FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/kp-0qK-_pPk Andre Ward praises Ryan Garcia’s performance against Conor Benn, then identifies two concerns: his high chin and the energy he spends moving his feet. Roy Jones Jr. explores why criticism might land differently coming from Ward, before the conversation turns to perceived bias and the mindset needed to stay a champion. Follow…
On this episode of HALL OF GAME, Andre Ward and Roy Jones Jr. are back to break down Ryan Garcia’s round 2 TKO win over Conor Benn, why big weight cuts aren’t a flex, and the difference between criticism and hate. Pitbull Cruz wants next, while Roy wants to see Ryan solve the Shakur Stevenson…
FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/TH2gmglpJf0 Joe Tessitore grew up with a sister who was born with a fatal genetic disease, and a family that was told she wouldn’t live to sixth grade. He describes it as a roulette wheel: her birth landed on a death sentence, his landed on double green zeros, and that’s just fate. What…
FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/TH2gmglpJf0 Joe Tessitore has called Emanuel Augustus fights where he couldn’t believe what he was seeing, and says maybe five fighters he’s ever watched could do what Augustus did in the ring. So why did he never become a superstar? Tess answers with his Uncle Mike, an immigrant baker in Schenectady frosting 500…
FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/TH2gmglpJf0 Joe Tessitore has been at ESPN and ABC for almost 25 years and says he has never once negotiated his own deal. He explains the rule, the day he was pulled off Monday Night Football and read about it in the New York Post, and why he refuses to attach emotion to…
FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/TH2gmglpJf0 April 20, 2019: Joe Tessitore hadn’t felt right all day, then the bright lights came on from the top of Madison Square Garden and he went down on air. Ambulance, EKG, cardiologists, IV in his arm, and his son riding with him. Once he got the all-clear, he told the doctor to…
Joe Tessitore sits down with Andre Ward, his broadcast partner of thousands of hours and, as Dre puts it, a mentor and a brother. The career is all here. Local news in Hartford, the ESPN call in late 2001 that put him next to Teddy Atlas on Friday Night Fights, the Emanuel Augustus fights he…
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