‘BRITAIN’s worst boxer’ Robin Deakin has revealed how facing death after being stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle has made him determined to fight his way to glory.
Human punch bag Robin, 30, says he is now more focused than ever – despite losing 51 fights in a row.
The Essex boy is backed by an army of celeb fans – including EastEnders star Danny Dyer, Danniella Westbrook, and the cast of TOWIE.
And the real life Rocky has set his sights on glory when takes on Ghanaian Prince Ofotsu on June 25 at boxing’s famous York Hall venue in East London.
Robin, from Tilbury, Essex, showed off his ugly scar – which needed 12 stitches after he was caught up in a Crawley nightclub brawl in May 2015 – describing how he uses it as motivation to overcome the odds.
The battered boxer, who has been knocked around so many times he lost his British Boxing licence, said: “No matter how many setbacks I face I always bounce back.
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“My mate and I got caught up in an altercation and I ended up on all fours and got stabbed in the back of the neck with a broken bottle.
“There was blood everywhere and I thought ‘That’s me dead’.
“I was rushed to hospital and luckily they managed to stem the flow of blood.
“I was told if the paramedics hadn’t got to me earlier I could have died. My attacker was never caught.
“I’ve used that experience to prove to people I’ll never give up my boxing dream.
“The only way they’ll stop me boxing is if I’m carried out of the ring in a box.
“I know the dangers – you only have to look at my friend Nick Blackwell who was in a coma recently to see that.”
After tweeting a pic of his scar, close pal Danniella Westbrook saluted his bravery, messaging back: “Thinking of you robin xxxx love you mate xx.”
Robin said: “Like me, Danniella has had her share of problems in life but she always bounces back and proves her critics wrong.
“We give each other strength to fight on no matter what our haters say.”
Robin – whose speech is slurred from taking so many beatings in the ring – was born with a club foot and endured 60 operations in his childhood to help correct his movement.
Doctors told him he would never be able to walk.
But by the age of six he was on his feet and took up boxing in his teenage years to protect him from school bullies.
He won on his debut in 2006 but then lost 51 fights before outpointing Latvia’s Deniss Kornilovs over four rounds at York Hall last summer at a show licensed by the Malta Boxing Commission.
Super-lightweight Robin – who works as a butcher at night before sleeping and training during the day – fights this month under the German Boxing Association.
He says he draws strength from going the distance with WBA world lightweight champion Anthony Crolla, as well as British champ Stephen Smith and English belt-holder Ryan Walsh.
He also cites his film hero Rocky, played by Sly Stallone, as an inspiration.
Despite making world headlines for once holding the longest losing streak in professional boxing history, single Robin says a rare victory next month will make all the effort worthwhile.
“It will be the best sensation ever to me. I might never be a world champ but it will feel like it to me.
“I’m just happy to be here to be honest and still living the dream.”
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