Former boxer Jon Thaxton, who is applying to to become a trainer, working with Herbie Hide and Joe Paine at the Diamonds Gym on Dereham road.
Photo by Simon Finlay
Video: My Olympic memories: Jon Thaxton
Thursday, July 26, 2012
1:50 PM
Jon Thaxton, former English professional lightweight boxer who held European and British lightweight boxing titles in a 17-year career, recalled Britain’s youngest Olympic boxing medallist, Amir Khan, also in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
He said: “When Khan won the silver in the Olympics that was so good to see, a 17-year-old kid - I never thought we’d end up becoming rivals though. Hopefully we will get more people like that in this years Olympics. I will be watching out for Anthony Ogogo from Lowestoft, I have done a lot of training with him, he cracked my ribs.”
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