The Boxing Grind
Podcast for boxing fans and boxing enthusiasts to catch the latest news on popular boxers and prospects. Interviews with fighters
Episodes
13 episodes
Chasing The Next Fight
A kid who once fought on a blanket is now 15–0 with 11 knockouts, and he’s aiming his sights at the top of 115–118. We sit down with a New Mexico fan favorite Matt Griego AKA Diamond Boy who blends power and patience, talks candidly about a der...
From Mayweather Gym To Zuffa: How An 100-Fight Amateur Became A Pro Problem
A phone call with a rising contender turns into a masterclass on how to build a career the right way. Robert Merriweather III opens up about the Zuffa signing, the full camp behind his latest win, and the viral moment that had a mouthpiece flyi...
From East St. Louis To The Ring
A train ride out of East St. Louis becomes the first step in a fighter’s rebirth. Trevion Boyd arrives in Albuquerque with little more than a blessing from his grandmother and the grit to start over. What he finds is a gym that takes pain off h...
He Chose Pink Hair So You’d Remember The Punch
Jayden Utarro, a teenager with pink hair won Golden Gloves in his very first boxing match and hasn’t lifted his foot off the gas since. We sit down for a candid look at how bullying sparked a turn to self-defense, how early kickboxing wins and ...
How daddy told me I was going to be the next Barbara Walters
A little side note to the audience
From “The Bank” To World Title Dreams: Troy Nash
Some prospects talk about becoming champion; others live like it before the belt arrives. We sit down with a featherweight phenom called “The Bank,” whose nickname was minted in a bet-fueled tournament moment and whose mindset shows why people ...
Barboza’s Back, He Never Left Though ✝️
A fighter can chase an image or chase the truth. Arnold Barboza Jr. chooses the truth—about risk, loss, faith, and the weight class that fits who he is now. From stepping into a gym at five and a half to sharing cards with his pro kickboxer fat...
From Golden Gloves To Going Pro
The gloves came on long before the spotlight. Growing up in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Kaleb Medina learned to turn raw emotion into focused work, guided by a father, grandfather, and uncle who lived the sport. That lineage runs through every story...
From Albuquerque To Ambition: A Young Boxer's Road To Pro And Olympic Dreams
What does it take to chase the Olympics when you started late and the odds say slow down? We bring you a candid, high-energy conversation with a 20-year-old Albuquerque fighter named Santiago Saavedra in his first official year of boxing, sitti...
From Bronze To Bright Future
Jorge Villarruel, A nineteen-year-old with the ring miles of a veteran sits down with us to unpack the leap from a decorated amateur run to the disciplined chaos of the pros. He’s honest about why the amateur point system never fit his style, h...
Santa Fe To The Pro Ranks Eduardo Piñon
A knockout debut might look like instant success, but the real story starts years earlier in a quiet gym in Santa Fe. We sit down with a young 115-pound prospect who found boxing at twelve, stuck with it after friends quit, and turned a thin am...