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By TOM LAWRENCE, NEWS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 13:08 EST, 6 November 2025 | Updated: 13:54 EST, 6 November 2025 <\/p>\n

A boxer has spoken about being taunted by strangers over developing after developing a square head from his injuries.<\/p>\n

Linx, 23, who did not want to reveal his full name, claims his face ‘swelled up like a balloon’ after years of bare-knuckle fighting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He says his unusual appearance means he gets stopped in the street by strangers who ask him if he’s got cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Linx, who says he has been boxing since aged five, claims he had a normal shaped head until he reached 18.<\/p>\n

He says he believes it is tissue damage from being repeatedly punched and thinks he will need surgery to return his head to its original shape.<\/p>\n

Linx, from Shepherd’s Bush, West London<\/a>, said: ‘I like to think it has made me look more attractive and that’s why people hate on me or be harsh.<\/p>\n

‘My cheeks swelled after repeated trauma from punches – other than that it is a mystery as no one else in my bloodline has the the issue.<\/p>\n

‘I’ve been told only plastic surgery or botox would treat it.<\/p>\n

\"Linx <\/p>\n

Linx (pictured before his head started to change) said he started boxing at the age of five<\/p>\n

\"His <\/p>\n

His head unexpectedly swelled up following years of bare-knuckle boxing in 2020<\/p>\n

‘One day I hope to get it done so I can walk down the street like a normal man also so I’m not stopped and asked if I have cancer or abscesses.’<\/p>\n

Linx – who claims he is undefeated in his 50 bare knuckle fights – has more than three million views and followers on social media.<\/p>\n

But each post also has hundreds of comments comparing him to Quagmire from Family Guy with hundreds commenting his catchphrase ‘Giggity Giggity’.<\/p>\n

Linx said: ‘It is inevitable that my videos will blow up because of my appearance.<\/p>\n

‘But I think people hate on me because I’m confident in a world where a lot of people don’t have it anymore.<\/p>\n

‘They then just pray on people like me and try and bring us down.<\/p>\n

‘When my cheeks first grew five years ago it was really tough but since posting on TikTok and the nasty comments, it sometimes becomes unbearable.<\/p>\n

‘I have my down days but I try not to let it to get to me.<\/p>\n

‘I have been given this for a reason.’<\/p>\n

\"Linx\u00a0believes <\/p>\n

Linx\u00a0believes the shape changes is caused by tissue damage from being repeatedly punched<\/p>\n

\"Linx\u00a0has <\/p>\n

Linx\u00a0has more than three million views and followers on social media<\/p>\n

\"Trolls <\/p>\n

Trolls on Linx’s social media have compared him to the Family Guy character Quagmire<\/p>\n

Linx says he has also been heartened by people saying they feel more confident in their own skin after watching his videos.<\/p>\n

He said: ‘Another reason for why I started my account was that maybe others will feel more confident.<\/p>\n

‘Plenty of people have reached out saying I have inspired them to be more confident about themselves, even though something about them might be weird.’<\/p>\n

Linx one day hopes to be a Misfits Boxing champion to prove all of his ‘haters wrong’.<\/p>\n

Misfits Boxing is a British crossover boxing promotion founded in 2022 by KSI, Mams Taylor, and the Sauerland brothers, Kalle and Nisse Sauerland.<\/p>\n

He shares videos on his TikTok page linx-never-give-up.<\/p>\n

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