Glenn McCrory: Kash reminds me of Mike Tyson. Good Read..

THE 14-year-old schoolkid was so violently aggressive and out of control the fearful locals called him the Tyneside Tyson.

Night after night the boy would run the streets of the tough West End district of Newcastle looking for fights.
And he would take great delight in beating up anyone who fancied their chances with him - including grown men.
This was certainly no ordinary lad. He was a young giant who was more than 6ft tall and weighed 17st.
Inevitably he ran into serious trouble. He had a row with a pub bouncer he claimed got "too cheeky."
A right hand floored the doorman who fell and broke his leg. The police arrested Akaash Hussain and charged him with actual bodily harm.
The authorities were baffled by Hussain's anti-social behaviour. It wasn't as if he was the victim of a broken home or that he lived in poverty.
Kash as he is known comes from a devout Muslim family. His father is a successful businessman who owned four shops and several properties.
His elder brother Waheed, 10 years his senior, realised something drastic had to be done.

So he marched Kash into Glenn McCrory's boxing school and begged the former world cruiserweight champion to try to knock some of the aggro out of him and teach him some discipline.
Glenn said: "I've come across plenty of ruffians in my time but I'd never been confronted by a 14-year-old that big or so full of fury."
McCrory was one of Mike Tyson's chief sparring partners when the youngest world heavyweight champion was in his prime and at his most ferocious.
Glenn said: "Kash reminded me of Tyson. Not in looks but in the ferocity and pent-up anger that seemed to consume him.
"It was obvious he was a tearaway and I wasn't sure if I could help him.

"But I promised his brother that I would give it a go and do everything possible to save him from ending up in prison."
Hussain knew he was facing a custodial sentence for his assault on the bouncer.
But McCrory went to see Kash's probation officer and convinced him, as well as the juvenile court, that Kash's hostility and belligerence could be channelled into a force for good.
It was agreed that Glenn, through boxing, would take responsibility for Hussain's future behaviour.
That was three years ago. Kash hasn't been in trouble since and he became the ABA's junior champion in April.
Now a bonny 6ft 4in, his baby fat replaced by 15st of muscle, Hussain sounds as Geordie as Alan Shearer.
He told me: "I can't explain why I used to get such a buzz out of being a bully and hurting people.
"Boxing never entered my head. But from the moment I laced on a pair of gloves I have loved every minute of it and train three times a day and just love sparring.
"I've learned to control my temper and I can't thank Glenn enough for the way he stood by me. He saved my life."

McCrory has another major problem on his hands. He has to decide whether Kash should aim for a place in Great Britain's 2012 London Olympic team - or turn professional on his 18th birthday in February.
Glenn is convinced, even at this early stage in Hussain's career, he is world championship material.
If Hussain does fill McCrory's dreams and emulate Tyson he will have to start spelling Kash with a capital C.

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