WATCH HIM GO: Farooq is among Britain’s brightest champions
Photo: ALLAN PICKEN
SOMETIMES, a minute or so is all it takes to change your life. As a teenager in Glasgow, Ukashir Farooq had no interest in boxing. In fact, he had no particular life goals. He was just an ordinary lad, doing what most kids his age did, passing time through his high school years. Then one day, one of his friends went to a small boxing gym, and Farooq tagged along just for something to do.
But unlike many similar stories, it wasn’t love at first sight. Not quite.