{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60d8c6cce03470001901eb59/60e6257d3962a80012fc7071?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Tony Borg","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60d8c6cce03470001901eb59/1625694915679-40abf825ef7d3c295e35c33b6388ce26.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Tony Borg is a former Welsh champ turned professional boxing coach, helping to change the lives of amateur boxers from Wales. Tony has made boxing his life's work, from the age of 7 he has always been a bit of a scrapper, encouraged by his late grandfather who often coxed Tony into \"having a scrap\" and often enjoyed hearing all about it. Tony is a well know character in Cardiff and Newport, as part of the illustrious doorman scene going back to the late eighties. He has had two biography's written about his journey in the ring and life outside, sharing his love and gratitude for his late mother Megan, who sadly passed away when Tony was only 17 years old. That day Tony lost his no1 fan and biggest cheerleader, in this conversation, he talks about how the biggest challenger defending Tony's corner was his mother, Megan and no-one has come close since. </p><p><br></p><p>RIP Aunty Megan, Thank you for your boy. X</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>With a career that has spanned three decades in and out of the ring, Tony Borg’s life was previously told in biography</strong>&nbsp;<strong><em>Megan’s Boy</em>. Now his career is being told in new book,</strong>&nbsp;<strong><em>Borg Boxing</em>.</strong></p><p>HIS tireless community efforts and success in and out of the ring have made Cardiff-born Tony Borg a much-loved figure in the boxing world and his local community.</p><p>He has dedicated the latter part of his life inside the ring training a whole host of amateur and professional boxers to Olympic and Commonwealth medals and a range of titles including Welsh, British, European, Commonwealth and World champions.</p>","author_name":"The BOMB/Media"}