Athlete

In boxing you can be the most talented fighter out there but you need people to watch and I'm fortunate that I'm in that situation.

I'm an established fighter, not a fighter who needs steady progression.

Being champion, there's a different mindset.

Chudinov is one of the toughest guys I fought. It was only the slump of his shoulders that made me think he's hurt because there's no grimace, or rolling eyes. He was never going down.

I love comedy and I did a few gigs here and there but it never really took off. It was too scary.

Boxing's a funny business and sometimes different fights come along at different times.

Why do I manage myself? I don't trust anyone else to do it, to be honest.

I will beat Carl Froch every night of the week and it doesn't matter if it is the best Carl Froch or the worst Carl Froch.

Being champion, there's a different mindset.

Ultimately, it's down to the individual. Some people are born to perform. Some people need to work hard to control themselves.

I've got a lovely family now, I've got two boys.

There are plenty of massive fights out there for me, I know that, but the goals always going to become world champion.

Boxing's a funny business and sometimes different fights come along at different times.

There's always talk about going out on top, unfortunately for me that means going out on a loss but it's going out at the highest level. I'm happily satisfied and it makes a lot of sense to me.

I've been on the other end of sticky decisions, have been the 'B' side, but I never go in there thinking, 'Is this going to go against me?'

My missus has had to put up with me boxing. I'll be able to spend some better time with them and not always have to put boxing first. So that's good for me. I'll enjoy that part of life.

I don't care what people think anymore. I don't think I've got anything to prove.

I've earned some decent money, and bragging rights, and boxed on a Floyd Mayweather undercard in Vegas... but it's a fraction of what I set out to do.

The lighter I am going into a fight, the more likely I am to get ill.

I want to knock people out.