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With amateur boxing, you're just entered into a competition. And to be the best, you've got to beat the best. You're not waiting around to get these fights organised.

I don't play boxing.

Boxing is a noble sport.

Boxing is a lonely sport.

Boxing's not a career for anyone: it doesn't last long enough to be a career.

I knew boxing before I knew anything else.

I used to box a bit, and once fought as an amateur welterweight.

Boxing's a sport that gives you licence to act like an idiot, I think.

Without boxing, I can't live. I love boxing.

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid.