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Boxing Life Stories

Season 2: #25 Wayne Elcock

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 154 minutes

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Summary


Wayne Elcock is a former British middleweight champion who boxed Arthur Abraham for the IBF world middleweight crown in 2007. Elcock was a prominent fixture on the British boxing landscape, fighting the likes of Matthew Macklin, Howard Eastman, Lawrence Murphy, Darren McDermott, Anthony Farnell, Scott Dann and Steven Bendall. Here, he talks about the troubled days that saw him land his 'Mad Dog' nickname, the tragic loss of his father in a car crash, juggling his fighting prime with his job as a BT engineer and his new start as a coach and owner of the Md Dog's Boxing shop maddogsboxing.com

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There was one time when we nearly got to, we got involved in a bit of a fight and

0:28.0

unfortunately a guy died on the night and my car was on the scene obviously and it was all over the news.

0:34.1

And I remember getting the corner just you know I've never actually been there so

0:41.7

the first time I'm going to Barbados was to bury my dad

0:46.0

which was I was devastated I still he kills me there mates

0:50.4

I didn't for him all right inject let me let me see where it's here he takes it.

0:55.1

So we go out there and I'm boxing him again I thought all right let's bring him on here it comes.

0:59.3

So I got to faint the jab and I think I was to get the right hand off he's walking straight

1:02.1

onto it next thing you know

1:03.7

I'm stood in my corner.

1:06.7

Patty's given what did I tell you about that right hand? I swear I kid you not just

1:11.4

honestly what did I tell you about that, Ryan?

1:14.0

What's giving up?

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Now, literally I've been stuffed, it's only obviously,

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so when I'm talking about power in Eastman hurt me,

1:22.0

the hardest punch I've ever faced, without a question, is Arthur

1:25.8

Abrams because he actually wiped away that minute of my life. And the Hello and welcome to this week's boxing life stories with me Trist Dixon.

1:57.6

This week I've been up in Birmingham with former World Middleweight title

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Challenger Wayne Elcock.

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