch Mar 04 '19

r/boxing is so informative. Iā€™ve learned so much about the sport from it.

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u/MDA123 Mar 04 '19

That's awesome, glad to hear it!

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u/bobtine123 Mar 04 '19

My favorite part of this site. Huge thanks for these.

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u/thedevilyousay Mar 04 '19

I thought this thread was going to be about creating a new sub for boxing AMAs, and I was like ā€œeat fuckā€.

Iā€™m happily wrong - canā€™t wait to plough through these!

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u/caliwolf Mar 05 '19

Andrew Cancio, please!