This week we are joined by Belfast Busking sensation, John Garrity. He tells us about his humble beginning in rural Fermanagh. Growing up surrounded by music and how a school teacher helped him build his confidence to perform.

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This week, the lads answer questions from the viewers. They talk about how they first got started in the Oliver Plunkett boxing club.

Tommy discusses his most challenging experience as a young amateur, highlighting how tough it was for him to get to the gym.

They answer what their most brutal fights were as professional boxers. They discuss the devastating feeling of loss and how hard it is to bounce back. They discuss the challenges of making money in the sport during the early stages of your career.

Tyrone talks about his brief retirement. Why he made the decision to hang up the gloves, and why he ultimately decided to come back. They talk about becoming fathers during their careers. It made them work harder because now they have mouths to feed. The support of their wives is essential, and they back them throughout their careers, both amateur and professional. Tyrone talks about starting his professional career in America while his wife was pregnant with their first child.

Tyrone talks about how he started being mental in interviews and on social media to build his profile to get more fights, and it was a successful plan.And the lads give advice to young boxers coming up through the ranks. This is a great episode that provides viewers with a real insight into the life of fighters.

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This week, the lads talk about Tommy playing in the Tea With Me FC v Premiership Legends match. Tyrone paid for a ticket to go and watch, but felt like Tommy should have gotten him sorted with a free one, as he always sorts Tommy with free tickets to his events. 

  They talk about the 2 weeks of good weather that Belfast got and how the place goes mad every time the sun comes out. 

The lads went out day drinking in the good weather, which resulted in Tyrone booking into get a tattoo while steaming drunk. He was so drunk that he forgot he had made the booking until the tattoo artist texted him to confirm the appointment. 

 Tyrone says he feels like Tommy has stopped inviting him to hang out and believes Tommy wants to keep him separate from his black friends. Tommy says Tyrone used to go out every week without him, so it’s a case of what goes around comes around. 

 Tyrone blames his ADHD for not checking his emails, and Tommy talks about being an ally of the Irish traveller community. 

 This is another hilarious episode with the two best friends.

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This week, we are joined by one of our first guests on the show, Tom Smyth. He explains the details of the dream mentoring program and what you can gain from it. The importance of writing down your goals. He has been writing his goals and journaling for years.

He tells us how he wrote his goal of being an actor into existence. After writing it a few years ago, he got a role in a Terry Stone movie.

Additionally, he has now ventured into the furniture business and is making international deals worth millions of dollars.

He calls out Tommy about his goals and questions whether he is taking the massive action to make them come true. Tommy asks him why he always flies private instead of first class.

He talks about the struggle of always being on the grind whilst trying to be present for his family. He then goes on his journey of sobriety. He says nothing good comes from alcohol.

He also mentions going bankrupt a few times and how he bounced back each time.

It’s great to have Tom on the pod, and it gives us an insight into the life of a successful businessman.

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This week, we are joined by upcoming Belfast rapper Durt Burd. He tells us how he got his name, why he wears a mask, and what inspired him to get into the rap game.

This is an intriguing listen about a young Belfast MC trying to make it.

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Tommy and Tyrone answer questions sent in by the viewers.

They answer how they first became friends. How they bicker all the time. How the podcast came about and who they think is the better podcaster. Tyrone talks about the fear he has of over sharing on episodes.

They talk about how hard it is to do a podcast and think that their Belfast accents is what is stopping them from going global.

They talk about their big vision for the show and Tommys dream guest for the podcast is Snoop Dogg.

The pair talk about the hardest spar they have had. The anxiety they both go through on fight week and the silly superstitions that fighters have.

A brilliant insight into the background story of your two hosts.

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Michael talks about his unlikely journey to becoming a scientist. He talks about going to St Mary’s Grammar School but failing chemistry. He repeats his A levels and goes on to university, but in a random twist of events, he decides to become a priest.

After the first two years of his priesthood study, his superiors questioned whether he was certain about being a priest and advised him to take a year to think it through. The priests said they sensed that he wanted to get married, so they advised him to go on dates.

During this year, he met the woman he would eventually marry. After deciding that he wasn’t going to be a priest, he began to apply for jobs but had no luck. Then one day out of the blue he got an offer to do a PHD in science. He accepted and is now a top scientist working at Queens University. 

 On top of being a scientist, he is also a purple belt in BBJ. He talks about how he got into the sport and getting battered on the first day. After years of going consistently, he is now operating at a high level and competing regularly. 

This is a fascinating story of twists and turns about a young scientist from West Belfast.

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This week the lads reminisce about being teenagers and summers gone by from Tyrone being a firebug to Tommy smoking paper.

They both talk about their first time getting drunk and coincidentally it was on separate boxing trips. However, they never drank as teenagers when they were at home and were never peer pressured into doing it along with their friends. 

They talk about how the hoods used to joyride in stolen cars every night and the daddy’s in the street used to go out and throw bricks at them.

They also talk about how the police jeeps used to get attacked every time they came into the district and how it seemed to just stop all of a sudden. 

  This is a great trip down memory lane that you’re sure to enjoy.

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John Hutchinson joins us to talks about his humble beginnings in Donegal. Leaving school at 13 to work on building sites with his family. Then he starting boxing late but going all in with it.

He tells about travelling everyday on the bus from Donegal to Belfast to train. Eventually he made the move to the pro ranks and headed down under to Australia to purse his career.

His boxing career took him around the world and while training in Thailand he unwittingly began to train MMA fighters whilst still being an active fighter himself. His first fighter won a world title which has had a snowball effect, making him one of the most sought after trainers in MMA. 

 Currently, John is taking a break from coaching fighters and is thinking of opening his own gym to train professional boxers. His long term goal is to train a local boxer and get them to the world championship. 

This conversation is a brilliant insight into the transition from fighter to coach.

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