Desert Island Fights

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Podcast by Steve Hunt

Desert Island Fights

Stranded on a desert island, on each episode, my guests must choose the five fights that they can save to watch time and time again. These might not be the greatest slugfests of all time, but they are the boxing matches that mean something to them. If you could only save 5, which would they be?

Latest episodes

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09 March 2026

Phil Rogers

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is Phil Rogers.

Phil is a freelance boxing journalist who has had numerous articles and interviews published in Boxing News.

You can follow Phil on Twitter or check out his writing at his website here

You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon

Check out my website at Steve Hunt Boxing to read my writing on boxing history.

You can also follow me on Twitter Instagram and Facebook

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website. I'd love to hear from you.

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13 February 2026

Bill Dettloff

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is Bill Dettloff.

Bill is the former longtime senior writer at The Ring magazine and former editor in chief of Ringside Seat. He has written several boxing books, the latest of which is Ring Theory: Meditations on 35 years in boxing. You can order that from all good book sellers, including Amazon

You can follow Bill on Twitter

You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon

Check out my website at Steve Hunt Boxing to read my writing on boxing history.

You can also follow me on Twitter Instagram and Facebook

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website. I'd love to hear from you.

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14 January 2026

Eric Raskin

Stranded with me on the desert Island for this episode is Eric Raskin.

Eric is a veteran boxing journalist with more than 25 years of experience covering the sport for such outlets as BoxingScene, ESPN, Grantland, Playboy, Ringside Seat, and The Ring (where he served as managing editor for seven years). He also co-hosted The HBO Boxing Podcast, Showtime Boxing with Raskin & Mulvaney, The Interim Champion Boxing Podcast with Raskin & Mulvaney, and Ring Theory. He has won three first-place writing awards from the BWAA, for his work with The Ring, Grantland, and HBO. Outside boxing, he is the senior editor of CasinoReports and the author of 2014’s The Moneymaker Effect.

You can follow Eric on Twitter

You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon

Check out my website at Steve Hunt Boxing to read my writing on boxing history.

You can also follow me on Twitter Instagram and Facebook

I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website. I'd love to hear from you.

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21 December 2025

Desert Island Fights Trailer

Desert Island Fights is a new podcast where interesting people from the world of boxing each choose 5 fights to take to a desert island. It might be the greatest boxing match they ever saw, the first they ever saw live, the best performance from their favourite boxer, the criteria is up to them.

On each episode, I'll chat with a guest about their choices and why they picked them. I hope you enjoy the show.

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