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Southport boxer Rob Newbiggin about sex-change plan and losing friends
Jul 31 2009 by Gemma Jaleel, Southport Visiter
Rob Newbiggin and his wife, Emma
SOUTHPORT boxer Rob Newbiggin says he has been driven out of the town he loves after admitting he will undergo a sex change operation.
The father-of-three has forged a 20-year career as a boxer in America and has even sparred with Ricky Hatton, but will soon begin a new life as a woman, known as Mercedes, after the operation.
Rob, 44, said that as soon as the news broke in a daily tabloid newspaper, he lost all his friends.
He told the Southport Visiter: “The way The Sun treated my story was the complete opposite to what I expected. Maybe I was being naive, but they made me out to be some kind of freak. I should have just spoken to the Visiter.
“I have lost every friend I have ever had in the world in this town.
“That upsets me because I have done a lot for this town, with my painting and murals.
“My friends don’t want to know me. I’ve got people winding their windows down shouting abuse at me while I go for my run - that’s why we are having to relocate. I have to think about my kids.”
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Southport boxer Rob Newbiggin about sex-change plan and losing friends
Jul 31 2009 by Gemma Jaleel, Southport Visiter
Rob Newbiggin and his wife, Emma
SOUTHPORT boxer Rob Newbiggin says he has been driven out of the town he loves after admitting he will undergo a sex change operation.
The father-of-three has forged a 20-year career as a boxer in America and has even sparred with Ricky Hatton, but will soon begin a new life as a woman, known as Mercedes, after the operation.
Rob, 44, said that as soon as the news broke in a daily tabloid newspaper, he lost all his friends.
He told the Southport Visiter: “The way The Sun treated my story was the complete opposite to what I expected. Maybe I was being naive, but they made me out to be some kind of freak. I should have just spoken to the Visiter.
“I have lost every friend I have ever had in the world in this town.
“That upsets me because I have done a lot for this town, with my painting and murals.
“My friends don’t want to know me. I’ve got people winding their windows down shouting abuse at me while I go for my run - that’s why we are having to relocate. I have to think about my kids.”
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