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Alison Hammond's Big Weekend episode 6 - Tony Bellew
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00:00You all right, babe?
00:02I'm Alison Hammond.
00:03You all right?
00:04I'm spending a weekend with some of the UK's biggest stars.
00:08Thanks.
00:09I'm on a mission to get all the gossip.
00:12Go and get a pregnancy test.
00:13Could you or much?
00:14You have got the waistcoat on.
00:16I've started a domestic.
00:17On your favourite celebrities.
00:20I've just got Alan Carr with me.
00:21Alan Carr? Unbelievable.
00:24There'll be no holding back.
00:26Was you quite an awkward kid?
00:27Yes, I don't think I was very comfortable in my own skin.
00:30As I get up close...
00:32I was living a life behind closed doors.
00:34I was completely different.
00:36And very personal.
00:37It was really hard.
00:40SHE SCREAMS
00:41This is going to be very fun.
00:44Absolutely, Boise.
00:47This weekend, I'm in Liverpool.
00:50Oh, the flies are lying there.
00:52To hang out with a boxing superstar.
00:55Tony Bellew dominated the ring for over 20 years.
01:01After retiring this three-time world champion,
01:04starred in the Hollywood blockbuster Creed,
01:06and took on the jungle.
01:08But...
01:09Can he take on me?
01:11I'm really excited to see Tony.
01:14Mainly because he says he's a man of the people.
01:17But with money and fame,
01:19has that changed him at all?
01:20I'm meeting Tony and his wife, Rachel, at their home.
01:24Oh, this is my kind of store.
01:26And like every good house guest,
01:28you've got to bring a present, haven't you?
01:30I'll get some cookies as well.
01:31They're reduced.
01:33Anything else I could buy for him?
01:35You haven't got no weights, have you?
01:38I reckon the red carpet's going to be laid on for me.
01:41For the arrival of the Hammond.
01:43Look at these driveways.
01:47You know you've made it
01:48when you've got to change gear on the driveway.
01:51Oh, it's a bit tight.
01:55Oh, God, how do we don't knock his gates over?
02:05Now, that is skilful driving.
02:07Yes!
02:08That's what I'm talking about.
02:10This is nice, isn't it?
02:19Oh, the flowers.
02:20Hold on.
02:35I think building work, do I?
02:36Look at this.
02:37Hello.
02:40Hi.
02:41Hello, Alison.
02:41How you doing?
02:42Nice to meet you.
02:44How you doing?
02:45I didn't realise you were so tall.
02:46Hello.
02:47You OK?
02:48Lovely to meet you.
02:49Lovely to meet you.
02:49Got these for you, Bab.
02:51Thank you very much.
02:51Some little goodies in there for you.
02:53I love a bunch of flowers.
02:55Oh, thanks for having me.
02:56I didn't realise you were having some building work.
02:57I wouldn't have come at this time.
02:59It could be worse.
02:59Oh, it's so nice to meet you, Tony.
03:02It's so nice.
03:02I've watched you so much on that, I'm a slave.
03:04Literally, you restored my faith in men.
03:07Because the way you spoke about this woman, it was just beautiful.
03:11I'm lucky, aren't I?
03:12You are lucky.
03:13Well, I'm going to find out.
03:14Oh, he's lucky.
03:15I'm here.
03:17It's just the three of us together.
03:20I need the toilet.
03:23I'm absolutely bursting.
03:24There you go.
03:25I've been driving all day.
03:27Bear in mind, our dishes are in there as well, so don't worry.
03:30Your dishes?
03:31That's where we have to wash the dishes.
03:35Alison?
03:36Yeah?
03:37Have you got a toilet roll?
03:38I don't think there's any in there.
03:39It is.
03:40I replaced it last night with a roll.
03:41Oh, well, there you go.
03:41Oh, thank you.
03:48How nice is this house, though?
03:51Well, we've been at it for 12 months, so...
03:54What's your favourite room so far, then?
03:56I've only got one room left.
03:58What's that?
03:59Let's go and have a look.
04:00So, through here is where we're basically living at the minute.
04:07It's a lovely room.
04:08Made it livable for us.
04:09Oh, is that your little kitchen?
04:11The boys love it for the time being.
04:14And you've got your air fryer?
04:15Yes.
04:15We've just made this, like, work and do, so...
04:18This is our fridge.
04:19Oh!
04:20I know.
04:21Oh, my God, you've got a little ham.
04:22Oh, do you mind if I'm a bit?
04:23I am a bit peckish.
04:24Do I be able to take that?
04:25That's all right.
04:26It's just a guide.
04:28Oh, it does smell a bit.
04:29It's fine.
04:30It's just a guide.
04:35All the kids come in here as well?
04:37Yeah.
04:37And there's four of them?
04:39Yeah.
04:39Yeah.
04:39So, we've got Kobe, Corey, Carter and Carson.
04:42Why all C?
04:43It was never intentional, was it?
04:45Was it not?
04:46I loved Corey.
04:47Yeah.
04:48And then he wanted a Kobe.
04:50And we did like the name Carter.
04:52Well, I can't have Corey, Kobe, Carson, and, like, a Stee or a...
04:55Stee.
04:57I like two names.
04:58I like Cassius and I like Clay.
04:59Oh, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali.
05:01Mm.
05:02You know I've met him.
05:03Have you really?
05:04But it was at an age where I didn't want to meet him.
05:07You know, like, when your mum dragged you up.
05:08I didn't ever want to meet Muhammad Ali.
05:09I didn't know who he was.
05:10I was, like, pulling away from him.
05:11I've got photos of me going, who's this weirdo?
05:14And he was literally, like, grabbing onto me, because my dad was, like, his bodyguard.
05:19So, if you hug me, it's like you're hugging Cassius Clay.
05:23Was he your hero?
05:24I'm going to be on the belly, yeah.
05:25Really?
05:26Yeah.
05:27If there was one person in the world that I wished I could have met, it's him.
05:30Yes.
05:31Oh, I love the fact that you love him so much.
05:33But, yeah, thank you for inviting me to your house.
05:35Have I got a bed?
05:36I didn't bring a blow-up bed or anything.
05:38Like, there's no beds, you know, with me and him.
05:41Oh, I didn't know.
05:42Do you know what?
05:43I'm OK with that.
05:45Now that I've actually met with you, I want to be right in the middle.
05:49So, I landed here, and the house is absolutely stunning from outside.
05:54Literally go inside.
05:56It's a building site.
05:57There's dust absolutely everywhere.
06:00I'm dusty as anything.
06:02And I was just thinking, where am I going to be sleeping?
06:04Do you know what I mean?
06:04I should have booked a B&B.
06:06So, this is just going to be a little sitting area here.
06:08Yeah?
06:08What, just chilling?
06:09Yeah, just to chill out.
06:11And where's my cup of tea?
06:13Do you know what I mean?
06:14Just one cup of tea.
06:15I know, they're doing building work and everything, but...
06:18Come on.
06:20Parched.
06:24And then we've got this, yeah.
06:26It's a ballroom.
06:27Yeah.
06:28This is a grand hall.
06:30And that's where you're going to come through those doors and go,
06:33good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
06:34You could have, like, a pole.
06:39Pole bar, and then you, like, slide down it to greet your guests.
06:42I thought you were going to say something else then.
06:46I absolutely definitely keep that.
06:47I never have guests.
06:49Have we got to change that?
06:50Yeah, have you do?
06:51I don't like people that much, to be honest.
06:52It's just like what's in me house, and then I don't really have guests.
06:57I'm just...
06:58But she's as I'm boring, but...
07:00Do you know, when you've got it, you might actually change.
07:02We will. Ignore him.
07:03She loves parties.
07:05I can't stand.
07:05Do you not?
07:06And he also said he doesn't like parties.
07:10Have a great time here tonight, aren't I?
07:14You can just be in your room up there, can't you?
07:16Yeah.
07:16Shut the door.
07:17Miserable.
07:18I'm not miserable.
07:19You're not.
07:19No, no, no, no, no.
07:21I'm good at punching people in the face.
07:22That's it.
07:25Honestly, yeah.
07:27How's the retirement going here?
07:28Enjoying it?
07:29Are you bored?
07:30I can't punch like I used to.
07:31My hands are smashed a bit, so...
07:33If I do punch, it's probably once a fortnight.
07:37From your career, your hands hurt?
07:39Yeah.
07:39Is that going to be for life, do you think?
07:41Yeah.
07:41I had a brilliant surgeon.
07:43He said that I'd have full arthritis by the time I was this age,
07:46to be fair, but I have, and so I'm just cracking on.
07:49So...
07:49Do you know what?
07:49I'd rather it be your hands than your head.
07:52That's going to come later, isn't it?
07:53I've been punched that many times to the head.
07:54It's coming.
07:55Do you remember?
07:56But you just accept it.
07:57Really?
07:58On average, a world-class fighter, the estimate,
08:00takes 50,000 punches to the head a year.
08:03I've took 1.1 million punches to the head,
08:05so something's coming, whether it's the sheik's
08:07or whether I forget about it or she forgets about me.
08:10That's coming on my side.
08:12I forget about everything bad that I've done.
08:15I am forgetful.
08:16Like, yeah, if I...
08:18Do you remember owning me that money that I gave you?
08:21A while ago.
08:22I'm absolutely skinned, so...
08:2420 grand.
08:25You better ask the wife.
08:26I don't remember a thing.
08:30While Tony keeps those builders in check,
08:33Rachel and I have a mooch upstairs...
08:35Mind your step.
08:36..to look at some of his most prized possessions.
08:38What's this, then?
08:39So, this is aunt's office.
08:41Look at those.
08:42Same, because we've never, ever had anywhere to put them in
08:45in any other home.
08:46They're beautiful.
08:47Can I have a...
08:47Can I have a...
08:48Of course you can.
08:49What's that one?
08:50What's the world champion one?
08:51Yeah, that's the WBC belt.
08:53Oh, look at that, Rachel.
08:54I know, and there's him on the side.
08:56Oh, my God!
08:57Yeah.
08:58Alongside these heroes.
09:00Look at that.
09:00Yeah.
09:00Mum and darling.
09:02What does it make you feel like when you see that?
09:04Like, what sacrifices did you have to make to do...
09:07Do you know what?
09:08..to win that?
09:08That's the thing.
09:09Everyone just sees, like, the person in the ring
09:13and thinking that he lives the life of luxury or the...
09:16There's not.
09:16There's the home life.
09:17There's the sacrifice of the diet.
09:20There's training.
09:21And then me being literally a single parent
09:24because I have to take care of the kids
09:26and make sure the house runs smooth for him.
09:29So, he did miss out on a lot with, like, the kids growing up
09:32because I did do everything.
09:35But so did you.
09:35You missed out on having a husband.
09:37Oh, yeah, I know.
09:38So, it's hard being a woman, isn't it?
09:40Yeah, it is.
09:41Like, you've got to be everything to everybody.
09:43Yeah.
09:44And still be perfect.
09:45Yeah, that's it.
09:47So, when you see that, you see all the sacrifice, the pain.
09:51But then I also see the good it brought
09:53and, like, his achievement
09:55and what he wanted to do in his career.
09:57Yeah.
09:57So, I knew he...
09:58And he did it.
09:59Yeah.
10:00I know.
10:00World champion of the world!
10:03It's amazing.
10:04Look at that.
10:05Do you know what?
10:05When I was holding that belt,
10:07I couldn't believe how heavy it was.
10:10It was unbelievable.
10:11Let's put that back.
10:13To see all those legends on it,
10:15including Tony,
10:16was just wonderful.
10:18And I actually felt
10:20the heavy strain
10:22of the whole family
10:24and what they had to endure
10:25in order for him to get that belt.
10:31Show me your grounds, guys.
10:33Show me what you've got.
10:33Ground, the garden, girl.
10:34This is the ground.
10:35Look at this.
10:36Don't have grounds.
10:37Have a garden.
10:37This is the life.
10:38When you've grew up in a yard,
10:39then this is perfect.
10:41Yeah.
10:41So, you're into your football still?
10:43I love football,
10:44but I've got me little babies at Everton,
10:45so he's a goalkeeper,
10:46so that's his,
10:47that's his domain.
10:48Me just kicking the ball at him.
10:49Do you know?
10:50Is he good?
10:50He's doing OK.
10:52He's got a lot of ability
10:53and a lot of potential.
10:54It's just down to him now,
10:55how much does he want it?
10:56Yeah.
10:57And our lives were different growing up.
10:59You strive and you want everything so much,
11:01but for my kids,
11:02I think it's a little bit more difficult.
11:04I've got everything
11:04there's nothing to reach for.
11:06It's hard, isn't it?
11:07To have that balance.
11:08Yeah.
11:08I've got one and it's hard.
11:10I've got one.
11:10You've got four.
11:11I've got five.
11:12You're doing good.
11:13I'm the one with five kids, love.
11:15Who's the fifth one?
11:15Him.
11:16My fifth.
11:17I'm the one with five.
11:19They go, oh, poor boys,
11:20I go, no, five.
11:21She's the biggest child of them all.
11:25Do you know what?
11:26I think we're having a domestic.
11:27I'm going to go everywhere.
11:29You are definitely
11:30the biggest child of them all.
11:31You are constantly taking the piss,
11:34constantly joking round,
11:35and the best part is
11:37when someone takes the piss back,
11:38you have got the worst cop on going.
11:40No, no, no, no.
11:41I can take a joke.
11:45I can take a joke.
11:46I am more fun
11:47because you're miserable.
11:49I'm not miserable.
11:50I'm just me.
11:51No, I'm more fun.
11:53Do you think I'm funny?
11:54I feel like I started all this off.
11:57Do you know what I mean?
11:58I've started a domestic.
11:59Oh, God.
12:00What do I do?
12:01You just ask the kids
12:02who's funny
12:03and the kids know.
12:06You know what?
12:06You can really tell
12:07that these guys
12:08are really hardworking people.
12:11Yes, they bicker,
12:12but, you know,
12:12ultimately,
12:13they blend really well.
12:14Let's stop all this fuss.
12:17Come on.
12:17And I think
12:19they are so normal.
12:21I love it.
12:22I'm at home already.
12:25I can tell
12:26from the massive mansion
12:27that Tony's
12:28absolutely minted,
12:30but I want to see
12:31where it all started.
12:33The ring.
12:34Yeah, this is a nice gym.
12:38Yes, this is my home
12:39away from home.
12:40This is Rotunda ABC.
12:41This is where champions are born.
12:44It's incredible.
12:46That little boy over there
12:47could be a champion
12:48in the making.
12:49Without a doubt.
12:50This gym is here
12:50to produce champions
12:51and that's what we do.
12:53So this was your church, really?
12:54Yes.
12:55This was me home.
12:56But who was the person
12:57who made you come here?
12:59My dad obviously encouraged me.
13:00I always wanted
13:01to just impress my dad
13:02and my dad was a guy
13:03who was not going to be impressed
13:04by me getting 10 GCSEs.
13:06Really?
13:06Yeah, my dad was going to be impressed
13:08by how hard can you fight.
13:09My dad was a fighter
13:10and he tried boxing
13:11but he didn't have
13:12the temperament for it.
13:13I wanted to do something
13:14that he couldn't do
13:15and I wanted to prove
13:16that I could do it.
13:17Now that you're here
13:18and you can see the ring,
13:19does it make you want
13:20to get back in there now?
13:20Yeah.
13:21Does it?
13:22Love to.
13:22Shall we get in there then?
13:23Come on, Arcee, let's go.
13:25Let me get ready first.
13:26I've got my outfit.
13:27Oh, have you?
13:27I'll be back in a minute.
13:28Get that quiet.
13:30Well, what with my connection
13:31to Muhammad Ali?
13:33It'd be rude not to.
13:34Ladies and gentlemen,
13:35make way for me,
13:36Alison the Hammer Hammond.
13:39You ready, champ?
13:40I'm ready, champ.
13:41You look like you're ready
13:42for business.
13:46The key to everything
13:47is this
13:48because that sets everything up.
13:50That gives you your distance.
13:51that gives you a range
13:53that allows you to dictate
13:55when you want to fight.
13:55More than this hand?
13:56Yeah.
13:56That's the end of the show.
13:58Oh, OK.
13:58You can use this just as a...
14:05Back!
14:06See?
14:07Boom.
14:07Now sink that in.
14:09Oh!
14:10I've hit my own face!
14:13It's a game of chess.
14:15It's a violent chess.
14:16I've been thinking all the time.
14:16All the time.
14:17It takes so much time
14:19to get comfortable with it.
14:21Being close to someone
14:22knowing that you can hear you.
14:25Boom.
14:26There you go.
14:29My wrists are killing me.
14:30That's enough.
14:31Imagine mastering that
14:33and conquering it
14:33and then how confident
14:34would you feel
14:35when you walk out?
14:36It's a different order
14:37you have around yourself.
14:38Yeah.
14:39And that's what it gives to kids.
14:40So there's kids in here.
14:41They come in
14:41and they've got no confidence
14:42and they walk out
14:43as such charming,
14:45well-mannered gentlemen.
14:47Why?
14:48And that's what it creates.
14:49It's a community in here.
14:51It's a family.
14:52These boxing gyms
14:53are so important
14:54because they literally
14:55save lives.
14:56It saved my life 100%.
14:57Yeah.
14:58Because outside of this gym
15:00there's not much
15:00for the kids to do.
15:02You was always
15:03wanting to make your dad proud?
15:05Yes.
15:06Do you think he is proud?
15:08Oh, yeah.
15:09Without a shadow of a doubt.
15:10All that my dad does
15:11is talk about me.
15:13I'm as pride and joy.
15:14Really?
15:14Tony Bellew?
15:14Yeah.
15:15My mum was like that.
15:16I was pit bull.
15:16You're living his dream.
15:18Yeah.
15:18But without this gym
15:19I'd have never
15:21got to the level
15:21I'd have got to.
15:23Do me a favour.
15:24I'd love to.
15:24That would make
15:25my dream come true.
15:26Can I take you
15:27on the pads?
15:28Really?
15:28You're a world champion, man.
15:29Imagine me being able to say
15:31I'm a past it world champion.
15:32Tony Bellew
15:33on the pads.
15:36Yes.
15:38Oh, God,
15:39you've got a hard punch, man.
15:41I'm not hitting them.
15:42Tony really came alive
15:46in that situation.
15:47Like, his eyes lit up.
15:49He started breathing heavily.
15:51I didn't mind that bit.
15:53But honestly,
15:54absolutely buzzing.
15:57That's so cool.
15:58I enjoyed it.
15:59Did you?
15:59Yeah, I did.
16:00I think more women
16:01should incorporate it
16:02because I think
16:03it's a big thing
16:04to empower more women.
16:06If she's got confidence
16:07she can throw hands like you.
16:08Believe you me,
16:08she's not going to be scared
16:09of no one.
16:09Really?
16:10Do you think I could
16:11lay someone out then
16:12if I was in trouble?
16:12Without a shadow over that.
16:13Really?
16:13With that punch?
16:14Yes.
16:15I can't have the confidence out.
16:15Hopefully I never get
16:16into that situation.
16:17No, you don't want to be.
16:18But it's nice to have the confidence
16:18that you're all right.
16:20That you can look after yourself.
16:21Yeah.
16:21I mean, how many people
16:22can say they're trained
16:23with Tony Bellew?
16:24Bless you, champ.
16:26That was so much fun.
16:27I trained with Tony Bellew, everyone!
16:30Me!
16:31Alison Hammond!
16:31I am buzzing.
16:34But I'm not going to lie,
16:35my shoulder is killing.
16:37Next, we are off to see
16:38where Tony grew up.
16:40His parents divorced
16:41when he was young,
16:42but his mum still lives
16:43in his childhood home
16:44in Wavertree.
16:46So, that's the area
16:47I've brought up and raised in.
16:49We'd knock round here as kids.
16:50We'd be up to no good
16:51round here.
16:52It's not like we were kids
16:53out there and we were selling
16:55drugs because we weren't.
16:56We were just up to
16:57mischievous things.
16:58Yeah, noughty.
16:59Smashing windows,
17:00climbing into
17:00Dedelec buildings,
17:01little stupid things
17:03like that.
17:04Because when you come
17:05from here,
17:06it's a really tough
17:07neighbourhood.
17:08It's not easy
17:09being raised round here.
17:10There's a lot of lads
17:11who we've grown up
17:11with round here
17:12who are in jail
17:13or who are dead
17:13or who are doing
17:14life terms
17:15because there was
17:15nothing round here.
17:17Does it feel tiny
17:18when you go down here?
17:19It does now.
17:19When I was a kid,
17:20I used to think
17:20this road was massive
17:21so long.
17:22It's so different now.
17:24You had everything
17:24in this road
17:25from hard men
17:27to drug dealers
17:28to doctors.
17:30My mum is probably
17:31one of three or four
17:34people at the most
17:35left in this road
17:36from when I was here.
17:37That's mad.
17:38Does she not want
17:38to move from this house?
17:39She won't move, no.
17:40So I'll call her Gail?
17:41Yes.
17:42Or should I call her Mrs?
17:44Gave.
17:49Taking my shoes off.
17:51I hope you don't mind.
17:51Oh, you're all right.
17:52You can leave them on.
17:53Here you go.
17:53Oh, this is lovely.
17:54I'm going to sit by you.
17:56There you go, honey.
17:56I want to know everything.
17:58What was he like
17:59as a little baby?
18:00He's a happy baby.
18:01We used to have
18:02glass doors,
18:03but he butted the doors
18:05so we had to get rid
18:05of all the glass doors.
18:07Stop it.
18:07We had glass doors
18:08everywhere.
18:09Oh, my God.
18:10I mean,
18:11you were head-butting
18:11stuff that young?
18:13Yeah, I was a glutton
18:14of a punishment,
18:14wasn't I?
18:15No, he was a good kid.
18:17None of them
18:17have ever brought me
18:18any trouble.
18:19Yeah.
18:19I mean,
18:19this house used to have
18:20all his friends in it
18:21because I didn't like
18:23them being on the streets.
18:24I'd sooner
18:24them all be here.
18:25And my mates,
18:26we would stay
18:27and live here.
18:27It was a brilliant house
18:29growing up as a kid.
18:30Then you'd have
18:30got to try and
18:31finally grow up
18:32and then get work,
18:33get jobs.
18:34But I always had that dream
18:35of chasing being a fighter.
18:36Gail,
18:37was you ever nervous
18:38about him boxing?
18:38Yes.
18:41Yeah.
18:42It's hard to see
18:43someone punching
18:44your son and whatever.
18:45And I think sometimes
18:46he used to say to me,
18:48I don't like you
18:49to go to the fight
18:49because I think
18:50you're going to jump
18:50in the ring
18:51with your handbag
18:51and start hitting the flower.
18:52And I went,
18:53no, I wouldn't do that.
18:55The worst fight ever
18:57was the David Hay one
18:58for me.
18:59Was it awful?
18:59It was just,
19:01the build-up to it
19:02was horrendous.
19:03I felt nervous
19:04the whole time.
19:05Really?
19:05With the Hay one,
19:06it gets toxic
19:07when he said
19:07that my kids
19:08will visit me
19:08in hospital.
19:09I was worried.
19:11It was at that point
19:11I was furious
19:12for an hour.
19:13Then once the hour
19:14had passed,
19:14it had gone
19:15because you showed me
19:16you've played
19:16your final hand.
19:17Yeah.
19:17You can't no longer
19:18get to me now.
19:19You went in
19:20with my family.
19:21Yeah.
19:21And then it passed
19:22and then that was
19:23the end of him.
19:24Well, look what he's done.
19:25Not once, but twice.
19:26He absolutely
19:27smashed it twice.
19:28And I'm grateful
19:29for him to this day.
19:30I love David.
19:31He's a brilliant fighter,
19:32brilliant guy.
19:34And if it wasn't
19:35for him,
19:37there's not even
19:37a doubt in my mind
19:38I'd still be fighting now.
19:39Yeah.
19:39With that build-up,
19:41I learnt a lot
19:41about how vicious
19:42and nasty boxing can be.
19:44It's the most brutal
19:45sport of them all.
19:46Do you think you owe
19:47your mum, like,
19:49the patient side of you?
19:51Yeah, me dad's action.
19:52Me mum's a thinker.
19:53I've got a temper,
19:54but I'm very good
19:55at keeping it in check.
19:56Nice.
19:56And are you, like,
19:57really calm?
19:58She never loses her rag.
19:59No.
20:00Takes a lot.
20:02You can really see
20:03where Tony gets
20:04his no-nonsense side from.
20:06And like mother,
20:06like son,
20:07I wouldn't want to
20:08mess with either of them.
20:13We're off to
20:14Goodison Park.
20:15Not just the home
20:16of Tony's beloved
20:17football team,
20:18this is the place
20:19where Tony won
20:20his WBC World
20:21Cruiserweight title
20:23in 2016.
20:24So what is it
20:26about Goodison Park
20:27that means so much to you?
20:28I'd love to have
20:29played the Goodison Park.
20:30Really?
20:30I get asked those
20:31how much you'd have
20:32chosen to be
20:33an Everton number nine
20:34or fight for the world title
20:35and my response
20:36is always the same.
20:37Do you think I enjoy
20:38being punched in the face?
20:40So I thought,
20:41well, I'm never going
20:42to be played for
20:42Everton Football Club
20:43so the closest thing
20:44that's going to happen
20:44for me in my dream
20:45is stick a ring
20:46in the middle of the pitch
20:47at Goodison Park
20:48and fight for me dream belt
20:49and that was a WBC belt,
20:51the green belt
20:52that Muhammad Ali
20:52held above his head,
20:53like Mike Tyson
20:54held Sugar Ray
20:55Lana Delo.
20:56So yeah, it's just
20:57history which I'd
20:59chased and dreamed
21:00of as a kid.
21:01I always wanted
21:01that WBC.
21:02I wasn't really
21:03interested in the
21:03other world titles.
21:04It was always
21:05the green and gold
21:06that mattered to me.
21:06That's the one
21:07that I loved.
21:16Hello, are you all right?
21:17Good to see you.
21:18What's happening, champ?
21:18You're all right, la?
21:21How you love?
21:23You're all right, champ.
21:27He's a local hero.
21:29Everyone loves him.
21:30Everyone.
21:31From the security guards
21:32to the cleaners.
21:34Everyone knows
21:35who Tony is
21:36and it's lovely to see,
21:38actually.
21:38Who's to see his after.
21:40You'll come to Birmingham
21:40and no-one will know
21:41who I am at all.
21:44Right, Alison, who?
21:48Oh, my God.
21:48I feel like I'm
21:49like one of the boxers.
21:50Before I get to look
21:51at the pitch,
21:52Tony's giving me
21:53a special behind-the-scenes
21:54tour.
21:55First up,
21:56the home dressing room.
21:57Is this where you was?
21:58This is where I warmed up,
21:59yeah.
22:01I've done all that.
22:02You pick on someone
22:03your own size heart case.
22:05Next,
22:05the tunnel
22:06where Tony
22:07stepped towards
22:08the biggest fight
22:09of his life.
22:11This is a long walk
22:12to go and get
22:13beaten up.
22:14Well,
22:15hopefully,
22:15you're not going
22:16to get beaten up.
22:17You're hoping
22:17you're going to be
22:18doing the beating up.
22:19Yeah.
22:19But it is, yeah.
22:21It's a long walk.
22:22There's a lot to take in
22:22because there's a lot
22:23to think about.
22:24And then you get to here
22:25and then when you're
22:27walking and looking
22:28down here,
22:28this is it.
22:29It's time to go to work.
22:32Let's go.
22:33What have I got to do?
22:34How am I breaking him down?
22:35What does he do well?
22:36What does he do bad?
22:37What does he do good?
22:38I touch that one first.
22:39Oh, you touch this?
22:40Yeah.
22:41And we get here
22:42and I just stop.
22:44Hold my hands on there.
22:45I have a few thoughts
22:46to myself.
22:48And as soon as
22:49you get to here
22:49you start to see your head.
22:52And then once
22:53you come out here.
22:55Everyone's going crazy.
22:57Nuts.
22:58Absolutely nuts.
22:59It's pitch black
23:00and all I can see
23:01is all the lights
23:02on the phones.
23:03Wow.
23:04Thousands of lights
23:05on phones.
23:06And then you walk
23:06to the ring
23:07and then all hell
23:08breaks loose.
23:09Your mentality then
23:21completely changes
23:22doesn't it?
23:23It does.
23:24It becomes about money.
23:25It's no longer about the dream.
23:26It's no longer about living
23:27out that goal
23:29of becoming a world champion
23:30because I've done it.
23:31So then it becomes
23:32about financial security.
23:34So enter
23:34David Hay.
23:36Yep.
23:37Everyone thought
23:37you was going to
23:38lose that.
23:39The money arrives.
23:40Yeah.
23:40He is the money.
23:41He's the money man.
23:42The whole world
23:43writes me off.
23:44Literally everyone
23:45was thinking
23:45that you weren't
23:45going to win it.
23:46Yeah.
23:47And part of
23:47my own team included.
23:49Really?
23:49Your own team?
23:50Me own.
23:51Eddie Ayn
23:51didn't think
23:51I could win.
23:52Are you joking?
23:53He told me
23:53before the fight.
23:53No.
23:54Didn't think
23:54I could beat him.
23:55Before the fight
23:56he tells you
23:56that I don't think
23:57you're going to win this?
23:58Yeah.
23:58He even took
23:59less of a percentage
24:00out of my money
24:00for the fight
24:02he thought
24:02I was going to lose.
24:04How does that feel
24:05when people you love
24:07don't believe in you?
24:08It's just
24:08he thinks
24:09I'm going to lose
24:09okay.
24:10You're just another
24:10person I'm going
24:11to prove wrong.
24:12You win.
24:13So then
24:14the money starts
24:14rolling in.
24:16How did that feel?
24:17I don't know.
24:18Did you check
24:19your cash point?
24:20Yeah, I went
24:20to the bank machine.
24:21Did you?
24:21I remember
24:22looking at the
24:23cash machine
24:23thinking
24:24I can't believe
24:25I've done that.
24:26You're a multi-millionaire.
24:29Can't believe
24:30that's in my bank.
24:31This is
24:31life changing money.
24:33Yeah.
24:34I'm thinking
24:34if I look after
24:36this right
24:36that's all
24:37of us safe forever.
24:38I think
24:39just seeing him
24:40in this environment
24:41was really interesting.
24:43I feel like
24:43he's a big softy
24:45if I'm honest with you.
24:46He's got a big heart
24:47lovely man.
24:48Yes he had a lot
24:49of anger
24:49back in the day
24:51and he did all the
24:51boxing and everything
24:52but really and truly
24:53he was doing it
24:54all for his family.
24:56Tony's next fight
24:57came against
24:58Oleksandr Usyk.
25:00Eventually losing
25:01to an 8th round
25:02knockout.
25:03After this
25:03disastrous defeat
25:05he threw in the towel
25:06and retired
25:07from boxing.
25:08But will Tony
25:09ever get back
25:10in the ring?
25:10The last fight
25:11I was actually retired
25:12when I fought
25:13to Oleksandr Usyk.
25:15You came out
25:15of retirement?
25:16Yeah.
25:16Are you okay mate?
25:17No no.
25:19You're not going
25:19to do that again
25:20though are you?
25:21Hopefully not no.
25:22No you're not
25:22going to do that
25:23again are you?
25:24Not that hopefully
25:25word.
25:26Just say no.
25:27No.
25:27Yeah but you
25:29can say no.
25:29You're retired.
25:30Of course I'm
25:31retired but
25:31everyone's got a
25:33price.
25:34Everyone.
25:34Do I want to do it?
25:35No.
25:36Absolutely not.
25:37Yeah and your
25:37hands are hurting
25:38now.
25:38Yeah they're smashed
25:39the bit.
25:39You've got to protect
25:39these little mini
25:40hands do you
25:40know what I mean?
25:41The chances of it
25:42are slim to no.
25:43Yeah.
25:43Well it's not
25:44happening because I'm
25:45literally going to
25:45drag myself in the
25:46ring and say
25:46he's not fighting!
25:48Leave him alone!
25:49He's not fighting!
25:50Not today!
25:51Can I just take
25:59this moment in
26:00joy?
26:01This moment with
26:01you?
26:03Here at
26:03Everton Park.
26:05Goodison Park.
26:07Oh that's the one.
26:08Goodison Park.
26:11My weekend's
26:12almost over and
26:14it's been lovely
26:15getting to know
26:15Tony and Rachel
26:16but there's no way
26:18I'm going back to
26:18that building site.
26:19so I've arranged
26:20a much needed
26:21date night.
26:24But surprise!
26:25This is nice isn't
26:26it?
26:26Date night.
26:28I'm going to be the
26:29ultimate third wheel.
26:30I know I'm hearing
26:31everything but just
26:32pretend that I'm not.
26:33Oh listen the more
26:34the merrier.
26:35I feel like this is
26:36like a David Hay
26:38throuple.
26:39Can be the referee.
26:41Exactly.
26:43Oh thank you so
26:44much.
26:45Oh this is nice
26:46isn't it?
26:48Oh lovely.
26:49There you go.
26:50Enjoy guys.
26:53Oh thank you.
26:54Are you glad that I
26:55got Chinese because
26:56it's my favourite
26:56food.
26:58Can I just say
26:58I've had the best
26:59side ever.
27:01You need to come
27:01more often.
27:03I feel like
27:04I feel like I'm a
27:06councillor.
27:07Do you know what?
27:09I've just loved
27:10having the female
27:10company.
27:11Have you?
27:12You need it more
27:13often.
27:13Can we just do it
27:14like once a month?
27:15Of course.
27:16You come to me
27:17I've had a blast
27:21with Tony and
27:22Rachel.
27:23Cheers.
27:23Thank you very much.
27:24I've loved having you.
27:25But before I go
27:26I've got a big
27:27surprise for them.
27:28Follow me.
27:29Come on.
27:30Come on.
27:31Chop chop.
27:34Ta-da!
27:34I've got your own
27:36ice cream.
27:37It's your own
27:37ice cream bag.
27:38Come on.
27:39Oh my lord.
27:41What do you want
27:41Babs?
27:42I'll have a 99
27:43please.
27:45Thank you very much.
27:46Oh look at that.
27:47That looks really
27:48naughty.
27:48I will have just a
27:50single with a flake.
27:51So lovely to meet
27:56you.
27:57Get in your van
27:58because I've got to
27:58go back to Birmingham.
27:58Oh I will.
27:59Don't you worry about that.
28:00Get in.
28:01Get in.
28:01You get back to Birmingham.
28:02I will.
28:02Toodaloo.
28:03So you have some
28:04alone time.
28:06Enjoy guys.
28:07Live a happy life.
28:09See you later.
28:11Bye.
28:12Honestly they are
28:13the nicest couple
28:14ever.
28:16Oh my god.
28:17I'm living the dream.
28:18It's rare to see
28:19someone who's
28:21you know come from
28:22a tough life
28:23let's be honest
28:24seeing them work
28:25their way up
28:26and then becoming
28:27a complete success
28:29champion of the world
28:30and still being
28:32so humble
28:33that's quite rare
28:34and although
28:35they've got everything
28:36they've got the big
28:37house they've got
28:38the money
28:38they've got the fame
28:39ultimately
28:40they're just normal
28:41people
28:41and that for me
28:43it's just made
28:45my big weekend.
28:46I want to just eat
28:47the ice cream
28:47I don't want to
28:48work
28:48I'm an ice cream
28:49you can't
28:51shine
28:52through your
28:53poison
28:53wants
28:54shoot
28:55another
28:56shout
28:56just
28:57stop
28:57the feeling
28:58you
28:59can change
29:00just
29:01the way
29:01you
29:02are
29:03make
29:03an excuse
29:04the stupid
29:06reason
29:07to put
29:07you
29:08can
29:08shine
29:09through your
29:09poison
29:10wants
29:11shoot
29:11another
29:12shot
29:13just
29:13stop
29:14the
29:14feeling
29:15you
29:16can
29:16change
29:17Just the way you are
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