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His London Olympics may have only lasted nine minutes but Jamel Herring will not be getting down about it.
A veteran Marine of two tours of duty in Iraq, the U.S. team boxing captain knows he has his men to think about.
The 26-year-old sergeant, who served as a field electrician during the Iraq war, is just part of the military backbone of an American team led by officer Basheer Abdullah, head coach of the army's boxing programme for 15 years.
Herring saw many friends die during his service but also lost his daughter to cot death shortly after his return, something that was at the forefront of his mind when went down on bended knee upon entering the ring on Tuesday.
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A veteran Marine of two tours of duty in Iraq, the U.S. team boxing captain knows he has his men to think about.
The 26-year-old sergeant, who served as a field electrician during the Iraq war, is just part of the military backbone of an American team led by officer Basheer Abdullah, head coach of the army's boxing programme for 15 years.
Herring saw many friends die during his service but also lost his daughter to cot death shortly after his return, something that was at the forefront of his mind when went down on bended knee upon entering the ring on Tuesday.
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