Tony Bellew is Angry

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Ex-boxing world champ Tony Bellew talks to different people about what makes them angry.

Tony Bellew is angry, and he can't take it out in the boxing ring anymore. So, he's going toe-to-toe with a guest to find out what makes them angry and how they deal with it.

Tony Bellew is the world champion boxer who beat David Haye twice in front of an audience of millions. He's known to a generation of film fans as Ricky Conlan, the villain in the Rocky reboot Creed. He's an Everton-supporting dad of four boys who loves stand-up comedy.

But Tony Bellew is also angry. Quite a lot. When you're a boxer that's no bad thing, but now he's not punching people for a living he's wondering what to do when the red mist comes down.

In this podcast, Tony gets together with different guests to talk about times in their lives when they've been really angry. They could be life-changing pivotal moments or the day-to-day stuff that gets us all riled. Tony finds out how they have dealt with it, what they've learnt and see if along the way he can get some tips on dealing with his own anger. Expect tears, laughter, anger (obviously) and some stories from his guests that you won't have heard before!

Tony Bellew Is Angry: Jamie Carragher

Jamie Carragher

BBC Radio 5 Live - Tony Bellew Is Angry, Jamie Carragher

Tony goes toe-to-toe with mate, pundit, football legend and Scouse rival Jamie Carragher.

Tony swallows his pride to let Liverpool legend (and good mate) Jamie Carragher on the show as they go toe-to-toe to chat all things anger.

Everton fan Tony swallows his pride to let Liverpool legend, pundit and good mate Jamie Carragher on the show.   

As they sit down to chat all things anger, Carra reveals some of his earliest frustrations as a kid came from being way better at football than the rest of the kids at school.  He wanted to win so badly he would get sent off for speaking too harshly to the ref or his team mates.  That drive and determination to win took him right through his long career at Liverpool FC.  However, he admits that playing for the team where he grew up added untold pressures, his competitiveness was too much for his fellow players and it eventually led him to consult a sports psychologist.  

As well as offering incredible insight into his career, Jamie reveals some of the locker room punch-ups he witnessed over the years, tells Tony which manager wound him up the most and how he feels footballers have gone soft.  He even tells all about what winds him up as a pundit. 

P.S. Don't mention Gary Neville!

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