#10 Colin Nathan

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Leading South African trainer Colin Nathan has an old head on young shoulders. Here, he discusses the heartbreak that almost saw him walk away from the sport, how he learned under Freddie Roach in Los Angeles and how he now boasts a top stable that includes Ring magazine light-flyweight champion Hekkie Budler.

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0:00.0	I just live boxing and this fighter down that night.
0:03.4	And I hate using the word robs, I do.
0:07.2	Because it's so overused and it's so overplayed in the sport of boxing,
0:10.8	but I really to legitimately felt that we got screwed and robbed so badly that nice.
0:15.0	My dream and it's still a very big dream is to produce a African star almost like an African packer that can go to the UK, go to the
0:27.0	USA and command a pound or a dollar and knock guys spark out.
0:31.0	I think they were care of boxing at least by 20 30% straight away I really do I would I would I would I would love so love that Hello and welcome back to Boxing Life stories with me Trist Dixon.
1:00.0	This week I'm joined by one of the world's leading trainers, South Africa's Colin Nathan.
1:04.7	The coach of world champions Hecky Budler and Maruti Muthalin has seen more than his fair share
1:09.7	in boxing.
1:10.7	He's won awards, being robbed on the road and has a bold dream to create an African Manipakial.
1:17.0	He's also had his share of criticism, albeit many years ago, as you'll find out at the start of our interview.
1:23.0	It's been a big year for you so far, not only possibly South Africa's trainer of the year,
1:28.0	but one of the leading trainers worldwide this year with everything you've accomplished.
1:32.0	Yeah, I guess I haven't really had much time to sit down and evaluate it and kind of, you know, you could say like pat myself on the back because I'm just too busy. I a constant store there's always something coming up and there's always a fight to plan for putting a fight together
1:49.8	I think if I can if I can have a week or two you know after the show in December 31st I can maybe kind of just sit down and just think about you know my achievements for the year but right now I'm just I just don't have time to be honest.
2:04.4	Well it was it was 10 years ago I think and it was around about this time 10 years ago
2:09.3	where you and I first came into contact with one another and circumstances were very different
2:14.4	because there were no pats on the back in fact I was right in a full on investigation
2:18.5	into poor practices in South African boxing and you were central to to the to part of the story really weren't you
2:25.2	tell the guys listening to the podcast exactly how you and I came to cross swords
2:29.7	ten years ago. Yeah it's something that I'm really not proud of.
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