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Coldwell grew up in a household where money was tight and he had to wear charity clothes and hand-me-downs. Intent on breaking the domestic mold, Coldwell sought employment but credits the discipline of the “boxer’s mindset” for his success. “I wouldn’t have anything I’ve got now if it wasn’t for boxing. I wasn’t a dumb kid, I just had no confidence whatsoever. I passed my exams and stuff like that and I started off working as a car valeter, then progressed to car sales, and later got myself a position as a floor manager in a big shop. The only reason I managed to be successful with things like that was because of boxing. Before boxing, I didn’t have the confidence to speak to anybody. I was very, very nervous. I’d start speaking to somebody I didn’t know and I’d just start sweating. I remember being in the [Wincobank] gym and speaking to Johnny Nelson and people like that, always conscious about making myself sound stupid. When you’re growing up and everyone is telling you that you’re never going to achieve anything, even your own mother, you go into the big wide world and you don’t think that you can do it. For me, it was at the gym, being surrounded by successful boxers and with Brendan’s [Ingle] input himself—that was the only stable thing I had in my life. That’s where I grew as a person. If it works for me, it can work for anybody.”

Great interview with Coldwell.

https://hannibalboxing.com/absolute-eve ... -coldwell/