Reprise | Ray Rodgers, Legendary Boxing Coach

Up in Your Business with Kerry McCoy

My guest today on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy is Mr. Ray Rodgers: a boxer, coach, cutman, administrator, three-time Hall of Fame recipient and tireless community leader. If he wasn’t known as the world’s best cut man in the boxing industry, he’d probably be known as a standup comedian, because he is funny. A “cutman” is the magic man in the corner of the boxing ring, administering trade secrets for healing his athlete. A bad cut above the eye or on the scalp can split open like a ripe tomato, creating a stream of blood, and making it almost impossible to see. This calamity can cost the boxer his fight. A good cutman is so important to a boxer’s success that Mr. Rodgers has been flown all over the world to aid and assist during boxing matches. You may remember him as the cutman for Little Rock’s former Olympic medalist, Jermain Taylor. Find out what it means to be a cutman, how Ray went from being a college football player to a well-respected boxing coach, and why he thinks amateur boxing is the best way to teach young people confidence and self-discipline, both in life and in the boxing ring.