Boxing star Edward Hardy balances mowers and hay bales.
The 22-year-old will compete in his first professional bout against Angel Gomez in Sheffield tonight.
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Yorkshire-born Hardy has progressed through the amateur ranks and is a two-time national champion.
And the secret of Senani’s success is his work on the family farm.
The super bantamweight is a fourth-generation farmer and has been nicknamed “The Farm Boy” – he even has the slogan written on his shorts.
His barn doubles as a gym and a place to house all of his machinery, with Hardy confident he punches above his weight due to his efforts on the ground.
he told BBC: “It keeps me fit when I’m walking round the yard.
“I’m working, I’m busy and active so it gives me physical strength over an opponent who is still training.”
But despite just beginning his professional career, Hardy has no plans to give up his double life, saying: “I want to be a professional boxer and win a lot of titles and reach the top.
“But I also want to continue farming because I enjoy it, it’s my passion and it’s what I grew up with. Hopefully I can keep it working at the same time.”
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His father James got him into boxing at the age of eight and he cites Ricky Hatton as his biggest inspiration.
Hardy takes a few hours off his shift every day to go to the Steel City gym in Sheffield or use the makeshift gym at the farm.
He revealed: “We’ve got a pull-up bar in a shed, a rope hanging from the ceiling and some old tires for my strength and conditioning – they’ve got a bit of weight to them.
“I’ll do one thing, do a few sets of pull-ups, then move on.”
Hardie has turned professional after missing out on a place at the Paris Olympics with Team GB.
‘are you not entertained? ‘I’m a gladiator’ – what Dubois and Joshua said after the brutal fight
Daniel Dubois destroyed Anthony Joshua’s dream of becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion, writes Wally Downs Jr.
Joshua got angry Four Dubois scored a surprise fifth-round knockout in front of a record 96,000 Wembley crowd and millions of TV viewers to retain his IBF belt.
AJ, 34, never recovered from his defeat in the first round of the Battle of Britain last night as he was struck on the chin by a heavy mower right hand from Dubois.
Here’s what he said after the fight:
Daniel Dubois
“Aren’t you amused? I am a gladiator, a fighter till the end. This is the biggest victory of my career.” I couldn’t let this opportunity go and now I want to move to the top level of this sport.
“I have been on a roller-coaster ride and this is my time. “I’m not going to stop until I reach my full potential.”
anthony joshua
“I am the way I am.
“I had a fast, sharp opponent and I made a lot of mistakes. Credit to my opponent and his team.
“We rolled the dice and failed. You know I am drunk but I will remain sober and respect my opponent.
Frank Warren (promoter of Dubois)
“It was a phenomenal fight like Hagler vs. Hearns.
“A great fight and everyone saw a performance from a champion tonight.
“Daniel has shown his courage, his skill.
“AJ caught him with a shot at the end and I was worried, but what a great, great fight.”
Eddie Hearn (AJ’s promoter)
“AJ landed a huge right hand in the first round and was fighting with his heart.
“He hurt Daniel at the end of the fourth and then again in the fifth, but he got greedy and went to the right hand and that’s all he wrote.
“I’m sure Anthony will invoke the rematch clause.”
