Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do.
From Billy Joe Saunders
My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going.
I'm one of the best finishers in the business, so I went for it.
I'd always said that I'd like to have a title by the next Olympics, so this is a great opportunity, and could be the start of my climb to a world title.
But my promoter Frank Warren knows what he is doing, and has been through this cycle many times with other fighters.
It is an honour to fight at the Royal Albert Hall.
The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title.
I had a good chance when I went to Beijing and the guy who beat me, I'd beaten him three weeks before and he went on to win silver.
I was only 18 and I'd be 22 if I was competing at London. I'm stronger and more experienced and I know I would have won gold.
But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.
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