Pay Me No Mind: Boxing’s Big 2016 Finish and HBO’s Insecure

Family, this PMNM episode - the 2016 finale - is loaded. Wood opens with a short monologue about Michigan's Jim Harbaugh staying put in A2, and then new team member Shawn P joins in for the soft re-launch of the FOH segment. 

Now let's dig in! First time guest LaTashi joins PMNM (at 21:42 mark) to discuss rookie Golden Glober Issa Rae's new smash HBO series Insecure. Too many men are weighing in, so it was imperative to get a female's perspective on the show's triumphant debut season. 

Jay Kemp of #NextGenChamp visits PMNM (at the 30:12 mark) for his first visit to shed some light on what the boxing world missed out on with the untimely death of Chicago, Illinois' 25-year old prospect Ed "Bad Boy" Brown (20-0, 16 KOs). Brown passed away December 4th after being wounded multiple times in a drive-by shooting. 

Cincinnati, Ohio's undefeated cruiserweight Santino "The Great Gambino" Turnbow returns (at 44:32 mark) to discuss his fight last week in front of 500 fans in North Carolina. Find out which former Floyd Mayweather opponent's cousin Santino took on far from home. 

Under Dawg Boxing's co-founder Eric Duran called in (at 53:20) to recap last week's explosive super welterweight title fight between Jermall Charlo and Julian Williams. ED and Wood also chop it up about Anthony Joshua versus Wladimir Klitscko in April 2017, and the newly announced Saul Alvarez showdown with Julio Caesar Chavez next may - at 165-pounds. Does ED go in on Canelo, or does he see the bigger Golden Boy picture? 

Finally, Toldeo, Ohio's Glass City Boxing trainer Ali Azeem makes his first debut on PMNM (at 66:49), chopping it up about the formidable stable making their mark on the boxing world. Azeem went 2-0 on November's Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward undercard with his two undefeated Roc Nation Sports prospects Sonny Fredrickson and Tyler McCreary. Azeem breaks down Charlo-Williams and a potential Wilder-Joshua showdown. We also get the lowdown on what Azeem and Glass City Boxing are attempting to put together to support IBF lightweight world champion Robert Easter Jr's first title defense that will be held February 10th in Toledo. Wood also fires some boxing names off Azeem for his immediate thoughts on Bernard Hopkins, Demetrius Andrade, Conor McGregor and others. Lastly, hear who Azeem's unlikely fighter of the year is... 

Happy holidays and see you in 2017!!!