From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is Unfictional.

Unfictional is a program of stories and original documentaries from KCRW's independent producer project.

And today on the program, three stories of cuts and bruises, honor, respect, shame, life, and Death.

Mono A mono, stories of the fight

from three very talented audio producers.

Beginning with this story from British producer Steve Erkett,

he takes us inside an unusual barber shop in

central London. It's called Champs, Barbers, and Grooming. You'll meet a guy

named Ian Hoyus there who's a barber and a boxer and he treats each of those professions

with the same level of skill and reverence. It's called cuts and bruises. From

KCRW.com It's unfictional.

In a barber shop you meet everybody.

You can have a judge in one chair and you can have a criminal in the other.

You know?

No, no, you're the judge, don't want you to judge.

I was recommended by a friend. Somebody said, I have a friend, check him out. Here's this card. You know, he's really, really nice and it's pretty good. You sure? He said, yeah, are you sure? So I came to Ian's so and did a good job. So yes, you know, this is my barbers.

I'm a barber.

What I did that? Not two round sides, where you put the back off the ears. My name is Ian.

I've been at barber for 15 years.

Just fin it out on the top.

You have to be physically fit, stay focused and do your best to be the best.

Training hard, fighting easy.

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