Boxing statue theft floors residents

Met Police officers are appealing for information after a statue of British boxing legend Teddy Baldock was stolen from a park in east London. Baldock become the widely recognised youngest world champion in British history in 1927. The bronze monument was erected in Langdon Park in Poplar, in 2014 following a fundraising campaign led by his grandson. Police were called at 20.07hrs on Sunday 1 February to reports that the bronze monument had been taken. Officers have obtained CCTV which…