Comedian David McKinlay can deliver a punchline – just don’t ask him to knock out the audience. The 44-year-old has swapped cage fighting for stand-up and the tattoo artist reckons his time battling in the ring helped prepare him for getting on stage.
Ex-brawler David, who has had a string of gigs during the Edinburgh Fringe, said: “I’ve not had any hecklers yet but I’ll need to remember I’m not at a fight show. I’ll still take no prisoners but I’ll use a microphone instead of boxing gloves.” The dad of two trained at Glasgow’s Griphouse and still drops in to see his old pals at the fighting gym.
However, he has no plans to juggle mixed martial arts, comedy and running his business, Archangel 1608 tattoo studio in the city’s Maryhill. He added: “There’s some comparisons between stand-up comedy and combat sports. You have to throw yourself in fully.
