When I was 17 or 18, I realised I could do something with boxing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Boxing was just another one to keep me going as a child.
When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.
Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.
Before, boxing was something that I did. Now, boxing is who I am.
My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.
I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.
I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
I saw women's boxing on television for the first time when I was 18, and that's when I wanted to do it. So, it didn't come from me watching my father. I didn't know the sport existed; therefore, I wasn't really interested in it until I saw it.
Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do.
When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.