Boxing champ on terror charges

A former champion boxer accused of urging others to ‘take up arms’ in a video posted on YouTube has denied encouraging terrorism. Anthony Small, 36, became British and Commonwealth light middleweight champion in 2009, but quit the ring a year later as 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 ‘anthonysmallboxer’. Rachel Taylor, prosecuting, said: ‘It’s a video published on a…