Liam Neeson quit boxing as a talented young amateur when one fighter literally rang his bell after beating him.
The Irishman was well on his way to becoming a professional as a young man when one defeat made him realise he wasn't cut out to be a fighter.
He recalls, "I didn't get knocked out, but I was beat and I came out of the ring and my father was with me and he said, 'OK son, go and get changed,' and I looked at him and I thought, 'Changed... What's he talking about?'
"It was very scary and it lasted about 10 minutes. I literally didn't know if I was a human being, and I thought, 'That's it'."
But his boxing legend lives on - Neeson's The A-Team co-star, UFC fighter Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, was well aware of the actor's prowess in the ring.
Jackson says, "My boxing trainer is from Liverpool; he's an Irishman, Mark Kenny, and he told me he used to watch him... He said he was bad; he was a bada**."
And boxing's loss was acting's gain as Neeson has already got a whole host of projects under his belt this year as both Chloe and Clash of the Titans found success at the box office.
He is back on the big screen this summer in the role of Hannibal as he leads the cast in the adaptartion of popular TV show The A-Team.
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