Kenny Egan: I Won Olympic Silver, Then Hit Rock Bottom in Two Years

He Won Olympic Silver in Beijing. Two Years Later He Hit
Rock Bottom. Kenny Egan on Winning, Addiction & Finding
Himself Again.





Kenny Egan has one of the greatest stories in Irish sport, a
ten-time senior champion, the only man ever to win ten
consecutive senior titles, and an Olympic silver medallist in
Beijing 2008. But once the gloves came off and the homecoming
faded, Kenny faced a very different fight.


Ryan sits down with Kenny for one of the most honest and
important conversations Made in Chaos has had, about what happens
when the biggest win of your life doesn't fix everything, the
loss of identity that followed, the two-year spiral into
addiction, and the long road into recovery that he now values
more than any medal.


What we get into:


​Growing up one of five brothers in Clondalkin and how boxing
found him

​Losing three All-Ireland finals in a row and nearly quitting
at 13

​The coach who told him he was a "2 out of 10", and how that
rebuilt him

​Gary Keegan drawing a line on the gym floor and changing
Irish boxing forever

​Beijing 2008, five near-flawless fights and an Olympic
silver medal

​Why winning the medal sent him from zero to rock bottom in
two years

​The loss of identity: "Who am I now?"

​Walking away from a 10-year professional contract while in
active addiction

​The night his mam walked into a pub and said "Come home,
son"

​The day he got sober, 12th of August 2010, and never looked
back

​Becoming a psychotherapist and what real purpose looks like
now

​Why his sobriety means more to him than any Olympic medal

​His upcoming charity fight for the Irish Cancer Society in
memory of his late mother



Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from
the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos
exists to platform guests who've turned adversity into
hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.


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