Season 5: #37 Jamie Speight

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Jamie Speight set off on his pro journey with high hopes, but later became a proud journeyman as he navigated his way through 61 professional fights.

He boxed champions and contenders including Josh Warrington, Joe Cordina, Issac Lowe, Gavin McDonnell and Jason Cunningham during a fascinating career and transition from prospect to journeyman before reading my book Damage caused him to stop fighting.

However, outside the ring Jamie has had it hard. He and his partner went through years of IVF treatment trying to have a baby, his sister was seriously sexually assaulted and he's had a tenuous relationship with his mother.

Here, Speight talks about his. mental health battles, struggling through lockdown and why he made the decision to retire when he did.

Transcript

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0:30.0	Some of the guys went on the bar,
0:32.2	steps in into a drink, and then yeah,
0:34.4	e-rater that night.
0:36.4	She phoned me,
0:38.1	but don't know if it was later on that night or the next morning,
0:41.2	and when she broke it to me, I cried in anger.
0:43.8	I smashed my mom's, I lost my head,
0:46.6	smashing things in the mums' house.
0:50.2	You know what, the boxing ball to control?
0:52.6	When you apply for your license,
0:54.0	you should be given a copy of damage.
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