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However, being involved in sport, especially boxing, from an early age meant that Carl was constantly meeting other young people from all different backgrounds - one of whom was best mate and best man, fellow Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes. “I would have preferred to have been a footballer though,” he laughs. “I was okay at football, but I was a better boxer and when I was about 16, I had to make the decision which one to go with if I wanted to make a career in competitive sport. “As a child I did both and I enjoyed football more than the boxing. “I talk about that to Stuart Dallas in one of the podcasts,” he says. None of the family were sporty at all and it was in fact football, and not boxing, that the young Carl wanted to pursue as a career. His dad Craig worked for Belfast City Council and his mum, Flo, in a supermarket - she still does and refuses to retire and let her son look after her, asking him, “Well, what else would I do?”Īnd Carl tells me that despite his dad taking redundancy from the council, he’s considering going back to work because he’s bored in the house. “But it wasn’t easy, and there was a price to pay.”įrampton grew up with an older sister and younger brother in the loyalist Tiger’s Bay area of Belfast. But it was also to set up a solid base and security for me, Christine and the kids at the end of it. I was doing it to win titles and become a world champion. I think that’s what it takes to get to the top. “You hear sports people all the time talking about being selfish and Drew McIntyre mentions how top sports people in any field have to have a certain amount of selfishness about them. “My wife Christine had relatives who passed away when I was in the middle of a training camp and I couldn’t come home for their funerals and that’s something that really annoys me still, because I should have come home, and I didn’t. “I know that boxing’s a short career, which is why I decided to make that sacrifice, but there have been times when the missing out has hurt me deeply and it’s been brutal and harsh. “It was a sacrifice I made so that we could have a better life. “You miss a lot of your children growing up in the early part of their lives because you’re away so often and for long periods in training camps. Throughout the series, one of the topics that Carl and his guests regularly touch on is ‘missing out’ on family life and occasions and the regret that can come with that. “And the feedback’s been decent which I’m really happy about because podcasting’s something I’ve never done on my own before and it was a bit scary to be honest, but everyone’s been dead nice helped me through it.”Ĭarl Frampton with Northern Ireland player Stuart Dallas They’ve known that I’m a newbie and taken it easy with me - for the most part,” he laughs. “It’s really taken me out of my comfort zone and got me doing something completely new. “I’ve really enjoyed doing the series,” says Carl.
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Other guests in the series include local sporting stars MMA fighter Leah McCourt, who talks about balancing competing at the highest level with being a single mum and challenges Carl with a few MMA moves, Leeds United and Northern Ireland international Stuart Dallas, and four-times World Championship snooker player John Higgins. In episode one, Carl spoke to WWE superstar Drew McIntyre and in episode two, he met former cricketer, Monty Panesar.
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The first two episodes are available now with the next four dropping on consecutive Tuesdays.
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He also gets put though some tough, head-to-head challenges.
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