“Yigit: ”had to steal food””
“‘ Know that I’ll become a world champion””
“in KOBLENZ. Anthony Yigit became famous when he in the fall, lost to Ivan Barantjijk then the judge has broken the game for Yigits eye was grotesquely swollen. “
“the Dramatic images that were broadcast around the world.”
“his Entire life has been dramatically. After that he represented Sweden in the OLYMPIC games in London 2012 shoplifted he powerbars at Festivals to appease their hunger.”
” I was the OLYMPIC boxer, but had nothing. I had to steal food, ” says Anthony.”
“He is born in Sweden with Russian, Finnish and Turkish descent. Growing up in Jordbro could have got him to end up being significantly wrong in life.”
“– As a young man, it is not the talented students in the school who you look up to. You want to be like the tough who have the money and stylish clothes. It is how you think.”
“”some are dead in the day””
“His companionship was småkriminella contemporaries, some of which advanced high up in the brottshierarkin.”
“– They were really nice guys but they saw no other way. Some are dead today. Other friends sitting inside. But many have grown up and sharpened themselves and live ordinary life now.”
” I had 500 dollars to live on after my dad took the remaining 500 of my tuition. One day asked a friend if I couldn’t deliver some stuff to one place. He arranged everything. I would just wear it in.”
“– It was four hours of ”job” and I got five salmon (5 000 sek). Five salmon! Of course it was tempting to continue, but I chose boxing. When his friends attracted with parties and other things, I went and trained. Sport is the only one who can save the young people in these areas.”
“– Are you a parent force your children to boxing, soccer, swimming – whatever. Just you get him or her to engage in something positive and work out. It is the important thing.”
“But to go other than a few diplommatcher gave the sport Anthony status in the gang. He became Anthony the boxer. He didn’t have to commit crimes to be accepted.”
“Wanted to go back to Sweden”
“Anthony was raised by his mother after his parents’ separation, and followed her when she moved to Turkey, but after a few years wanted Anthony back to Sweden. He moved back home to dad.”
“– There were many conflicts. Dad had never been a father and now he got me as a 14-year-old to take care of.”
“After a fight about nothing in particular, moved Anthony to his grandmother. It was not so successful, and instead he live with his aunt who lived on social assistance, and certainly could not afford to take care of a hard activity teen.”
” I helped by stealing food and staying with friends and my girlfriend that I had at the time.”
“Option to search for other more flagrant criminal world popped up in his mind, but Anthony chose the sport. He was not a super talent as a youngster but he had the will to work extremely hard to become really good.”
“– My idols was Paolo Roberto and Mikaela Laurén long before I met them.”
“Before the OLYMPICS in London he was told that he was the candidate but so long as the SOK has not confirmed it, he was not given the financial support he was in extremely great need.”
“When it came, he had moved to his trainer Paul del Valle, who opened his home in the Spanish Torrevieja for Anthony.”
“– Then I received 6 000 in the month of SOK and gave booklets to Paul, even if he wanted to have the money. I want to pay for me. Only I can, ” says Anthony.”
“”Five salmon for no job””
“After the OLYMPICS, where he won a match and lost a bit doubtful against Denis Berintjyk, came Yigit home to Sweden and found that nothing he’s done has been worth anything at all. He was nothing.”
“I went to social services and was told that I had to apply to be declared unemployed,” says Anthony, who never had a job.”
“The old criminal friends wanted to help him out of his degrading existence.”
“– of course it was tempting. Five salmon for no job. How much would I not be able to earn, really?”
“– at the same time there began to be a part proffsanbud and suddenly I got a request to box in the German Bundesliga. I would get a 6 000 for a won match and 4 000 for a lost. Give me 10 000 for a win and zero for a loss so is it a deal ” I said. Plus somewhere to stay.”
“the Germans agreed to his proposal and he lost the first match.”
“– But they were decent and gave me a hundred dollars.”
“In Germany heard the big house Sauerland of themselves with a proposal to become a professional.”
‘ I’d get the 55 000 sek for my first match. No drug money in Jordbro could match it. Okay, but I want to have your own apartment as well, ” I said.”
“Yigit got his contract and his apartment in Berlin.”
“– on the First night when I crawled down in my bed, was magical. My own bed. I had never had my own bed in my entire life previously. Now I had it and it was thanks entirely to myself and what I had accomplished. I didn’t sleep at all that night. Just lay and enjoyed with the hands crossed over the chest.”
“Seen much of the world.”
“After what has Anthony Yigits proffsliv brought him over large parts of the world. He has lived and trained in Germany, Copenhagen, the Canary islands, in London…”
“His training camp might end up in the remote villages of the old soviet republics. He is a wandering pugilist who loves to work out and read books when he’s not sweating in the ring and the gym.”
“When the eye grew into a tennis ball size towards the Barantjijk was Anthony Yigit an hour away from being able to secure 20 million in prize money.”
“given his background, one would think that he grämer themselves every waking second to have missed the wealth. But it was not.”
“– I don’t care about the money that way. Certainly it would be nice to be financially independent but if I am jealous of, for example, Badou Jack, it is not for what he has earned, but for the world CHAMPIONSHIP belts he has. It is the titles I want to win, ” says Anthony.”
“Should become world champion””
“Boxningstitlar and money are interrelated at least to a certain limit. Those who earn extremely much money bidding on a stardom not everyone has.”
“Anthony Yigit (21 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw) will start Saturday night about his career after the painful loss with a match against the Italian Mohamed Khalladi (10, 7, 1). A match Yigit need to win in order to quickly come up in a new world CHAMPIONSHIP match.”
“– So it is. But I know that I’ll become a world champion, ” says Anthony Yigit.”