Eamonn Magee: The boxer whose most fearsome fights were outside the ring

In an exclusive extract from The Lost Soul of Eamonn Magee, author Paul D. Gibson charts his opening exchanges with the Belfast boxer who's been shot twice, kidnapped, and exiled out of the country during a career which saw him become world champion.

In an exclusive extract from The Lost Soul of Eamonn Magee, author Paul D. Gibson charts his opening exchanges with the Belfast boxer whose most fearsome fights were outside the ring.

COLOURFUL CHARACTER: Eamonn Magee describes himself as a natural, clever fighter and says his life has been ‘great craic’. Picture: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images