The book “Mooresy….the Fighter’s Fighter” is released on July 1^st, and for the first time, the 37-year old champion tells his gripping story, of how a masked hit-man left him for dead.

The former light middle-weight champion packed a real punch in the ring, but he was no match for a 9mm gun.

Having made boxing history fighting fellow light middleweight Matthew Macklin back in 2006, eight years later, Matthew tasked Jamie to train him in Marbella for an upcoming title fight

At the same time an acting career was developing for talented Jamie, following a role in the hit TV gangster drama Peaky Blinders.

Jamie, whose book has a foreword by friend and fellow pro boxer Ricky Hatton said : “Any thoughts I had of making a come back disappeared in a few seconds.”

“It happened in a heartbeat- almost my last heartbeat.”

In a near fatal case of mistaken identity, Moore was on the footpath leading to the Spanish villa where he was staying.

“I saw somebody out of the corner of my eye. Then he came full into view. He was wearing a mask and pointing a gun straight at me.”

He went on: “I thought it was some sort of joke and started to walk straight past him. I said to him, you know what , it’s not even funny now.”

“Then he fired the first shot which hit my hip and I was down.”

Devoted dad of two Jamie, then heard more shots being fired, and he knew he had been hit again.

Before he slipped into unconsciousness, he managed to call for an ambulance, and thanks to his quick thinking, begged the call handler to trace his whereabouts using the GPRS signal on his phone.

The bullet which hit his hip missed a main artery by less than a centimetre and remains in his body to this day.

As a teenager, Jamie had always enjoyed amateur boxing, but at the age of 20, made the life changing decision to turn professional.

The strict discipline and intense training required for an elite boxer, totally turned his life around for the better.

He joined the legendary Olivers boxing gym in Salford, and later became the first boxer from the city for 100 years to win a Lonsdale belt.

Jamie went on to become British, Irish, Commonwealth and European light middleweight champion and was ranked an impressive number 2 in the world.

His southpaw-style -leading with his right- won critical praise from boxing fans and respected sports writers, and to this day is one of Britain’s most loved boxers.

His career was ended earlier than he expected, on expert medical advice, however any temptation to get back to the buzz of the ring disappeared after he was shot.

“I was always tempted to follow the adage and have just one more fight,” he said, “That night in Marbella ended any thoughts of that.”

“I could so easily have bled to death on that concrete path at 3.36 in the morning.”

Jamie now hopes his hugely inspirational life story will influence youngsters teetering on the edge, not to chose the dark side of life.

He has surprised doctors and physiotherapists with his recovery from the shooting, and despite still having a bullet lodged in his hip, and extensive nerve and msucle damage to his leg, he recently completed the Great Manchester Run in an impressive 52 minutes.

“If my words help or inspire someone then it will be the best victory I have had- a true knock-out.”

Jamie remains in the public gaze as a popular Sky TV boxing pundit, and currently enjoys sharpening the skills of professional boxers as they prepare for title fights.

He is also in hot demand as a fitness trainer, with an impressive celebrity client base including: Coronation Street’s Catherine Tyldesley, Hollyoaks’s Jamie Lomas and Will Mellor, whom he trains at his gym in Astley.

Follow Jamie on Twitter @JamieMoore777