Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story.

If your brain's not right they have good people at the NHS to help you fix it and talk to and counselling to calm you down and to focus you.

People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.

My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.

I like going to the gym every day.

The most important thing taught to my students is to not be so photo realist in what they depict.