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‘You can’t avoid the waves, but you can learn how to surf’
JOHN WIGHT reviews a recently released account of the career of boxing trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick
Paddy Fitzpatrick (right) trains boxer George Groves during a public work-out in November 2013
England’s head coach wants to lead the rebuild after heavy defeats in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, but concedes his fate lies elsewhere
LIKE the vast majority who follow boxing, I first became aware of Paddy Fitzpatrick in the lead-up to the first Carl Froch-George Groves fight.
This was back in 2013, when, injecting even more drama into this hugely anticipated contest with just nine weeks to go came the stunning announcement that Groves and his long-time trainer, Adam Booth, had split.
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