OTR #222 featuring Naazim Richardson, Karl Dargan & James De La Rosa




On The Ropes Boxing Radio Show show

Summary: Joining the show this week is rising light middleweight contender, James 'The King' De La Rosa. James was part of the Mayweather-Maidana undercard and he got the biggest win of his career by dominating the hard hitting Alfredo Angulo in a ten round bout. De La Rosa talks about his victory and what he felt about Angulo as an opponent. Additionally, James De La Rosa talks about what weight class he feels most comfortable at and what opponents he would like to face now that he's a higher ranked contender. Lastly, 'The King' gives his views on the Mayweather-Maidana fight and some of the top fighters in the sport. The main guest on this week's program is renowned trainer, Brother Naazim Richardson. Naazim is the lead trainer of Bernard Hopkins and has also trained the likes of Shane Mosley and Steve Cunningham. Richardson makes his return to "On The Ropes" to talk about the upcoming title unification bout between Bernard 'The Alien' Hopkins and Sergey 'Krusher' Kovalev, and what this win would mean to Bernard's career. Naazim also gives his thoughts on Floyd Mayweather's win over Marcos Maidana and the scheduled Manny Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri match. Brother Naazim also talks about Karl Dargan's upcoming bout with Angino Perez.