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Age started boxing: Nine.
First boxing memory: Probably first walking into the Newbridge amateur gym and hearing the thump of the bigger kids hitting the bags. Pretty scary, to be honest.
Inspiration: My dad and kids [sons Joe and Connor].
Motivation: Fear of losing, love of winning.
Favourite all time fighter: A tie between Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler. My loyalties were split when they fought. I’d say Hagler. He was a southpaw like me. I liked his aggression and determination in breaking people down.
Best fight seen: Hagler-Tommy Hearns. Awesome.
Pre-fight meal: I eat light. High carbs. A little pasta... and Jaffa Cakes!
What do you do to relax: Spend time with my kids, doing regular things.
Pre-fight superstitions: I never do my laces all the way up. Something I’ve done since the amateurs. Can’t remember why.
What training do you do between fights: Go for a jog a couple of times a week. Maybe a little game of footy with the boys.
Typical breakfast: I hardly ever eat breakfast. If I’m in training, Weetabix or porridge, and maybe toast.
Toughest part of being a boxer: The dedication and losing the weight.
Last book read: My own [autobiography No Ordinary Joe]. It was excellent!
Favourite film: The Godfather I or II, or Goodfellas.
What car do you drive: An Audi RS4 and a Range Rover Sport.
Where do you train: The Calzaghe gym, Cwmcarn.
Training routine: I train twice a day. I start with a five or six mile hill run, then gym work. Twelve to 15 rounds of speed ball, pads, bags and sparring, all fast and intense. Then my exercises. I haven’t skipped for years.
Toughest man faced: Probably Chris Eubank. Mikkel Kessler would have beaten Eubank but that was the first time I did 12 rounds and I was knackered after four. I was running on empty for the last five.
What supplements do you take: Multi-vitamins but I forget to take them half the time.
If you weren’t a boxer what would you be: I never liked working nine to five before I turned pro, so probably a musician, a drummer... or a chef.
Last place you went on holiday: Dubai.
Favourite football team: Juventus and Italy.
Best boxer in the sport today: Except for myself... [Floyd] Mayweather.
April 18 2008
ENJOY!
First boxing memory: Probably first walking into the Newbridge amateur gym and hearing the thump of the bigger kids hitting the bags. Pretty scary, to be honest.
Inspiration: My dad and kids [sons Joe and Connor].
Motivation: Fear of losing, love of winning.
Favourite all time fighter: A tie between Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler. My loyalties were split when they fought. I’d say Hagler. He was a southpaw like me. I liked his aggression and determination in breaking people down.
Best fight seen: Hagler-Tommy Hearns. Awesome.
Pre-fight meal: I eat light. High carbs. A little pasta... and Jaffa Cakes!
What do you do to relax: Spend time with my kids, doing regular things.
Pre-fight superstitions: I never do my laces all the way up. Something I’ve done since the amateurs. Can’t remember why.
What training do you do between fights: Go for a jog a couple of times a week. Maybe a little game of footy with the boys.
Typical breakfast: I hardly ever eat breakfast. If I’m in training, Weetabix or porridge, and maybe toast.
Toughest part of being a boxer: The dedication and losing the weight.
Last book read: My own [autobiography No Ordinary Joe]. It was excellent!
Favourite film: The Godfather I or II, or Goodfellas.
What car do you drive: An Audi RS4 and a Range Rover Sport.
Where do you train: The Calzaghe gym, Cwmcarn.
Training routine: I train twice a day. I start with a five or six mile hill run, then gym work. Twelve to 15 rounds of speed ball, pads, bags and sparring, all fast and intense. Then my exercises. I haven’t skipped for years.
Toughest man faced: Probably Chris Eubank. Mikkel Kessler would have beaten Eubank but that was the first time I did 12 rounds and I was knackered after four. I was running on empty for the last five.
What supplements do you take: Multi-vitamins but I forget to take them half the time.
If you weren’t a boxer what would you be: I never liked working nine to five before I turned pro, so probably a musician, a drummer... or a chef.
Last place you went on holiday: Dubai.
Favourite football team: Juventus and Italy.
Best boxer in the sport today: Except for myself... [Floyd] Mayweather.
April 18 2008
ENJOY!
