Rising up within the Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, alternatives for Ndou had been few and a long way between in South Africa.

He took up boxing elderly 14 to aid him take care of infuriate problems and ultimately worn it as a device to depart poverty.

“Had it no longer been for boxing, I’d most definitely be lifeless these days or locked up (in jail),” he admitted.

“After I grew up virtually each and every child walked round with a knife or gun.

“With that infuriate, I carried the ones guns myself and I most definitely would have worn the ones guns or any person would have worn it in opposition to me.”

Ndou began his professional career in 1993 and eventually confirmed his retirement from the sport in 2016, aged 45, four years after his final fight.

Towards the end of his time in the ring he set his sights on his future law career, studying alongside preparing for bouts.

And Ndou believes his qualifications set him apart from other politicians.

“Without bragging, I’m more educated than all the South African presidents,” he stated.

“That’s just fact.”

Regardless of recording 49 wins and two attracts from his 64 skilled outings, Ndou does no longer have a top opinion of the self-discipline.

“Up to I like boxing and recognize what it’s accomplished for me, it’s brutal and barbaric,” he stated.

“Each and every occasion you step into the hoop, you’re risking your pace. I’d by no means inspire someone to take in boxing except they’ve were given a excellent reason why to do it.

“If I used to be born in Australia, the place there are a lot alternatives, there is not any manner I’d have taken up boxing.”

Should Ndou reach office, his bid to provide more opportunities for young South Africans could inadvertently land a blow to the sport to which he was once devoted.

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