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Arjon Basi, still only new to professional boxing, is a ticket-seller who brings loud, raucous support. But just before his fight on Sunday night he will look out to an empty seat.
He always leaves a chair unoccupied in memory of his father.
When Basi was just a teenager, his father suffered a sudden heart attack and died.
"My dad was my hero. Definitely was a big influence on me," Basi told Sky Sports. "It was really pushing to have someone that you knew was so supportive of you. A good father is the only person in the world that wants you to do better than them.
"Even now, I'm getting goosebumps when I'm talking about him. I always leave an empty chair when I fight, for my father."
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He explained: "Whenever I used to fight I'd get in the ring and the first thing I'd do I'd look out to my dad. I'd always look out and he'd give me the nod and I'd be like, 'now it's time to go'. Now I sort of look out and I look at the seat and I nod at the seat because … he's there, I know he's there."
Basi pursuing his boxing dream after overcoming terrible obstacles
Originally reported by Sky Sports
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