Aaron Watson is 25 years old, comes from Manchester and is, by his own reckoning, “a typical northern lad. Loud, brash and confident. Quite macho, really.” He is a fan of mixed martial arts, enjoys playing football and rugby and has boxed since the age of 12, earning a reputation as an accomplished amateur. “I’m a light-middleweight,” he says. “I had quite a few fights and I really loved it. There’s a few videos on YouTube if you’re interested.”
Watson worked as a firefighter before, last year, moving to Bedfordshire to become an emergency planning officer, a disaster-management role of some responsibility. Still, on nights out with his mates, he has always enjoyed the role of carefree ringleader. “I was always boisterous, running around, playing