Season 4: #6 Michael Nunn

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Former middleweight and super-middleweight champion Michel Nunn, one of the pound for pound stars on the 1990s, went from a life of celebrity and fame to nearly two decades behind bars. Nunn defeated plenty of big names, Curtis Parker, Sambu Kalambay, Iran Barkley, Marlon Starling, Donald Curry and he also fought James Toney, Frankie Liles and Steve Little. Here, he talks about his frustration at trying to land fights with Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and latterly Roy Jones but also about the big nights and his time at the top, including the disputed losses to Little and Liles and Rocchiginai, He was 58-4 when he boxed for the last time but three of those defeats were controversial. Then came time in prison and it was a long time but he was bright and engaging, it was great to hear him in such good shape and also hear him referring to so many in the boxing community whom he has been in touch with since his 2019 release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's always good to be able to avoid a punch because, you know, punches hurt, that's
0:02.7	real.
0:03.7	And I tell people that all the time, I said, it's a man, isn't that, uh, rural find about,
0:07.2	you know, getting hit upside the head, man, then punches hurt.
0:10.6	Uh, guys that are coming up with some of my world-class fighters, I thought they were
0:14.9	champions.
0:15.9	You're not five world champions that there's not bad.
0:17.6	I mean, that's, that's nice to have on any resume.
0:20.0	So, I mean, you just can't worry about what critics say, because they're going to tell
0:23.5	you can't punch, you can't do that, but, I mean, just watch me, that's all you got to
0:27.1	do, you know.
0:29.1	What's up, move, what's going on, Mr. T.
0:33.1	Don't call my house no more, it's really the morning.
0:35.1	I haven't even got about a beard yet.
0:37.1	I've got to get up, go to church, even on Monday.
0:41.1	Hello, and welcome to Boxing Life Stories with me, Chris Dix.
0:45.1	What happened in the ring after the Tyson only got his, his child's play compared to that.
0:50.1	Still, they've moved on to this day.
0:52.1	You could be taking the tears from his eyes or the smile of his face could be.
0:58.1	I know.
1:02.1	And the baby didn't make me look like Al Capone.
1:04.1	This is going to be your night.
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