Pugilism considered, as Bookies.com contributor Kelsey McCarson joins Brant James and Ryan Butler to analyze the Maurice Hooker-Jose Ramirez junior welterweight unification bout and boxing as an entity. 

 Legislative update 

1:38 – New York becomes the tenth guest state to legalize and implement legal sports betting. 

3:00 – The confluence of states and sports betting and football. 

5:15 – How the Hall of Fame game is like the NBA summer league. 

6:50 – Jimmy Vaccaro moves back to Las Vegas after coming home to Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. 

 Kelsey McCarson in Hooker-Ramirez 

10:24 – On reunifying the 140-pound junior welterweight division. 

13:01 – Why does Hooker-Ramirez matter? 

14:30 – On why it’s hard to bet against the underdog, Maurice Hooker. 

14:45 – McCarson on eliminating emotion from handicapping equation in this fight. 

17:40 – Ramirez should be the favorite. 

 18:10 – On the politics of making this fight happen despite the rivalries and divergent interests. 

20:00 – How hard is it to handicap a fight like this where it’s two fighters in their prime? 

22:19 – The Maurice Hooker origin story. 

24:40 – Can boxing be more than a niche sport? 

29:40 – How does mixed martial arts affect the future prosperity of boxing? 

34:40 – How does sports betting affect boxing’s future? 

38:26 – Watch the feet. 

 40:15 – Brant James unleashes a three-question combo but Kelsey McCarson puts him on the mat after just two. 

 #OddBet 

44:30 – Finnish professional soccer insights flow. 

47:09 – Two incredibly interesting prop bets regarding the Jets.