MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME: LEWIS OAKFORD INTERVIEW
picture courtesy of Anthony Wood INSTA: @coldwatermornings Cruiserweight up-and-comer Lewis Oakford discusses his boxing journey and plans to make it to the top with Matt Tansini Sporting superstars often start out young, almost as soon as they can walk. Richard Williams planned out his daughters’ tennis success before they were born. Anatoly Lomachenko mapped out other sports his infant son could master which would help in the ring. The ideal trajectory for any young boxer is either through a big promoter such as Matchroom, or by achieving amateur success in competitions like the Golden Gloves or that greatest of prizes, the Olympics. These early outings build up a boxer’s profile, giving them a springboard to bypass the small-hall grind and launch themselves straight into prime time action, where money and fame abounds. Vasyl Lomachenko, Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Joe Calzaghe: these names and many more have trodden this path. But what about the other end of the spectrum, the figh
