Mike Tyson Sparring Partner -Boxer Big Joe Egan tells his story
Anything Goes with James English
Anything Goes with James English
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🗓️ 11 November 2019
⏱️ 74 minutes
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James English, The Anything Goes Show Ep76. The story of joe Egan. Born and bred in Dublin, Big Joe Egan, as he is affectionately known, got his first ring baptism of fire when he fought the national junior champion Steve Collins. In Joe's second fight against Collins he proved that he'd come on in leaps and bounds. By the age of 24 he had recorded over 80 wins, 7 Irish titles and he was a Golden Gloves Champion. Joe was encouraged by Floyd Patterson to try his luck in the USA, so Joe joined Mike Tyson's training camp in the Catskill mountains with the great Cus D'Amato. Joe became like a brother to Mike Tyson, who once said of Joe after a particularly vicious sparring session, that Joe was the Toughest White Man on the Planet. The two became the firmest of friends. Joe's dreams of continuing as a boxer were cruelly shattered when he was forced to quit following a serious road accident on the night of his second pro fight. Changing fortunes saw him struggle to get his life back on track. His personal life hit the headlines after his former glamorous fiancée Lisa Murphy left him for Lord of the Dance (1997) Michael Flatley. The downward spiral continued with a new pub business venture pitting Joe against organised protection racketeers armed with guns, axes and machetes. Joe was shot and nearly died and was also later charged with attempted murder. Follow me on social media 🔽🔽🔽
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, |
| 0:06.0 | three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent. |
| 0:11.1 | Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
| 0:13.1 | All right. |
| 0:13.9 | Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior. |
| 0:16.8 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
| 0:19.4 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:22.6 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. Keep everyone's plans alive when you |
| 0:27.1 | travel with us. P and Dau Ferries, there is another way. Oh, uh, Boom we're on. Today's guest. We've got Big Joe Egan. How are you brother? |
| 0:50.5 | James, thank you. Great to be a partner.. Yeah absolute pleasure for coming on the show mate |
| 0:53.8 | he's got a great story pals with Tyson for 23rd year. |
| 0:58.0 | 38 years now in County. Boxing career herself, acting career. |
| 1:04.0 | Do you know something, it's surreal what's happening to me at the moment, James. |
| 1:08.0 | Each day I keep thinking life can't get any better and then suddenly you get up for another movie role and it's getting better and constantly |
| 1:14.1 | improving all the time but my boxing career I started boxing |
| 1:20.3 | originally because of bullies I got bullied as a child and if you speak to most fighters in on the building site in England and we came over to visit them as kids, my brothers and sisters. |
| 1:34.1 | And I got bullied when I came to England because I had the Irish accent. So I picked up the English accent. |
| 1:39.5 | And when I went home to Dublin, I got bullied in Dublin because I had the English accent. |
| 1:43.0 | All my years box, you Dublin because I had English accent. All my years boxing only I read one to do it knocked out. |
| 1:45.0 | I got two teet knocked out the day made my Holy Communion in Manchester. |
| 1:49.0 | The bully boys tried to take my whole communion medal. I held on to my med and the knock down |
| 1:52.8 | my two frontied. So I learned how to box, I learned how to stand up for myself and I learned |
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