Farmer to swap hay bales for haymakers in pro boxing debut

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A farmer is preparing to swap hay bales for haymakers after becoming a professional boxer.  Fourth generation farmer Edward Hardy, 22, who fits his training in around cutting crops and feeding animals, dreams of becoming a world champion.  And he hopes to mow down his opponent when he makes his professional debut in September.

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00:00My name is Edward Hardy, I'm 22 years old and we're a fourth generation farmer on a

00:08mixed farm, arable and livestock, and also a professional boxer, making a professional

00:14debut on the 27th of September on a GBM show in Sheffield.

00:22I'm lucky because I can train, I'm lucky to get a bit of time off through the day to train

00:27as well as farming, and then we catch up with our jobs when we get back, and I can also

00:33get a training around the farm, doing different jobs such as flipping the tyres, squatting

00:38the bags when we're feeding up, and different jobs such as stone picking off the fields

00:45and things like that.

00:49They also do a bit of rocky training, you can chase the chickens.

00:56I'd like to keep boxing and keep farming as well, and hopefully they'll play side by side

01:01together, and with the boxing I just want to see how far I can get, try and win as many

01:07titles as I can, and just keep climbing up the ranks to the top, and then also still

01:13farming as I can, and helping out at home on the family farm.

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