Boxer denies terror offences

A former boxing champion has denied encouraging terrorism by urging others to ‘take up arms’ in a video posted on YouTube. Anthony Small, 36, became British and Commonwealth light middleweight champion in 2009, but quit the ring a year later because it clashed with his religious beliefs. Small, also known as Abdul Haqq, is said to have posted the video on YouTube in September 2016 under the username ‘Anthony Small boxer’. Prosecuting at the magistrates court earlier this year, Rachel…