Comparing Henry's 'Boxing And The Millers' Bakehouse

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Two major experiences overwrite the many more Henry had, these experiences are boxing and the Millers’ Bakehouse. According to Josh “Boxing was his hobby during ‘Coota’s’ late twenties and early thirties, and that he stopped this hobby after his second child.” I assume that boxing prepared him for fatherhood, also boxing would have kept him fit. Visual #1 (http://www.aihw.gov.au/ deaths/life-expectancy/) shows the life expectancy in 1890 at 45. Henry almost doubled this age. Could boxing have helped him to nearly double this figure? Fitness is essential to live a healthy lifestyle, but did they know that? Did Henry know that boxing could potentially allow his future self to open a bake house? The bake house turned out as one of the longest

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