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Ferdinand: Boxing career will help cope with grief of losing my late wife to cancer

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  • Rio Ferdinand is pursuing a new career in boxing
  • The ex-footballer, who is taking the sport up professionally, admitted it was a way of 'channelling his aggression'

After two painful years grieving for his wife Rebecca’s tragic death from cancer , Rio ­Ferdinand is coming out fighting with a new career as a boxer.

The former Manchester United and England defender showed the first signs of making a fresh start when he began a new relationship with TOWIE star Kate Wright, 26.

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