Oliver Slack

Name: Oliver Slack
Boxing Name: OLLIE ‘THE BERKELEY BOMBER’ SLACK

Age: 36

Height: 194CM (6’4” and a centimetre)

Weight: 110KG (will be getting down sub 105kg for the evening depending on what is agreed with James Mathias)

School: Bedford School

University: Cambridge University

Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

Marital Status: Girlfriend

Reason for boxing: Pure adrenalin and to challenge oneself in the purest form of combat

Who is your favourite boxer: Muhammad Ali

What’s your boxing style: Would like it to be float like a butterfly sting like a bee, but probably pretty orthodox with a good straight right when the guard has been lowered

Which fight would you really have liked to watch: Difficult choice but to be at the Rumble in the Jungle (Ali/Foreman) to appreciate the absolute ferocity of Foreman’s punching power in the early rounds and then to witness the crowd going utterly and absolutely nuts as Ali drops him in the 8^th round, completely against everyone’s expectations other than Ali himself. But also to be at Thrilla in Manilla (Ali/Frasier) – otherwise known as the fight of the century to witness two indomitable mights take each other on head to head for 14 of the most brutal rounds of boxing anyone could every wish to witness

One person in the world you would want to watch your fight: Ali Boucher (my girlfriend – a bit boring I know but she has never been to a live fight), otherwise, Octopussy (Maud Adams), she was a sexy little thing that seemed to get very excited over a real man!

What one word best describes what it takes to be a ‘white’ collar boxer: Dedication

Were your parents/girlfriend/wife happy about it: Parent’s don’t know, girlfriend is somewhat excited/petrified at the same time.