Ep 120 | Steve Kim: The Ballad of the Korean Cosell | Boxing Expert Got Banned by HBO & Mayweather

Fearless with Jason Whitlock

Blaze Media

Sports, News, Politics, Sports News

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

“Fearless” contributor Steve Kim joins Jason for a special holiday discussion of his rise from latchkey kid and college dropout to boxing broadcaster and sports writer. What was it like for a sports-obsessed immigrant kid to grow up in Los Angeles? How did Steve meet Jason because of a misguided Jeremy Lin joke? How did Kim’s ballsy, smart-ass attitude lead to several cancel-culture moments? What was the nature of his feud with HBO and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, welcome.
0:20.0	Welcome to another holiday edition of Fearless with Jason Whitlock.
0:26.8	I am Jason Whitlock and today we have a conversation.
0:32.2	I've been looking forward to because we're going to go in depth with the Korean Koseil.
0:37.2	Steve Kim, you guys have obviously seen and enjoyed Steve Kim on the show.
0:44.1	He's been one of the best additions to the show that we've made.
0:50.4	Steve is very passionate, very knowledgeable about all the issues related to sports.
0:57.6	On top of that, he's extremely clever.
1:00.6	His knowledge of hip hop and history, his movie and TV show references and musical references.
1:10.4	The guy is just clever.
1:12.4	And it's why I call him the Korean Koseil.
1:16.1	He's a natural broadcaster.
1:18.3	Obviously, he specializes in boxing, but we're going to spend some time today getting to
1:23.0	know Steve Kim a little bit more in depth, trying to get his backstory to see his backstory
1:30.4	as anything like Shemika Michelle's.
1:32.6	Remember when we sat down with Shemika Michelle and she told us about shooting somebody?
1:37.3	I wonder if Steve Kim.
1:39.2	I don't think that's true, Steve Kim, but Steve Kim, welcome to this holiday edition of Fearless
1:46.2	with Jason Whitlock.
1:48.3	Today's going to be Fearless with Steve Kim.
1:50.7	We want to know about you.
1:52.8	And so let's start with something very easy.
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