Brad is a true Hardman with one foot on the ground and an arm raised in triumph

By Daniel Lane
Updated November 26 2015 - 10:23am, first published May 30 2015 - 3:54pm
No giving up: Brad Hardman with boxing trainer Johnny Lewis. Photo: Steven Siewert
No giving up: Brad Hardman with boxing trainer Johnny Lewis. Photo: Steven Siewert
No giving up: Brad Hardman with boxing trainer Johnny Lewis. Photo: Steven Siewert
No giving up: Brad Hardman with boxing trainer Johnny Lewis. Photo: Steven Siewert
No giving up: Brad Hardman with boxing trainer Johnny Lewis. Photo: Steven Siewert
No giving up: Brad Hardman with boxing trainer Johnny Lewis. Photo: Steven Siewert
No giving up: Brad Hardman with boxing trainer Johnny Lewis. Photo: Steven Siewert
No giving up: Brad Hardman with boxing trainer Johnny Lewis. Photo: Steven Siewert

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the remainders
Of every glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame