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by Eric Noi. Founder, Greater Manchester Boxing and Development Hub.   To mark Children’s Mental Health Week, the founder of Greater Manchester Boxing and Development Hub explains how the sport helps children and young people’s wellbeing, and to stay off the streets and out of trouble. Boxing is my religion. Like all spiritual journeys it

In a tiny makeshift office in Oldham town centre former boxer Eric Noi introduces me to his latest prospect. Kyle Shaw-Tullin speaks quietly but with confidence. Yet six years ago Kyle thought his life “was over” after he became a victim of knife crime. He shows me the scars which he now regards as part