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Nikesh Shukla meets Hayley Campbell

Nikesh Shukla has started learning to box. He speaks to journalist Hayley Campbell about how learning to fight changed her life and how the sport became a source of fascination.

Novelist Nikesh Shukla is learning how to box. It's gone from memories of Rocky movies and watching the big match with family as a child to being a skill he wants for himself. When he voiced his thoughts on Twitter, journalist Hayley Campbell gave him 3 key pieces of advice. She took up kickboxing three years ago and shares how the sport and the partnership with her trainer changed her physically and mentally, but also how the boxing world became a source of fascination leading her to meet and interview some of the most powerful fighters.

Produced by Anne-Marie Bullock.

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Fri 6 Nov 2020 13:45
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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