I needed four stitches after winning brutal boxing war but my real hero dad still called me a p***y
DANNY QUARTERMAINE won a bloody and brutal war last Saturday – needing four stitches – but his superhero dad still joked he is a ‘p***y’.
The 27-year-old super-featherweight was dropped in the opening round by James Chereji and left with a horribly cut and swollen eye.
But he came through the trenches and rallied to win a unanimous decision – moving him to 12-0 – that impressed almost everyone apart from the main man.
After his battle wounds were stitched up, 1st battalion paratrooper Quartermaine Snr took the hilarious chance to remind his fearless lad who the toughest man around the dinner table will always be.
The Leamington Spa star laughed to SunSport: “I had two stitches in my eyebrow and two in my head and I looked at him and he looked back at me and said ‘p***y’.
“But this is coming from a man who once had 22 stitches right across his forehead, so I have to take it and get on with it.
“But that mentality has always been in me. I was never pushed too hard to do anything.
“I always understood how important it was to give my all, never give up and fight to win.
“My dad never boxed, but he did a lot of martial arts and he was also a doorman for a long time, since the age of 16, going all over the country.
“So I think that fighting mentality has always been there for him and it’s there for me now.”
Boxing is full of some of the world’s toughest blokes but there is still the odd pretender playing the tough guy.
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk proved they’re the real deal in their undisputed duel in May – only for attention-grabbing John Fury to blow his boy’s chance at immortality with laughable corner work.
Thankfully Quartermaine knows his old man – who also bravely served and protected us in the Pathfinder Platoon – is far too honourable to pull a similar stunt.
He told us: “You won’t ever see him jumping up and celebrating, never. For my dad it’s a case of ‘job done’.
“He won’t go down the John Fury route, he’s far too quiet. He taught me to stay quiet and take everything in, then react if you have to.
“Dad’s definitely not getting up and getting involved in anything, I am pretty sure he’s seen enough p***heads in his lifetime on doors to avoid all that.
“I’d never find him in my corner talking over my coach, I’d more likely look over the ropes and see him throwing people out for free!”
Role at Aston Martin
Despite his father being a real-life James Bond, Quartermaine walked out on 007’s favourite supercar firm Aston Martin when they tried to cut into his training time.
A steady 9-5 with one of the most glamorous motor companies on the planet was not enough to stop the proud Midlands lad trying to make himself a local legend and secure his family’s future.
The handsome fighter explained: “I have been full time for almost three years now, thanks so much to my sponsors.
“Before that I had all sorts of jobs, just to work around my training. People thought I was mad to leave Aston Martin, such a prestigious company, but they moved into shift work and that meant I had to leave because I have always known I want to be a boxer and everything else has to revolve around that.
“I want to create a bit of a legacy. I would love in years to come, if someone says ‘Danny Quartermaine’ in a pub or gym, I would love someone to overhear and say ‘I remember him, I remember him being in a great fight and winning that title’.
“I have just started making a living out of it now and I would love to be able to change the lives of the people around me with it too.”
Danny Quartermaine is proudly sponsored by Scott Simpson, Jay RSD, Max Biddle, Steve Massey & The Hope, Simon Bennett and Barry Gueney, John Barrett, Ace Scaffolding, Laki, The Bulldog Pub and the K9 Club.