An elite level boxer who has fought for England six times is facing being deported to Nigeria.
Bilal Fawaz was detained at the Tinsley House Immigration Centre at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex on Nov 29.
The 29-year-old who has competed for England six times and was the 2012 ABA light-middleweight champion, was taken to England when he was 14.
Taken to the UK illegally by an uncle, he was told his father would be arriving soon, but the man never turned up.
Fawaz, who calls himself Kelvin, was treated ‘like a slave’ before he ran away from the home he was living in and was taken into care.
Now married to an English woman, the boxing prodigy went through a turbulent period involving drug gangs, getting shot once and stabbed a reported 25 times.
However, he turned his life around after taking up boxing in 2011 at the Stonebridge Boxing Club in Brent and has risen through the ranks to become one of Britain’s top amateur boxers – currently ranked the third best middleweight in England.
Boxer who represented England six times faces deportation to Nigeria
