By Nik Simon For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 22:30 BST, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 00:17 BST, 12 May 2019
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James Haskell is considering stepping into the boxing ring to avoid 'going mad' in his retirement.
The 6ft 5in, 18st flanker, capped 77 times by England, and also a part-time DJ, said: 'I think I am going to have to trade playing rugby for another contact sport... possibly boxing, jujitsu or something else. I wouldn't mind doing a bit of celebrity boxing. I guess it would be a spectacle!
'With my size it would not be a tickling competition... and the queue of people wanting to beat me up would be far longer than it would be for wanting to help me! I simply need to have some kind of physical contact sport or work-out going on. I need to stay in shape and do something physical because I know I will go mad if I don't!'
James Haskell will consider becoming a boxer after his retirement from rugby
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