Jimmy First (right) has trained all across the world and had 41 fights for his first title
“I’m the oldest prospect in the Britain,” says globetrotting Jimmy First before any question is asked.
With his 41st birthday in March, nobody is likely to argue with the Halifax boxer nicknamed ‘Jimmy the Fist’.
First, who fights at lightweight, has won all 10 professional fights before his first championship bout in Leeds on 25 February. He meets Justin Newell for the vacant Central Area title.
First says he was a “stoner” for much of his 20s while backpacking in Australia, Thailand and Vietnam, smoking a lot of cannabis before taking up boxing at the age of 27.
After 26 bouts in the colours of Halifax ABC, he met manager Chris Aston who believed the then wine salesman was the right vintage to become a professional boxer.
“At 22, I was just a stoner on the beach who travelled about and worked,”…
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