Fighting Talk was formed in 1999 by Martyn Devlin who has been involved on the North East boxing scene for over 40 years, and has featured some of the greatest names in boxing history at functions he has organised to allow fight fans to meet their heroes. Martyn was the first Promoter in the UK to feature the 4 Kings of boxing, Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard at sporting dinners.
Other famous Boxers Martyn has featured include Mike Tyson, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Frank Bruno, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Nigel Benn, Steve Collins, Chris Eubank, Barry McGuigan, Ken Buchanan & John Conteh to name but a few.
In 2010 Martyn was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Shields Gazette for his services to Amateur boxing and recently again in 2023. He was also awarded the Gold Keystone Award for over 40 years voluntary service to young people by the National Association of Boys and Girls clubs.