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In order to understand the mindset of a boxer, I needed to become a boxer myself.

It takes a certain type of man to become a boxer, to fight for a living. To be able to have the confidence to hit another man, to control your fears. You must overcome the psychical aspect and believe in the art, the discipline of the sport. You need to study. You need to be smart.

When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.

There's so much pressure on becoming the next Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, and if you don't achieve that in boxing, you're nothing.

As a boxer, you have to put risk in to get to another level.

I ran into a couple of guys who were boxers. They talked me into working out at their gym. I became obsessed with boxing and the idea of becoming a champion.

I would like to be remembered as a boxer who tried to do his best.

Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the most from this short life.

It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit.