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The PCR Sports Show - Friday 8th August 2025 - The Boxing Special with club captain Liam Huntley and pro boxer Shona Whitwell from Wolves Den boxing gym. · The PCR Sports Show

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  Good evening I'm Dipam, and welcome to the start of your
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  sporting weekend with myself and and Nigel.
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  It's the PCR Sports Show, your weekly roundup of everything
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  local and regional as far as sports goes.
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  And we've got some wonderful guests in this evening from the
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  newest boxing gym in the city, the Wolves Den.
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  We have club captain Liam, Liam Huntley and former Team GB and
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  pro boxer Shona Whitwell as well.
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  So a great show to look forward to this evening as they'll be
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  telling us about their careers in boxing and the new facility
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  in Yaxley. But as always let's get started
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  with this week's headlines and and Nige hasn't for us this
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  week. Hello Nige.
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  Jody. I'm very well, thank you.
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  How are you? Very well.
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  Thank you, Sir. What's been going on this week?
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  OK, we'll start with Porsche. They play their first home game
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  of the new season tomorrow against highly fancied Luton
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  Townside that were in the Premier League just two years
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  ago. Despite taking the lead at
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  Cardiff in the season opener last weekend, they ended up
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  going down to 1 so manager Darren Ferguson will be looking
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  forward some points from the Western Home stadium tomorrow.
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  It's another lunchtime kick off against the Hatters, who will be
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  fresh from an opening day win over AFC Wimbledon at Kenworth
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  Rd. Pasha is still without
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  goalkeeper Alex Bass due to injury and defender Sam Hughes
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  is still out with an Achilles injury.
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  Otherwise, Pasha is starting to see an end to their mini injury
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  crisis with Oscar Valin and Bradley Ihorn Vien both
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  recovering from Knox and Will Blackmore back in contention.
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  Peterborough Sports across the city then the Peterborough
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  second team opened their National League Division 1 N
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  campaign with a tricky tie away at Chester.
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  The Cheshire outfit are fancied by many for promotion this
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  season but sports owner Tim Woodward said on the PCR Sports
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  Show only a couple of weeks ago that he fancied getting a result
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  in the opener. The PCR Sports Show caught up
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  with joint manager Michael Gash this afternoon and he reported
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  that new signing Shaquille Coulthurst is out of the game
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  tomorrow after limping off in the pre season game at Stamford.
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  Club captain Mark Jones is 5050 but otherwise everyone is in
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  contention. Other than that, 2 new signings
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  for the Turbines this week. Former Barnsley payers Josiah
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  Dyer and Charlie Hickingbottom have joined the club as they
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  make a bid for the playoffs for the first time in their history.
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  Women's rugby and only two weeks to wait now for the start of the
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  Women's Rugby World Cup held in England.
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  Of course, if you haven't got tickets for England's opener
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  against the USA, then the next best place to be is down at the
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  Peterborough Rugby Club where they'll be showing the game
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  live. Doors open at 7:00, is totally
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  free to get in, the bar will be open and there will be food
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  available. We're going to share a post with
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  AQR code on the PCR Sports Show Facebook page, so pop along
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  there and you'll be able to scan that code and pre book your
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  food. And we'll have coach Peter Frost
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  and player Emma Harley talking about the local women's rugby
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  scene and that World Cup tournament on the 12th of
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  September on our show. So make sure you don't miss that
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  one. Phantoms News and the son of
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  city legend Doug McEwan has returned to the club.
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  Forward Corey McEwan has rejoined after spells in Swindon
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  and Telford. The message to fans after re
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  signing was simply I'm back. Another familiar face is Ralph
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  Saranis who has also rejoined from Berkshire Bees.
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  But the club has announced the departure of teenager Richard
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  Hartman, who is heading up north to play Elite League hockey for
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  Five Flyers. In cricket, Orton Park moved to
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  the top of the South Links Division One after a smooth 8
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  wicket success over lowly Market Deep in seconds.
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  But Orton Park seconds missed the chance to reach the summit
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  in Division 2. They would have overtaken
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  inactively There's Caster with a win at numerous seconds, but
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  they went down by 6 wickets after totalling 190 for 9.
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  Meanwhile there was some outstanding individual displays
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  in the Hunts League where Soufan Mazar was 100 and 27 not out for
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  AK11 when they completed a full wicket win over Falcon in
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  Division One and Ashley Shamim John who struck an unbeaten 106
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  for Royal Strikers in a win over Bretton in Division Two.
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  Ian Kendall fine performance with six for 10 and 44 not out
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  in a Division Three win for home over Elsto Seconds in Division
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  Three. And finally some Paul winning
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  streak continued for local polls * Mark Gray as he saw a former
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  World champion from Peterborough in the final of the IRPT event
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  at Hatfield. Gray beat Peterborough's former
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  World Champion John Rose 7 four in the final to win the 525 LB
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  first prize. Mark Gray's next in action in
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  the IRPT Amateur Tour event in Leicester this weekend, and
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  that's your headlines. Thank you Noesh.
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  Lots and lots going on. Big kick off for Peterborough
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  Sports and you're going to be there tomorrow aren't you?
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  For the first game of the season, travelling all the way
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  to Chester. That's it.
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  Yeah, I'll be there. We'll be catching up with
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  manager Luke Steele immediately after the game.
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  We'll be posting that on our social media pages on Sunday.
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  Excellent. So to look forward to.
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  We had obviously Tim and Mark Jones, Captain Mark Jones and
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  obviously Chairman Tim Woodward on the show a couple of weeks
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  ago and they've got some very good ambitions for this season.
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  They. Yeah, and they've made some
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  great signings. Just just on that.
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  It's ironic, isn't it? We were talking to Mark on the
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  show about the fact that he's he's entering his 10th year at
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  sports and he's got to look after himself because injuries
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  at his sort of stage of his career.
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  And then he's 5050 for tomorrow for the first game.
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  Bit ironic. But yeah, they've made some
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  great signings. There's a lot of people who are
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  really excited about sports this year and we we might even see
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  playoff football down at. Absolutely and there's been a
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  quite a turnover squad but the players have come in look
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  exciting, look hungry and younger as well.
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  Yeah, there's always a turnover of players at that level because
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  they have to rely on the loan market so much.
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  And then clubs call back players who who are on loan.
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  So the team dynamic often changes two or three times
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  during the season. But they're they're in a great
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  place at the moment. The the people they want people
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  of Bradley McCann, who they've managed to get back in the club
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  and to start the season. You know, who knows how long
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  he's gonna stay, but let's hope he stays for most of the year
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  and then than those I'm going to stop saying playoffs now because
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  you're going to take me to account, aren't you?
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  Well, we're only really repeating what Tim has said.
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  It's not your words, is it really, to be honest.
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  But that's good. And they've got the obviously
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  the the backbone of the experienced in there with the
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  the goalkeeper, Peter Crook, Mark Jones, we mentioned Michael
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  Gash, players like that who have been there a while and and kind
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  of probably create that leadership group within the
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  squad. Yeah, and I think that's
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  important because that's the backbone of the squad and they
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  are all sports owned players with a lot of experience.
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  So that backbone won't change. Barring injuries, Touchwood,
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  that won't change all the way through the season.
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  So that's one thing they've got going for is they're bound to
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  have some tough times during the season.
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  It's not all going to go their way, but when they do, they've
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  got players, experienced players, who will be able to dig
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  in. Yeah, absolutely brilliant and
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  we wish all the wish People sports all the best with their
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  first game tomorrow and look forward to your output from that
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  game. Nyche.
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  Fantastic. Thank you.
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  Right, let's take a short break now and we'll be back in a few
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  minutes. Speaking to club captain Liam
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  Huntley and pro boxer Shona Whitwell from the Wolves Den
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  Boxing Club in Yaxi, the newest boxing club in the city.
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  So right back to this evening's guests and they're from the
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  Wolves then Boxing Club, the new boxing club in Yaxi.
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  And we're excited to have Liam Huntley, the captain of the
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  club, on the show, along with former Team GB boxer and now pro
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  boxer Shona Whitwell as well. So good evening to you both.
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  Thank you for joining us. How are you both?
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  Yeah. Really.
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  Good, good. Yeah, very well.
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  Thank you. Very well.
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  So coming to you first, Liam, you're you're club captain.
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  So tell us a little about a little bit about this new club,
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  where it's located, and what's the reason for it to sort of be
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  in existence? Yeah, so the Wolves then
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  currently is open and you actually we've only been open
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  about yeah, now the club, club coach Reese Redmond opening it
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  and it's let's say we've been open yeah now and we've had I
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  think close to 100 fights within the gym itself been like
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  multiple tournaments all around the world.
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  So the club's only going to grow up from now.
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  Fantastic. That's a really good start
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  within a year to achieve all that.
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  Yeah, absolutely amazing, isn't it?
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  So, so you said you've had 100 fights actually in the gym
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  itself. So you.
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  Not just yourself, it's between this about 10 to 15 competitive
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  boxers and between we've all been really active this season.
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  It's been a busy one with the first year the club being open.
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  So we've been to countries like Sweden and Denmark, competed all
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  up and down the country, just being in there with like some of
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  the best, best amateur boxers within the country and all
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  around the world. So yet things are looking bright
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  for the future of the of the club.
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  Brilliant. That's really fantastic.
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  And we'll come to Shona in a moment.
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  Shona's obviously a professional boxer.
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  You mentioned them amateur ones there.
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  So for the for the gym and the club itself, are, are you
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  focusing on boxers that want to take the sport kind of seriously
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  or do you invite people who want to kind of just do it as a hobby
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  and and as a fitness sort of exercise?
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  I would say for the club, everyone's welcome, no matter
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  like your background, if you've had lots of experience or not.
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  The club coach Reese Molly asked Suppose like 100% dedication.
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  So if you're willing to take the sport serious, then everyone's
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  welcome. We do have like a fitness class
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  on the Monday where it's like combat conditioning.
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  So a lot of people who don't look to compete come to that
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  sort of class. Then we've got development
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  classes, Senior Open class timetables.
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  So yeah, like I say, that's all he asks for.
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  The courts is just 100% dedication if you take the sport
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  serious and you're welcome to the club.
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  Brilliant. Now it sounds really good, so
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  they say it's open to all and you can come along.
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  Just get a bit of a taster, see if it's for you or not.
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  For a tester, yeah, come along and see what it's like, learn a
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  bit of boxing, learn the fundamentals and dedication and
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  what it takes, obviously, to get to the top of the sport.
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  Fantastic, brilliant. Good stuff.
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  Sharon, if I can come to you now, Reece, obviously, who's the
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  man behind the, the, the gym is, is your partner as well.
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  What kind of what was the concept behind it?
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  What, what made him think I want to open up a boxing gym in
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  Peterborough? And, and you know what was his
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  kind of ambition at the time? Yeah, so obviously since I met
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  him on day one, that was his ultimate goal was to open his
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  own gym and, you know, run his own amateur club first of all.
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  We started doing it for a few mates that he used to work
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  alongside with and now it's just grown massively and it'll just
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  go from strength to strength. But yeah, it's just something
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  he's always wanted to do and now he's doing it and I think he
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  definitely wants to just take it to the next level, hopefully do
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  it full time eventually. But yeah, it's it's amazing.
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  Obviously only being open a year as well.
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  And they're already making waves.
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  You know, he does the majority of it by himself as well.
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  And yeah, they're all performing.
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  You know, they've been travelling the world this year,
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  entered different tournaments, bringing back multiple medals,
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  international medals and yeah, the future likes.
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  Liam said he's looking bright. Fantastic.
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  That's really, really good. And then like you say, it's got
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  a really fast start and you know, you've had 100 fights as
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  you, as you said, Liam. And in terms of sort of Reese's
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  background, then is he a fighter himself or is he, is he, has he
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  kind of got more of AI suppose a sporting interest in boxing and
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  then set at a gym. What's does he, you know, is he
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  a kind of a practical man or is he, does he just kind of do it
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  as a business, if you know what I mean?
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  He's, yeah, he's all about work, working hard.
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  Yeah, he used to box himself. So he's always been around
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  boxing. He's come from a military
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  background now in the London Fire Brigade, so he doesn't
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  really do things in half measures.
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  He juggles a lot and then obviously open this gym.
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  I know it's not been easy, but like I said, he doesn't do
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  things in half measures. So he puts 110% in and I know he
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  just wanted this year was all about getting the name out
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  there, the Wolves Den and then yeah.
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  And that's literally what they've done because they've all
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  performed, they've all brought back medals and, you know, best
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  boxers of the tournaments. And, you know, so I think a lot
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  of people were like, you know what I mean?
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  Like we're making waves. So yeah, it's exciting.
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  But yeah, race has always been involved.
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  You know, he's been an England coach and, you know, obviously
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  he's turning towards the pros now as well.
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  So it'd be a bit both obviously I'mixed between the two.
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  So I train in Essex at the matching gym, Tony Sims Gym, but
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  I also mix between there and the Wolves.
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  Den Reese obviously coaches me when I'm out of camp and I
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  haven't got a fight date, so it's good to mix between the two
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  and just have those different coaching backgrounds.
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  Yeah, brilliant. And you mentioned it's probably
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  a good moment to talk about your history and your story in a
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  sport actually, because I read up about it and it's a
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  fascinating story. Stories you mentioned that
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  you're you're you've got your professional gym, the Matchroom
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  gym. So Matchroom is in the the Eddie
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  Hearn Hern stable. Is it Matchroom or is it part of
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  the that that organization, isn't it?
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  Yeah, so Tony Sims runs the gym alongside John Ryder and yeah,
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  so I've just, you know, found my home there turning professional.
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  Reece actually introduced me to them because, you know, he
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  trusts them and knows they're like non individual coaches.
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  And yeah, I just mix in between the two.
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  So it's a good balance for me to be honest.
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  But yeah, so I had my debut in April and obviously it was on
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  team UV for eight years prior to that.
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  You know, I've I've travelled the world myself and you know,
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  I've been boxing since I was about 5 years old.
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  So it's always been a massive part of my life.
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  But yeah, so I'm just waiting on a date for my second
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  professional fight now, so should get that any.
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  Yeah, absolutely. It's been a great journey
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  because I know you, you say you've been Team GB for eight
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  years. You you were literally knocking
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  on the door of the Olympics and now you've turned pro.
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  So you've had a good kind of rise to where you where you are
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  now. Yeah, yes, it's all good
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  experience for, you know what's to come.
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  It's it's kind of like an apprenticeship, if you want to
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  call it that, in the amateurs. And it sets you up for the
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  professional ranks because it's, it's completely different ball
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  game. You know, you, you get to be
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  like at the very top, the pinnacle in amateur boxing on
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  GV, going to all these tournaments and then as soon as
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  you turn professional, it's almost like back to square one.
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  But obviously I've got all those, all the experience behind
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  myself from that just take me far in the pros.
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  Excellent. So for those that and including
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  I include myself in. But for those that don't know,
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  what changes for you when you turn from an amateur boxer into
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  a pro boxer? So it's mainly, it's more of a
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  business in the professionals, yes, it's all about money and
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  profiles and business. Whereas in the amateurs you
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  could kind of just travel the world, enjoy yourself, You know,
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  I was getting a wage on Team GB. You didn't have to worry about
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  anything. Now it's like I'm solely relying
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  on sponsorship. You become self-employed
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  effective, don't you? Rather than being paid, Yeah.
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  So I'm solely relying on sponsorship.
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  You know, I'm not getting a wage.
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  You know, you just have to, you get paid when you fight.
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  And obviously you've got to sell off tickets.
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  And so it's a whole new ball game.
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  You don't have to sell tickets and amateur, you know, you'd go
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  to these tournaments, for example, you'd go to like Russia
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  or something and you'd box in front of two people in a massive
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  stadium. Like it's just mental.
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  And then you go from being a pro and then you've got to sell all
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  these tickets and you're in front of thousands.
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  So yeah, it's definitely different.
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  And I'm still learning on the job.
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  But no, I'm enjoying it. It's a new chapter for me.
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  Fantastic. And you said you had your first
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  fight in April, did you? Yeah, yeah, in April was my
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  debut and I really enjoyed that as at York Hall, so iconic
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  venue. I've never boxed there before
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  but yeah, I'm just waiting on a on a fight date now and but I
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  just want to be active, stay busy and climb the ladder.
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  Yeah, absolutely. And how did that first fight go
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  with the build up to it, the fight event itself?
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  And how did it all feel? Yeah, yeah, it's exciting.
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  It was a bit stressful. You know, you've got a as a pro,
• 19:48
  you've got apply for your licence and get your medical
• 19:52
  sorted and that can take a long time and that was a bit
• 19:55
  frustrating. But finally we got a date and we
• 19:58
  had our eyes set on that. Did a 6th rounder and won every
• 20:02
  round and I actually boxed a 5050 opponent which a lot of
• 20:06
  people wouldn't take in their first fight.
• 20:09
  So that's somebody that's pretty much levelled to you.
• 20:11
  Is that what you mean by 50? So it could.
• 20:13
  Go either way, couldn't it? Yeah.
• 20:14
  So I think they'd lost like four or five, but then they'd won
• 20:17
  three by knockout, like 3 knockouts.
• 20:19
  So it was a 5050 opponent. She was tough, to be honest, and
• 20:23
  she did come to win. But yeah, that just shows like,
• 20:27
  you know, I'm not going to be boxing these journey women to
• 20:30
  start off with, and I want to start off at a high level so
• 20:32
  that I can build on from that and it won't be long before I'm
• 20:35
  chasing titles effectively. And I guess if you've made, if
• 20:38
  you're having fights like that, your name's kind of out there
• 20:41
  almost straight away, isn't it that that people take you
• 20:42
  seriously and think you're right?
• 20:44
  Shona's not in it for for just to kind of get warm in the place
• 20:47
  she's actually in, meaning serious business.
• 20:49
  Yeah, I think it did help with the the ranking side of things.
• 20:52
  It boosted me right up because of that girl's record, so that
• 20:56
  helped. And that was only my debut, so
• 20:58
  you know, and I'd had a year out the ring since my last fight on
• 21:02
  GB then, so I still felt a bit rusty and things like that.
• 21:06
  And adjusting to two-minute rounds now rather than freeze.
• 21:09
  But in the apertures you do 3 three minute rounds.
• 21:12
  That was 6 two-minute rounds, so slightly different.
• 21:15
  So it's all just adjusting and learning on the job really.
• 21:18
  But you know, I really enjoyed it.
• 21:20
  I enjoyed the atmosphere, having my family and friends around.
• 21:23
  I'm not used to that, you know what I mean?
• 21:24
  So it was like a massive buzz. But yeah, so I'm just excited
• 21:29
  for the future. Fantastic, And any hint of when
• 21:32
  your next fight might be? Any idea?
• 21:34
  Or you still need the process of setting it up?
• 21:35
  For September, October, but yeah, just waiting on
• 21:39
  confirmation. I think in August is kind of
• 21:41
  offseason for professionals, so it does go a bit quiet.
• 21:46
  So yeah, I'm just waiting for shows to be announced, but
• 21:49
  hopefully September, October, and they could get out again
• 21:52
  before the year's over with. Brilliant, keep us in touch with
• 21:55
  I will give you a shout out when you when your fights by all
• 21:58
  means so brilliant. Thank you for that showing.
• 22:00
  All right, we'll take a short break and then we'll come back
• 22:03
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• 22:07
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• 25:25
  Shona Whitwell, who's a pro boxer working out of the pro
• 25:29
  boxing gym in in Essex or down down South and also working with
• 25:34
  the Wolves Den amateur boxing club in Peterborough, one of the
• 25:37
  newest boxing clubs in the area. Right, We'll speak to Liam, Liam
• 25:42
  Hudley, who we spoke to earlier. He's the club captain.
• 25:44
  He gave us an intro about the club and how why it's been set
• 25:47
  up. Liam, your story in the sport,
• 25:50
  how did you get into boxing and where you know, how can you find
• 25:54
  yourself where you are now? Yeah, so it's it's a bit of a
• 25:56
  funny story really. It was just one evening, I think
• 25:59
  it was a Friday night. I was playing football and it
• 26:02
  got rained off actually, so I didn't end up end up playing.
• 26:05
  And I seen there was a boxing class running and sort of her as
• 26:09
  well fair bit. And it was my mum.
• 26:12
  She just said, oh, it's your fancy, fancy this just to keep
• 26:14
  your fitness up. So I give it a shot.
• 26:16
  And then ever since then I've never looked back. 10 years ago,
• 26:19
  loved the sport ever since. Fantastic.
• 26:21
  And like, I got to a point, I think I was about 16 years old,
• 26:25
  where the boxing actually took over the football and I packed
• 26:28
  in football and just focused on boxing.
• 26:31
  And ever since then, like it says, I've just loved the sport,
• 26:34
  just make it play all about my life now, sort of dedicate
• 26:37
  myself to it. So yeah, I'm glad that my mum
• 26:41
  took as long as That's right session.
• 26:43
  Yeah, We often find that that we've had other guests on the
• 26:46
  show previously where they they have, you know, more than one
• 26:49
  discipline. And ultimately you do have to
• 26:50
  make the choice at some point because you want to focus and
• 26:54
  take one of them seriously. Otherwise you kind of just like
• 26:57
  you become average of both rather than really good at 1:00.
• 26:59
  That's what it was. I've sort of fallen out of love
• 27:01
  with the sport of football and there's a boxing just of every
• 27:05
  aspect of it because I think it's more obviously an
• 27:07
  individual sport where you focus on yourself.
• 27:09
  You can't blame of our team members and this Nova if you get
• 27:13
  beat in a fight at talking about yourself.
• 27:15
  Yeah. So yeah, I think that's that's
• 27:17
  the main reason why I love the sport.
• 27:19
  Yeah, excellent. And how long ago was that then?
• 27:20
  When when did you start boxing? Initially, so I was, I think I
• 27:24
  was about 13 when I started, on 23 now.
• 27:27
  So I've been in the sport like 10 years.
• 27:29
  Yeah, yeah, excellent. And what's for those that are
• 27:32
  kind of sharp hearing like me? Your accent isn't from around
• 27:35
  here, clearly. When people can understand me.
• 27:39
  We can, we can, we can. It's good how long you've been
• 27:43
  in the area and what kind of mood you made your move to this
• 27:45
  area. So I've only been living in this
• 27:47
  area coming up here now. So ever since the club opened,
• 27:51
  obviously when I heard that Reese was opening the gym, I
• 27:54
  just made made the move to come down and sort of bring my life
• 27:58
  down this way to work with them because it was about two years
• 28:00
  ago, I met Reese in person and obviously through Shawna, it'll
• 28:05
  be girlfriend. She used to box with Shawna back
• 28:06
  in the day. So that's how I know recent
• 28:09
  Shawna and yes, I come along for just like a tear star session.
• 28:13
  We stuck us on a few sparring sessions and I've seen like the
• 28:16
  work I think he puts in to the boxers that he's got and I just
• 28:21
  learned so much even on like the first few sessions I had of
• 28:23
  them. And he made us feel like a
• 28:25
  beginner again. So I just knew obviously if I
• 28:28
  dedicated myself to training with him then it would just make
• 28:33
  myself like better in sport. Brilliant.
• 28:35
  And I mean that that says a lot for a Reese and Shona,
• 28:39
  obviously, and and the new facility that's been set up that
• 28:42
  you've up sticks from your home city to move to Peterborough.
• 28:45
  And because you you're dedicated to your sport and obviously you
• 28:48
  have faith in what Reese in the club can do.
• 28:50
  For you, yeah, because boxing up north, obviously I was just
• 28:53
  doing it more sort of like because I love the sport, but I
• 28:57
  was only boxing like 3 and 4 * a year.
• 28:59
  I wasn't really getting the opportunities that I've seen
• 29:02
  Reese can provide. So he just said to us like,
• 29:05
  look, if you can put the work in, I'll I'll match it and even
• 29:09
  double it. So yeah, it was just nice to
• 29:11
  have someone like show us a bit of attention and actually want
• 29:15
  us to do well within the sport. Fantastic and your achievements
• 29:20
  in the sport to date. You can compete at the 71
• 29:23
  kilograms level, I believe, and you recently got yourself a
• 29:27
  silver medal in Europe's biggest boxer box cup tournament in
• 29:30
  Haringey this year. And you've got another
• 29:33
  tournament coming up next weekend, the Riviera Box Cup.
• 29:36
  Yeah. Is that right?
• 29:37
  Where does that take place? That takes place.
• 29:40
  I think it's a South Devon, OK, yeah, so quite, quite aware
• 29:43
  where, but it's your first time doing this tournament and
• 29:46
  there's quite a lot of representing the club, so it'll
• 29:49
  be a good one. Looking forward to it, hopefully
• 29:51
  bring back the gold. Fantastic.
• 29:53
  Yeah, good luck with that. So, and in terms of your
• 29:55
  ambitions in the, in the sport itself, what, what's your kind?
• 29:58
  Of I think the end goal is like like like showing up to turn pro
• 30:02
  eventually, but like like mentioning before, since trend
• 30:06
  research made us feel like beginner again.
• 30:08
  So I think maybe it's a few years hopefully when win a few
• 30:11
  more medals as an amateur. I think the goal in amateur is
• 30:16
  to win like a national title just to say I'm the best in the
• 30:19
  country at in my weight division.
• 30:22
  And once I've achieved that, hopefully represent represent
• 30:24
  the country like box for England and then then we're going to
• 30:27
  look to turn pro. So yeah, I've got ambitions as
• 30:29
  an armature first and then, then I can focus on turning a
• 30:33
  professional probably in a couple of.
• 30:35
  Years and how does that kind of switch work for you in terms of
• 30:38
  from a practical perspective, I know Shona described in terms of
• 30:41
  the the the how it feels in terms of your your your employee
• 30:46
  kind of the the employment side of it, so to speak.
• 30:49
  But in terms of your in your own head, when and how do you think
• 30:53
  you know, I want to turn pro now and I've shown obviously had
• 30:55
  eight years with Team GB was boxing for the country and
• 30:58
  internationally. How How will it feel for you
• 31:01
  when you know that you're ready to go pro?
• 31:04
  To be honest, I've always had the goal of turning pro.
• 31:06
  I think that's always been my end goal, but like I say, it's
• 31:10
  just I want to achieve certain things within the amateurs
• 31:13
  first, just to know that I've got that amateur pedigree.
• 31:17
  It sort of helps when you're turning over like for
• 31:19
  sponsorships and like promotional deals.
• 31:23
  If you've got a bit of amateur background, say if I was doing a
• 31:25
  national title and have all these Box Cup gold medals, Like
• 31:28
  it looks good for myself and it sort of like gives you a bit of
• 31:32
  a head start in the pros rather than like what show?
• 31:35
  And I was saying like starting off on the small hole shows,
• 31:37
  trying to sell tickets. So I'm just looking at the
• 31:40
  amateurs like an apprenticeship as well.
• 31:42
  I'm still learning and enjoying the sport to get a traveller
• 31:44
  world, to get provided loads of opportunities to box yeah, there
• 31:48
  and everywhere. So yeah, for now I'm just just
• 31:50
  enjoying it and and. Then pardon my ignorance, but if
• 31:56
  there's a pro fight taking place, so let's say showing the
• 31:58
  fights pro next time she's pro fighting, September, October
• 32:01
  time, can you be as an amateur be on the undercard in that same
• 32:04
  event? Or does it?
• 32:05
  Is it completely? Separate.
• 32:06
  Yeah, it's complete. Completely separate.
• 32:07
  So it's like 2 different sports within itself.
• 32:10
  Like you see how much as there's a lot, a lot more fast-paced.
• 32:14
  That's why people sort of look as the pros is like complete
• 32:18
  different sport when you have to transition from going boxing
• 32:20
  like 3 freeze, like 3-3 minute rounds to like as a pro
• 32:25
  sometimes when you boxing for titles, 12-3 minute rounds.
• 32:28
  Obviously how much is a bit more of a Sprint?
• 32:30
  The pros is a bit more of like a marathon.
• 32:33
  So, but yeah, in terms of how much as boxing on pro shows,
• 32:38
  yeah is what you don't say that and you say no apart from like
• 32:42
  the unlicensed, but that's. That's a we.
• 32:44
  Don't go there. In terms of your role as club
• 32:50
  captain and what does that entail, What, what
• 32:53
  responsibilities does that give you?
• 32:54
  I think we should just give me the the club captain role just
• 32:57
  sort of for people to look up to me because he knows obviously I
• 33:01
  commit to the sport like I move your life from Newcastle down
• 33:05
  here. So it's just just a bit of a
• 33:07
  role model, I think more than anything.
• 33:09
  And I'm just here obviously for the rest of the lads and last as
• 33:12
  if they've got someone need someone to speak to.
• 33:14
  I'm always here for them, you know, I mean, because sometimes
• 33:17
  they'll be a bit like won't go through struggles in the sport,
• 33:20
  like balance and work life. So yeah, I hope to think that
• 33:23
  you had a for the other lads and lasted to come to and speak to
• 33:26
  rather than just like getting all pent up about some of their
• 33:30
  emotions and stuff. And yeah, I want me to, yeah,
• 33:32
  just to help. Help.
• 33:35
  And what's the set up at the club like in terms of the number
• 33:37
  of coaches and that sort of thing?
• 33:40
  So Reese is obviously the main coach.
• 33:41
  We've got another AD, Simon, he comes in a few few times a week.
• 33:46
  He mainly does like the combat condition and on the Monday
• 33:48
  helps out with the developments. Got like an SNC nutrition sports
• 33:53
  coaches. Callum, he's got was a combat,
• 33:57
  combat performance. Yeah, combat performance.
• 34:00
  So he helps out with like all the nutrition plans, SNC
• 34:04
  programmes. But yeah, like I said, research
• 34:07
  like the the headquarters and he he takes her all all around the
• 34:11
  world and all around the country, so.
• 34:13
  Excellent, good stuff. And that's actually, I noticed
• 34:16
  on your sport, on your social medias this week that the
• 34:20
  boxing, the England Boxing Certificate's been renewed,
• 34:23
  hasn't it, for the club. So they'll give you another year
• 34:26
  under their their kind of approval if you like.
• 34:29
  Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
• 34:29
  So I think every year you've got a renew sort of club membership.
• 34:33
  So yeah, it's good to see that we've got another year and.
• 34:36
  So what does it take to kind of keep renewing that in terms of I
• 34:39
  guess they do some form of audio inspection at the gym?
• 34:42
  Yeah, I'm not too sure to be honest.
• 34:43
  I just focus on the box and resort all that out.
• 34:46
  It's like reason to say on your best behaviour guys, England
• 34:49
  boxing are coming around today. I think it's just to make sure
• 34:51
  that the gym's got all like the necessary equipment and it's in
• 34:54
  a like a stable area. It's got like the coaches or
• 34:56
  like the first aid sort of and stuff like that safeguard.
• 35:01
  And so I don't know if Sean has has a bit of input of what.
• 35:05
  Goes on. Yeah, it's just regulation.
• 35:07
  And stuff like that. Really.
• 35:08
  But yeah. Brilliant.
• 35:10
  How big's the the actual gym itself then would give us a if
• 35:13
  you can. I know it's difficult on radio,
• 35:15
  but try and give us a bit of a a visual of what it's what the
• 35:18
  facility is like. It's not like a massive space,
• 35:20
  it's sort of like a cladding unit obviously in the actually,
• 35:25
  but it's got everything we'll need, you know what I mean?
• 35:27
  We've got a ring, got plenty of floor space, bags, we'll know,
• 35:31
  sometimes get even. What would you say numbers about
• 35:33
  30 in? Yeah, 30 on average a day.
• 35:36
  But like today, we've got sparring from all over the
• 35:39
  country and they'll probably be about, I don't know, Yeah, the
• 35:43
  gym. Gets 100.
• 35:44
  Times. Does it?
• 35:44
  Yeah, Yeah, it's very. But yeah, it's it's good size,
• 35:47
  but it's got everything you need there to be honest and ideal
• 35:51
  location. Yeah, it's just off the main
• 35:53
  road. Is it a one?
• 35:54
  And the road links are good. Yeah, yeah, exactly so.
• 35:59
  For those that don't know, location wise, it's the new kind
• 36:02
  of newish business part where Junction 17, the car dealership
• 36:06
  is. It's the last.
• 36:07
  If you're coming from facet, it's the first left as you go
• 36:09
  around the bend to actually from the other end.
• 36:11
  Obviously it's the last turn to the right before you go towards
• 36:14
  facet. Yeah, that's the one.
• 36:15
  So it's should be quite easy to find in there.
• 36:18
  Yeah, definitely. It's it's got access for
• 36:21
  obviously off straight off the main roads.
• 36:22
  It's got train stations nearby. That's why we get a lot of
• 36:25
  sparring come down and we've got like host a lot of like the
• 36:30
  regional camps. So we still put on like a day
• 36:32
  where people from all over the region, Cambridge and Essex
• 36:36
  eastern counties will come down and we get like good turn out
• 36:39
  every time and sometimes in like 4 or five hours just getting
• 36:43
  through all the sparring. Yeah, it's really good.
• 36:47
  And again, it says a lot for the facility that people from from
• 36:49
  nationally are coming to to to do sparring sessions.
• 36:52
  Yeah, people see like what we've got going on and what Reece is
• 36:56
  doing for the club and they want to be a part of it, whether it's
• 36:59
  just for a training session or, you know, they might come down
• 37:02
  and think what he's doing is great and they want to come
• 37:05
  over. But yeah, that that says a lot.
• 37:07
  You know, we've got people coming from all over the country
• 37:09
  for sparring amateurs and pros. So it just, it just goes show
• 37:12
  after a year of what he's been doing, you know, not a lot of
• 37:17
  clubs can say they they do what he's done after a year.
• 37:20
  So he's he's done amazing, to be honest.
• 37:22
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  many times as you want. OK, going back to our guests
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  this evening, we've heard a heard the brilliant stories of
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  both Shona, Shona and Liam how they've got into sports.
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  Shona, former Team GB amateur boxer is now term pro and
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  looking forward to her next fight in the autumn.
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  And Liam, who's relocated from the Newcastle area to
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  Peterborough, especially because of the gym, which says a lot
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  about the gym and the Reese who's the the owner of the gym
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  and the organization that takes place there as well.
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  Liam, if I come to you as club captain, so anyone listening out
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  there thinks, oh I'm going to fan, I fancy having to go boxing
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  or a parent listening thinking, well my child might benefit from
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  that, how do they get in touch with the gym and kind of show
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  their interest? And so we've got obviously
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  social media pages, Facebook, Instagram, e-mail number, just
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  literally just get in touch. Just I don't know who wants to
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  come along and we can sort sort anything out.
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  Just come along for a test, our session, join in if you enjoy it
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  and happy days. That's it.
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  That's literally just come along and say if you like it, if you
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  enjoy it and want to dedicate yourself to the sport and become
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  the best, then yes, go from there.
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  Signed up Yeah, go from there. Brilliant and.
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  In terms of age ranges, is there a kind of a limitation or that
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  you're willing to have a take? On, yeah.
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  So mainly at the moment it's just sort of youths and seniors.
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  I think that ranges from about like 1516 as a youth up to like
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  senior any, any sort of adult age.
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  But hopefully in the future we'll look on and take on like
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  juniors. Maybe it's like when we expand a
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  little bit because at the moment we've only got like limited
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  space in the gym and like I said, there's lots of people
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  wanting to calm down, work with us and work with a resource.
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  Yeah. We'll see what the future holds,
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  but I think at the moment it's mainly just even since he's seen
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  as, isn't it? Yeah.
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  Yeah, yeah, which makes sense. And that's obviously male and
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  female. Yeah, yeah.
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  Male and female. Yeah, but which?
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  Is good. So in terms of once somebody
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  reached out what can they expect next?
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  What's kind of the onboarding or the sort of taster sessions and
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  what what would happen once they kind of engage with the club?
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  Yeah. So obviously the head coach, we
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  say normally just take a one to one session just to see how they
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  get on and see their goals, ambitions in the sport and then
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  they should just join in on the squad session, see how they get
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  on and well, that's about it. Just come along, that's all I
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  can say. See if you like them, see if
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  they like you type thing. That's it and and it and is it
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  somebody who's got experience in boxing before can would you take
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  on anyone? Anyone.
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  Anyone who's willing to say just put in 100%, that's, that's all
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  Reese asks for, just give it you all and dedicate yourself to the
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  training programme. Commit to the programme and
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  you'll see the results, like results speak for themselves.
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  Like we say, we've meddled in multiple box cups this year.
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  We've had plenty like regional finalists and it's like say it's
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  only the first year, so future is bright.
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  What what we've got, what we've got in store.
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  Yeah. So people can kind of be almost,
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  almost promised. Obviously takes effort from the
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  person to come, but they can be almost be promised a good
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  pathway towards a level of success.
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  Yeah, that's it. We're providing like
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  opportunities, get the best sparring, best training session.
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  So all we need to do is put the work in.
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  It's it's a we'll get the results in the end if we just
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  put the work in. That's all that's all that
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  requires. There's a little bit of talent,
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  but you know, they're saying like hard week, hard work beats
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  talent when talent doesn't work hard.
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  So. Yeah, yeah, absolutely right,
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  Absolutely right. And do people need to have any
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  kind of equipment when they first come along?
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  Can they borrow some for a while?
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  And. They can borrow some for a
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  while, but it's mainly just get yourself gum Shields, head
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  guards, set of gloves, set of sparring gloves and that's all.
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  You spend hundreds of pounds, you know what I mean?
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  Just nice, decent set of gloves. Decent.
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  I've got Grim Shield and ready to go.
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  I'm ready to go, yeah. Fantastic, that sounds good.
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  And in terms of the club itself, does he need anything at the
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  moment, volunteers, any kind of help or support in any other
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  way? Yeah, so currently like looking
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  for a lot of sponsorships just because obviously travelling all
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  here, there and everywhere to all these countries and across
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  the country, yeah, costs, costs a lot of money and let's say
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  research more of just like he works full time, all the
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  athletes in the gym, we all work full time.
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  So we're actually paying to compete.
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  Really, we don't, we don't earn a penny from the sport and
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  amateurs. I know Sean, I mentioned when
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  she was up GB, she was getting a wage.
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  But for the people that are level who are just boxing,
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  obviously for the club, yeah, we don't get paid for it.
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  So it's hard, but we do it like we do for the love of the sport.
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  So any sponsorships, so who are any business is looking to
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  sponsor at a club that's looking to really go fast and reach out?
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  Yeah, absolutely. Can I just interrupt and?
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  Course you can. You're the guest.
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  Yeah, 1. Of the guests, you can say like
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  shout out to Links Recruitment, who's a local business, they
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  already sponsor the club, but obviously we're still looking
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  for other sponsorships. Like I say, it's all kind of
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  self funded at this point. You know, everyone pays a
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  membership fee and you get plenty for your money, don't
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  you? Let's be honest, like gives out,
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  you know, S&C programs, nutrition, if you need help with
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  nutrition running programs. So it's not just your average
• 45:23
  club. You get everything included for
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  that. But yeah, so we're always
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  looking for sponsorship. Sponsors kind of get a practical
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  return on their their investment, not just like
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  branding awareness. They can.
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  Yeah, we'd like to be involved with the sponsors on a personal
• 45:39
  level as well. And it's all tax deductible.
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  So you will get it back anyway, but and it all goes to a good
• 45:45
  cause so. It's a link to recruitment.
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  I have helped out a lot. All these tournaments that we've
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  done, you forget how much it costs.
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  Just like obviously you've got to pay the entry fee for all the
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  boxers, coaches after pier when it's the expenses travelling.
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  They're stopping all of our accommodation and let's say with
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  all their hope wouldn't have been possible.
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  Yeah. Big big shout out to Links
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  recruitment. And the sponsorship sort of
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  without getting into too much deal, but sponsorship
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  arrangements, is it is it for individual boxes or for the club
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  in general or can it be both it? Could be both, but like you say,
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  we're just looking for sponsorships for the club.
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  Obviously the individual athletes can look for
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  sponsorships on their own sort of basis.
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  But yeah, I think anything if we were to get sponsorships, it
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  would should be for the club because only like it's just.
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  Starting out and. It's just starting out.
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  Whereas like obviously the boxers now, they've still got
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  jobs as well as doing this as well.
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  So right now it's the club that needs the backing and then you
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  can look into like sponsored individual boxes like later on
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  down the line. But yeah, obviously to enter in
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  all these tournaments and the hotels and stuff like that, it
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  does. Cost a lot that's up doesn't.
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  It. Yeah, 100%.
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  Brilliant. Good stuff, guys.
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  It's come to the end of the show.
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  It's been absolutely fascinating speaking with you and thank you
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  very much for coming in and taking your time out for us and
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  wishing you continued success, obviously with the gym first and
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  foremost, but certainly individually in your careers as
• 47:16
  well. And do keep in touch.
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  We'll certainly give you a shout out individually or as as a gym
• 47:21
  on our headline section as you, as you saw at the start of the
• 47:23
  show. But certainly, yeah, please do
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  keep in touch and wishing you all the best with everything.
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  Yeah, appreciate. That.
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  No problem. Thank you.
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  Right. Thank you for joining us this
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  evening and we'll be back again same time, same place next week
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  where we have Dan England, referee, qualified referee on
• 47:40
  the show with us. So do TuneIn and find out what
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  it's like to be a referee and the insights of how you can
• 47:46
  become one and what the experience is like.
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  Other than that, have a great weekend, thanks for joining us,
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  enjoy the great weather and we'll see you soon.
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  Bye for now.