James was pronounced dead at the scene after passers-by called for help. He didn't drink or smoke and when he wasn't at work or the gym he spent most of his time at home." He was our only child and all he did was train at the gym or go running. Then I went out to look for him and discovered the taped-up area where the ambulance had found him. "When he hadn't come home after a few hours we became worried and rang the police and hospitals. James came in on Sunday afternoon and asked his mum to get his tea ready while he went for a quick half-an-hour run.
Mr Anderson said: "He was a fit, healthy lad who was dedicated to his training. They had become concerned he had not returned for his Sunday meal. His family today talked about the promising sportsman who had won a number of amateur trophies and medals.ĭistraught parents Frank and Julie Anderson said he was found minutes from their Swinton home on a routine fitness run. It is not yet known whether the heart condition had anything to do with his death. His family was advised at the time that James, who had been training for three years at St Boniface's Amateur Boxing Club, had a commonplace heart irregularity and his exercise regime of four days a week at the gym and regular three-mile runs could continue. Less than a month ago he was given the all-clear to carry on boxing after a ringside doctor detected a heart murmur. James Anderson was found collapsed in Ellesmere Road, Salford, on Sunday.
TESTS were taking place today to discover why a super-fit 18-year-old boxer died while he was jogging.
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