DANNY AARONS has gone from overweight gamer to the next KSI of Misfits Boxing with a sensational life turnaround.
Aarons was over 17 STONE while rising to fame on YouTube playing FIFA video games.
But amid the rise of celebrity-style crossover bout with Misfits Boxing, the 22-year-old fancied getting in on the action.
He now makes his debut on Saturday night in a headline fight against Premier League winner Danny Simpson in Dublin.
It marks a stunning contrast as Aarons told SunSport: “Obviously there’s physical changes yes but you don’t realise how much of it is mental.
“I was waking up at stupid o’clock doing nothing with my life being so unproductive, eating a bunch of junk food, and it was just not not healthy and not a sustainable way to live.
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“So you had to make good change. It’s a mental change, but I’m not a doctor or anything but honestly, just get out, get outside, do some walks, eat clean.”
Aarons is now down to 11st 7lb having put in hours of training under the guidance of coach Huzaifah Iqbal in Surrey.
He said: “It’s easy to to get in there one day and do it cos it’s fun, you know, it’s new.
“But when you have to wake up again, do it the next day and then the next day and the next day it’s just being consistent with it is the is the tough bit.
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“The easiest part, I think just my coaches and that they just feel like family, like it’s not like I have to go to training.
“It’s like I’m just hanging out with the boys, man, it feels good.”
Aarons has welcomed being compared to KSI – having gone from content creator to boxer.
He said: “I love pressure. I love pressure. To be compared to KSI, can’t be a bad thing. So I’ll take it.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
