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I have gone from training by myself to having a team of professional people that have been building athletes for years.
I need to keep working hard, winning fights, and it will happen. I just hope that I don’t get sidestepped for too long.
Every sport has dangers, and it’s a risk we all take, but that’s why people need to give us the credit we deserve.
I’m still hungry. I’m still striving… You have to understand: my mum has worked hard to look after her children, but we have always been poor; we have always been at rock bottom. I want to change my family history forever.
I would like to say I can change millions of lives, but realistically, if my journey inspires 10 people to go to university or to achieve something, then I think I’ve done my job.
My dad was raised hard. His own dad’s mentality was, ‘If you’re not dead, you can work. If you’re not dead, you’re all right.’
Sport instils discipline, and it’s a distraction.
I want one of the top three, but if they aren’t available, we’ll pick someone else. There are some good young fighters, undefeated guys, and guys with wins and losses on their record.
I’m in this game to give the fans proper fights, fights they will remember.
My career does not depend on AJ. He’s got four of the belts, but if I’m mandatory for one or two of them and he doesn’t fight me, they will strip him at some point.
The government should have something in place where, in school, they see what sport you are most suited for, and it should be mandatory that you do more of it in your curriculum.
My mum hates the fact that I fight. My sisters hate it, too, but they understand that boxing gave me a way out. It saved me. It made me someone. It made me the person I am today, mentally and physically.
I have always been a puncher, but I tried to use my other tools and take my time, because in boxing, you need longevity. I can have a dust-up and knock anyone out in the first round, but you need more than that.
I definitely want to fight Breazeale. It doesn’t need to be PBC; it can be Matchroom and Sky Sports. If he wants to fight, we can fight. It’s an easy fight to make. Let’s make it.
I left Jamaica to come to England, but one place became another place. I lived in Tulse Hill, in Brixton and Coldharbour Lane.
People will get to see I’m real and a straight guy. And they’ll realise I can fight as well.
That works for me, that’s fine, but I don’t need a belt to fight Dominic Breazeale. If he wants it, he can get it.
Listen: I’m a fighter. I’m a brawler. I’m a boxer. But I’m a technician as well.
I need to know what I’m doing. I’ve got my own career. I’m not waiting.
I’ll fight anyone; I don’t hide from anyone. I don’t try to get easy fights. I don’t sit down and wait. I want to be busy, and I will fight anyone put in front of me.
If you’re mentally weak, it can destroy you. Some guys who look talented lose and never come back.
After that defeat by Joshua in 2015, I changed my trainer and teamed up with Mark Tibbs. I began working at Loughborough University.
There’s always something getting in the way – other fights being made or money and politics ruining things – but after I finish Chisora, nobody can deny me my shot.
Throw me in deep enough, and I sink or swim. I don’t care who I fight.
I won’t wait for this Joshua-Wilder-Tyson Fury nonsense and become a pawn in their negotiations.
