I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

I train very hard, either rowing on the cross trainer or running. Not only do you feel tired afterwards but it relaxes you, it completely clears the head. But to sort things out I also like to walk.

What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager.

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

Work hard, think fast and you'll last.

The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.