Manchester United icon Rio Ferdinand has opened up about his impressive journey of trying to become a professional boxer – a dream that was eventually crushed by the British Boxing Board of Control.
At the age of 45 now, had fate steered in another direction, Ferdinand could have been deep into a six-year boxing career by this point.
He might have even featured on the undercard for Tyson Fury's undisputed heavyweight championship face-off against Oleksandr Usyk last month.
After hanging up his football boots in 2015, Ferdinand went on to discover a newfound passion for boxing when he was invited to appear on a documentary 'Defender to Contender'.
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