The Boxing thread

Maintainin said:
Stable: The Boxing Game (BBC1) Episodes 3 n 4 on now, good little watch.
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Not a bad watch at all & thanks for sharing. The series touched upon quite a varied amount of boxing related topics, both good & bad. Although at times heavily narrated by Shane McGuigan, he does seem a very well-respected trainer who was born to coach rather than box. Mind you he likes the sound of his voice & probably did more of the predictable ‘trash-talk’ weigh-ins than the actual boxers he represents!

Thought Ellie Scotney stole the show in the series with her humbleness & humour.
 
hammersmithlad said:
Not a bad watch at all & thanks for sharing. The series touched upon quite a varied amount of boxing related topics, both good & bad. Although at times heavily narrated by Shane McGuigan, he does seem a very well-respected trainer who was born to coach rather than box. Mind you he likes the sound of his voice & probably did more of the predictable ‘trash-talk’ weigh-ins than the actual boxers he represents!

Thought Ellie Scotney stole the show in the series with her humbleness & humour.
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Yeah Shane does harp on a bit n the house in Kent didn't impress me much. (i'd take it rent free, mind)

Agree about Ellie Scotney, proper down to earth n sense a saucy little minx within her, too.
For some strange reason as Cherneka Johnson were stood at weigh-in, the pause button on me remote kept on/erm, erm, erm playing up... ;-)

Also liked the humbleness of the Dubois family n the way they focus whilst taking instructions then executing them.
Bro, lil Sis n father backing em. ...good story behind the way Caroline came up.

Azim brothers did well on that Miami undercard as well.

Bit of a mental mind fuck what Chris Billam Smith had to deal n navigate with when factoring-in that whole friendship n same ex-camp training element with Lawrence Okolie.
Had to feel really chuffed for him, in front of his local support in stadium of team he supports ...such elation.
 
Sikh Boxing Warriors BBC1 10:40pm


A boxing club which helps to get vulnerable young people away from gangs is the subject of a documentary.

The Midland Langar Seva Society [MLSS] Boxing Academy in Walsall features in Sikh Boxing Warriors on BBC One on Wednesday 22:40pm

The community hub, run by Bhupinder Singh, also known as Pops, offers a state-of-the-art gym, a boxing gym, an onsite cafe and a music studio.

Since it opened in 2021, Mr Singh has used the facilities to train 14 amateur fighters and three pros and has also offered fitness and training to hundreds of others.

'Really humbling'​

Mr Singh said the hub, which was opened by John Fury, boxer Tyson Fury's father, on 10 July 2021, had helped to bring vulnerable kids off the street.

"The place that we're living in, Walsall, it's a very vulnerable area, there's a lot of gangs crime, there's a lot of knife crime so we try to get these kids off the street, bring them into our gym so they got a focus," he explained.

The hub is part of the Midlands Langar Seva Society, a non-profit organisation that serves hot meals to the homeless across the UK.

Mr Singh said it was "really humbling" to see the facilities, which included equipment for children with SEND and holiday projects for children whose parents were struggling, was helping the community.

"I'm a devoted Sikh and this is part of seva [selfless service] anyway, so seva comes in all ways, from teaching boxing, to serving hot meals, to the less fortunate," he said.

The documentary, which was filmed in February, is also set to follow the journey of one of his protégés, Junior Foster, 24, as he trains for his first professional fight.

Sikh Boxing Warriors will be shown on BBC One at 22:40 BST on 1 May.
 
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