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This week Guildford City Boxing head coach John Edwards joins us on the podcast. John gives us a deep look on how it was being brought up in a traveller community, the culture and expectations. We also learn about John's own journey as a boxer and why he quit boxing to work as a labourer only to reconnect with boxing later in his life and how he fell into coaching. John truly overhauled Guildf...

This week Johanna "Wonder" Wonyou joins Terry Singh in the studio. The 22 year old recently won the Commonwealth Title at Bantamweight and is full of self believe on what she can achieve within the sport. Original from a gymnastics background, she knew she wanted more from a sport and turned to ameteur boxing. After initially losing her first fight she went on a incredible streak amassin...

Asinia Byfield joins Terry Singh in the studio today. Asinia has been a professional for 7 years since turning his life around from a past of crime and violence. We hear how a prison sentence changed his life direction and found a love for boxing. This led to a big win against Sam McNess, what was supposed to be his opportunity to bigger nights, led to being dragged down by boxing politics. We dis...

Duke Harrison join Terry in the studio to talk about major life events and his experiences with prison, drugs, and racism that helped him mould his life for the betterment of society. Now he is doing great work in the Portsmouth Community, helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds find their feet by acting as a role model.      Watch the full video and share your thou...

In this powerful and inspirational podcast, Kev Green shares his story of how boxing and serving in the Royal Marines changed his life forever. Kev's story is an inspiration to anyone who has ever struggled and come back stronger than ever.   Watch as Kev shares his story of overcoming incredible obstacles and learning to live life to the fullest. His story is a reminder that anything is poss...

This week Savoys Properties co-founder Malkit Purewal joins us on the podcast.    Malkit opens up about being brought up in a traditional Punjabi family, seeing his family working day and night to create a better life for the family.    Growing up he knew he wanted more from life, and that's where his passion for property grew, alongside working as a software developer he start...

This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ian 'Jumbo' Johnson from how he went from working at the post office to becoming a cut-man to some of the leading fighters in the sport today from Tyson Fury to Katie Taylor and current rising superstar Adam Azim. He speaks candidly about his own life the tribes and tribulations and what boxing has done for him personally. Without doubt one of my f...

This is my second podcast with Ziyad Almaayouf, for a young man I was really impressed with the mutuality and respect he has and had to get him on the podcast again to find out more about him. And, he did not disappoint, we went in deep about boxing, life, and perception from the western world about Saudi. It is clear to me Zizo has a bright future in the sport, he has the backing from senior boxi...

It's the end of 2022 and it's time for our annual review of the biggest boxing moments! From historic wins to the rise of female boxing stars, join us as we look back at the highs and lows of the past year.

Cherelle Khassal is a professional football player who has been involved in the sport since a young age, having forced to play the sport with boys her age as no infrastructure was in play for women's football she quickly developed thick skin to put up with all she would experience. Cherelle discusses playing football in the USA, being signed by Arsenal and now running multiply businesses alongside...

Stuart O"Connor is an International Boxing Coach who has been involved in the sport for over 30 years. We speak in depth about how he got involved in boxing and his coaching style. Also, the influence his father Terry O' Connor has had on his life and for the first time we hear from Stuart how some refereeing decisions from his father have impacted his family life. We also discuss what the future...

Balraj Singh is a boxer from East London, who had original took up MMA from a young age due to his Dads passion of combat sports. This lead him to train with some of the top MMA fighters in the world including; Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev, Daniel Cormier as well as others. However, due to his brother unable to pursue his passion of boxing, Balraj transitioned to the sport of boxing where...

Liam Mistry is a Strength & Conditioning who has worked with in various sports. Having grown up in a town where he stood out, due to the colour of his skin and having experienced racism from a young age he turned to sports as a way of being accepted by his peers. In this episode we go in deep about mental health, working with female boxer Ramla Ali being apart of the Sikh Games as well as much...

Balraj Khara is a professional boxer from Feltam, who tried many sports before he finally settled with boxing. Currently a 2-0 professional boxer with aspirations to get to the top of the sport. We discuss the dedication, training required to be a professional boxer and how training is getting on for his upcoming fight on the 29th October at the York hall.

Michael McKinson was born to be a fighter from a young age his Dad introduced him to boxing and through his teen years while other kids his age would go out and play he would be doing sprints or boxing training. However due to many factors, he wasn't given anything as a professional fighter he had to box numerous times on away shows against good prospects to develop himself in the sport and become...

Laura Pain is a born athlete and on here way to being one of the leading fighters in her weight division. Boxing was never her first love, with initially waiting to pursue a career football but was cut short due to injuries, however she found another route to apply her energy, Boxing. Guided by her long-term trainer John Edwards she talks about her career to date and what the future holds for the...

Joel Herron brings lots of laughs and impressions (literally) to this weeks podcast. We speak about how he runs and founded one of the up and coming media boxing companies - Prosperity Studios and how he manages this alongside his boxing commitments. One not to be missed!

Lucas Ballingall Super Lightweight prospect joins Terry Singh in the studio today to discuss his upcoming fight for the English Title. The boys also discuss various other topics such as how Lucas got involved in boxing, his ameteur pedigree and the influence is brother and Dad have had on his career. Fantastic podcast.

Terry is joined by Bristol promoter, manager, coach and owner of Bristol Boxing Gym Chis Sanigar who has been involved in the sport of boxing for over 50 years. Chris has managed and coached boxers at every level of the sport including former world champion Lee Shelby and Lee Haskins. Chris speaks openly about the challenges he has faced within the sport as a manager and coach as well as in his pe...

Terry is joined by Southampton professional boxer Lewie Edmonson. 3-time national champ managed by Billy Joe Saunders looks to return to the ring in October after a long lay-off with injuries. We speaks about his journey in boxing and what the future holds for the boxing prospect.

Terry is joined by Portsmouth professional heavyweight boxer Mark Ellins. Mark initial a powerlifter transitioned into the world of white collar, where alongside managing fighters he was competing as well! Winning titles in the white collar scene gave Mark the confidence to turn professional at the age of 40. Mark is currently 6-0 with 6ko's

In this episode we sit down and get to know professional British-Pakistani boxer, Sher Khan. From his personal battles outside the ring, to his struggles inside boxing - Sher gives us a vivid insight into his world of boxing and life.

This week very pleased to have on Ziyad 'Zizo' Almaayouf on the podcast. Zizo joins us virtually while in training camp preparing to make his debut on the undercard of Anthony Joshua V Oleksandr Usyk battle in Saudi Arabia.   Zizo speaks about how he got into boxing, his dream of representing Saudi at the Olympics being harmed due to Covid and what it means for him to represent all the A...

Very pleased to have Mario Saeed on the podcast this week, He speaks about his upbringing in Iraq and the devastating situation he witnessed during his early life. Due to these situations he was forced to move to the Bristol, England  He speaks about how he deals with the trauma he experienced in his early life in Slemani, a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.   Having...

Jamie Dover is a white collar fighter and coach who found boxing due to an injury that occurred while playing football. Wanting to put his anger and energy into something positive he took up boxing, within this podcasts he speaks about the ups and downs experienced in the sport and in his life to date.