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Bullied as a child, the guvnor, prisoner, Roy Shaw belt holder, barred out of the city of Newcastle for six years, doorman, bareknuckle fighter... Gary Firby has led just a bit of a colorful life. Now for the first time, with Jamie Boyle (author/filmmaker), he'll be penning his life story.

This is the final audiobook in the series of Agony books. For the first time, in his own words, Amazon best-selling author Jamie Boyle tells of the unheard stories he has unearthed during his eight years of researching the anomaly that was Wakefield's Paul Sykes. Final Agony follows Paul's journey from the cradle to the grave.

Hosted by Big Chuck. Ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls, cats and squirrels welcome to the ONLY podcast on planet got dang earth where we pick anything... AND EVERYTHING.. to face off in a 8 subject bracket elimination tournament, THIS is elite 8 Showdown! Worst person to date you daughter? Greatest Cult Classic Nintendo 64 game? Most redeemable character on Tiger King? Nothing is off limits in Elite 8 Showdown. Outfoxing the Fox by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4183-outfoxing-the-fox License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Building muscle mass with a whole lot of sass. A podcast on building muscle, muscle worship and muscle gods, and the connection between bodybuilding, gay and LGBT culture.An irreverent look at how to build muscle, muscle worship, muscle gods, and the connection between bodybuilding and gay and LGBT culture.Hosted and produced by Feast of Fun’s Marc Felion and Fausto Fernós, Let’s Grow Big Together features all new shows weekly. For the past 16 years Feast of Fun has defined podcasting a podcast pioneers with their original series “Feast of Fun - the Gay Talk Show” a collection of ...

The DEADLOCK Podcast is an off-the-rails retrospective look at pro wrestling's highest & lowest points hosted by James Darnell, Anthony Douglas, & John Blud. Formerly the present, currently the past, sometimes the future - this podcast has seemed to do it all when it comes to the landscape of professional wrestling. If you enjoy wrestling, you'll like it here. If you don't enjoy wrestling, you'll probably like it here even more. The boys are back in town.

Chael Sonnen: MMA superstar, American gangster...and bad guy...speaks his mind, drops knowledge and sounds off as the absolute authoritative voice in the world of combat sports. Join Chael as he runs life inside and out of the Octagon, with inside knowledge and unrivaled perspective. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday.

In this audiobook, you'll find 10 essential tips to become better at boxing.

What if Babe Ruth had not been sold to the Yankees in 1920 and instead played his entire career in Boston? What if Muhammad Ali had lost or quit in his first fight against Sonny Liston? What if the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants had never moved to the West Coast? What if Vince Lombardi had become head coach of his hometown Giants instead of heading to Green Bay? How would sports history, and our perception of it, be different today?

Desde su primera publicación en 1995, El oráculo del guerrero se ha convertido, gracias a la prescripción de los lectores, en un gran best seller en Chile y Venezuela. Traducido a varias lenguas, es ya un auténtico clásico de la espiritualidad oriental en todo Latinoamérica. A través de treinta y seis capítulos, Lucas Estrella nos entrega las enseñanzas que ha recibido por largos años de sus maestros en las artes marciales.

No sport is more enthralling than boxing - called “the noble art” and the “sweet science”. As famed boxing announcer Larry Merchant once noted, boxing is the “theater of the unexpected”. Its storied history has seen momentous bouts, the breakdown of racial barriers, and fights of the century. In this thrilling 18-part audio series, the inimitable David L. Hudson, Jr. takes you on a thrilling ringside ride.

Following Khan's retirement from the sport in May 2022, in Fight For Your Life: The Autobiography Khan looks back on his exhilarating boxing career that spanned 27 years from his first fight to his last. A role model for his Pakistani heritage, his Bolton upbringing and the best of British sport, Khan also reveals for the first time the full story of his life outside of the ring.

As in all his books, Heckler draws from personal experience: training his horse, cultivating presence in aikido dojos, consulting with business executives, raising children. A masterful and encompassing book, Holding the Center develops from the fulcrum of the self in the natural world.

A Mind for the Fight provides you with the necessary tools to facilitate a critical evolution in your survival mindset. Retired Green Beret, renowned martial artist, and infamous street fighter Jim "Smokey" West offers a comprehensive guide to developing the mental game necessary to turn your defense into offense when a violent street assault finds you.

The last 16 decades are rife with incidents like the "Montreal Screwjob", but in this new audiobook, it's time for some unsung heroes of professional wrestling's past to finally get their due. When did tag team wrestling migrate from Australia to the United States? How did a mid-ring heart attack reshape lucha libre? What was the first intergender wrestling match? There’s an unlimited amount of angles from which to view the fits and starts of professional wrestling’s serpentine growth.

Grandmaster Chan represents the sixth generation of the Wah Lum Kung Fu system and has over 60 years of martial arts experience. He has instructed thousands of students and has schools throughout the world. Grandmaster Chan has appeared on national television in Discovery Channel’s Secret of the Warrior’s Power and in ESPN.

Combat Sports are on the rise, particularly Mixed Martial Arts. With the stellar growth of these sports comes the need for professional Cutmen and Cutwomen to fill in a unique and critical part of the fighter safety team. The problem is that, until now, there has never been a formal guide to the business side of becoming a Cutman or Cutwoman so people are left to guessing and pure luck to make a career out of their passion for helping fighters. The Secret Roadmap for World-Class Cutmen or Cutwomen© unveils his secrets that make or break aspiring Cutmen and Cutwomen.

"Iron" Mike Tyson was one of the most feared opponents to ever step into a boxing ring. With unbelievable power that floored or stopped all but two of his first 28 professional opponents, Tyson began an unprecedented ascent to the top of the boxing world, becoming the youngest champion in history with a second-round TKO over Trevor Berbick, the last man to box and defeat Muhammad Ali.

Floyd Mayweather has ruled the boxing scene for several years now. Here we analyze how Mayweather would have fared against some of the boxing legends of the past in fantasy fights. In this book Mayweather faces off against Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Julio Cesar Chavez, and more.

In the early 1980s, Ray Mancini was more than the lightweight champ. He was a national hero. Sinatra fawned over him. Warren Zevon wrote a tribute song. Sylvester Stallone produced his life story as a movie of the week. After all, an adoring public considered Boom Boom the real Rocky. But it all came apart in a brutal 1982 battle against an obscure Korean challenger....

This gripping tale follows the life of Jens Pulver, the current lightweight Ultimate Fighting Champion. Pulver reveals a youth spent in a family in which violence was the only way to deal with conflict, and in which his father's alcoholism made all family relationships contentious. Set against Pulver’s tumultuous upbringing, this account offers insight into his rise to prominence in the ring and his drive to overcome adversity and find inner peace.