Isaac Chamberlain: 'I’ve been here before, in a very dark place'
27 March 2020 01:20
The Brixton cruiserweight was on the cusp of hitting it big as the coronavirus crisis stopped boxing for the foreseeable future, but he is no stranger to isolation and is taking the blow in his stride“I know I can go through hell,” Isaac Chamberlain says calmly as, rather than making his comeback on Saturday night in a fight which had offered him so much hope, the most interesting boxer in Britain settles back into another testing period of isolation. “I’ve sacrificed so much it’s got to the point that it’s become normal to me to go through these trials and tribulations. The world is in a very tough place right now but I just think: ‘I’ve been here before, in a very dark place. This is how my life has been for a long time.”Chamberlain’s latest spell of solitude has been enforced by coronavirus, which led to the inevitable cancellation of Saturday’s bill in Coventry. His return was meant to be screened live on Channel 5. A second fight, on 25 April in London, has also been abandoned and so the Brixton cruiserweight has been consigned again to the wilderness. Related: Rory Best: 'I thought you played hard and partied hard. I had to change' Related: Russian boxers post videos that appear to flout self-isolation rules Continue readingread full article
