By Declan Taylor
SUPER-featherweight newcomer Josh Warrington may need just a few extra kilos to play with however he has hailed his father-trainer Sean O’Hagan’s ‘unbelievable’ eight stone weight reduction.
Warrington makes his 130lb debut at Wembley on Saturday September twenty first in a problem for Anthony Cacace’s IBF title.
However whereas the Leeds Warrior will likely be greater than he’s ever been throughout battle week, O’Hagan has been quickly dropping in dimension after he had gastric sleeve surgical procedure.
And Warrington, the previous two-time IBF featherweight champion, says the dramatic weight reduction has modified his dad’s life – and made ordering workforce package a lot simpler.
Warrington stated: “He’s misplaced eight stone, which is nearly equal of me. It’s unbelievable. He had a gastric sleeve so he had like 80 per cent of his abdomen taken away.
“He’s surrounded by skilled athletes day-in, day-out and the person is aware of what to do. He is aware of about self-discipline and he tells us about it too. He is aware of about diet and meals as a result of he comes from a coaching background.
“However I’ve by no means seen him weigh lower than 18st. As you become older your motivation to shed extra pounds dwindles however he was at a stage of well being the place he was getting just a few aches and pains and was always going to the medical doctors, taking a great deal of treatment.
“So he had the gastric sleeve and it has modified his life. He’ll say it himself – he was grasping and by no means felt like he was full. He used to have the ability to have fish, chips, mushy peas, battered sausages, bread and butter, polish the lot off. Lately he can get a kids’s portion and be full after half of it.
“It’s superb, he’s on no tablets now, altering himself and consuming loads more healthy. It’s good to see man.
“After we get the workforce t-shirts I used to ask what dimension he wished. He’d ask for a 4XL and it might flip up and he’d say it was too large. Now, he can simply get regular t-shirts. It’s unbelievable.”
