Jude,

From the minute we met we was muckers and throughout harrogate and reg depot we stayed close. Trained over lockdown, went to festivals, done more runs and tabs between us then any two mates should ever have to and so on and so forth, the memories truly are endless and I could sit here rattling them off all night. You always stayed true to your own goals and loyal to those who loved you and showed me loyalty in times when very few else bothered their ass to. I never questioned you in terms of loyalty or any form of trust as from the minute we met each other we stuck by each other. On nights in depot we’d show each other our own forms of fighting, I taught you what I knew with kick-boxing and you taught me what you knew with your boxing, a time in my life I will now hold closer to my heart then I ever could’ve imagined. Just before you passed I told you how proud of you I was and how I loved you and you told me you loved me too and for me I feel truly honoured to have had that last interaction with you and know we were close right up until the end. The world won’t be the same without you in it and the world has lost a new world champion boxer as well as an amazing friend and someone people could always rely on. The world was better with you in it mate but now you’re not I hope you find peace and eternal happiness up there. I’ll miss you forever and til I see you at the rave on the other side waiting for me with a triple vodka lemonade and a tray of jägers please watch over all our mates and our loved onesI love you mate, from your least intelligent friend, Hawkins❤️