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British Olympic boxer Delicious Orie quits the sport after just ONE professional fight as he announces plans to make drastic career change - MSNOrie, who won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and represented Team GB at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, said he has lost his passion for the sport.
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'You hear about the sharks' - Orie set for pro debut - MSNOrie is an ambassador for BoxWise, a charity which delivers 10-week, non-contact boxing programmes to disadvantaged young people in the UK. "Some of the kids I've seen, ...
Maybe Orie, in quitting when he did, and having the courage to do it, showed not only a level of intelligence, or at least foresight, beyond that of his peers, but also a certain bravery, if only ...
BOXER Delicious Orie has announced his shock retirement from the sport. The 27-year-old won gold medals at the 2022 Commonwealth and 2023 European Games. His success in the amateurs saw him represe… ...
Delicious Orie lost by split decision to Davit Chaloyan in the men's 92kg as another British boxer suffered an early exit at the Paris Olympics. Orie, Britain's biggest medal hope in the boxing, ...
Delicious Orie will head to Paris 2024 as Team GB’s representative in the super heavyweight category and Anthony Joshua’s ex-trainer is guiding him ...
Orie is hoping to become the seventh at Paris 2024 and is the next cab off the rank in the division, following in the footsteps of the likes of Joshua, Audley Harrison and Joe Joyce.
Orie just could not turn his back on the sport that drew him in at 18 years old. Boxing had begun to grow at a rapid rate in Britain back thanks in part to Joshua’s rise.
It still led Orie to where he is today: on the verge of his professional debut, after choosing the difficult option – yet again. More about Delicious Orie Team GB. Join our commenting forum.
DELICIOUS ORIE entered boxing ready to exploit a heavyweight gap in the market. Born in Moscow to a Russian mother and Nigerian father, Orie's family moved to England when he was seven years old ...
Orie's defeat means that Britain's first four fighters to compete at the Paris Olympics have all been eliminated, with Charley Davison and Rosie Eccles also losing by similar margins.
Yet as determined as Orie is, he is equally sensible. It was that trait which led him to stop working in security, in fact. “I was 18 when I became a bouncer in Birmingham,” he recalls.
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