#203 - Gerry Cooney (Legends Series)

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🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week Gerry Cooney joins the lads to talk about his career including his legendary bout with Larry Holmes. Cooney's left-hook is described as one of the most powerful punches in boxing history. The Long Island slugger has enjoyed life after boxing and even hosts his own boxing radio show. Brought to you in partnership with Maverick Stars Trust

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0:00.0	I'm Hello, we're welcome two pound for pound, the number one boxing podcast with you, Jake Wood and Hip.
0:28.0	Mr Spens Oliver.
0:30.0	I'm boob Yeah, you who!
0:34.0	Yeah, who!
0:35.0	That's so silly, isn't it?
0:39.0	But it just can't help but make me smile.
0:40.0	It makes I smile.
0:41.0	I don't know if it makes anyone else smile. I You know what makes me smile as well when we go like,
0:45.0	not just at boxing events, when you're just out and you're walking down the street or whatever.
0:49.0	Yeah.
0:50.0	Our regular listeners to the podcast and you hear someone across the road game.
0:53.4	Yeah, boo ooo!
0:55.7	What do you have one?
0:57.7	Boatsy!
0:59.7	Boatsy!
1:01.7	Talking about Boatsy, what I win for him on Saturday night.
1:04.3	Did you see the fight? It was incredible, weren't it?
1:06.3	Yeah, it was a good fight. It wasn't yeah never really caught fire for me.
1:10.9	Spence. It was like the fight of two halves, when it?
1:13.2	For Balazzi was probably the faster, the stronger.
1:16.7	He sort of, you know, he had a good lead didn't he going into the second half of the
1:21.1	fight. But I thought Craig Richards, he came back strong then he and there yeah recovered he was her a couple of times I think Boaxen was her a couple of times didn't like really properly catch fire how I would have liked it to. I don't know what you felt, but yeah, obviously great fight.
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