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Age started boxing: Nine
First boxing memory: First amateur fight when I was 10, beating a regional champion who’d had 37 fights. I knew then I could be something
Inspiration: My family [parents and two older brothers]
Favourite all-time fighter: Rocky Marciano for the way he fought and for what he achieved in the heavyweight division, despite being so small
Best fight you’ve seen: The first Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward clash and Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo I [May 2005]
Pre-fight meal: Luncheon meat or chicken sandwich
What do you do to relax: Play golf, spend time with my family
Pre-fight superstition: I’m not really superstitious. I always say a few prayers and the night before a fight go to see a movie
What training (if any) do you do between fights: Weight training and running [three times a week]
Typical breakfast: Eggs, pancakes and fruit bowl
Toughest part of being a boxer: Dieting and going away to training camp, away from my family
Favourite music: Heavy metal, hard rock
Last book you read: The Most Evil Dictators of All-time
Favourite film: A Bronx Tale starring Robert DeNiro
What car do you drive: Cadillac Eldorado 1993
Where do you train: South Side Boxing Club, Youngstown, Ohio
Training routine: Running about three miles in the morning, lots of stretching, two hours in the gym in the afternoon and weight-training at night
Toughest man faced: Ross Thompson
Supplements, if any: GNC multi-vitamin
Job outside boxing: Full-time professional
Last place you went on holiday: I’ve never been on vacation
Best boxer in the sport today: Floyd Mayweather
Favourite football team: Ohio State Buckeyes
First boxing memory: First amateur fight when I was 10, beating a regional champion who’d had 37 fights. I knew then I could be something
Inspiration: My family [parents and two older brothers]
Favourite all-time fighter: Rocky Marciano for the way he fought and for what he achieved in the heavyweight division, despite being so small
Best fight you’ve seen: The first Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward clash and Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo I [May 2005]
Pre-fight meal: Luncheon meat or chicken sandwich
What do you do to relax: Play golf, spend time with my family
Pre-fight superstition: I’m not really superstitious. I always say a few prayers and the night before a fight go to see a movie
What training (if any) do you do between fights: Weight training and running [three times a week]
Typical breakfast: Eggs, pancakes and fruit bowl
Toughest part of being a boxer: Dieting and going away to training camp, away from my family
Favourite music: Heavy metal, hard rock
Last book you read: The Most Evil Dictators of All-time
Favourite film: A Bronx Tale starring Robert DeNiro
What car do you drive: Cadillac Eldorado 1993
Where do you train: South Side Boxing Club, Youngstown, Ohio
Training routine: Running about three miles in the morning, lots of stretching, two hours in the gym in the afternoon and weight-training at night
Toughest man faced: Ross Thompson
Supplements, if any: GNC multi-vitamin
Job outside boxing: Full-time professional
Last place you went on holiday: I’ve never been on vacation
Best boxer in the sport today: Floyd Mayweather
Favourite football team: Ohio State Buckeyes
