In the newest episode of the reality series, the featherweight champion told the camp about his life training to become a boxer after Coleen Rooney shared that she was inspired by her father to get her sons into the sport. “My dad had us, me and my two brothers sparring each other when we were younger. He used to get us in the living room, we’ve got it all on video.
I was Big Betty, my brother’s called Jo and he was Little Josie, and we used to have a ring walk,” she said. Barry then revealed that he had a plastic nose as a result of boxing: “When I had it broken it was flat, so they just took the bone out and replaced it with plastic.” McFly’s Danny Jones then asked Barry the best way to train for body shots which led to the boxer giving him a one on one demo when he asked him to tense his stomach and lightly punched Danny – who immediately yelled out in pain and clutched his stomach.
When Danny returned the favour, Barry commanded him to hit harder as Danny landed five punches chest on the former world champ. The singer later told the Bush Telegraph he was pleased with his training: “Today my life was made, because Barry McGuigan let me hit him in the stomach. I hit him really hard and it was solid, it was like hitting a brick wall.
” Elsewhere in camp, after his eight stars win alongside Danny in the latest Bushtucker Trial, Maura, Richard and new recruit Dean headed back to the Jungle Junkyard. Maura and Richard kept up their acting – feigning they wo.
