Real Life Boxing

🎙️ The Return of Nick Manners: A Champion's Journey Through Boxing and Life In this powerful episode of Real Life Boxing , host Mark McIntyre welcomes back Nick Manners, one of British boxing’s most inspiring figures, for a heartfelt and raw conversation. From humble beginnings to champion glory, Nick shares the challenges, sacrifices, and triumphs of a boxer's life. 🏆 Hear about his transformati...

In this episode we had the pleasure of sitting down with absolute savage & all round gentleman Nico Carrillo. Nico Carrillo is a Scottish Muay Thai fighter. He is the current WMO Welterweight World Champion, WMO Super Welterweight World Champion and ISKA Muay Thai World 65 kg Champion. As of January 16, 2024, he is ranked #1 in the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai rankings. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www...

In this episode we have the honour of speaking to the legendary Frank Gilfeather. Frank Gilfeather (born 30 December 1945, Lochee, Dundee, Scotland) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster. Gilfeather, a former Scottish amateur boxing champion from Dundee, moved to Aberdeen in April 1969 and began work on the Press & Journal and the Evening Express as a general news reporter. Later, when pers...

This week we chat with legendary former professional boxer John Simpson (26-11). John Simpson  (born 26 July 1983) is a Scottish former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2015. He held the British featherweight title twice between 2006 and 2010 and the Commonwealth featherweight title from 2009 to 2010.   REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxing Instagr...

This week we chat with legendary former professional boxer Nick Manners (11-5-1) at Manner’s boxing in Leeds. We keep it real with Nick in one of our most entertaining episodes yet. We discuss his family life, his positive attitude towards life, his worry for future generations, time in prison & his time with Josh Warrington.   REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Realli...

This week we chat with Professional boxer Matty McHale (9-0) at the legendary Lochend Boxing Club in Edinburgh. Matty competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the boxing competition, being awarded the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight event. He had previously competed at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the bantamweight event, but without winning a medal.   REAL LIFE BOXING:...

Real Life Boxing #16 – Nathaniel Collins This week we chat with Professional boxer Nathaniel Collins (12-0) at Nightmare Boxing & Fitness in Glasgow. Nathaniel Collins has held the British featherweight title since March 2023 and the Commonwealth featherweight title since 2021. Collins made his professional debut on 6 October 2018, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory against Lee...

This week we chat with Professional boxer David Jamieson (9-2-0) at Priestfield Boxing Club in East Kilbride. We discuss his big upcoming fight, why he boxes, family life, the importance of boxing for young people, as well predictions for some upcoming big fights. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxing Instagram: @reallifeboxing TikTok: @Reallifeboxing Facebook...

This week we chat with rising star amateur boxer Robert McNulty at Colosseum Boxing in Glasgow. We discuss his first last few fights, why he boxes, positivity for his future, as well predictions for some upcoming big fights. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxing Instagram: @reallifeboxing Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reallifeboxinginterviews TIMESTAMPS: 0...

This week we chat with professional super welter weight Josh Campbell (3-0) at his gym in Glasgow. We discuss his first pro fights, his time in the armed forces, positivity for his boxing future, as well predictions for some upcoming big fights. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxing Instagram: @reallifeboxing Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reallifeboxingint...

This week we chat with professional middle weight Aston Brown (3-0-0) at North Avenue Boxing Club, Clydebank. We discuss his first pro fights, his difficult recent past, positivity for his boxing future, as well as his time in Team GB at the Delhi games in 2010 with legendary boxers such as Josh Taylor & Anthony Joshua. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxin...

We chat with professional light weight Josh Sandford (3-0) at his own boxing gym in East Kilbride, EK Boxing Academy. We discuss his first pro fights, excitement for his boxing future, as well as his disciplined & well rounded background with support from his family. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxing Instagram: @reallifeboxing Facebook: http://www.face...

We chat with English Professional super feather weight ‘H-Money’ Harry Kinsella. Harry (21) hails from Liverpool, England. We discuss his debut fight, excitement for his boxing future, learning from past mistakes & his family life. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxing Instagram: @reallifeboxing Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reallifeboxinginterviews TI...

We are honoured to sit down with Scottish Professional super lightweight Regan Glackin (7-0-0). Regan (24) hails from Robroyston, Glasgow. We discuss his current status, excitement for his boxing future & his close-knit family life. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxing Instagram: @reallifeboxing Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reallifeboxinginterviews T...

We sit down with professional welter weight Martin Harkin (14-2). Martin (29) hails from Dumbarton, Scotland. We discuss Martin’s career so far, what makes him tick & his take on the world’s biggest upcoming fights. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxing Instagram: @reallifeboxing Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reallifeboxinginterviews TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:...

We sit down with esteemed boxing coach Craig Dickson. We discuss his own boxing career, his style of coaching, work life balance & Kash Farooq’s unfortunate early retirement from boxing. Craig hails from Pollock South Glasgow and after his own retirement from pro boxing in 2009 he has since become a renowned boxing trainer, most notably coaching Kash Farooq. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reall...

We’re delighted to sit down with professional boxer Jack Turner. Ahead of his upcoming fight with Waqas Mohammed we chat about how far Jack thinks he can go in career, his upbringing and respect & admiration for his fellow professional Scottish boxers. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/ Twitter: @Reallife_boxing Instagram: @reallifeboxing Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/realli...

We’re delighted to sit down with professional boxer Ben McGivern. Ben hails from Coatbridge, Scotland and is signed to Kynoch Promtions. Fresh off his second professional fight and victory (2 - 0) we talk about his passion for the sport, his past, finding a work / life balance as a family man and how he sees his future in professional boxing. REAL LIFE BOXING: https://www.reallifeboxing.com/...

We’re delighted to sit down with professional Bantamweight Boxer Kash Farooq.   Kash is a Pakistani-born Scottish professional boxer. He held the British bantamweight title from 2018 to 2019 and challenged once for the Commonwealth bantamweight title in 2019.Ukashir Farooq, known by friends and family as "Kash", was born on 3 January 1996 in Gujranwala, Punj...

We’re delighted to sit down with fellow Scot, former professional Boxer David Brophy. David Brophy made his professional debut in February 2011 defeating James Tucker on points in Wishaw, Scotland. On 17 March 2017 Brophy beat Zac Dunn by TKO in the seventh round and won the Commonwealth (British Empire) super middleweight title. On 27 November 2019 Brophy announced his retirement f...

We’re delighted to sit down with fellow Scot Tom Gray. Tom is Managing Editor of Ring Magazine, boxing’s No.1 publication. From 1995 - 1997 Tom studied Journalism, Media and Communications at Bell College. Since then he has risen up the ranks of Boxing journalism before becoming Managing Editor of Ring Magazine in 2012, a role in which he is still present. We sit down to discuss Tom’s career highl...

We're honoured to have fellow Scot, Former International Amateur & Professional Boxer Stephen Simmons as our very first guest on our premier interview. We discuss his career highlights and how boxing has shaped his life.   Stephen Simmons started boxing aged 12 and fought his entire Amateur Career out of renowned Scottish Amateur Boxing Club Leith Victoria AAC, being coached by his Uncle...