Luke Campbell praises Hull support for Dancing On Ice bid

OLYMPIC bullion medallist Luke Campbell says home support has been strenuous as he prepares to take to a ice again.

The boxer-turned-skater will contest on a ice opposite Coronation Street star Samia Ghadie tomorrow night to try to automatically win a place in a subsequent round.

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   ‘Grateful’: Luke Campbell. Picture: Rob Stebbing

His initial tour on a ice final Sunday saw him collect adult 18.5 points out of a probable 40.

He said: “I would like to send a large thank-you to a open who voted for me. They have given me a event to be there this week.

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“And a outrageous thank-you to everybody who watched. It is all these who have given me a possibility to movement again.

“I am really beholden for that and for all a comments we have perceived about it. It has been overwhelming.

“This week we will be doing a dance-off opposite Samia Ghadie.

“I will dance initial and afterwards palm over to her and a judges will collect a improved one.

“Whoever a judges collect will be protected from going out of a competition.”

It will be his second time out on a ice and he says he will be going out loose and prepared to put on a uncover for his fans.

“To be honest, we was shaken final week,” he said. “It felt like we was given a tough routine.

“It concerned a lot of solo skating. It was pristine skating and we did 3 rises and a integrate of tricks, so it was a tough routine.

“I suspicion we achieved it well, deliberation we have usually been ice skating for a integrate of months.

“I am perplexing my best. we am not a strongest skater there though we put 100 per cent into what we do.

“I wish people to opinion since they consider I’m good and if we consider we am afterwards give me a opinion and a possibility to be there again subsequent week.”

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Luke is now training 6 days a week on a ice with partner Jenna Smith to ideal his slight for tomorrow night.

And it has not been though injury.

The fighter has painful his impertinence after a drifting movement held him in a face.

“I suspicion Jenna had sliced my face with a blade during first,” he said.

“But opportunely not. My impertinence is painful though on a inside.”

Luke says he is going out on a ice to suffer himself.

“They pronounced we was a bit unbending final week. My fighting coaches have been revelation me that for 13 years.

“I relax when we box and this weekend we am going to go out there relaxed.”

Luke skates again tomorrow during 6.15pm on ITV1.