Delicious Orie, a former boxer for Team GB, left to work as a financial planner

In an interview with James Mackreides of BFIA, Delicious Orie discussed his reasons for switching to the financial industry and how his greatest regret in life is not giving up boxing

A few years after winning gold at the Commonwealth Games, Delicious Orie decided to give up professional boxing, which may seem like an odd choice to some.

After retiring from boxing in May of last year, Orie started a career in finance, which provides him with opportunities that boxing was unable to provide.

On the most recent episode of the BFIA Talks podcast, which is available on YouTube and the majority of podcast platforms, Orie had a conversation with BFIA.

"I was no longer fulfilled in the sport of boxing," he declared. I was going to make good money from the excellent professional contract I signed, but I know I won't be able to make that kind of money again. Additionally, I felt nothing."

Rather, Orie, who is currently based in the West Midlands, is undergoing training to become a financial planner and assist others in achieving their financial objectives. Making the change was ultimately motivated by the desire to improve people's lives.

"One of the things I absolutely loved about boxing was being able to travel the world, speak to so many different types of people, understand their cultures, and appreciate how they view life," Orie says.

"I value that so much, so I thought, 'Well, as an investment manager, is that something that I'll be able to get?' With the very little research I did, I eventually discovered that investment management might not be what I'm looking for.

"After doing a little more research, I discovered financial advice that allows you to connect with the world of investment management while also connecting with people and improving their financial lives." I decided that's what I would do after that."

How his early life experiences and boxing have influenced his business career.

Despite quitting the sport, boxing gave Orie many skillssuch as discipline, drive, and "obsession"that are applicable to the financial industry.

His decision to finish his first financial planning exams in five monthsa process that can take up to two years for somewas motivated by this drive.

"When I stopped boxing, I thought, 'Well, let me just take it easy,'" he says. I've been continuously challenging my body and myself since I was eighteen years old. I had an addiction to it.

"I thought, 'Okay, let me be present,' but about two months after I stopped boxing, I realized that I couldn't do normal things. I had to constantly push myself to the point where it felt a little overwhelming."

His interest in financial literacy was sparked by his early years as well.

He continues, calling himself a business "nerd" as a child: "I loved business at the time. I'm not talking about making money, but rather about understanding the inner workings of business and why trade and business happen."

"I think it stemmed from, as a child, as a family, we didn't have much, and you sort of question that as a kid," he continues.

"You ask yourself, 'Why am I barely able to afford lunch when my mother would work 50-hour or 60-hour weeks?'.

Why you can take charge of your life with financial literacy.

Ories' greatest regret, despite turning down a lucrative boxing career, is not hanging up his gloves.

"You've walked away from potentially multi-millions of pounds," he says, "and I could look them in the eye and say yeah, and genuinely feel so clean within myself.

"Yes, I am aware that I did, but do I regret boxing? No. Investing is something I regret. Investing too late."

"Opening up a junior ISA or something is the message I can convey to the younger generation," he continues. Simply open a bank account under your parents' name, perform the most haphazard task, wash some pot, and deposit ten or twenty dollars a week. I can assure you that when you are thirty or thirty-five years old, it will pay out enormous dividends."

Additionally, he has other advice for the younger generation. Orie is committed to promoting the idea that having financial literacy empowers you to take control of your life.

"A pound of debt you get into is a piece of your future that somebody controls if you are not in control of money, money will control you," he tells the younger generation.

"And it doesn't matter where you are on that spectrumfrom someone who is a high net worth to someone who is barely making ends meet."

Regarding the podcast.

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