The Journeyman Cave

Send us Fan Mail We keep the legend's coming in our third season, as we welcome Daniel Thorpe onto the show.  With an impressive 139-fight career, Thorpey has shared the ring with some of the best in the business, including Anthony Crolla, Kevin Mitchell, and Amir Khan. - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave - - - Our production team Recorded and edited by: Chr...

Send us Fan Mail Mark and Chris give the guards of the town walls the slip once again, and make the long, arduous trek* to Tamworth to see the legendary former Journeyman - Matt Seawright. The word legend is thrown around all too easily at times, but with 156 fights in a career that spanned a decade, Matt fully deserves that accolade.  Spoiler - he once had his top lip hanging down to his chin.  ...

Send us Fan Mail As series 2 draws to a close, we take a look back at the amazing guests we’ve had the pleasure of meeting; discuss a few milestones that could be reached by certain fighters in 2023; plus Chris asks Mark how he became interested in all this “Journeyman stuff” in the first place.  - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave - - - Our production team Recor...

Send us Fan Mail For the last interview of Series 2, we catch up with the one and only -  Wayne Reed. One of the most mentioned boxers on previous episodes of the podcast, Wayne speaks about his appearance on Sky Sports Prizefighter, as well as turning his hand to help train the next crop of Sheffield fighters. - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave - - - Our produc...

Send us Fan Mail We are off on our travels again in this week’s episode, as we go to our second home in Bridlington* to meet Jake Pollard. Jake is a regular in the away corner these days, and in addition to being self-managed he is also the manager for another away fighter in Nabil Ahmed. (*We call it our second home because Mark has a caravan we visit a couple of times every year…which is actuall...

Send us Fan Mail This week we meet our first Gatekeeper in the away corner - Carl Wild.  We discuss his career from amateur to pro; sharing the ring with such fighters as Enzo Maccarinelli and Martin Murray; plus a trilogy of bouts with famous journeyman Elvis Dube.  - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave - - - Our production team Recorded and edited by: Chris Scarf...

Send us Fan Mail In the summer of 2022, Mark & Chris were briefly allowed to roam beyond the perimeter walls of Barnsley, a venture which saw them travel to Birmingham to meet Reiss “Showy” Taylor. Still fighting today, Showy talks of his successful amateur career, turning pro, and playing football for Aston Villa as a youngster.  - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journey...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode we meet “Daddy Cool” - Jason Ball.  As his nickname suggests, he’s easily one of the most laid back guests we’ve ever had on the show. Not only that, he’s also one of the toughest! Of all the fighting disciplines around the world, there can’t be many Jason hasn’t tried his hand at. - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave -...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode we speak to “The Violent Vegan” himself, Lee Connelly.  A prominent journeyman, Lee has shared the ring with some top fighters throughout his career and called time on boxing at the end of 2022, finishing on 99 fights. - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave - - - Our production team Recorded and edited by: Chris Scarfe Executi...

Send us Fan Mail After a breather between rounds and a few spits into the bucket, we’re back with Season 2! Joining Mark and Chris for this early Christmas treat is Paul Royston; to discuss his career on the road; on being chased out of Scotland; and why Curtis Woodhouse owes him a tenner. - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave - - - Our production team Recorded and...

Send us Fan Mail Mark and Chris take a quick look back at the first 7 episodes of the podcast, and talk about the upcoming second series. - - - - - - To get yourself a copy of “ Wiped Out? The Jerome Wilson Story ”, contact Jerome directly by email at: wipeoutwilsonfitness@gmail.com Books are £15 for a signed copy and also covers postage and packaging. - - - Follow us and support the show: https:/...

Send us Fan Mail To round off the first series of The Journeyman Cave, we speak to one of boxing's biggest 'small hall' characters, Ryan Hardy.  Ryan was well known for his showboating antics inside the ring. We think you’ll agree that we’ve saved one of the most entertaining episodes in the series until last! - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave -...

Send us Fan Mail This week we chat with another local Barnsley fighter, Ben Wager, who was known by some of his former opponents as 'The Tank' due to his constant 'come forward' style in the ring.  Ben has shared the ring with some top fighters including Tom Stalker, Martin J Ward and Anthony Cacace as well as taking part in the 'Battle of Barnsley' contest with Andy...

Send us Fan Mail This week we speak to boxing's very own answer to James Bond, Harry Matthews. We discuss his up and coming acting career, how he is getting on writing his own boxing movie and his target of reaching 100 fights on the road. Boxer | Short Film | Trailer - https://youtu.be/cYfmDpILU-E - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave - - - Our production tea...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Journeyman Cave we mix things up a little as we speak to the first of our local Barnsley fighters, Andy Townend. Andy had a great career in the sport of boxing winning both the Central Area and English titles at Super Featherweight. He certainly lived up to his nickname of 'The KO Kid'. - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journe...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode we meet Jake Bray,  hearing how he started out on his fight career on the road and the upsets he has caused along the way.  We'll also ask him how he ended up with one of the best boxing nicknames on the circuit! (Recorded in May 2022) - - - Follow us and support the show: https://linktr.ee/journeymancave - - - Our production team Recorded and edit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Journeyman Cave, Mark and Chris speak to Jerome Wilson about his time in boxing, and how he fought back from a tragic accident after he suffered a bleed on the brain whilst fighting in the ring.  We also chat with him about his experience of being a contestant on the BBC1 game show 'Total Wipeout'! - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  To get yourself a cop...

Send us Fan Mail On our very first episode of The Journeyman Cave we speak to the 121 fight veteran Peter Dunn, who gives us a true and real insight into the role of the Journeyman and the crucial contribution of this role within the sport of boxing. He also chats with us about some of the top fighters that he has had the pleasure of sharing the ring with. - - - Follow us and support the show: htt...