Season 3: #17 Steve Robinson

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Steve Robinson has one of the great stories in British boxing as a bonafide Cinderella Man. The former WBO featherweight champion was seemingly going nowhere, losing close fights, losing on the road and condemned to the 'also-ran' pile before his life changed with a phone call. Having lost a bout in France, he was called at two day's notice to fight for a world title. He took the shot and won, and then proved he belonged with a string of impressive title defences against the likes of Colin McMillan, Paul Hodkinson and Duke McKenzie. However, he was scalped after seven defences by a brilliant upstart named Prince Naseem Hamed and while he still had a European title win in him he was back to fighting on the road and losing tight decisions away from him. Now, still super-fit, Robinson looks back on his career with pride and discusses whether he gets the credit he is due and whether he was ultimately satisfied when he left the ring behind for the final time. 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	There was a big fight for you. I said, oh, when's that? It's two days time and time.
0:04.0	And for the World Tiger Fight, I won't be ready. He said, yes, you will.
0:08.0	It's a big opportunity for you. If you lose, you lose the World Champion, but you won't lose.
0:12.0	And I said, said okay I spoke
0:14.4	my wife I said I can have world title fights you know you must be mad but you know I said
0:19.1	you know I'm going to do it man I got to do for that son and her family and she could all the best, good luck.
0:24.4	You know, he made it worse, he made it worse, and he knows that
0:29.9	I went into a fight, short notice and you know that.
0:35.0	A lot of my decisions I got beat, I feel like because I was being Welsh and being black as well.
0:40.0	I feel.
0:44.0	It's a tough game. You've got to be a good fighter.
0:46.0	You know when you want to be a Tannedif fighter.
0:48.0	If you're an average fighter, you're going to get heard.
0:50.0	Hello and welcome to boxing life stories with me Tristics.
0:54.0	What happened in the ring after T personalized and only good was Charles play compared to that one.
0:59.0	Still the pushpong to this day.
1:00.0	Ha ha ha ha ha.
1:02.0	Just you couldn't take the tears from his eyes or smile off his face, couldn't you?
1:06.5	I know.
1:07.5	I said he bitten me, he said, well that boy in the back.
1:10.5	And the paper they made me look out of my bond.
1:12.6	This is going to beat you all night.
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