A former wrestling champ - once dubbed 'The Beast of Basford' - is now behind the wheel of a Hackney cab at Nottingham's taxi ranks.
Weighing in at 18 and a half stone, and at 6ft tall, Kundan Singh, 62, of Mapperley, once rubbed shoulders with the likes of world greats such as Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks.
Now he is a taxi driver, Kundan likes to encourage his passengers to take up sport - and even gets recognised from time to time.
He said: "Some people do recognise me. I parked up at the Victoria Centre and someone was going to Bakersfield. He said 'can you take me, Mr Beast?' He said 'you are the Beast of Basford.'
"I always talk to students about sport so they start taking a healthy look at their life and doing something rather than just passing time.
"There was a young man at a petrol station in Huntingdon Street. I said to him 'have you considered wrestling?' He said 'what do you know about wrestling?'
"I said Google 'Beast of Basford' and then he said 'Oh my God, it's you.'"
The father-of-two said he started to take wrestling seriously when he was 14 years old and got the chance to compete in the Midlands Championships held in Clifton, opposite the Peacock pub.
He smiled: "I did not beat him but I threw him and they took an interest in me."
But what really got a young Kundan into wrestling was his father, who used to wrestle around the Indian villages where he grew up.
"He coached me the moves such as the Asian Turn, which we would say 'duck under.' It was very effective. He had the admiration of not just me but the whole village where he lived.
"He was very well known. The prizes were not medals. They were animals such as cows or buffalos but more than anything you gained respect."
Kundan, who is the youngest of four brothers and one sister, said: "I wanted to make dad happy because wrestling was his passion."
It was Big Daddy who suggested that young Kundan had a place on the wrestling circuit - and at one time he stepped in during a Giant Haystacks tournament, although he never wrestled him.
Kundan, who used to work at Basford Hosiery, said he was involved in 'Olympic freestyle wrestling' - a match that is not set but determined by the fight, much different from what wrestling is associated with today in the WWE.
"WWE is like going to watch a play. It is well rehearsed.
"When Giant Haystacks asked me to stand in everyone liked me because when I threw someone it was for real.
"There is no rehearsal in this - you just practice your techniques."
Kundan used to train two times a day carrying out seven laps of the Forest Rec and lifting 500 pounds plus of weights.
He retired from wrestling in 2015, but still tries to keep his hand in the wrestling ring and trains other fellow would-be wrestlers in Aspley - hoping one day they will take it up professionally.
"This is the main reason I am a taxi driver. You need to be flexible with your time.
"It is more than professional. Wrestling is a passion.
"I just want to make a difference to someone's life, all the medals to one side."
