A pit bull is like a fighter. Every so often it needs to taste blood.

If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell.

I get people to this day - I won my title 25 years ago - saying how wonderful a time they had during that dark period in our history when they came to watch me fight.

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

Work hard, think fast and you'll last.

There is nothing like wealth for dulling desire.

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.