Boxing Journey Quotes

I was fighting at 125 pounds when I was 15 years old... then became a champion at 126 pounds at 25 years old.

For the birth of one champion, there are many young boxers behind them who had setbacks. In terms of that, I think boxing is very dramatic.

When I was about 12, I realised I wasn't going to make it as a top footballer, but I won my first British ABA title at 13. From then on, I wanted to be a world champion.

My first four fights in amateur at middleweight, and the first four professional were at welterweight. And I just kind of went down from there.

I'm somebody from a little tiny town, who had boxed in leisure centres, and my last fight was in Madison Square Garden against one of the greats. What a great way to finish off.

Before, boxing was something that I did. Now, boxing is who I am.

Dominic Ingle has seen me probably from 9 years old coming through. He was watching from the outside.

Me and Bellew, we started off in the same amateur gym together.

It might sound strange now from where I'm standing as a world boxing champion, but I harboured serious thoughts, at the age of nine, of putting my whole life into snooker. I remember being fascinated by the game, watching the likes of Steve Davis, and thought I would do it.