Season 3: #26 Clinton McKenzie

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Former British and European champion Clinton McKenzie boxed the great Sugar Ray Leonard at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. McKenzie went on to have a superb professional career and was involved in many Fight of the Year thrillers but his path was never smooth. Here, he talks about moving to London from Jamaica as a kid, mental health, being part of the famous fighting family, the losses of his father and brother, Dudley, his pride in three-weight world champion Duke and son Leon, who would have careers as a professional footballer and fighter. It's a deeply absorbing conversation and includes some wild stories, including a fight in Las Vegas when he only landed in the USA on the day of the contest. 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	And I was like, I'll be thinking, who's this guy?
0:02.8	And you know, it's funny.
0:03.9	They say, yeah, this guy's like, really good.
0:06.5	It's called Sugar Ray.
0:08.1	Tell me the name of that.
0:08.9	It's got me good.
0:10.2	But I was jet lag.
0:13.1	I was tired.
0:14.4	I wanted to sleep, but I had to find
0:18.3	how I got through that.
0:19.3	I don't know.
0:21.7	I wonder fight.
0:22.7	And he jumps in the ring.
0:23.9	It gives me a little kiss and the oles
0:25.6	really cuddles me.
0:26.7	And I'll kiss and leave.
0:27.7	I say, we done it.
0:28.8	It was great, mate.
0:29.6	I just think, and I'll remember that moment more
0:31.8	than anything else, because it was such a great comeback
0:35.5	and such a great finish, because he was there.
0:37.8	It gave me the strength to win.
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