Former Teignmouth Chippie Is No Lightweight

  While this triple whammy would be success enough for most people,  Ben "Dynamite Kid" Day aims to achieve more.
  His dream is to help as many others as he can to turn their lives around through the sport of boxing.
  It is a sport that Ben got into "late" and it  "saved my life", he told The Teignmo'thian.
  Headed "down the wrong path" in life,  boxing gave him "focus and direction" and he discovered he had talent.
  He continued to work full-time as a carpenter while he pursued a career in professional boxing and one of the biggest sacrifices he had to make was time with his four nieces.
  But the "tremendous support and drive" from his sister Jo has helped him to achieve success as well as the love of  his long-time girlfriend who has "stood by me through thick and thin and has worked with me to achieve my dream".
  He told The Teignmo'thian: "It's been very hard, trust me.
  "Nothing came easy being up here in London on my own. 
  "I nearly came back twice but what would I have done in Teignmouth?"
  Ben hopes that his success will show others that they can turn their lives around no matter what their background.
  "It requires discipline, stamina, dedication and focus but you must set goals," he said.
  "I have come from a small seaside town in Devon and have achieved my dream of opening a gym in Central London, hopefully the first of many across the country."
  He regularly trains celebrities, including Razorlight's Johnny Borrell, a band that recently toured with Teignmouth rockers, Muse.
  He has met a number of his idols, including Ricky Hatton, David Haye, Barry McGuigan, Karl Froch and Mike Tyson.
  "Meeting these boxing legends has spurred me onto become successful," , added Ben, who  has featured in news reports for BBC1 and Channel 5, done interviews for Radio 1, television advets for ITV and an episode of BBC3's The Real Hustle.
  While rockers Muse have put Teignmouth on the map with music, Ben is really packing a punch to its reputation for producing boxing talent.
  He went to school in Teignmouth with Muse's bass guitarist, Chris Wolstenholme, but he lived round the corner from the Tooley family who ran a training ring in the town centre and launched some hard-hitting talent into the world of professional boxing.
  Those heady days of boxing success, it would appear, are far from over with Ben "Dynamite Kid" Day achieving such success in the world of professional and white-collar boxing. 
  His boxing career may be on hold while he establishes the gym he built in London using his own carpentry skills, but he still's knocking out any competition outside the ring.

Pictures courtesy of Ben Day