In today's Fighting For Autism blog, two young and inspiring brothers with a love for boxing have accepted our challenge to interview someone from the sport or martial art that they take part in or that they are passionate about.
Fighting For Autism has been so incredibly fortunate to have some amazing ambassadors and gyms from the boxing community have actively become involved in helping us to raise some much needed autism awareness around the globe but also strive for inclusion and acceptance for those living with autism, at the beginning of the COVID 19 lock down period in the UK some of our junior ambassadors, coach ambassadors and fighter ambassadors were put through an online training session with former W.B.C world champion, Olympic and Commonwealth games medallist Wayne "Pocket Rocket"McCullough, where Wayne put everyone through their paces and took time to show the medals and belts hes won over his illustrious career and then answered questions at the end, the session featured people of all abilities including some who are on the autistic spectrum, again a massive "Thank You" to Wayne and Cheryl McCullough for being absolutely amazing, everyone had a fantastic time.
The video of the workout can be found on YouTube at the following link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=3GdrTyaZom4&feature=youtu.be
Allow us to introduce Adam and Ayub Mumin, to say these two rather amazing young gentlemen are interested in boxing would be an understatement, boxing also strengthens their brotherly bond and allows the traits to shine through that makes them champions in their own right.
Adam is a superstar of the autistic spectrum and despite the challenges he faces with the loving support of his family, his love of boxing and some gentle encouragement from Ayub, Adam is going from strength to strength.
To say the Mumin family are boxing fans would be an understatement, with both Adam and Ayub's Instagram accounts featuring them practising their boxing skills, but also sharing important messages on initiatives like knives down, hands up which aims to combat knife crime show wisdom beyond their years and the champion mindset they have, the bond that they have is a amazing to watch. (Although everyone at Fighting For Autism is a bit envious of Ayub having his picture taken with boxing royalty and three weight world boxing champion Vasiliy Lomachenko)
Sajid Abid is a professional welterweight boxer, who trains and fights out of Gym City Boxing in Derby, United Kingdom with an impressive 9-1-0 professional record to his name, he is renowned for his pace, work rate and endurance when he competes.
Sajid has been amazing in helping to raise autism awareness and acceptance, Sajid himself offered assistance to young gentleman named Daniel who is on the autistic spectrum, Daniel had been subjected to some pretty nasty bullying that made the attention of the local newspapers where Sajid lives.
Not only did Sajid offer a hand in friendship to Daniel, he also offered him the chance to come and try his hand at boxing, which gave the chance for Daniel to rebuild confidence, get healthy, make new friends as well as learn some boxing skills too.
Ayub asks - How long have you been boxing?
" I've been boxing since the age of 12! Only took it seriously when i was 19, turned pro at 20 and now I'm here as a professional with 10 fights at 26 years old".
Ayub asks - What got you into boxing?
"I wasn't ever the most confident or fittest but I loved my sport!my asthma use to play up a lot so i found my ability was hindered. So i decided to go into boxing with the help of my uncle to try battle that and its been the best thing ever for me".
Ayub asks - How much do you train?
"I train twice a day. Morning strength and condition and evening boxing work followed by a run".
Adam asks - Whats your favourite punch in boxing?
"My fave punch has to be a right uppercut, love the feeling when you catch a sweet connection"!
Adam asks- Who is your favourite boxer?
"My fave boxer is Mohammed Ali. The man, the legend, the greatest"!
Adam asks- What dream fight would you like to see?
"My dream fight would be to watch Goku fight Superman, I love my anime and superheros haha! But boxing wise... being able to watch any of Mohammed Ali's fight live would be a dream."
On behalf of everyone at Fighting For Autism, we wanted to say a massive "Thank You" to Sajid for taking part in this interview and also to Adam and Ayub Mumin and their family.
You can follow Sajid on his Instagram account at www.Instagram.com/sajidabid
If you would like to share a positive story from the autistic spectrum, or perhaps you'd like to find out more about autism, please get in touch at www.fightingforautismeurope.org.
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