MILES ON THE CLOCK
scottycardle This created all sorts of questions in my head before I answered: ‘Do I sound punchy to him?’ ‘Am I slurring my words as I speak to him?’ ‘What the f**k is he getting at? But I had to just be real. Yes. I do think it has effected (sic) me.
OCTOBER 11
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FORMER British lightweight champion, Scott Cardle, 23-3-1 (7), has been keeping a relatively low profile since suffering his final defeat to Ricky Burns, a painful loss (rsf 3) back in November 2018. After that crushing evening in Manchester, he’d returned to long-time trainer and friend, Joe Gallagher, investing time in what he hoped would be a poignant last hurrah, a farewell to those raucous fans who’d followed him and celebrated his success.
Cardle poured every ounce of himself into those sessions, trying to recapture the exciting form that had made him something of a household name on Matchroom Boxing’s Sky Sports shows, but when his daughter was born, boxing relinquished its grasp, releasing the Lytham St Annes native’s obsession with the sport, and allowing him to excel in his new role.
When talking to , Cardle knew that this was life now, where other fighters cut lonely figures, pondering a frantic, last roll of the dice, gambling this week’s wages in the
