Season 3: #12 Paddy Fitzpatrick

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

He's worked with Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila Ali, James Toney, former heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster and George Groves among many others, but Paddy Fitzpatrick has left professional boxing – for now at least. The Swindon trainer is a great storyteller and here he discusses working with Laila, his time with George Groves – including both Froch fights and beyond – and his time in the Wild Card alongside Freddie Roach. With host Tris Dixon, he talks about his pro career, the mind games side of preparation and much more besides. Boxing Life Stories is now on Patreon. You can get access to research, unseen photographs from Boxing Life Stories, go behind the scenes of the podcast with Tris Dixon and even get some episodes early. You can help support us through another 100 episodes and help us to grow by visiting www.patreon.com/trisdixon Boxing Life Stories is bought to you by HANSON LEE RESOURCING who were voted “The UK's Best Specialist Insurance-Sector Recruitment Firm for 2020” in the Corporate Excellence Awards. ‘Not only do we find the best people, we’ll help you retain them.' Discover more at HansonLee.com’ AND DELCO SAFETY COMPLIANCE, who are a leading provider of professional fire, asbestos, and safety services to businesses nationwide. They offer one expert point of contact for all of your fire, health and safety compliance needs. Find out more at www.delcosafety.co.uk Follow Tris on twitter @trisdixon and instagram @trisdixon @boxing_life_stories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Was there anything that set that off or was it just a matter of feeling down or what?
0:05.1	No, it's not to see that I think when people talk about mental health,
0:10.3	automatically they think about it as being depression.
0:14.0	And it's not all about depression.
0:17.0	Mine would be torment.
0:19.0	Third fight, Derek Daniel.
0:23.0	Boxer News called you the Swindon Bean Pole.
0:26.0	I tell you what, you are a lot with big initiative,
0:31.0	been you man.
0:32.0	Well, I was to see same right they am now and I was like 10
0:35.8	stones or it was a decent enough description. I'm going to find some stuff
0:41.2	what about you you know that.
0:43.0	Yeah there's when you say a mind game some people think hey listen enough of that shit
0:49.0	that's that's not important we need to focus on the fight preparation and that. That is the fight. That is a preparation. Part of it, a huge part of it and I don't think it can be ignored.
0:58.6	Hello and welcome to boxing life stories with me Tristics.
1:03.0	What happened in the ring after T d'Ienolica was Charles Blake compared to that one.
1:08.0	It's a pushpong to this day.
1:10.0	He couldn't take the tears from his eyes or smile of his face, couldn't you?
1:15.8	I know.
1:16.8	I said he's bitten me.
1:17.8	He said, well, that boy, you're back!
1:19.8	And the paper they made me look like Al-Kampine.
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