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head of weeks of build up, my good friend Ossar ‘Ghost’ was going to be stepping into the ring to defend his undefeated run in the boxing world. 3 weeks before the fight Ossar was telling me in college how he was undefeated in boxing as an amateur and I was intrigued by this so I decided to go and watch him fight. But before that I had to interview him to get to know him better and for everyone else to know him as well. Shyam: Hi Ossar, please intro-
duce yourself to the readers! Ossar: Hi, I’m Ossar, I’m 16 from France originally, and came to England when I was 7 Shyam: What college do you go to? Ossar: Bourneville College Shyam: What is your favourite sport? Ossar: Boxing Shyam: What made you want to become a boxer? Ossar: Black Joe made me want to become a professional boxer and Floyd Mayweather inspired me. I started when I was 14. Shyam: Who is your favourite current boxer? Ossar: Anthony Joshua. Shyam: If you could learn from any professional boxer that used to do boxing or is doing boxing currently who would you choose, and why? Ossar: I would choose Muhammad Ali because of how strong he was, how he never gave up and trained hard. The day I was 17 years old and I got to go to a live event. My friend Javon came to the event with me to help me out. Once we got to the event it was crowded as it was a charity event. The tables were filled with people and so was the balcony upstairs. We had a celebrity in the building - Tim Witherspoon. He was fighting a Birmingham legend in the main event.
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www.streetcredmagazine.com The first fight was a fly weight division match up between my friend Ossar aka Ghost and Josh who is 16 years old. The referee called up Ossar and Josh and the crowd cheered as they walked through the stage and into the ring. It was three 2 minute rounds. The referee told them the rules, they touched gloves and the first round had begun. It was an action packed first round as both fighters had got some good punches in. It was time for the second round, and again just like the first round there were loads of punches but it was a close competition. It was a close battle even in the final round. The judges however gave Josh the win. Loads of people including Tim Witherspoon said that Ossar had won the match as the score for Ossar was 10, 10, 9 and the score for Josh was 9,9,10. The crowd was not happy because they thought that Ghost had won. There will be a rematch. Ossar, my friend from college had been beaten in a boxing match for the first time in his amateur career. After the fight I had some time with Ossar; Shyam: How did you feel after the fight? Ossar: Good but I felt like I should have won that match. But it
Ghost’s unbeaten streak ended by close decision is all good there will be a rematch. Shyam: What did you think of your opponent? Ossar: I had underestimated him and that was my fault never ever underestimate any opponent. If you would like to contact me about my content or tell me what type of content you would like to see on my column Shyam and Chill, email me at shyam.bulsara@thephoenixnewspaper.com and I will happily get back to you.
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