The best dressed boxer in town – Sheffield’s Levi Kinsiona prepares for high street shopping trip...and a win

Levi Kinsiona may have to buy a wardrobe with elastic sides as his boxing career continues to flourish.
Chrstian and Levi Kinsiona (right)Chrstian and Levi Kinsiona (right)
Chrstian and Levi Kinsiona (right)

The Sheffield super lightweight, who takes part in his fifth professional contest on March 8, always follows a routine of going shopping on the day of a fight.

"It is a ritual" explained the 22-year-old Steel City gym fighter, who will be taking on Ivan Godor at Barnsley Metrodome on a Stefy Bull show.

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"I used to do it in the amateurs - I always have a chilled day with my brothers and go shopping. I get a pair of trainers and a tracksuit, always on the day of a fight.  I like it, and I am only ever nervous for about five seconds the whole day - and that's when I am walking to the ring. It disappears the moment I get in."

Three-fight novice Kinsiona intends to be around the sport for years to come, so some wardrobe alterations may be necessary at the Heeley home he shares with fellow-boxer Sunny Edwards.

"Things are going well and after a short amateur career I am learning on the job as a pro" he said. "Godor has a lot of experience and will be part of the learning curve. I enjoy learning, I wouldn't be improving if I wasn't learning. I am hoping he will bring it on March 8 so I can show my boxing skills.

"We have been working on a lot of things in a long and effective eight-week camp, where we have been improving on stepping in, stepping out, mixing it up on the inside and on the back foot.

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"I have a great team and coach around me - our gym is up there with any in Britain - and I believe in myself. I can go as far as I let myself go."

Kinsiona, who has eight brothers (including super middleweight Christian) and three sisters, will be on the undercard of a bill that includes Brampton's Josh Wale v Brad Foster (British super bantamweight title) and Rotherham super lightweight Lee Appleyard v Kieran McLaren (English title eliminator.)

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