Ladislav Žiga, a Romani man born in Prague's Žižkov quarter, has dedicated himself to boxing since childhood. In Prague he was trained by the legendary Stanislav Tišer, also from the Romani community, who dedicated himself above all to helping children who were spending time on the street.

Today the 30-year-old Žiga lives in Gloucester, England. He decided to follow in his trainer's footsteps and build a boxing team for children there.

Today Žiga teaches the sport to 25 children from the Czech and Slovak community. He shares not just his experience from sports with them, but also his lessons from life.
"We box and I supervise their school performance. This endeavor is about integrating them into normal life and thereby suppressing crime," he told HateFree.cz, the website of the Czech Government's Hate Free Cultureproject.

Žiga grew up in Žižkov, a neighborhood of Prague known for its Romani community and working-class history. His older brother, Vladimír, brought him to boxing at a very early age.

Link: http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/england-czech-emigre-of-romani-origin-establishes-boxing-team-for-children-from-the-czech-republic-and-slovakia

Sylvester Stallone thanked Tyson Fury for bringing back Rocky memories by dressing as Apollo Creed in Las Vegas last weekend.
Fury, 30, brilliantly dressed as Apollo Creed for his win over Tom Schwarz in Las Vegas.

The Brit is looking to crack America and made a good start by coming out in the Rocky character's Stars and Stripes shorts, dressing gown and top hat.
Fury told fans to expect a special entrance and certainly delivered - before winning by a resounding second-round KO.

In true Rocky style, he entered the ring to James Brown's 'Living in America', with dancers performing in the background.

Creator and star of the Rocky series and avid boxing fan Stallone praised the Gypsy King on social media for his eccentric ring walk.

Stallone said: “Thank you to the amazing Real life champion, Tyson Fury!
"It’s so incredibly gratifying to see these moments live on. “ Yo, it ain’t over til it’s over!“ sorry I meant 1985, still, it’s amazing!"