World Champion Pat Clinton: How Billy McNeill Brought Me In To Toughen Up Celtic

Former world champion Pat Clinton joins Frank McAvennie and Simon Houston for a brilliant look back at an extraordinary life in boxing.

The former British, European and WBO world flyweight champion reveals how Celtic legend Billy McNeill brought him into the club to help toughen up his players, and why Pat reckons the current Celtic side could do with some of the same treatment today.

Pat also tells the incredible story of the night he became world champion at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall in 1992. With his fight against Isidro Perez beginning to slip away, Pat was shown a photograph of his late father between rounds. Seeing his dad gave him the inspiration he needed to dig deep, turn the fight around and become a world champion.

He takes us inside that unforgettable night, reflects on his journey from Croy to the Olympics and ultimately the world title, and speaks candidly about the highs, lows and sacrifices that came with a career in the ring.

There’s also plenty of brilliant chat with Frank about how sport has changed, the extraordinary money now available to fighters, Saudi Arabia’s growing influence on boxing and whether some of the fights being made today should really be happening at all.

A cracking conversation with one of Scotland’s genuine world champions. 🥊🏆

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