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Britain's Luke Campbell with his Men's Boxing Bantam 56kg gold medal at the ExCeL Centre, London, in 2012
LUKE CAMPBELL’S recently announced ring retirement is one you just know will not give way to any kind of attempt at a comeback somewhere down the line. This proud son of Hull and 2012 London Olympic gold medallist has always kept his feet squarely planted on terra firma, representing himself and the sport throughout his career with rare class.
Britain’s Golden Boy was similar to the United States original, Oscar De La Hoya, in being an Olympic champion with the features of your average male model. But that’s where the similarities end. In terms of lifestyle and outlook, Campbell is cut from an entirely different cloth.
Unlike his US counterpart — who unconscionably intends returning to the ring at the age of 48 in September — this father of three young boys never sought the limelight and never strayed far from his East Yorkshire roots.
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