Stu Armstrong

Boxer Stu Armstrong

Boxer is the story 'Micky Tyson', Christened 'Michael' by his father after his hero 'Iron' Mike Tyson. Micky the oldest of four children takes it harder than the others when his father, an unlicensed boxer who had what it takes to turn pro but never did, was killed tragically by a hit and run driver when Micky was only Ten. We pick up the story when Micky turns fifteen, still struggling to cope with the loss of his Dad, by accident stumbles across his fathers old boxing gym, that he visited many times up until his Dads untimely death. Will Micky have the courage to face his demons and ghosts and enter the boxing gym? Will he follow his father into pugilism?Will he seek vengeance on his fathers Killers?This is boxer, this is Micky Tyson's story over a ten year period, set in a very real and gritty backdrop of unlicensed boxing in the working class North East of England. This is the first venture into fiction writing for the author of 'The Diaries of a Doorman' series of books Stu Armstrong. Stu has been running his own successful media company, 'Stu Armstrong Media' for a number of years which places Stu at the very heart of boxing at all levels, from Bare Knuckle, Unlicenced and now Pro Boxing. With Foreword by former Cruiserweight Champion of the Word, and TV Boxing Commentator and Pundit, Glenn McCrory'This is BOXER'