Episodes
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During the course of recording podcasts, there are many moments in which things can go wrong, whether it be a mispronunciation of a word or just generally misinterpreting and getting it wrong. This episode provides you with moments from season three where this happened, and we reflect upon those moments in a generally light-hearted episode to round up the season.
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The season is at an end and in this episode, we reflect on the stories, characters, and our own experiences of producing the show. Also, we present our 'loosely' made-up awards for the season featuring "The Narco King", "Leon Spinks Driving School" and "The Tales Of Mr. Magee" plus many more moments to remember.
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Following the season three finale, Trisha Morrison joins us on the show to discuss Tommy's story and more importantly present further evidence to confirm that Tommy was in fact never officially diagnosed or had HIV/AIDS. We hear many different stories from the courtroom and about life with Tommy before his untimely demise!
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In this episode, we dig deep with a man who went from being the heavyweight champion of the world, and star of a Rocky movie... to drinking, driving, drugging, beating, biting, toting guns, and so much more. Then there are the various opinions, facts, and lies on the HIV diagnosis that has been contested he never had! This story documents the rise and fall of Tommy "The Duke" Morrison.
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Following the Chuck Wepner story, we discuss how much the story of an underdog in boxing is appreciated by fans worldwide, making comparisons to modern-day fighters and how they may not reach the championship gold but leave such an impact on the sport that the fans never forget!
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In this episode, we check out the life of the man who inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the Rocky character. He came from the streets and loved a bar-room brawl even more than a fight in the ring.
In boxing, he was known mainly for two things, being the bloodiest fighter, maybe in boxing history, and getting a shot, out of nowhere, to fight Muhammad Ali, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Life after boxing consisted of life selling liquor, legally, and for a little while, selling cocaine, illegally. A federal investigation brought an end to that, but years later, he's in trouble once more, this time for being involved with memorabilia forgery!
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An Irish immigrant, a collection agent for crime bosses, a professional boxer, and a prolific gambler, John Morrissey was—if nothing else—an unlikely candidate to become one of the most important figures in the history of American history.
John Morrissey, was a two-fisted Irish immigrant who, more than any other man of the age, represented the nefarious links between organized crime, politics, sports, and high finance in America. The loose inspiration behind Leonardo DiCaprio's character in The Gangs of New York, he was an undefeated bare-knuckle prize-fighter, widely recognized as the national champion, as well as a feared gangster and mob boss before either term was coined, rumored leader of the Dead Rabbits street gang, and eventually U.S. Congressman and member of the New York state senate.
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In this episode, we discuss the story of Roberto Medina and how this links to boxing attracting strange and dangerous individuals into the sport. We also discuss what constitutes a bad individual and can then change or can boxing change them.
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In this episode, we take a look at a man who came onto the boxing scene, literally out of nowhere. To the world, he seemingly had no past, but he certainly had a future in fighting. He made it all the way to the national stage before questions arose. Questions like "who is this guy?" because facing a well-known fighter of the time caused his big secret to be exposed, and his world to crumble. Just when you maybe start to feel bad for him, you find out something even more sinister took place which leads to the question of who is Roberto Medina?
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We tell the odd story of the Haitian-born adopted Canadian fighter who came to another country, as a small child, grew up in foster care, and ran the streets, putting himself in all kinds of dangerous situations. He ended up becoming a world champion boxer, with an exciting, crowd-pleasing style, and a growing fan base.
Sounds like the dream, right? Well, there was a very murky past, that people weren't aware of. Like doing time in prison, for absolutely horrific, and downright disgusting crimes! Once it all comes out, no one looks at him the same, despite his winning ways.
Finally, his career is ended by a series of punches that puts him in a coma, and makes his survival anything but assured, but the question remains is it a story of retribution for past transgressions or redemption for turning his life around after being on death's door?
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In this episode, we reflect on the story of Rick Parker and Tim Anderson by discussing whether Tim Anderson should now be free from prison. We also touch on the exploitation comparisons from the 1990s to the present day and how some things really never change!
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Rick "Elvis" Parker was a street hustler who became an entrepreneur and flamboyant boxing promoter from Orlando, Florida. He had aspirations of becoming the next Don King. He promoted such fighters as George Foreman, "Smokin" Bert Cooper, and former NFL star, Mark Gastineau. However, things took a sinister turn when of his boxers Tim "Doc" Anderson crashed his hopes of "The Windfall Effect", Parker swore revenge that would ultimately have deadly consequences.
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Sean & Lukie discuss the story of Leon Spinks and all the pivotal moments throughout his life and boxing career.
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We explore one of the most charismatic characters that we've ever heard of, combined with a private life that can easily be described as "chaos". He has more wrap sheets than you can count, but one thing remains true, he's a self-destructive, but very nice person.
An Olympic gold medallist, he became heavyweight champion of the world, in only his eighth fight, and from that moment on things went downhill at an almighty pace. He had his teeth stolen, multiple times. But there is one part of him that is incredibly impressive, and it's not his right hand!
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Sean & Lukie look back at the episode "Death In The Ring - The Tragic Tale Of Ray Mancini vs Duk-Koo Kim" and highlight the most poignant moments of the story and most importantly the impact it had on boxing and the families of Duk-Koo Kim and Ray Mancini.
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In November 1982, South Korean boxer Duk-Koo Kim entered the boxing ring to fight American boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini in a highly awaited bout that received a lot of media attention. The two were competing for the WBA lightweight title.
In the 14th round of what was a ferocious contest, Mancini headed straight for Kim, where he blasted him with a sharp left hook. Mancini missed with a left and a right, then connected with a straight right to the centre of Kim’s face. The South Korean tumbled backward, falling flat on his back, and sliding underneath the ropes.
Kim stayed down for a couple of seconds before rolling over and getting to his knees. His vision was impaired, and he struggled to grasp the lower rope. Once Kim clutched it, he stood halfway up and began to stumble backward. Referee Richard Green recognized the injured fighter’s instability, waved both hands over his head, and declared the fight over.
Sean & Johnston present the story of two fighters from contrasting backgrounds who created a moment that would destroy lives and change boxing forever!
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Sean & Lukie reflect on episode two "The Extraordinary Life Of Eamonn Magee" and talk about each pivotal moment in the life of Eamonn and how that affected his future along with their thoughts and feelings about the story and how relatable some elements of it can be.
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Eamonn Magee (born 13 July 1971) is a retired Irish professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2007.
The former world champion boxer’s extraordinary life has been scarred by sectarianism and alcoholism, and over the course of this episode, Sean & Johnston present his story, that of troubled times in his home country, succumbing to drink and drugs and the boxing career of a talented amateur that went on to become a world champion.
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