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Boxing Life Stories

Season 3: #39 Dennis Hobson

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Promoter and manager Dennis Hobson has worked at all levels of the sport, from his time at the top with Clinton Woods – who would meet the likes of Roy Jones, Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver – to his successful spell with Ricky Hatton.   He’s also been involved at the small hall level and has recently launched FightZone, an app for that perhaps should be but are not on TV.    He’s seen the sport from many angles and here discusses some of the negotiating, posturing, triumphs and failures while showing off his best Frank Sinatra impression in a must-listen episode. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Fly me to a moon, let me play amongst the stars.

0:06.0

Let me see what spring is like on a Jupiter Mars.

0:14.0

The reason why I'm still in the game after 30 years, Trish, is that I love the Big Night.

0:21.0

It's nothing like creating a Big Night and maybe getting a kid up there,

0:27.0

especially onto the world level, obviously.

0:30.0

But getting a kid to maybe in a lot of people's eyes over a tube.

0:34.0

Sure.

0:35.0

That's the plus for me.

0:38.0

June the 10th, Ponsford Sheffield, Abbey or World title,

0:42.0

close away title, Sebastian Rothman.

0:45.0

I'm expecting him to go.

0:47.0

Yes, so quiet.

0:50.0

Yeah, I mean, why are you going to say anything?

0:54.0

I'm just thinking I've just put a table of rods to our glasses on that night.

0:58.0

Hello, and welcome to Boxing Life Stories with me, Tristix.

1:01.0

What happened in the ring after tasting only good with his child's play compared to that?

1:06.0

Instead of postponed to this day.

1:10.0

You couldn't take the tears from his eyes or the smile of his face, couldn't you?

1:14.0

I know.

1:15.0

He's been beating me for four years back.

1:18.0

And the baby didn't make me look like alcohol porn.

1:20.0

And if he's going to beat you all night.

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