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I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

I play football in training all the time with my male friends, who are also professionals. But playing together in competition? I just don't see it. We have the ability, we have the technique, we have the tactical understanding, but there are physical limitations. You can't get away from that.

There are the medical dangers of football in general caused by head trauma over repetitive hits.

For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.

The first thing I learned in boxing is to not get hit. That's the art of boxing. Execute your opponent without getting hit. In sports school, we were putting our hands behind our backs and having to defend ourselves with our shoulders, by rolling, by moving round the ring, moving out feet.

Boxing is like chess. You encourage your opponent to make mistakes so you can capitalise on it. People think you get in the ring and see the red mist, but it's not about aggression. Avoiding getting knocked out is tactical.

In football, you're hitting, so you might as well hit in practice.

It doesn't take science to know that when you have head-to-head collisions, there's going to be some effect.