Ring Champs with Ak & Barak

Bringing you the newest series from ATS Fight, RING CHAMPS with Ak & Barak. Weekly episodes of RING CHAMPS will feature exclusive interviews with top fighters, trainers, and luminaries in the sport of boxing, along with in-depth analysis of the most culturally relevant news in the ever-changing game.

Ring Champs with Ak & Barak is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 51 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Ring Champs with Ak & Barak, a news show with 51 episodes published.

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  Edgar Berlanga Reveals Zuffa Pays MORE Than Canelo, Vows Revenge for Sheeraz Loss & Untold Stories

  Aug 13, 20261h 25m

  Edgar Berlanga sits down with Ak & Barak to finally clear the air — addressing the on-camera tension with Ak head-on before diving into everything else. From there, “The Chosen One” opens up about the toughest stretch of his career, the massive payday from signing with Zuffa Boxing, and why he says it’s already outpacing what he made fighting Canelo. The conversation covers his fallout with Top Rank and Bob Arum vs. Todd DuBoef, the real story behind his beef with Oscar De La Hoya and Eddie Hearn (including getting shut out of ringside tickets), the rise of his viral song “Baby Mama” and plans for a full EP, and a no-holds-barred Untold Stories segment. He closes it out naming his next three dream opponents — and the one rematch he’d want above all else. 0:00 Intro 0:46 Addressing the tension with Ak 6:23 The Sheeraz loss, the dark place 11:55 - AD BREAK 14:29 Fat Joe loyalty — origin story 20:37 MSG pressure, the knockdown & comeback KO 28:20 The Angulo fight — dirty tactics 29:28 Leaving Top Rank 31:19 The Canelo fight, mindset, biggest purse 43:43 Signing with Zuffa Boxing 46:30 “Baby Mama” origin story 53:19 Oscar De La Hoya & Eddie Hearn tension 1:05:31 Untold Stories 1:09:19 Is the persona a show? 1:11:11 Haney/Keyshawn Davis, Hitchins talk 1:20:45 Next 3 opponents, Canelo rematch dream See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Michael Irvin: Dinner With Tyson Fresh Out of Prison, Ali vs. Tyson & Crying Over Buster Douglas

  Aug 7, 202652 min

  The first football guest in RING CHAMPS history is a Hall of Famer who’s been ringside for boxing’s biggest nights. Michael Irvin sits down with Ak and Barak and starts at the beginning: the 15th of 17 kids, bused 25 miles out of the ghetto at five years old & feeling inferior in an all-white school post-integration, until a tutor threw him a football and said the words that changed his life. He opens up about the father who never saw him play, driving him to cancer treatments at 15, the promise he made the night before he died, and why he wore 88 for his dad’s favorite Cowboy. Then the boxing stories come out. Dinner with Mike Tyson fresh out of prison (and the moment with the waiter Irvin will never forget), why the Buster Douglas loss hurt him like nothing else in sports, the Chávez–Taylor war that made him ask for the only autograph of his life, his breakdown of how Ali vs. Tyson actually goes, his love for Terence Crawford, and his shock at what Floyd Mayweather is going through. Plus the truth about Deion Sanders, the physics of why cornerbacks couldn’t press him, and the prison-mentality workouts that built a Hall of Fame career. 00:00 – Intro & Welcoming Michael Irvin 00:52 – Growing Up in Segregation-Era Florida 02:06 – Feeling Inferior & Discovering He Could Be Special 04:37 – St. Thomas Aquinas, Miss Jones & Fighting to Play 07:50 – Moving from Defense to Wide Receiver 10:05 – Freshman Year at Miami Under Jimmy Johnson 12:21 – His Father: The Pastor Who Never Saw Him Play 15:16 – Losing His Father & the Promise He Made 18:02 – Giving Back to St. Thomas Aquinas 20:35 – Ad Break 21:45 – Realizing He Was a Special Wide Receiver 22:59 – Miami Hurricanes Legends & Cowboys Brotherhood 25:13 – Buying Family Homes & Helping Without Hurting 27:21 – Chasing Jerry Rice & Darrell Green 28:23 – Fear, Courage & the Mental Game of Football 31:26 – The Legendary Super Bowl Catch 32:22 – Becoming a Mike Tyson Superfan 35:51 – Deion Sanders & Paying It Forward 39:46 – Boxing’s Meaning & Today’s Top Fighters 44:34 – Greatest Fights, Dream Matchups & the Tyson Dinner Story See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Stephen Espinoza Answers: Does Showtime Actually Owe Floyd Mayweather $340M? | PART 2

  Jul 30, 20261h 15m

  Stephen Espinoza returns for a wide-ranging conversation covering some of boxing’s biggest storylines, and has some updates. He addresses Floyd Mayweather’s $340M lawsuit against him and Showtime personally — where pay-per-view money actually goes, and why he insists not a penny went missing — plus whether he’d still help Floyd, what their conversations have been like since, and the six-month window on a possible Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch. The conversation turns to a dream matchup: Mayweather vs. Terence Crawford. Espinoza, who has priced fights like this his entire career, gives his verdict and sparks a debate about what it would take to make it real. Finally, Espinoza responds to Dana White’s claim that Zuffa Boxing will eventually sign every fighter, breaking down what that would actually require — undoing 100 years of boxing’s structure — and pointing to a business model that keeps contradicting itself, down to Devin Haney’s rumored $60M deal. 0:00 – Intro 0:44 – Floyd’s lawsuit: does Espinoza/Showtime owe him money? 2:20 – His reaction to the suit, and where things stand with Al Haymon 4:32 – How PPV money actually flows 9:00 – Streaming vs. old-school PPV payouts 10:16 – The leaked Al Haymon audio and the AI theory 14:19 – Al Haymon taking PBC stars to Fox — and why exclusive network deals hurt boxing 20:49 – Signing Boots Ennis and Anthony Joshua outside of PBC 25:30 – Creating boxing’s first real annual fight schedule 30:38 – Espinoza’s green-light power at Showtime, and why it ended 36:07 – Why Tank vs. Shakur died, and the real story on Crawford vs. Ennis 40:23 – Mayweather vs. Crawford — what it’d take, and would fans buy it? 44:04 – Boxing’s shrinking media landscape, Saudi money, and PIF 50:32 – Could Zuffa really sign every fighter? Devin Haney’s rumored $60M deal 54:23 – Al Haymon’s future, Turki’s “boxing summit,” and fighters pricing themselves out 1:02:20 – Would Espinoza still help Floyd? His finances since the lawsuit 1:05:32 – Addressing Part 1 comments 1:09:36 – Joshua vs. Fury, Wilder’s legacy, and Tank Davis’ future 1:15:49 – Outro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Terence Crawford: He Planned Retirement BEFORE Canelo, Errol Spence & Who Takes Over Boxing

  Jul 23, 20261h 9m

  Terence Crawford is back on RING CHAMPS for his first sit-down since walking away from boxing, and this time Ak and Barak came with a retirement gift: an original portrait from Tony Nasa. Bud opens up about the decision nobody leaked: he knew before the Canelo fight that it was his last, Bomac couldn't wait for him to be done, and the tears after Spence were him realizing he'd already proved everything. He shuts down the Turki rumors (nobody has offered him a fight since Canelo), explains why "who am I gonna fight?" ends every comeback conversation, and teases the injuries from his worst camp that he's saving for the documentary. Then he answers what everyone's been waiting on: Spence's camp excuses, and explains why he can't grasp taking the biggest fight of your life unprepared. Crawford reveals there was no rematch clause with Canelo but he'd have honored one anyway, plus the truth about the $200M McGregor offer and what he'd have done in the cage, his take on Shakur signing with Zuffa and the UFC camera "mixup," and advice for Boots Ennis and why Vergil Ortiz is the harder fight over Fundora. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Richardson Hitchins: TRUTH About the Duarte Pullout, Tank’s Fake Number Texts & Signing With Zuffa

  Jul 17, 20261h 12m

  Richardson Hitchins is back on RING CHAMPS for the first time since the fight that never happened, and he takes us inside every hour of that week: his body shutting down in the cold of Vegas, being held up by his team in the MGM lobby so nobody could see him on his knees, 6 AM ice baths, throwing up on fight night, and the moment he told his manager he couldn’t walk to the ring. Then the part that still eats at him every day — the biggest check of his career, over $1 million, gone with the pullout. He also gets into everything that came after: vacating the IBF belt, the Zuffa deal and why the money stayed the same without the strap, Eddie Hearn going missing, and sitting down with Dana White and Nick Khan. Plus Tank Davis texting him from fake numbers, his real issue with Keyshawn Davis and the missed-weight double standard, why he’s picking Teofimo over Rolly, breaking down Boots Ennis vs. Xander Zayas, whether Boots beats Bud, and the fight he wants most: Devin Haney. 00:00 – Intro & Welcome Back Richardson Hitchins 00:47 – What Really Happened During Oscar Duarte Fight Week 07:12 – Is Hitchins Done at 140? 08:50 – Making Weight, Nutrition & Growing Out of the Division 10:59 – Ad Break 12:10 – Zuffa’s Plans for Him at 147 14:04 – How the Zuffa Boxing Deal Came Together 16:25 – Why the Eddie Hearn Deal Fell Apart 21:02 – Breaking Down Teofimo Lopez vs. Rolly Romero 25:53 – Beef with Devin Haney & Tank Davis 30:55 – Should Shakur Stevenson Move Up to 147? 33:53 – Sparring Stories with Shakur Stevenson 35:05 – Keyshawn Davis’ Win Over Jamaine Ortiz 38:34 – Shakur Stevenson Beats Raymond Ford 42:17 – Boots Ennis vs. Xander Zayas 47:35 – Fundora & Vergil in the 154 Division 49:35 – Fantasy Fight: Boots Ennis vs. Bud Crawford 53:45 – Fallout, Critics & the Real Reason He Pulled Out 1:03:34 – Meeting Dana White & Nick Khan 1:06:11 – Talking His Next Opponent 1:11:25 – Wrap See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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