Anthony Joshua saved a lost goose and reunited it with its family.
The heavyweight boxer showed his softer side by coming to the rescue of the stricken bird.
The 35-year-old former world champ picked up the Canadian goose in his giant hands.
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Joshua – known as AJ – then carried it down to a canal where the rest of its clan were.
One local hailed the ring king for his kind-hearted efforts.
She ushered the goose towards the water from Ducie Street, in Manchester.
The woman said: “Not that way, this way.
“You see that gate there?”
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The boxer said: “The next gate yeah.”
The local lady said: “What a hero.”
He then took it towards the Rochdale Canal, as reported on What’s The Jam.
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The rescue took place last Thursday (15 May).
AJ replied: “Down here yeah.”
The woman responded: “Yes please.”
Joshua said: “Ah they’re all down here.”
The lady again said: “Thank you so much.”
The boxer added: “Come down and look where they are.
“There are loads of them down here.”
On 11 May, a family-of-seven geese were saved after pedestrians held up traffic in Deansgate, also Manchester City centre.
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