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Joe-John Daniel "JJ" Bird (born 9 September 1986) is a professional boxer who is also known for being a contestant in reality television series Big Brother.Bird started his boxing career at the age of 14, joining Peterborough Phoenix ABC, run by Gary De Roux. In January 2007, Bird was granted a professional boxer's licence, and made his boxing debut a month later, beating Frank Celebi on points. He won his next two fights on points, before suffering his first defeat at the hands of Paul Morby in Portsmouth in November 2007. He has also had two televised fights, both in 2008, fighting David Walker on Sky Sports, as well as Steve O'Meara on ITV4. To date, Bird has a professional record of 12 fights with five wins, two draws and five losses, although has not boxed for over a year.He has also made several television appearances outside of the ring, appearing as a contestant on the respective gameshows Golden Balls, This Time Tomorrow, and The Cube. Most notably, in July 2010, Bird entered the Big Brother house in week six, in its eleventh UK series, and subsequently finished fourth.Bird boxes out of a gym run by former British Featherweight champion Gary De Roux and competes as welterweight/Light-Middleweight. He started his boxing career aged 14 when he joined Peterborough Phoenix ABC run by Gary De Roux, he had his first amateur contest on 21 November 2001 in Great Yarmouthcitation needed and went on to have 25 amateur contests with 12 wins and 13 losses.citation needed. In January 2007, Bird was granted a professional boxer's licence, to be co-managed by De Roux and Dean Powell and made his debut on 23 February 2007 at the East of England Showground on a show promoted by Kevin Sanders. Bird fought and beat Frank Celebi from Bristol on points. Four months later, Bird won his second fight, beating Duncan Cottier on points in his hometown of Peterborough. In September 2007, he won his third consecutive fight since turning professional, winning once again on points, beating Lance Verallo. In Bird's first fight outside of Peterborough, in November 2007, he suffered the first defeat of his boxing career, losing on points to Paul Morby at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth. Bird's fifth and final fight of 2007 ended in a draw, drawing with Tommy Heffron at the Sports Centre in Oldham. On his draw, Bird said "I feel very good about this performance. I am getting a good variety of fights and learning from each one. Now I have to put all those lessons together". Following Bird's draw with Tommy Heffron, he did not return to the ring until June 2008. Bird was set to box Daniel Herdman at the York Hall, but a late switch meant he ended up facing David Walker, a former challenger for British, Commonwealth and European titles rated number 15 in the country. Bird won the fight on points by 39–38, a win described as a "big upset". The victory meant that Bird reached 16th in the British light-middleweight rankings.