Sean McComb joins Adam Thomas on the podcast this week ahead of his upcoming fight on 7/12/18. The 26-year-old talks about how he got into the sport as a youngster, how not being given success early on in his career helped drive him on, disappointments not reaching the Commonwealth and Olympic Games, competing at the Gold Coast 2018 and on being arrest and the drama afterwards, and on his pro career, and boxing out in the USA.
Liverpool and Hackney super lightweight boxer Sam Maxwell joins Adam Thomas for podcast number four. The 30-year-old talks about a number of topics in this episode, starting off with when he moved from Hackney to up north when his father passed away when he was young. Maxwell talks about how he got into the sport, competing for England and Team GB as a youngster, dropping out of university to focus on boxing, boxing Vasyl Lomachenko, who many regard as the pound for pound number one ranked boxer in the world twice during his amateur days, competing in the Commonwealth Games and his hopes and ambitions for the future in the professional ranks. As always if you like the podcast please leave a comment or subscribe. All feedback is really appreciated.
Sports journalist Adam Thomas is joined by MMA fighter Chris Bungard. Chris became the first Scottish fighter to be signed by Bellator earlier this year. In the podcast he talks about how he got into MMA, fighting for £50 a night at the start of his career, struggles with depression and mental health and the charity work that he does in the local community, as well as training with Conor McGregor, being Celtic daft and aims for next year.
Sports journalist Adam Thomas is joined by Irish boxer Paddy Barnes this week. Barnes had an illustrious amateur career, where he represented Ireland at three different Olympics, winning two bronze medals, as well as representing Northern Ireland at two Commonwealth Games, winning golds at both. He turned professional in 2016 and in the podcast we talk through his journey in the sport so far. If you like the podcast please leave a comment, subscribe, all feedback is really appreciated.