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| Human Interest | |
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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Liverpool, ENG |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Salisbury ABC: Liverpool, ENG |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Having a few drinks and a dance on a night out, spending time with his girlfriend and daughter, going out to the cinema and for meals. (realcombatmedia.com, 17 Jan 2012) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Making the 2012 Olympic team and winning gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. (Athlete, 29 Nov 2011) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | "I was a bit of a tearaway. I'm not proud of it. I used to rob cars. I was just a young lad, I didn't know what direction to go in. I wanted to do something with my life, so I went to the local boxing gym that my two brothers were going to, St. Aloysius." |
General Interest | |
| Most influential person in career | "My old club coach Kenny Willis was a big influence, he worked a lot with me and was a great story teller. My old team mates at St Aloysius were great, we were like a big family in there. We would go at four and stay till nine at night." (worldboxingnews.net, 23 Jun 2011) |
| Hero / Idol | Muhammad Ali. (Athlete, 29 Nov 2011) |
| Ambitions | To win a medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (britishboxers.co.uk, 26 Jan 2012) |
| Awards and honours | Named Amateur Boxer of the year in 2010 by the Boxing Writers' Club of Great Britain. (morethanthegames.co.uk, 30 Sep 2011) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Jim Carroll [club] |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | "I went in the gym when I was 18 and I had my first fight when I was 19." |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2007 |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete |
| Languages | English |
General Interest | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "There is no point in training and sacrificing everything in your life to be second best." (worldboxingnews.net, 23 Jun 2011) |
| Other information | CAPTAIN He is captain of the Great Britain boxing team. (realcombatmedia.com, 17 Jan 2012) BOXING STYLE He believes his boxing style is unorthodox. "I've got the will to win but my style is so awkward. My opponents don't know what I'm going to do. I don't know myself what I'm going to do when I'm in there." (boxingnewsonline.net, 18 Aug 2010) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Family | He has a daughter, Ellie. |