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Australian True Crime

"Shotgun" Shannon O'Connell's childhood is her toughest opponent

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

"Shotgun" Shannon O'Connell is Australia's pre-eminent female boxer. One thing that is absolutely true, is that her toughest opponent is her childhood. She fights it everyday, as do her two brothers, with varying degrees of success.


We were introduced to Shannon by a previous guest, Russell Manser from The Voice of a Survivor. He likes to say that boxing has saved more lives than church, and Shannon is definitely one of them.


You can keep up to date with all things "Shotgun" Shannon by following her instagram

 

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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Co-Host: Emily Webb. You can find her on Instagram here and listen to her podcast Killer Content here. 

Guests: Shannon O'Connell

Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

Executive Producer: Jacqueline Tonks

Recorded at a Hub Australia Media Studio. Find the workspace that's right for you at https://www.hubaustralia.com/

 

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0:00.0

We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,

0:04.3

and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.

0:07.4

Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.

0:10.3

Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,

0:15.2

our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in

0:19.9

Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.

0:25.9

The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.

0:37.0

They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.

0:47.2

The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.

0:54.1

To be honest, she's actually trying anyway.

0:57.4

Like since this fight has been spoken about,

0:59.8

she pushed it aside.

1:01.2

They put in exemption requests to fight someone else. They don't want to fight me. So now the

1:06.3

fight's happening and she's just trying to anything she can do to either upset me or to get out of the

1:11.5

fight still I would assume.

1:14.8

That's Shotgun Shannon, also known as Shannon O'Connell.

1:21.6

She's Australia's preeminent female boxer and she's

1:25.2

off to the UK shortly to fight Ebony Bridges for the World Bantamweight title.

1:30.0

Now look Ebony's been talking some shit about Shannon to be fair Shannon's talked a bit of shit about Ebony too

1:36.8

But that's boxing right one thing that's absolutely true though is that Shannon's toughest opponent is her childhood.

1:44.0

She fights it every day, as do her two brothers,

1:47.0

with varying degrees of success.

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