Lee

Promoter Lee joined the fray on Tuesday. We taped his training session with Paul and introduced ourselves. I found him very open and talkative so we put my initial interview on camera.
His love of the sport is apparent immediately. He tells us about how he got into boxing and from this it's clear he thinks of very little else. Certainly his passion borders on the obsessive. He seems to live entirely in the present as it seems every turn he has taken, every string he has added is almost completely by accident. When I ask him what the future holds its obvious he hasn't given it a thought and is not about to start now. Everything is secondary to the sport, he walks and talks it.
He explains that he started organising the white collar and EBF shows here in Leeds as a way to showcase local talent. He's a firm believer in the adage, "if you want something done right, do it yourself". This attitude means he wears many hats (all related to boxing of course!) As promoter he's a tenacious negotiator, as trainer he's stern and inspiring in equal measure, as professional boxer he's both humble and philosophical. His enthusiasm is infectious as evidenced by the wide eyed boys who troop in when we've finished. Teens and younger they clearly idolise him.
Without such a strong personality I am convinced the shows would have no chance of success. The popularity of the bouts he has done so far is testament to the single minded determination of a man with no ambition other than to further the cause of his beloved sport.