Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do.

Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do.

My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going.

But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.

It is an honour to fight at the Royal Albert Hall.

You've got to look and pick your shots - and that's where your class and skill comes out.

There's such a big buzz around boxing at the moment. Everything's happening and there's so much building up with a lot of young talent coming through.