Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff is set to make his professional boxing debut against American Heavyweight Richard Dawson at the Manchester Arena tonight.
At 34 Flintoff is 11 years older and two stone lighter than his opponent, but has been training with ex-featherweight champ Barry McGuigan who believes Flintoff has what it takes.
However there are many others who believe that this is a bad idea and I’m with them, I think Flintoff is doing this for all the right reasons, but it’s still a bad idea.
At 34 he’s hardly got a much of a career in the sport whatever happens tonight, and perhaps most importantly he’s not properly trained in that he hasn’t been training like all the other pro boxers who start when their a kid.
Maybe he should have just been content with being an England cricket legend.
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