'He was 5ft 7ins and weighed about 10st, but he felt like a giant': The boxing coach who inspired hundreds of young fighters during a lifetime dedicated to the sport

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It's a Mecca of boxing and arguably the most famous gym in the world. Many of the sport's all-time greats, including Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, have trained at the historic Gleason's Gym in New York.

But Roy Richardson, a plumber from Ancoats and legend of the Manchester amateur boxing scene, wasn't daunted. His granddaughter Stacey Copeland, then aged 10, was working a heavy bag, and her presence in the male-dominated environment had ruffled a few feathers. READ MORE: Stacey, 40, who would go on to become to the first British woman to win a Commonwealth boxing title, said: "Someone came up to me and said 'We don't let females box in the gym'. "My grandad was like 'No, that's my granddaughter and she'll be boxing while

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'He was 5ft 7ins and weighed about 10st, but he felt like a giant': The boxing coach who inspired hundreds of young fighters during a lifetime dedicated to the sport

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