The Wraps Are Off

14: George "Hithard" Hillyard talks about his career from professional football, to pro boxer, to hot BKB prospect,

Listen on

Episode notes

He talks about how he was destined for a career as a pro footballer but turned to boxing where he was offered a multi-million pound deal by Barry Hearn, and what went wrong, How he came within 6 seconds of breaking Mike Tyson’s fastest KO  on SKY TV, How he fell out with the BBB of Control and was told he would never get a licence to fight again, How he was a talented boxer but a lazy trainer, How he came to fight bare knuckle for BKBtm and his BKB ambitions - and how there is no love lost between him and Jack McLean who he comes toe to toe with at BKB 31 on March 26th at O2 Arena – A fascinating story