When and why you started
boxing:
I was 17 when I started. I’d played
football and rugby to a decent
standard, but I wanted to do
something on my own where
I didn’t rely on other people,
so I gave boxing a go.
Favourite all-time fighter:
Thomas Hearns because of his style
and especially his lairy streak.
Best fight you’ve seen:
The first Diego Corrales-Jose Luis
Castillo fight in May 2005.
Personal career highlight:
Fighting at Leicester City’s King
Power Stadium in September last
year.
Toughest opponent:
My opponent at the King Power,
Raimonds Sniedze [w pts 4]. He
took my best shots and just kept
coming at me.
Best and worst attributes as a
boxer:
My best is my fitness and my worst
is my lack of experience.
Training tip:
Keep your hands up.
Favourite meal/restaurant:
I like going for a steak at Miller &
Carter Steakhouse.
Best friends in boxing:
My manager and trainer, Carl
Greaves, plus all of my gymmates
at Carl Greaves Boxing Academy in
Newark.
Other sportsman you would
like to be:
Usain Bolt. To be the fastest man
on the planet would be really cool.Last film/TV show you saw:
The Karl Pilkington TV show,
An Idiot Abroad. I fell asleep
watching it.
Who would play you in a film of
your life:
Snoop Dogg because he’s a bit of a
joker but serious at the same time.
Have you ever been starstruck:
I don’t think I have.
Last time you cried:
After my first loss as an amateur.
It was about four years ago against
Ezra Taylor. I was gutted as I’d
always thought I was going to beat
everybody.
Best advice received:
Believe in yourself. When you
believe in yourself, you can push
yourself on further than if you don’t
believe in yourself.
Worst rumour about yourself:
I’ve not heard anything.
Something not many people
know about you:
When I was about 10 or 11,
I got to the Flintshire County
Championship finals in chess.
Flintshire was where I grew up.
I don’t know how I did so well as
I’m not even that good at chess!OLY MARPLE
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