0:00:03 > 0:00:08And the new WBA featherweight champion of the world!
0:00:08 > 0:00:10It's hard to believe that it's over and done with
0:00:10 > 0:00:12and we're now moving on to the next stage.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Carl was the first Northern Ireland boxer
0:00:14 > 0:00:16to win two weight division titles.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19We beat an unbeaten hall of fame fighter, and he beat him in
0:00:19 > 0:00:22one of the fights of the year.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Carl's going to take a deserved holiday but, you know,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29when he can stop and relax, we've got to work the other kids.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33We've got young Conrad Cummings fighting a guy called Ronny Mittag.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36This is a really important time for Conrad.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38This is last chance saloon.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Switch yourself on now, OK?
0:00:40 > 0:00:44This is the biggest year of Shane's life because he's getting married
0:00:44 > 0:00:47to his childhood sweetheart, Sophie Leniston.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50I obviously need to thank my mother and father.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52All I ever wanted to do from a young age was to impress you
0:00:52 > 0:00:54and make you both proud.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56He's an awful lot on his shoulders.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59It's day after day after day with the fighters and then
0:00:59 > 0:01:02he's finished one fight and he's gathering pace for the next one.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Unless you are ready, 100% prepared,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09it is a brutal business.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13This is the most important year of my life.
0:01:13 > 0:01:19This programme contains some strong language
0:01:21 > 0:01:27Did you see that article on the worst boxing nicknames?
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Is he in it?
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Seriously, did you not see it?
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Are you in it?- He's in it.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33He's number three.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34LAUGHTER
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Followed by Conrad!
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Are these boys coming to your wedding?
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Yeah. They've not been invited, but they're coming.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53My son Shane is effectively the driving force behind Cyclone,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55behind our stable.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Right-hand, Conrad. Come on. Where is it, mate?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I listen to him in the training and I listen to the way
0:02:00 > 0:02:02he's able to prise the best out of them.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04He doesn't take any bullshit,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06he just doesn't do it.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08It's about being the best.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11He's just born and bred to win.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Come on. Pick it up. Go.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Dad, take it down, mate.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Take it down, please.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Good. Where's your body shot at?
0:02:21 > 0:02:22One-two, come on.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28I know what my dad's achieved and I know it's more than I've achieved or
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I could ever achieve as a boxer, so I'm incredibly proud
0:02:31 > 0:02:34of my dad and I'm incredibly inspired by him.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Now that we can work together side by side,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I'm not afraid to voice my opinion
0:02:39 > 0:02:42and he doesn't overpower my opinion.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47He respects it and if he doesn't agree with me, he'll tell me.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Punch, punch, punch. Nonstop.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51I often clip his heels
0:02:51 > 0:02:57and we do have fall-outs and I'll go home effing and blinding in the car
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and thinking that he's an abrupt, rude little bastard,
0:03:00 > 0:03:04and he probably thinks I'm a stupid old codger,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07but we really respect each other.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16The more you fucking wind him up, the easier it is to read.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18If you keep giving him fucking instructions -
0:03:18 > 0:03:22not saying YOU - but if he keeps getting wound up,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24he becomes easier to read.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I love him being in the stable, having him being in camp.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28He frustrates me at times,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32but he's definitely that person I will look to for inspiration
0:03:32 > 0:03:35and also help in a sticky situation.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37He's always been there.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41What I feel like now, going on in this stage in our career,
0:03:41 > 0:03:42I can repay him in the sense
0:03:42 > 0:03:46that I can train professional fighters to get to a certain level
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and I want my dad involved the whole time.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52When his hands are up like this...
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Put your hands up. When your hands were up,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56you were feeding him shots.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59That's normally a feed to go there or a feed to go there.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Instead of going like that,
0:04:01 > 0:04:06to create space there and go hook and then go hook that way.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09You were allowing him to close it down too much.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12You were kind of doing this a little bit to push him off.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Yeah.- Just get underneath and push him off...
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Where we've actually come from and what we've done,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23it's pretty enormous.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29More photographs, Mummy?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Any more photographs?- What other pictures do you have there?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Is that your marriage?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36That's where we got married, Barry.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- This is outside the chapel in Clones, right?- Yeah.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Did he rent the suit, Mum?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Did he?- No, he did not.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Cos it looked like a rented tie.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47No, it was a new tie.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50The tie looks like... Seriously.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54'My mum was really the foundation of my life
0:04:54 > 0:05:00'and one of the most important people in my life because she'
0:05:00 > 0:05:01had eight children
0:05:01 > 0:05:04and she ran the grocery business
0:05:04 > 0:05:08that sustained us, and my father was a musician
0:05:08 > 0:05:12and he supplemented that with the money he earned as a singer.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14And she was very much the bedrock of the family,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18and so it was a big family thing and we'd all help out in the shop
0:05:18 > 0:05:22and bring all the vegetables from the back of the yard round to
0:05:22 > 0:05:24the front of the shop and present them. And then I'd go in
0:05:24 > 0:05:27and I'd brush the shop out and mop the floor,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31and we probably had the busiest grocery shop in Clones.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34And then when I started my boxing,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38I had a lot of fans, people who came to see and me and support me
0:05:38 > 0:05:43because of shopping in our shop, as it were, so it was great.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45That's how it all started.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Wow. WOLF WHISTLE
0:05:49 > 0:05:50- I know that.- Sex appeal.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Without the facial hair.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59'That's how family became such an important part of it.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04'We've gone...just like that, but you don't get anywhere
0:06:04 > 0:06:07'without working hard or without putting everything into it.'
0:06:07 > 0:06:08That's Dermot.
0:06:08 > 0:06:14'And, you know, I had a decade of success and then I had,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18'like, a decade of disaster.'
0:06:18 > 0:06:20'The first thing was my dad died,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24'and the year after, I lost my world title.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27'Then I had a huge court case with my ex-manager
0:06:27 > 0:06:29'that went on for almost two years...
0:06:31 > 0:06:33'..and my brother took his own life.'
0:06:37 > 0:06:40My brother is on my shoulder...
0:06:43 > 0:06:44..because...
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Yeah.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01He's... My brother died, er, 1994.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07He committed suicide,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09and he was a fabulous coach...
0:07:15 > 0:07:17..and he was very close to me
0:07:17 > 0:07:19and...
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I see so much of him in...
0:07:34 > 0:07:36in my three lads.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Particularly Shane.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46And he's very much like him
0:07:46 > 0:07:50and I know he would be very proud of him.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57I can't change what's happened, but he was a great guy
0:07:57 > 0:08:00and I know he's with me in spirit.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01I know that.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Father Brian. How are you doing? Are you good?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Great to see you.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22in sickness and in health for all the days of my life.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24So clear.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26OK. Brilliant.
0:08:28 > 0:08:332016 has been a phenomenal year for us. We went to America,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37we beat an unbeaten fighter in a fight of the year
0:08:37 > 0:08:42and then to have my son getting married in Majorca
0:08:42 > 0:08:45to the love of his life,
0:08:45 > 0:08:49and have all my family travel out there, it's been fantastic.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54It's always a bit longer. It's fine.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Guys, if you stand in a row, we'll get your flowers done for you.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Blain's got the right idea over there.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02It's exactly what I need to do.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- He just has to take a deep breath. - Exactly. Take a deep breath.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24All good.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I don't look sweaty.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Do you think it's probably easier to walk, Shane?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- I haven't even met you yet. - Sorry, I was so sweaty.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36It's OK.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53So Shane and Sophie are now husband and wife.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55CHEERING
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I obviously need to thank my mother and father.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Mum... - HIS VOICE BREAKS - I'm going early!
0:10:11 > 0:10:14All I ever wanted to do from a young age was to impress you
0:10:14 > 0:10:16and make you both proud.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20So without you, I wouldn't be the man I am today. So...
0:10:20 > 0:10:22'I kept looking up at people'
0:10:22 > 0:10:25and my whole plan was to look up and speak to the individual
0:10:25 > 0:10:29that I was thanking, but then it just got a bit too much
0:10:29 > 0:10:32and Frampton was the one that cracked me, actually.
0:10:33 > 0:10:39Frampton, we've been... on a journey, mate. Fucking hell.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Yeah.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45And those videos, they won't reach Twitter, don't worry about it.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50He got emotional when he spoke about me more than anyone else,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52which was strange.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57I remember sitting, I was sitting pretty close to the top table and
0:10:57 > 0:11:01he had this little frog in his throat when he mentioned me.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04It was... It was good.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Obviously, it was good. It shows you that he cares a lot about me.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09All his athletes, like all of us,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12talk about Shane with such enthusiasm and belief.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15This is a testament to not just his hard work,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18but his drive to be better himself and those around him.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20You can see...
0:11:23 > 0:11:25You can see why I'm so proud of him.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26APPLAUSE
0:11:28 > 0:11:31And Jake, he's the man that doesn't show any emotions,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34and he definitely showed a few on the wedding speech
0:11:34 > 0:11:38and it was really nice. It was a real touching moment.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40We obviously know we're all best mates,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43but there's a lot of piss-taking that goes on and people would rather
0:11:43 > 0:11:47joke about each other than actually say something complimentary,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50so when you're in that position and you have to be nice,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53it's kind of alien.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55So many of us never get the opportunity
0:11:55 > 0:11:57to find our perfect soul mate.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Myself and Sophie will agree we were extremely lucky
0:12:00 > 0:12:02to find each other so young.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I love you unconditionally.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07You have made me the man I am today
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and I will be there for you whenever, wherever.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I saw him, I met him in school when I was 15.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15It sounds really cheesy and I hate saying it,
0:12:15 > 0:12:19but I knew that I'd either be with him for a really long time
0:12:19 > 0:12:21or I'd marry him, it was that certain.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- Mrs Sophie Ann...- McGuigan.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26CHEERING
0:12:28 > 0:12:29It's so weird.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Things like, for the first time ever, we got a new mattress
0:12:33 > 0:12:34and I call up the bed company
0:12:34 > 0:12:37and they were like, "What's your last name?"
0:12:37 > 0:12:38I said, "Sophie McGuigan,"
0:12:38 > 0:12:41and he was like, "Ah, it's no relation to the boxer, is it?"
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I was like, "Actually it IS related to the boxer."
0:12:44 > 0:12:47He was like, literally was just like, "Oh, my God."
0:12:47 > 0:12:49He got really awkward and really nervous
0:12:49 > 0:12:51and I was really nervous on the phone
0:12:51 > 0:12:54and the whole conversation was really weird.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01THEY CHANT
0:13:10 > 0:13:14It's going to be out in the next 24 hours presumably, yeah?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Yeah. Well, it's supposed to be out in a couple of hours.
0:13:16 > 0:13:218 o'clock US time or Los Angeles time or New York time?
0:13:21 > 0:13:25'I find it hard to work with anybody that I can't embrace.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27'It's a tough business, boxing.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29'Financials and all of that sort of stuff,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31'Jake and Blain do that side of things.'
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Well, what's inevitably going to happen is they're going to announce
0:13:35 > 0:13:37the date tonight and we're not looking like we're going to do
0:13:37 > 0:13:39a press conference for two weeks,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41then tickets won't go on sale until we've had that, so
0:13:41 > 0:13:44everyone's going to go, "How do I buy a ticket?"
0:13:44 > 0:13:46'We're looking for the right time to announce it.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47'Hearn's looking to finalise'
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Anthony Joshua's next move, which is a real problem cos
0:13:49 > 0:13:52we don't want to go up against Joshua with an announcement.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53There's so many whispers in boxing,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55but you're looking to make the biggest impact
0:13:55 > 0:13:58but, at the same time, you're not looking to give too much away.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59It's TV driven.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Yeah, it's TV driven. Exactly. Showtime need to get it out.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Showtime know that they have got to compete with HBO obviously,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07so they want to crush them by going with Frampton and Cruz.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I'm not good at the business side.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13It gets personal when people say, "It's only worth that,"
0:14:13 > 0:14:16and I feel like knocking the guy that's telling me,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I feel like knocking him out and throttling him
0:14:19 > 0:14:22cos to me, that's personally insulting,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24but, as a father, working with your kids
0:14:24 > 0:14:27under pressurised circumstances,
0:14:27 > 0:14:32it's very tough and you have to have an amazing relationship
0:14:32 > 0:14:33to be able to withstand it.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35That's what I've discovered.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- 'Hello.'- Hey, listen... - Is that Tadhg...?
0:14:38 > 0:14:39- Is that Tadhg?- Hi!
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- 'Is that Jake?'- What's happening?
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Hello.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Hello, Tadhg! Hello, Tadhg!
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Hi!
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Hello, baby.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Hello, Tadhg. Hello, Tadhg.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58He's freaked out by Baz, for sure.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01CONVERSATION CONTINUES
0:15:13 > 0:15:14That's it. Keep that work rate up.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Keep moving around the bag and stopping that jab.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18That's good. Keep it going.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Well, we got Conrad Cummings fighting a guy
0:15:22 > 0:15:26called Ronny Mittag, a German guy with a record of 26 fights
0:15:26 > 0:15:28and only two defeats.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31This is your year, son.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34This is for you now. Remember, you've got to perform.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38'We've reached the stage now where he needs to be tested
0:15:38 > 0:15:42'and he needs to be let off the leash and stand up and be counted.'
0:15:43 > 0:15:48It is a big step up. It's for a top-15 ranking in the world.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50It's definitely a make-or-break fight for him.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52I just can't wait to get in there.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55I'm taking that belt back to Coalisland, 100%.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59I was young. I was boxing in the Irish team,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I was in line to go to the Commonwealth Games,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03but Barry just phoned me one day
0:16:03 > 0:16:04and it was a phone call that changed my life.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07When he won the gold medal in the 19 Nations,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Barry was phoning him coming off the plane and I wasn't a bit pleased.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12I wanted Conrad to stay,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16to go for the Commonwealth Games, which I knew he would win the gold.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I think he should have thought of an easier way of making his living.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I thought he should have stayed at school
0:16:21 > 0:16:24and followed up on his degree, but that wasn't to be.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26But anyway, he didn't listen to me, he listened to his father.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28So let's hope it all works out for him in the end.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Absolutely it'll work out. Shane's doing a great job with him and
0:16:31 > 0:16:35I think he's going to be a world champion. No doubt in my mind.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39This is really a very important period of time for you
0:16:39 > 0:16:42because you've had your... you've done your apprenticeship.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46We are doing our best, we've been as patient as we can with him
0:16:46 > 0:16:47and the amount of time and patience
0:16:47 > 0:16:49and investment that we're putting into him,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52we have to really get results from that,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55and this is a tough business and there are no short cuts
0:16:55 > 0:16:58and there's no point in beating about the bush.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04I'm just staying in Battersea at the minute.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I'm just renting a room in basically an Airbnb.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11When Conrad first came on board, he got alopecia
0:17:11 > 0:17:15and he got alopecia because he was processing information
0:17:15 > 0:17:18and not speaking to anyone about it.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22And he may be a joker and may be having a laugh and taking the mickey
0:17:22 > 0:17:27out of Frampton and vice versa, but he definitely is a big over-thinker.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I'm maybe a bit of a deep person.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32I don't seem it to the lads,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35but sometimes I can be my own worst enemy
0:17:35 > 0:17:37and I can be my own worst critic,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39but I believe that's a good thing
0:17:39 > 0:17:41and I believe that's got me to where I am.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44It has to be the loneliest sport out there.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47There are dark days. There have been very dark days,
0:17:47 > 0:17:52and sometimes it gets worrying for me as a mother because I know him,
0:17:52 > 0:17:56because he's my son and I know him better than anybody. I worry
0:17:56 > 0:17:59that some of the days are going to get too dark sometimes
0:17:59 > 0:18:01and that's what worries me.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Moving up another gear.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12We've got very exciting George Groves who, in boxing terms,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15is a household name. Are we representing George?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17The answer to that, I suppose, is no.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21We're working with his promoters and obviously Shane,
0:18:21 > 0:18:26the fact that Shane is training George, I think he likes the family,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28he likes us as a group.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31There's a limited pool of decent trainers out there,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35but Shane was very high up on the list. I did wonder about
0:18:35 > 0:18:38the dynamic being, you know, pretty much the same age,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41but he carries himself really well.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44He has an authority about him.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the scales,
0:18:47 > 0:18:53the champion from Hammersmith, London, St George Groves.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I had a fantastic year last year with McGuigan Gym.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59I'm in a good place.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03I'm happy. I know I can go out and box my very best.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07We have two of our main undercard boxers with us,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Northern Ireland's Conrad Cummings.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Chill, mate. Chill.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14We obviously have Conrad Cummings fighting
0:19:14 > 0:19:16on George Groves' undercard.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18It's a big jump up for Conrad.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22The next one to go on the scales, ladies and gentlemen, will be for
0:19:22 > 0:19:25the vacant IBF inter-Continental middleweight crown.
0:19:25 > 0:19:32Live on Spike TV, Ronny Mittag and Conrad "Mr Dynamite" Cummings.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Thank you, gentlemen.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50I'm really hoping for a convincing points-win or a late stoppage,
0:19:50 > 0:19:51to be honest.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55So, this is a big, big fight for him in many ways.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Been staying calm. I've worked very hard so
0:20:08 > 0:20:11we're going out now and enjoying it.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14This is all the blisters on my feet from training.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23We'll keep him relaxed.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Leave him alone.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Too much high energy.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Keep touching him, touching him.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Relax.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Right, Conrad, let's go. Have you got spare tape?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Your time now. Nice and sharp.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44From Northern Ireland, Conrad Cummings!
0:20:44 > 0:20:45CHEERING
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Switch yourself on now, OK?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Get them legs underneath you at all times.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Seconds out. Round one!
0:20:55 > 0:20:56BELL RINGS
0:21:01 > 0:21:03One-two to the body. Come on! Get in closer!
0:21:04 > 0:21:08There you go. Get that pace on him. Slip slide. Right hand!
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Get round him. Get round him.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17BELL RINGS
0:21:19 > 0:21:21You're picking some rounds up.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22You're doing some good work
0:21:22 > 0:21:25and you're letting him catch you with eye-catching shots.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Take offence every time he hits you.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Good shot! Jab to the body, Conrad!
0:21:30 > 0:21:31SHOUTING
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Last round, mate. Come on. Three minutes of pressure.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41This guy's blowing out his arse.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54BELL RINGS
0:21:56 > 0:22:00You gave quite a few rounds away. It's all right.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Look at the state of his face, do you know what I mean?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04The winner by split decision,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07the IBF inter-Continental middleweight champion,
0:22:07 > 0:22:11from Germany, Ronny Mittag!
0:22:13 > 0:22:18That's stinking. That's absolutely stinking.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28I had him up two rounds, in fairness.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Yeah, listen, mate. Come here.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33That's a joke.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Look at the state of him. He got caught first,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42but he never looked hurt. He never looked hurt.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45The guy looked hurt a few times, do you know what I mean?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Is he in that shower? Get him out, the fuck. Come on.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Are you all right? You forced the pace,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58you hit him with the cleaner shots,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00you never looked hurt, you never looked out of control,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02you always looked in control.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Everyone had it.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- I didn't have it fucking close, like.- I had him by two or three.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I had him by two rounds.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I had him by four.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28You won that fight. You won that fight.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I didn't think it was close.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Shall we get him out of the changing rooms?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Jump out, Beth, come on.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Come on, don't be getting emotional in the changing rooms
0:23:52 > 0:23:55cos we've got another job to do, a big one as well. All right?
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Come here.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Don't worry about it.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Get some food into you and we'll address it another time.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33That's all you've got to do.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- You can't change anything now, all right?- Sorry.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Listen, never apologise to me, mate.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42That's just the way it is.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Listen, you fucking boxed great.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47You boxed great, and take the lessons that you've learnt from it,
0:24:47 > 0:24:48all right?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52I'll give you a shout later on.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53Conrad was very disappointed.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56I couldn't see him. He didn't want to talk to anybody.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00I phoned him three or four times since, and we're one week out
0:25:00 > 0:25:03from the fight and I haven't spoken to him cos he didn't want to talk.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05He has been very down,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07and his mum and dad say he's been very depressed.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17That's nice.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Now, ladies and gentlemen, time to welcome
0:25:20 > 0:25:24the champion from Hammersmith, London,
0:25:24 > 0:25:28St George Groves!
0:25:28 > 0:25:29CHEERING
0:25:36 > 0:25:40In the main event, George was magnificent and Eddie Gutknecht
0:25:40 > 0:25:42was ridiculously brave,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44too brave,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46and his corner were even braver than he was.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Gutknecht went back to the changing room.
0:25:51 > 0:25:5415, 20 minutes after that, he collapsed...
0:25:57 > 0:26:00..so they had to get the ambulance in
0:26:00 > 0:26:01and then rush him off to hospital.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08Shane rang me up and said, "Dad, this poor fella is badly hurt,"
0:26:08 > 0:26:09and I said, "What?!"
0:26:11 > 0:26:13We're all pretty badly shaken,
0:26:13 > 0:26:18but we'll feel so much better if this kid comes round and recovers
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and is able to communicate and have a conversation,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25that he can live, as I say, a decent life, you know.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Just hoping to God that that will happen.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30I've got a family, you know.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32You just put yourself in their shoes.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37You think, "How must his family be feeling?" And it's sad.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41I went and visited them at the hospital
0:26:41 > 0:26:43and they're just lovely people.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48They're upset. They're devastated, but they're understanding.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52You try and do a good thing for them,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54but money ain't going to necessarily help.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57If it was me, I'm sure all the money in the world wouldn't make my wife
0:26:57 > 0:27:01happy in that instance.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05In this business, you know, it can happen.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08It's happened to me in my career
0:27:08 > 0:27:10where one of my opponents passed away.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14You're talking about Young Ali, and it was the summer of 1982.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19My wife was about to give birth to Blain, my eldest boy, my first son,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and I knocked him out in the sixth round
0:27:22 > 0:27:25and he lapsed into unconsciousness.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28They didn't have an Ambulance Service,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30they didn't have a paramedic.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31I think it was three or four hours
0:27:31 > 0:27:34before they got to him, by which stage the damage was too bad.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37He remained in a coma for five months.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38They took him home
0:27:38 > 0:27:41and then they switched off the machine and he died.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44So, I didn't want to fight again,
0:27:44 > 0:27:48I didn't want to carry on my career.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52I've got no education, no qualifications, I left school at 16
0:27:52 > 0:27:55to give my life to boxing, and then suddenly this happened.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58So it wasn't an easy decision,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01but I decided I would have to get back to boxing
0:28:01 > 0:28:03and I was fairly resolute
0:28:03 > 0:28:07in thinking that if I ever did anything good,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10if I got to a world title,
0:28:10 > 0:28:12that he would be the first kid I would remember
0:28:12 > 0:28:15and I would dedicate the fight to him.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22So I have worked tirelessly my whole life to try and make the game safe,
0:28:22 > 0:28:24but bottom line is
0:28:24 > 0:28:28we can never, ever take out the danger.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29You're not going to do it.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31That's part of why people do it
0:28:31 > 0:28:33and it's certainly part of why people watch.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Many promotional companies
0:28:44 > 0:28:45would let a fighter go,
0:28:45 > 0:28:46but we're not like that.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48I never have heard of that.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50I never thought about losing, ever.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Carl is boxing at the end of January
0:28:52 > 0:28:57and we expect to have 5,000 people flying to Las Vegas.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58Doing it for your family, mate.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01That's what you're doing it for. You're not there yet.