E156: Tony Bellew: Nothing Made Me Happy Until I Found This
Tony Bellew is a professional boxer and a former British, Commonwealth and World Champion. As well as this, he is also an actor, and the star of Creed with Sylvester Stallone, and the author of last year's bestselling book, Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face. In this raw, honest and emotional interview, Tony breaks down exactly why people dedicate their life to fighting, and how it’s often because they have no other choice. But also because it comes to fill a need inside of them, and Tony opens up on what this inner need can do to you if you leave it unchecked. Many times, Tony has had to bring his life back from the brink - of poverty, bullying, defeats, and his own emotional instincts. His story is a fascinating example of how it’s often things we’re good at that cause us the most trouble, but when we face that honestly we can come through stronger the other side. Topics: What are the most pivotal moments of your childhood? Racism & its impact on you Your relationship with your father & his prison years Street life & lack of role models The death of your first trainer & his prediction of your success Becoming a world champion How much boxers actually make Chimp Paradox Dealing with grief & depression How to deal with hard moments Our last guest's question Tony: https://www.instagram.com/tonybellew/?hl=en https://twitter.com/TonyBellew/ Tony’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everybody-Plan-Until-They-Punched/dp/1841884707 Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/diaryofaceo Sponsors: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices