Farmer to swap hay bales for haymakers in pro boxing debut

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Credit: SWNS  A farmer is preparing to swap hay bales for haymakers after becoming a professional boxer.  Fourth generation farmer Edward Hardy, 22, who fits his training in around cutting crops and feeding animals, dreams of becoming a world champion.  And he hopes to mow down his opponent when he makes his professional debut in September.

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00:00My name is Edward Hardy, I'm 22 years old and we're a fourth generation farmer on a

00:10mixed farm and also a professional boxer.

00:17I'm lucky to get a bit of time off through the day to train as well as farming and we

00:23catch up with our jobs when we get back and I can also get training around the farm doing

00:28different jobs such as flipping the tyres, squatting the bikes when we're feeding up

00:33and different jobs such as stone picking off the fields and things like that.

00:42They also do a bit of rocky training, you can chase the chickens.

00:49I'd like to keep boxing and keep farming as well and hopefully they'll play side by side

00:54together and with the boxing I just want to see how far I can get, try and win as many

01:00titles as I can and just keep climbing up the ranks to the top and then also still farming.

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