A move from rugby league to rugby union in 2008 sparked the New Zealand sporting legend’s interest in boxing – because he found himself a million dollars in debt.
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newspaper headlines, Paul Johnson, 51, of Monkstown Boxing Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, has been given the royal nod with an MBE for dedicating his life to coaching