Mum, Vitali just sent me a text, would you pass me a new pair of panties.

When you're training you go to the gym when it's dark, you leave when it's dark. You push your body to the limit and it really gets on top of you.

Put all your eggs in one basket. Then you're less likely to drop that basket.

He's got one of the best chins I've ever hit in my life. I was catching him and he was smiling at me, he was eating them. He's a great fighter, he'll be champion one day.

[Some young athletes] get home, look at social media, and they have thousands of people ripping it out of them, telling them that they're terrible at their profession, they hope they lose their next match or fight.It's hugely negative and unless you can rise above it and pay no attention, it can have a very serious impact on that person's state of mind.

I think ring rust is an excuse people use when they don't box well.

If you look after yourself, keep yourself healthy and have good sparring, there shouldn't be any issues regarding ring rust.