Season 2: #18 Duke McKenzie

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Duke McKenzie won world titles at three different weights. He's gone on to have a successful post-fight career as a boxing pundit, too. But life has been far from easy for Duke. A self-confessed bad amateur boxer, he – along with his brothers – suffered violent abuse at the hands of his father, he was not a naturally gifted fighter or athlete for that matter and he had to plead with Hall of Fame promoter Mickey Duff to guide his career. Through it all, however, was Dudley. He was the brother Duke was closest too, and he ended up taking his own life. Duke talks about mental health, losing Dudley, his own struggles and much more in this moving and inspirational interview,

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0:00.0	Preparations everything in this game.
0:01.9	Some things can catch you like a heavy challenge on a cold Tuesday night in stoke.
0:06.8	Or not having your full pension when you're ready for it.
0:08.9	Happened to me, providers gone bust.
0:11.6	But mine was FSCS protected, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
0:16.0	Every year thousands of people lose money in their pension.
0:19.0	FSCS can protect your money when authorized financial providers and advisors go bust.
0:24.7	It's down to you to check your pensions protected.
0:28.2	Search FSCS online.
0:30.5	My dad ruled us with fear.
0:31.7	There was six boys in one girl and he ruled us with fear. There was six boys and one girl and he ruled with fear.
0:35.0	You know, sometimes when I watch the news now, and they hear these young kids on tell you and what they say and
0:40.3	they talk to their parents and how they carried themselves around the street.
0:43.6	Back chapped my dad.
0:44.8	Tell my dad to shut up or no I'm not doing it or no I'm going out or there's just no way.
0:49.6	My dad to take your head off.
0:50.8	But like I say, the whole thing was just such a great experience even
0:54.9	the fight itself you know the ringwalk was unbelievable because people were trying to
0:58.7	slap me and someone even spat at me and it was it you know even getting in the ring and you know people just they were
1:05.9	banned for blood and you couldn't you I couldn't hear myself it was that noisy I could
1:11.8	barely hear my coach Colin speaking to me at the time, giving me instruction.
1:16.0	And all I kept saying myself was, you know, I bogs clever for the first cut of the rounds and I cut loose.
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