“Boxing can be so important to young people, it keeps you off the street and you can channel your energy and aggression in the ring. It creates opportunities for people and I know it really helped me when I was young and stopped me from going the down the wrong path.”

British former professional boxer, born 1964

Nigel Benn is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1996. He was born in 1964 and is known for holding world titles at middleweight and super-middleweight during his career. He won the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1988 to 1989, the WBO middleweight title in 1990, and the WBC super-middleweight title from 1992 to 1996. As an amateur, he also won the ABA middleweight title in 1986.