After the Lights Go Out With Carl Frampton

The Men's Room

talkSPORT

Health & Fitness, Sports, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Join Leon McKenzie and Steve Harmison for After The Lights Go Out - a podcast talking to former athletes about their transition to every day life following retirement.

In this episode Leon and Steve are joined by two-weight world boxing champion Carl Frampton.

Carl reflects on the hatred he experienced following the acrimonious breakdown of his partnership with the McGuigans, while he also reveals his belief that his long participation in the fight game will one day lead to dementia.

He also discusses his support for mental health initiatives in his native Belfast, his first hand graphic experience of the troubles and his new career today as a boxing commentator.

If you’ve been affected by any of the issues discussed in tonight’s edition of ‘After The Lights Go Out’, you can reach out to the trained professionals at The Samaritans – they have a 24-hour helpline that you can call – it’s 116 123 – that’s the Samaritans on 116 123. Or you can visit Samaritans dot org.

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0:31.2	On AM, on DAB, on the app and on your smart speaker. After the lights go out, all talk sport.
0:39.8	I'm Steve Harmison.
0:41.1	I represented England in 63 tests, 58 Wanda internationals,
0:45.1	and won the ashes twice with my country.
0:47.4	And I'm Leo McKenzie.
0:48.8	I've experienced life as both a professional boxer
0:51.0	and Premier League footballer.
0:53.1	In this programme, we interview former elite athletes
0:55.8	about their transition from their sporting careers
0:58.1	to civilian life and the struggles which have followed.
1:01.4	Both Leon and I have had our battles dealing with day-to-day life
1:04.3	since departing the sporting arena,
1:06.2	and during this series, we speak with several personalities
1:08.9	who have experienced their own issues following
1:11.5	their time in elite sport. Tonight on TalkSport, we're in conversation with a two-weight
1:16.6	world boxing champion, the great Carl the Jackal Frampton.
1:20.5	Like that! Like that! Brilliant left hand! She poured punch for Frampton.
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