Toughest Fight Wasn’t in the Ring | Lydon ‘Beqqu’ Chircop

Champions Connect Podcast · Jul 3, 2025 · 1h 3m

What does it cost a boxer to fight the coach who trained him for ten years?

Lydon 'Beqqu' Chircop is a Maltese boxer and boxing trainer who fought on a Matchroom card in Manchester in front of 26,000 people.

Beqqu wanted to fight from the age of ten. He played football until 15, kept getting straight red cards, then walked into a boxing gym and trained Monday to Sunday for ten years. He had his first job at 11, up at 3am at weekends. After school he lifted bricks on construction sites and ran 6K in his safety shoes, his toes full of blisters.

He takes you through the fight that still sits…