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Boxing Life Stories

#32 Kerry Kayes

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The former CNP boss talks to Tris Dixon about his life in boxing, from cutting his teeth in the Collyhurst to becoming Ricky Hatton's strength and conditioning coach and nutritionist, and then one of the best cut men in the game, who has worked with trainers including Billy Graham, Dave Coldwell and Jamie Moore. The always affable and articulate Kayes discusses what it was like being on the Hatton roller coaster, how a good cut man works and his aspirations in a revealing and insightful interview. Bad cuts, extreme weight loss and wild scenes in Las Vegas, Kerry has seen it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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And remember Billy's exact words, I've got a young kid and I think he's going to go a long way,

0:34.3

Kerry, and it was Ricky at him.

0:35.8

If you're a strength coach or a strength and conditioning coach, you've got to remember you're there to help the boxing trader

0:46.8

help his boxer be a better boxer and not's kind of take over, you know. The first thing you've got to do is compress it,

0:57.0

because what you want to do is try to stop the blood coming out.

1:00.0

And while you're compressing it,

1:02.0

you're going to compress it for about 10 seconds.

1:05.0

So you'll normally compress it with your left hand.

1:08.0

And with your right hand, you'll have the flannel, and you'll be cleaning the blood off his face and his body. Hello and welcome to this week's boxing life stories. My guests I'm pleased to say is Kerry K's. Kerry is a good friend of

1:35.6

mine who I've known for a long time since I used to go back to Billy Graham's gym and

1:40.2

watching him prepare Ricky Hatton for all those big fights back in the Noughties.

1:44.7

Kerry came into the sport, well he'll tell you exactly how he came into the sport but

1:49.8

he's now known as a cut man when he really in fact cut his teeth for Ricky Hatton and many others

1:56.0

as a strength and conditioning coach and as a nutritionist.

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