One story of the many stories to watch in Rio will be Great Britain boxer Lawrence Okolie.
Bullied as a student, the now 23-year-old wasn’t even boxing in 2010, when doctors told the former 264-pounder that he was overweight.
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Now boxing in the 200lb class, Okolie is in incredible shape. To think he took up the sport because other physical activities weren’t holding his interest.
Boxing hit the right targets for him, and now he’s striking out for gold.
“I was no good at sports, I was just flobbing about.