4.6 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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On this week's episode, we are joined by one of the UK's most respected boxing trainers - Adam Booth.
Famous for guiding David Haye to cruiserweight and heavyweight glory and overseeing Andy Lee's historic WBO middleweight title win, Adam joins Simon to discuss his history in boxing, his run-ins with some of the world's greatest, and the dark side of doping in the sport.
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0:00.0 | Is it possible that fighters can do without anyone knowing? |
0:03.9 | Without anyone else know? |
0:04.7 | No. |
0:05.2 | I knew what David's weaknesses were. |
0:06.6 | So as an amateur, he was literally just this genetic freak that could put anyone to sleep. |
0:11.3 | I mean, for Usik, it's a monumental challenge just because of the size that Tysonville. |
0:15.3 | And I remember, as David got up on the chair, I remember Vladimir looking at me and saying, don't do it. |
0:20.3 | We've done the trash talking, |
0:22.3 | big mouth, braggard role. Is this you being honest about how that was or is it's now you |
0:27.1 | conjuring an image rather than the reality of how it was? I don't think, I've never said this to anyone. |
0:31.4 | You've only got to mention a half credible reason why you failed a dope test, along with some |
0:36.7 | well-funded lawyers, and you're probably |
0:39.2 | going to get away with it. This is up front with me, Simon Jordan. I believe there are a lot of |
0:43.5 | vacuous, uninformed, unchallenged opinions out there. I want to get to the bottom line and cut |
0:48.0 | through the nonsense. So with this podcast with William Hill, I'm going to get people with strong |
0:52.0 | views who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny. There's a good chance I might learn something along the way, and more |
0:57.7 | importantly, so might you. Joining me in today's episode, one of the country's most |
1:03.6 | recognizable and respected boxing trainers, synonymous in taking David Hay to cruiserweight |
1:08.9 | and then heavyweight glory, and in Andy Lee, |
1:11.4 | lifting the loft the WBO middleweight title, whilst guiding the likes of Josh Kelly, Michael |
1:16.3 | Conlon and Liam Williams to name a few along the way. Over two decades of experience and still |
1:21.4 | going strong in the corner, Adam Boove, welcome to Up Front. Thank you. A lot of these shows recently |
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