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Ohara’s Hackney hardship
- Updated: September 28, 2016
Promising super-lightweight Ohara Davies has offered a characteristically honest insight into the obstacles he conquered to become a professional fighter.
The 24-year-old was born and raised in Hackney in east London and grew up on the Kingsmead estate, entering a life of crime in his youth.
Having discovered boxing, Davies resolved to ‘make it’. It was not simply a question of adjusting his lifestyle, however, as financial constraints hampered his …