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Sinner and Saint is the inspirational story of Martin Murray, St Helens' flawed yet favourite son. A promising amateur teenage boxer, Murray was drawn into a life fuelled with drugs, alcohol and street fighting. By the age of 24, he had completed four jail sentences, one of them in a notorious Cypriot prison. He still managed to win the ABA welterweight title in 2004 - while on the run! The reintroduction of boxing back into his life and a settled family life proved to be his saviour. Turning pro in 2007, Murray went on to win the Commonwealth and British middleweight titles, and challenged for the world title on no fewer than four occasions. Murray pulls no punches as he recounts his story in the most intimate and vivid way - a rollercoaster life ultimately redeemed through his success in boxing.

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Publié par	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	01 septembre 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781785314209
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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First published by Pitch Publishing, 2018
Pitch Publishing
A2 Yeoman Gate
Yeoman Way
Durrington
BN13 3QZ
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk
Martin Murray and Paul Zanon, 2018
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CONTENTS
Too Many To Mention
Introduction
Foreword: The Epitome Of A Man
Prologue: Banged Up Abroad
1. Childhood Robbery
2. Chizzy
3. Fish And Chips
4. Wheeler Dealer
5. Go Shorty
6. Barmy Army
7. Old Fart
8. Dead Lucky
9. Bad Trip
10. Holiday Wreck
11. Copping It
12. All Saints
13. Regret
14. Chicken Run
15. Fight Club
16. Most Wanted
17. International Call
18. F Wing
19. Double Blow
20. A Proper Gem
21. Costly Text
22. Mayhem In Malia
23. Prison Break
24. Serious Business
25. New Chapter
26. Bundle Of Joy
27. Eye On The Prize
28. Belting Win
29. Best Of British
30. Show Business
31. Hitched-Hike
32. Personal Pride
33. Argy-Bargy
34. Special Agent
35. Precky s Legacy
36. Road Block
37. Done Deal
38. Monte Carlo Or Bust
39. Gggruelling Preparations
40. Golovkin
41. Down-Time
42. King Arthur
43. A Valuable Lesson
44. Running On Empty
45. Ray Of Light
46. Here We Go Again
47. Life Lessons
DEDICATED TO
My amazing children Archie, Amelia and Aisla. You make me so proud and everything I do, I do it for you. Thanks for being my inspiration. You re my absolute world and I love you more than you ll ever know. xxx
Mum and Dad. Thanks for the great memories growing up and standing by me in the lowest points in my life. I ll never be able to repay you but I just hope you understand how much I appreciate what you ve done for me and how much I love you. xxx
To my beautiful wife and best friend Gemma. Thanks for giving me the life I could only have dreamt of and for always being by my side. But most of all, thanks for being you. I love you so much.
As long as we ve got each other, we ve got it all.
xxx
TOO MANY TO MENTION
A BIG thanks to everyone who took the time to share some stories about my mad life. Special thanks to my Father Buller Greenhalgh, my incredible parents Dek and Carol, my sister Katie, and my brothers Danny and Ricky.
Thanks to Ian Robinson (Robbo), Bernard Platt, Frank Martin, Mark Robinson, Sergio Maravilla Martinez, Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin, Liz Dickenson, Pete Dickenson, Stu McCulloch, Ian Zapper Roberts, Jonny Fear, Alex Matvienko, Jimmy Williams, Ricky Murray, my beautiful wife Gemma Murray, Nathan Brough, Mike Glynn (Glynny), Alan Burke (Burky), Luca Rosi for great editing, David Price (Pricey), John Hassall, Mark Bitcon (Bittaz), Andy Pinkerton (Pinky), Martin Blondel (Steve Prescott Foundation), Tony Bellew, Tony Dodson, Peter Eden (Mill Green School), Ian Moore (Mozez), John Wilson (Willo), Craig Lyon (The General), Ian Davies, Craig Lyon (The boxer), Dean Hillman, Mick Farrell, Stuart Bamford (Digger), Lee Prior, Oliver Harrison, Paul Brown (Brownie), David Garvey, Mark Picton (Picko), Mick Farrell, Rodney Berman, Jamie Moore, Andy Mikhail, Carl Davis (Davo), Ant O Neill, Steve No Brakes Howell, Derry Mathews, Sean Green, Daniel Sharkey, John Lyon, Kevin Bacon, Johnney Roye, Jimmy Christian, Dave Sands (Sandsy), Steve Larrisey (Stav), Darren Chisnall, Paul McCracken, Nav Mansouri, Rocky Fielding, Phil Roberts (Butty), Dennis Victor Meldrew Foster, Alex Hagen, Carol Thompson.
Thanks to my management team MTK, especially Daniel, Anto and Matt.
I d also like to give a special mention to my physios, Pinky, Rob Harris, Doug Jones, Darren Roberts and Nathan Mills (Millsy) for taking care of me and a big thanks to Mike Hayton for always looking after my hands. Thanks also to Dr Chris Brooks (Brooksi) for always giving me excellent advice.
A big thanks to all my sponsors who ve helped me along the way for having the faith to invest in me.
The Barmy Army. There s literally not enough space to thank you all, but I need to say this. You re a cracking bunch of people who ve always made a good impression. Some of you I ve never even met, but that doesn t mean to say I m not appreciative of you. Together, you are my support in that ring and no matter what the result or where I go, you ve always got my back. When I stop boxing, hopefully we can all stay in touch. By that time, I hope there will be some new up-and-coming fighters from St Helens who we can all go and support and then I can become a member of the Barmy Army myself.
A few words about my ghostwriter, Paul Zanon. Even when going through episodes of my life I would have rather forgotten, you ve made writing this book so enjoyable and put a positive spin on it. Thanks for not judging me and for being someone I now call a friend. x
There s a long list of people who are not mentioned above who I want to say thank you to. You ve supported me when I was down, in trouble and in my success. You know who you are and I ll never forget you.
Last but certainly not least, I need to mention a man who has been through blood, sweat and tears with me in the boxing ring. I ll never forget the buzz of Oliver s gym. The likes of Jamie Moore, Amir Khan and Alex Matvienko training in there and Oliver Harrison s brother Humphrey making sure we didn t cut any corners. But there was one man in there who made it something special: Oliver himself. I have so much love and respect for this man.
At the time of writing this book, he was seriously ill and we nearly lost him at one point. He showed me what being in a real fight is all about. He represents everything a fighter is. I just want to say thank you for all your time and commitment over the past ten years. There s been some highs and lows, we ve travelled the world together and shared some incredible experiences. What a journey it s been.
#MemoriesForLife
INTRODUCTION
7 May 2016 - Manchester Arena Martin Murray v Cedric Spera
D OUBLE jab, right hand, left hook to the body. One, two, three, four.
Bam, bam, bam, crack.
And again.
With 30 minutes to go before the first bell, these were the sounds of Oliver Harrison and Martin Murray warming up.
After a lively pad session, Martin took his gloves off and passed them to long-term friend Andy Mikhail to stretch them out one last time. Oliver turned to Martin and said in his calm voice, Shadow box Martin. Nice and easy. As Martin started to occupy most of the floor space in the changing room going through various drills behind the jab, he looked down at Andy s son s friend, who was about seven and staring at Martin in awe. Martin stopped throwing punches, knelt down in front of the lad and said, Your laces are undone. Let s do them up, otherwise you could trip over. Andy took a photo, then turned to me and said, That will be one for that lad s scrapbook when he gets older.
After a two-round demolition of Spera, Martin conducted an interview with IFL TV. After a few questions about the fight, Martin was asked by interviewer James Helder, Are you going to hang around and watch Crolla? No. I wish him all the luck, he s a top lad, but I m going to shoot off home with the family, Martin replied.
That kind of sums up Martin Murray. Family comes first and his passion for boxing is a close second. But there was a time when neither played a part in his life and living beyond his 20s was something he believed would never happen. Sinner and Saint has allowed me to shine a torch into some of the darker parts of his life, but also details the immense effort he has put into turning his chaos into a life lesson for all. The book goes from 0-60 fast. Really fast. Hold on, it s a bumpy ride.
Paul Zanon January 2018
NB: Martin s book doesn t always tick the editing style guide. For example, one minute he might say Our Archie , then next line simply Arch . That s how Martin speaks and he wanted the dialogue to sound as close to his real voice as possible. I hope you have as much pleasure walking in Martin s shoes for the next 46 chapters as I did. He s an upstanding man who has certainly been an inspiration to me.
FOREWORD
The Epitome Of A Man
T HE LAST time I sparred as a professional was in preparation for my fight against Sergey Khomitsky in 2010. Leading up to it, my training had gone well and although I had a few pounds to shed I was in good condition. The only problem was that I hadn t sparred hard for 12 months because my brain scans had come back with reported movement. Although I was deemed fit to fight and had been cleared by the doctors and the British Boxing Board of Control, I didn t want to overdo it unnecessarily, just to keep the mileage on the clock down.
Khomitsky was a notoriously tough nut and as fight day approached my trainer Oliver Harrison said, We re going to have to get at least one hard spar before this fight. Instead of doing sprints on Friday, you and Martin can spar and I ll close the doors so no one else is here.
Martin had boxed Khomitsky, so had a valuable insight. That Friday, Oliver reminded us of what he wanted. Over the previous 12 months or so, nearly all the sparring we had done together had been more technical and I d underestimated how much Martin had come on during that time.
We did six rounds, and I mean six proper rounds. We tore lumps out of each other. In many of the previous sessions, because of my style, Marti