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WATCH: It's Wayne's world as boxer's tearful video clip after Birmingham Children's Hospital visit goes viral

A video of a tattooed tough guy a welling up on camera talking about his experiences at Birmingham Children's Hospital has racked up almost 70,000 views on social media.

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Wayne Scott-Fox who lives in Sedgley Road, Dudley, is taking part in a boxing charity match tomorrow to raise funds for the hospital. And before the big bout, he visited the wards. The 34-year-old, originally from Walsall, then filmed an emotional clip of his experiences and posted it online – and the views started adding up.

Wayne paid a visit to the Oncology ward to meet children and and talk to the nurses to gain a further insight into what they do on a daily basis and how they support the patients and their families. His video sees him talk about how difficult it was for him to see what they were going through.

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Posted by Wayne Scott-Fox on Thursday, 23 April 2015

Wayne's mission to help the ward comes through his own personal experiences after his mum died of cancer when he was just 11 years old with three younger sisters to look after, and years later seeing his niece Molly suffer leukaemia from an early age.

Tomorrow's boxing event takes place at Electric Nightclub in Birmingham starting at 6.30pm and running until 11pm.

Speaking to the Express & Star, Wayne said it had come to a point in his life where he wanted to start and make a difference after some difficult moments in his life.

"I'm fighting to improve the ward at the hospital because it is not the best and helping the children there get more," he said.

"Going to the hospital hit me really hard, it was an awful experience. As soon as I saw one lad I just broke down at the hospital – it was a really hard thing to go through.

"I'm looking to raise as much as possible and the money will go on items that will help makes the children's time more comfortable such as toys and iPads. So when they are there it takes their mind off the treatment.

"This means an awful lot to me because I wish I could have done more back then to support my sister and my niece. I regret I didn't do enough and I want to make up for not being there."

Wayne has never boxed before but has been training hard – and all he cares about is a knockout success for charity.

"I've never boxed before in my life but that doesn't bother me. If I get beat up I've still not lost anything because I'm doing it for a very special cause.

"Everybody's doing skydives but I just thought 'I'm going to go step into the ring'.

"If I get beat up I get beat up but it's not about me, it's about raising money for the children. Win lose or draw, I still win."

Tickets cost £20 and are available by messaging him on Facebook – just type 'Wayne Scott-Fox' to locate his page.

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