Jamie Cox
Swindon's boxing hero
Jamie Cox became an instant star the day he struck gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2006.
The 19-year-old fighter from the Walcot Amateur Boxing Club was declared the winner of the final of the Light Welterweight [64kg] Division after his opponent, Moses Kopo, from Lesotho, unexpectedly pulled out in the final.
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Boxing commentators even hinting that it may have been the ferocious nature in which Cox had dispatched his previous opponents on his way to the final that psyched the 27-year-old African out of taking part.
Comments which, in a nutshell, sum up why Cox is now regarded as one of the brightest emerging talents in world boxing.
A lethal combination of a never-say-die attitude together with fearless punching the reason why boxing promoter and empresario Frank Warren decribed Cox as "the real deal" when he signed him to his professional boxing stable a year after his Commonwealth triumph.
"Jamie has 'world champion' stamped all over him," echoing Richie Woodhall, who now trains Cox.
"He was a phenomenal amateur and I believe that in a few years time he will a force to be reckoned with on the world scene."
In the world of hard knocks (quite literally) we wish Jamie the very best of luck.
Jamie Cox
