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Boxing Life Stories

Season 3: #35 Curtis Woodhouse

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Curtis Woodhouse is a former British light-welterweight champion who won 24 of 31 professional bouts. For many, he is known as the former Premiership footballer who played for Sheffield United and Birmingham City – against some of the finest players of his generation. But his humble start in boxing is where his story really began which resulted in a roller coaster career and him fulfilling a promise to his dying father of winning the British title in one of the most unlikely championship stories of recent years. 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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And I got out, I remember saying to Dave, like, who's that? They said, oh, I got that

0:44.4

standing old thought. I said, he's amazing. And he was like, yeah, he's a good fighter's

0:48.3

thought, but he said, we're just having a few problems with his license at the minute.

0:51.8

And the board are trying to take his license off him, so he's not going to fight in 18 months.

0:56.4

And I just remember thinking, what? He's not wanting 18 months. I'm like, Jesus,

1:04.8

I was like, who's he being fighting? Like Godzilla.

1:10.8

Even if I'd have walked away from boxing, I wouldn't have gone back to football. Football was

1:14.5

done for me, really. That journey was over. It was probably over at 22. And I just dragged it out

1:20.8

the last few years, but that that that one was done. And I was the, I was the downfall of my

1:26.8

own career in football, but I'm not living like not, you know, I just abused the game and abused

1:33.4

myself. So, so that journey was over. And I always knew whether I'd box for the British title,

1:40.8

I knew I'd beat them. I just knew it. I just knew I would. I knew that it takes

1:46.6

something superhuman to stop me that light. Because I just, I don't know, I'm a big believer in

1:52.4

fate. And I felt like my whole career, my whole life, football and everything was leading to this

1:58.1

one moment. Hello, and welcome to Boxing Life Stories with me, Kristix. What happened in the ring

2:03.8

after it's taken only good with his child's play compared to that? Still they've caused fun to this day.

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