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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Mark Staniforth

Boxer Delicious Orie plotting next phase of life story at Commonwealth Games

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Born in Moscow and raised in Wolverhampton, boxer Delicious Orie is plotting the next phase of his already-remarkable life story at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next month.

The 25-year-old super-heavyweight, whose father is Nigerian and his mother Russian, arrived in the UK with his family at the age of eight, but only managed to beat the red tape to secure a British passport last year.

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