Season 2: #14 Peter McNeeley

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2019

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Former heavyweight contender Peter McNeeley is best known for being in the opposite corner when Mike Tyson returned to the ring after his 1992 prison sentence. McNeeley, son of respected former heavyweight Tom, lasted 89 seconds, but he went out on his shield. Here, Tris Dixon catches up with the man who also fought Henry Akinwande, Butterbean and Brian Neilsen in a colourful career that saw him win 47 and lose seven times. Peter talks openly about CTE, suffering with neurological issues from boxing, how he was inspired by his father, how he still runs in to trouble every once in a while, about Tyson and the others and much more in a no holds barred interview.

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0:30.0	Boxing is a funny game, man.
0:33.0	You can hit one night and it don't hurt.
0:36.0	You hit the next night, bang, you're all right, all right.
0:39.0	We're all, uh, you know, down on one end, Tyson, I'm the Kings in the middle, and Mike Tyson is
0:47.8	traders managers, and crowd, or other, and I'm going like this.
0:55.0	You know, they're kidding me. I was like, I want...
0:58.0	Wow, it's like nicer, man.
1:01.0	I have my mom.
1:03.0	Dad obviously was right there in the corner in the entourage,
1:08.0	but I got the footage.
1:12.0	I'll show you.
1:14.0	I'm my mom and dad both.
1:17.0	I can be tainted.
1:20.0	I'm proud of you we love you.
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