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Boxing Life Stories

Season 5: #48 Jim McDonnell

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Former European champion and world title contender Jim McDonnell talks about the big fights, against the likes of Azumah Nelson, Barry McGuigan and Brian Mitchell, the devastating knockout loss to Kenny Vice, being part of the famous Royal Oak stable and becoming a top trainer, working with the likes of James DeGale and Danny Williams.

Jimmy Mac, as he known in boxing, was a ferocious trainer, and he talks about his drive, wanting to be like Alan Ball on the football pitch, running sub-three hour marathons, his rise up through the ranks and why the final loss of his career, which came in Slovakia and against the advice of the British Boxing Board of Control, was one of the best things he has ever done.

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0:00.0

Ola, imagine you're in Spain, and you've just poured a refreshing Strya Galicia,

0:05.6

Cervaisa. You hear the bubbles in the glass calling out.

0:08.6

In the Penly on unbro Alithia since 1906, 100% authentic. But not all Spanish beers are what

0:18.8

they seem, a bit like me. I'm not Carlos from Acrouna. I'm Charles from Cambridge. Estriagalicia.

0:27.0

Spanish. Not Spanish.

0:30.0

At 16, winning the national titles and I was front page and back page.

0:35.0

There was three local papers.

0:36.4

The Hampton High School, the Camden Journal and St Pancras Chronicle.

0:40.0

They come out every Friday.

0:41.0

I was front page and back page of all of them. In Camden,

0:44.0

everyone went, Bibib. It was like every...

0:46.5

Out of the candles is a normal bod. But in Camden everyone knew me, everyone.

0:49.6

Everyone.

0:51.6

But at the gym, at the Royal Oak there was me there was Charlie Maggry there was like

0:55.9

Ray 2st there was like Jim what there was like Lloyd Unigan there was like there was

1:01.3

just world champions from Fly Richt of Everywhere.

1:04.4

So you was just part of the jigsaw.

1:07.0

You weren't the main piece of the jigsaw.

1:08.3

You was part of the jigsaw.

1:11.9

When he went in the gym, he saw Floyd trains and what he puts into a day, not what he puts into a week, he does more in a day than fighters do in a week. If some of these fighters see what went into Floyd becoming the best pan for pound.

1:23.3

When James come back from America, I had to hold James back,

1:25.2

he was like a loose cat.

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