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From Hollywood actor to world champion boxer

Last year the British fighter Tony Bellew took some time away from the sport to star alongside Sylvester Stallone in the Hollywood movie Creed. Now he's a world champion.

The British Boxer is a life long supporter of Everton football club and in the movie Creed he plays a character who has a world title fight at Goodison park stadium.

On Sunday night he fulfilled a life long ambition by winning the world cruiserweight in an outdoor ring erected at Everton's football ground, stopping Ilunga Makabu of DR Congo in three rounds.

He's been re-living the night with Ade Adedoyin and admitted nerves nearly got the better of him...

(Photo; Tony Bellew with the belt, Credit; Getty Images)

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