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The friendly hitman: how boxing gave Anthony Joshua a second chance


At 19, he was fitted with an electronic tag. At 27, he is the world’s top heavyweight boxer.

Boxing nicknames usually fall into three categories. There’s the smart, such as Michael “Second To” Nunn. The cool: “Sugar” Ray Leonard. And, most often, the blunt: James “Bonecrusher” Smith, “Iron” Mike Tyson and Roberto “Hands of Stone” Durán.

But when, in 2012, a British coach in the Olympic Village chose a nickname for a young heavyweight prospect with a troubled past, it had nothing to do with his ability to inflict pain. Rather, it focused on his friendly nature, akin to …read more

Source: New Statesman

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