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It has been a hectic year for Canterbury’s professional boxer Brandan Olbrechts – in and out of the ring. Olbrechts has a perfect record from his seven bouts since he went professional three years ago. The latest of the 29-year-old’s contests came last month – just weeks after he became a dad. “It’s made us stronger as people,” said Olbrechts of becoming a parent with girlfriend Isabelle. “We had the baby on September 13 and that was two weeks before my last fight. “We had little Indie and then, five days later, we had to take her back to the hospital. So the weekend before my fight, we were i…