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Q. I understand you fought one boxing match as a child and your opponent was advised not to fight you – is that correct?

A. I was so small that they didn’t have a weight to cover my weight – there wasn’t a division. So I was fighting a boy a year older, about three inches taller and nearly a stone heavier and obviously he was going to clean me up ...read more +

 
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