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| Human Interest | |
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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Cardiff, WAL |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | St. Joseph's Boxing Club: Newport, WAL |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Running, snooker, rugby, darts. (aberdareonline.co.uk, 28 Sep 2010) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning a gold medal at the 2011 European Championships. (telegraph.co.uk, 30 Sep 2011) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | "It has always been a dream of mine to go to the Olympic Games ever since I saw [Amir] Khan fighting in Athens in 2004 when I was sitting down watching with my brothers." |
General Interest | |
| Most influential person in career | Boxer Amir Khan and coach Tony Borg. (walesonline.co.uk, 24 Dec 2011; Athlete, 29 Nov 2011) |
| Hero / Idol | Muhammad Ali (aberdareonline.co.uk, 28 Sep 2010) |
| Ambitions | To win a medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (dailypost.co.uk, 12 Dec 2011) |
| Awards and honours | He became Wales' first Welterweight European Champion in 86 years when he won a gold medal at the 2011 European Championships in Ankara,Turkey. (bbc.co.uk, 24 Jun 2011) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Tony Borg [club] |
| Preferred position / style / stance / technique | Southpaw |
| Training Regime | He does running in the morning, then strength and conditioning training followed by sparring, pad and bag work in the afternoon. |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He first visited a boxing club at age four before having his first bout when he was 10 years old. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2008 |
Further Personal Information | |
| Languages | English |
General Interest | |
| Nicknames | Fredboy. (aberdareonline.co.uk, 28 Sep 2010) |