Who is Paul Venis?
PAUL Vennis once claimed the title of Britain’s hardest doorman.
He was jailed soon after for firearm offences but he has since reformed to become a successful athlete and an active presence on social media. This is what we know about him.
Is Paul Venis on social media?
Paul Venis has a range of social media platforms, where he shares content of his training routine and his family life.
He is on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and also has a YouTube channel.
Venis, from Southbank, Middlesbrough, also answers questions from viewers about his fighting career and his foray into acting.
What is Paul Venis’ fight record?
Venis formerly competed in K1 after a promising white collar boxing career was curtailed when he was sent to prison.
K1 is a style of kickboxing that has its own unique ruleset, meaning it is scored round by round.
Venis’ record in K1 is 32 fights, 32 wins, with 31 of those coming by way of knockout.
He has been a British, European and World champion in the sport, although he clarified that this was with a different organisation to the more widely known Glory K1.
He retired at the age of 31, after not being able to fight on a more widely recognised stage due to him still being on licence after the end of his prison sentence.
What has Paul Venis said?
Venis was jailed for three years in 2012 for firearm offence after being found with a replica pistol.
He had armed himself with this after his home was shot at.
He admitted on the Anything Goes With James English podcast that his actions were due to the negative effect the incident had on his family.
After leaving prison, Venis became a Christian and attended narcotics anonymous after a long-time addiction to drugs.
He was cast to play former North East gangster Lee Duffy in the film A New Breed of Criminal.
Much like Duffy, Venis was from South Bank in Middlesbrough. It was his first acting role.
Duffy has other parallels with Venis as well.
Duffy was a boxer and a bouncer, whilst Venis was also combat sports athlete who beat Britain’s hardest doorman winner Wes Smith in a boxing match.