Ring Champs with Ak & Barak

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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.

  1. 6d ago

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

    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.

  2. Aug 7

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

    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.

  3. Jul 30

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

    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.

  4. Jul 23

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

    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.

  5. Jul 17

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

    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.

  6. Jul 9

    Emiliano Vargas: Ryan Garcia’s Callout, Sparring Shakur at 17 & The Bad Bunny Super Bowl Call

    Emiliano Vargas pulls up on RING CHAMPS just days after his statement win at a sold-out Barclays Center, and the fastest-rising name in the Vargas dynasty holds nothing back. The undefeated 22-year-old gets real about answering Ryan Garcia’s verbal jab, why he believes Vargas vs. Garcia sells out a stadium. Plus, sparring Shakur Stevenson as a 17-year-old, and the only fighter who ever hurt him in the ring.He also takes us inside the most surreal stretch of his young career: the locker room during Xander Zayas’ loss to Boots Ennis, the phone call telling him Bad Bunny personally picked him for the Super Bowl halftime show, and the casino run that cost him $16,000 in an hour. Plus his brothers’ bare-knuckle debut in London, the lessons pulled from his father, Fernando’s, career, and the untold story of the pro fight he took with no team and his barber working the mitts. 0:00 Intro 0:47 Vargas Brothers in boxing & family competition 3:18 Staying focused despite money & fame 7:22 Learning from his brothers’ mistakes 11:08 AD BREAK 13:28 Falling in love with boxing as a kid 15:13 Amateur career & traveling the world 17:52 Sparring wars with his brothers growing up 21:33 Ryan Garcia 23:24 His father’s legacy: Tito Trinidad and beyond 27:28 Breaking down the Xander Zayas vs. Boots Ennis fight 32:58 Super Bowl halftime show & meeting Bad Bunny 36:41 Sparring Shakur Stevenson & Jorge Linares 43:17 Dream fight: Ryan Garcia & next opponents 47:42 Untold Stories 58:19 Rapid-fire Qs, dad’s best advice & money stories See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  7. Jun 26

    Crawford vs Mayweather: Who Would Win at 38 & Why Resume Isn’t Everything

    Ak and Barak don’t agree on much, and they really don’t agree on this one. In a real-time, unscripted debate, the self-proclaimed biggest Floyd Mayweather fan alive gets pushed to answer the question boxing won’t stop arguing about: is Terence “Bud” Crawford actually better than Floyd Mayweather?They break down the resume case for Floyd (the $300M Showtime run, the Pacquiao win, the undefeated record) against the eye-test case for Bud (the Canelo demolition three weight classes up, the switch-hitting power, the dominance at 38 that mirrors his prime). They run the fantasy fight at 38, at 29, and dig into who Floyd really beat versus who Bud was blacklisted from fighting. By the end, even Floyd’s #1 fan lands somewhere he’s never said on camera before. 0:00 Intro 0:48 Setting the Stage 1:53 Framing the GOAT Debate 2:51 Floyd’s Close Fights 4:50 Ad Break 5:45 The Age Argument 7:55 Floyd’s Resume Case 9:24 38-Year-Old Floyd vs. Pacquiao 11:48 38-Year-Old Bud vs. Canelo 13:34 Resume vs. Dominance 15:07 Bud’s Blacklisted Prime Years 15:50 Does Resume Trump Everything? 16:54 The Fantasy Fight at 38 18:03 Can Floyd’s Defense Stop Bud? 21:24 What About 29-Year-Old Floyd? 28:47 Could Bud Have Done More? 30:50 The Perfect Retirement 32:07 Names vs. Accolades 34:17 Outro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  8. Jun 11

    AJ Knocks Out Fury? Errol Stops Tszyu? Bam Beats Inoue? | Boxing Lookahead

    Ak & Barak are back to break down the most stacked stretch of the boxing calendar, and they are not holding back. This is a full state-of-the-sport conversation built around one argument: boxing is thriving louder than ever, and the next two weeks prove it.The guys preview Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez vs Antonio Vargas as Bam moves up to chase Naoya Inoue, Boots Ennis vs Zander Zayas at 154, Abdullah Mason’s hometown title shot against Joe Cordina, and Errol Spence Jr’s comeback against Tim Tszyu. Then it gets spicy: Barak predicts Anthony Joshua knocks out Tyson Fury to become a three-time heavyweight champion, they crown Shakur Stevenson the best fighter in the world, and they debate Canelo Alvarez’s next move with Benavidez, Jermall Charlo, and even Errol Spence on the table. 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:45 – Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez Moving Up & The Inoue Dream Match 00:12:21 – Boots Ennis vs. Zander Zayas: Coming Out Party or Bust? 00:17:36 – Breaking Down Boots vs. Zayas Further 00:21:46 – Abdullah Mason Defending His Title in Cleveland 00:23:52 – Mason’s Personality & What He Needs to Prove 00:31:28 – Anthony Joshua vs. Prenga: Tune-Up for Fury 00:31:42 – The Biggest Fight in British History: AJ vs. Tyson Fury 00:38:00 – Errol Spence Jr. Returns vs. Tim Tszyu 00:42:53 – Canelo’s Future: Benavidez, Jermall Charlo & What’s Left to Prove 00:46:17 – Dream Matchup: Errol Spence vs. Canelo Alvarez in 2027? 00:49:06 – Boxing’s Biggest Remaining Fights & The State of the Sport 00:51:30 – Outro: Boxing Is Thriving See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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.

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  • Creator
    Black Effect x All The Smoke Productions
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    51
  • Rating
    Explicit
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