Season 5: #8 Lee Meager
Boxing Life Stories
Tris Dixon
5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2023
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
He won 16 of his first 17 pro contests, trained under the watchful eye of Robert McCracken and was one of Mick Hennessy's Class of 2000, and was part of a stable that would feature Carl Froch, Darren Barker and Tyson Fury.
Meager boxed the likes of Jon Thaxton, Dave Stewart, John Murray, Charlie Shepherd and Martin Watson and fought in Las Vegas the night before Floyd Mayweather defeated Ricky Hatton.
Here, Meager reflects on his career, the sacrifices he made, the fights, the wars and personalities and life after boxing.
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| 0:00.0 | Pro boxing is especially 12-round fights, it slows down after 5-6 rounds |
| 0:05.5 | So him jumping about and being all that, he's going to get caught at some point and he's going to get hurt |
| 0:12.0 | I was like wow, where's this kid come from? |
| 0:16.8 | He reminded me he was like a white, reddit ball |
| 0:20.0 | You know what I mean? He could fight it inside and he's rings savvy |
| 0:25.0 | You could see this somewhere about him definitely |
| 0:29.0 | He'd have me doing 12 rounds just for Shadow Boxing |
| 0:32.0 | And I was just 12 freeze of Shadow Boxing |
| 0:36.0 | And I was like oh my god, and he'd watch you and it'd be all over you |
| 0:40.0 | And you think oh my god, this is dreadful |
| 0:43.0 | It's dreadful |
| 0:45.0 | Hello and welcome to Boxing Life Stories with me, Prystix |
| 0:49.0 | What happened in the ring after the Tyson only got his child to play competitive lap |
| 0:53.0 | Instead of going to this day |
| 0:58.0 | Take the tears from his eyes or the slight office face could you |
| 1:01.0 | I know |
| 1:02.0 | I couldn't beat you, he's the one that bowed you back |
| 1:05.0 | And the baby didn't make me look like Al Capone |
| 1:07.0 | This is going to be your night |
| 1:09.0 | His winning and his... nothing else |
| 1:13.0 | Hello and welcome back to Boxing Life Stories |
| 1:16.0 | My guest this week is Manchester Lightweight Lee Meager |
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