010. Michael “The Problem” McKinson – WBO Global Welterweight Champion & Undefeated Professional Boxer
Episode description
We have a very special podcast for you this week. Michael McKinson is a professional boxer with a 20-0 record, but (up until 2021) he has (he feels) been overlooked for his big break. We spoke with Mikey just days before it was announced that he has been signed to a 3-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. This came off the back of his biggest win to date, when Mikey beat Chris Kongo to land the WBO Global Welterweight title in the Sky Sports Box Office event in Gibraltar.
Mindset / Success Habit themes:
Mikey talks to us about:
- how he feels he has a point to prove and why this drives him forward.
- Seeing his recent success as day 1 platform, by no means the end result.
- Keeping head down and focussed when all around you is the glitz and glamour.
- Product of your environment and the importance of your social circle picking you up and driving you.
- The importance of doing something you enjoy.
- Training and dieting.
- The mental training not just the physical.
- And why being a role model for his daughter is his biggest inspiration.
There is so much to learn from this impressive young man and so much more to come. One of the most telling moments of the interview is when he recalls winning a fight, but treating it as a defeat because he knew deep down he hadn’t prepared at all well. This is the sign of a born winner, and we look forward to staying in touch with Mikey and seeing how his career develops with the support and promotional pulling power of Matchroom.
Amongst all of the excellent lessons contained within, brace yourself for a story about a stag do in Vegas!
Enjoy the show!
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