"I was in love with boxing, and it broke my heart."

As a former champ, my veins will always be loaded with boxing.

All this, combined with boxing and rugby football, left me very little time to myself.

Why, they wanted to know, was I obsessed with boxing?

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With boxing as his focus, he quit writing for a while.

He said he expected to be through with boxing in two years.

At some point, he decided to get involved with boxing.

When he was 14, Akinwande fell in love with boxing.

"I was happy with boxing, but I kept writing in my head," he said.