The Piranha's Next Bite
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What is Ryan Garner's upcoming fight about?
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Classic Bam of Antonio Vargas in Arizona. Now, all fun events in their very own way. But I'm going to concentrate on a fairy tale on the south coast. Ryan Garner fighting in his beloved St. Mary's, a stadium fight in June. That's a dream. That's on Saturday night against Italy's Michael Magnesi. Now it's for the WBC Interim Super Featherweight title. It's a real fight, a dream fight. All part of boxing's very rich and often absurd tapestry. Who invents these weekends? I'm Steve Bunce and this is 5 Live Boxing.
Ryan, I like this gym. It was hard to find, but it's okay. It was hard to find. The taxi drivers weren't sure. The first thing that struck me, Ryan, is that you're going to be fighting outdoors at your beloved Southampton ground. And the ground is no more than 100 metres from where we're sitting. Yeah. I mean, do you wander past it every day? Can you ever drive past it and not look at it?
Nah, to be fair, every day normally, well, recently, when we finish training, we normally go over to the Dell, which is joint to the stadium, for lunch anyway. So we're always at the stadium pretty much every day at the moment. And like I said, driving past it on the way home, just seeing it every day, mate, it's still surreal.
Because Josh Warrington, before he had his big fights, when he actually fought, obviously, at Elephant Road, massive Leeds fan, he used to drive past every night after training and just look at it, literally. And he used to say, he used to visualise walking from the changing rooms up the tunnel and across the pitch. Have you got to that stage yet? Have you done that yet?
Have you been out on the pitch? Yeah, I've been out... I think the club have been really, really well. Every time I've won a new title or something, they've got me out on the pitch at half-time. And even, like you say, in the build-up to here, when I went there for the FA Cup quarter-finals, I was walking up there and I was waving the flag with Mark Dennis.
Get in!
Yeah, but that was the best atmosphere I've ever witnessed at St Mary's. They had all the pirates going off. I remember the match, yeah.
I'm an Arsenal fan, so I remember the match.
Yeah, it was a massive game, obviously, playing Arsenal. Yeah. Yeah, it was just, that was a, so that just, in the back of my head, I was like, oh, I hope, I hope, I hope when I fight her June 20th, it's going to be the same atmosphere.
Now, one thing strikes me there, that's brilliant what you just said, but that can drain you a little bit as well, the adrenaline, you're walking out, the crowd's going mad. Have you thought about that? Because, listen, you've had some big fights, don't get me wrong, you know, the British title fight, and a couple of other fights that have been, you've had to win them to carry on with your career more than that in a second, but... What do you think it will be like on the night? Because you won't be carrying a flag. You won't be walking out of the pitch. Everyone there will be there for you.
Yeah, obviously, as you said, there's going to be a lot, lot more pressure. We'll just see what it's going to be like on the night. At the moment, I haven't really thought about it as much. I haven't really dwelled on it too much. So I've just been training hard, staying focused.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Ryan Garner's upcoming fight about?
0:00–5:14
2
How has Ryan Garner's journey shaped his boxing career?
5:14–9:52
3
What challenges has Ryan faced throughout his boxing career?
9:52–14:10
4
How does Ryan Garner handle pressure before a fight?
14:10–18:26
5
What does Ryan think about fighting in front of a home crowd?
18:26–22:10
6
How has Ryan's training evolved over the years?
22:10–26:09
7
What role do teammates and coaches play in Ryan's success?
26:09–28:11
8
What does Ryan envision for his future in boxing?
28:11–28:49