Director Danny Boyle drops in for a round on the pads

[bluenoseshf]

Oscar winning director Danny Boyle today took part in a charity world record attempt completing a round on the pads with boxing coach Bradley Walsh at the Holyrood Boxing Club in Edinburgh. Bradley is attempting to set a world record of 24 hours on the pads to raise money for Edinburgh children's charity's.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yout ... dh8CGaH6TA

People can still donate at:
http://www.pads4charity.com

[Emmseegee]

24 hours filled with 3 min rounds with minute interval breaks or 24 hours with no breaks? lol

[bluenoseshf]

24 hours filled with 3 min rounds with minute interval breaks or 24 hours with no breaks? lol

3 minute rounds with 1 minute breaks. Needs time to eat/piss etc.

The writer Irvine Welsh dropped in for a round as well. Both really nice guys.

[Emmseegee]

So in total he gets 6 hours off?
Part timer. Lol.

Kiddin on mate, hope it all goes smoothly. Good luck

[TerribleTerry]

Bradley was featured in an episode of one of those Danny Dyer 'hard b@stard' documentaries wasn't he?

Featured him training at the Holyrood gym

Good luck with the fund raiser!

[DMA1987]

How is it going?

[misterpunch]

its great for danny boyle to drop in - and he should do well on the pads as we've seen what a tough nut he is on eastenders

[bluenoseshf]

How is it going?

Just finished 360 rounds of pads taken. Raised over £22,000 for children's charities in edinburgh

[misterpunch]

[TerribleTerry]

its great for danny boyle to drop in - and he should do well on the pads as we've seen what a tough nut he is on eastenders

Dyer or Boyle??

[handsofstone]

How is it going?

Just finished 360 rounds of pads taken. Raised over £22,000 for children's charities in edinburgh

[Emmseegee]

Thats a fair lump of cash. Well done to everyone involved.

[Sklar]

Well done to all.

[DMA1987]

How is it going?

Just finished 360 rounds of pads taken. Raised over £22,000 for children's charities in edinburgh

Thats awesome mate.

[billy nelson]

Great effort from bradley and his gym you should all be proud of yourselves

[bluenoseshf]

Great effort from bradley and his gym you should all be proud of yourselves

Cheers Billy, it was a great effort from everyone in the gym all worth it for the cause.

Heres a bit of a write up:

http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/n ... -1-3386855

[stevieb_8006]

I don't know if any of you have read Glue by Irvine Welsh but I thought he nailed the character of the stern Scottish boxer perfectly. And the training as well, describing the hill sprints etc. Its a book far superior to trainspotting IMO.

[whiskey]

Effin nora

£22,000 ?

That's a tremendous result. Well done and a great new record.

[bluenoseshf]

Effin nora

£22,000 ?

That's a tremendous result. Well done and a great new record.

and counting, think it could be about £25,000 just now. Hard to gauge as about £10,000 is offline on sponsor forms etc

[misterpunch]

its great for danny boyle to drop in - and he should do well on the pads as we've seen what a tough nut he is on eastenders

Dyer or Boyle??

er...aint they the same bloke?

[Lenny]

its great for danny boyle to drop in - and he should do well on the pads as we've seen what a tough nut he is on eastenders

Dyer or Boyle??

er...aint they the same bloke?

Nope, Danny Baker is also somebody different

[misterpunch]

Dyer or Boyle??[/quote]

er...aint they the same bloke?[/quote]

Nope, Danny Baker is also somebody different[/quote]

now you're pulling MY leg