The Ex-Boxing Writer

Boxing with Mannix and Mora

Boxing with Chris Mannix

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Mannix is joined by Kevin Iole, who recently retired from nearly five decades of boxing writing. Mannix and Iole discuss Kevin's beginnings in boxing writing, covering the top 1980's stars, making the jump to Yahoo! Sports, starting his own website, why he decided to walk away. Plus stories on Bob Arum and Mike Tyson and his thoughts on Dana White's entry into boxing promoting. https://go.happinessexperiment.com/begin-aff-o2?am_id=podcast2025&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=michael Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.
0:02.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.
0:05.0	I've ruled out uni because of my grades.
0:10.0	Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.
0:13.0	With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.
0:17.0	We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your
0:23.6	future with the degree you didn't think was possible. The Open University. The future is open.
0:30.6	Sit in quietly once you've made the house all shiny. Down time can be just fine, plainangers from the 90s. Tea break.
0:39.3	Lunch break.
0:40.3	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:42.3	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:44.3	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time.
0:50.3	Go on. Play some other time. Put your phone down.
0:53.3	Tombollah. Open for fun for fun terms apply 18 plus gamble
0:58.5	aware dot org one is a respected writer i see we're just throwing the word respect around willy-nilly now
1:05.7	huh the other is a former world champion this is boxing boxing with Manix and Moran.
1:12.7	The fighter.
1:13.6	Just how many times did he get punched in the face exactly?
1:16.1	Versus the writer.
1:17.3	It's a cacophony of great analysis and insight.
1:20.5	It's true.
1:21.4	I said cacophony.
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