Most read in BoxingDavis vs Garcia LIVE: UK start time, undercard and how to follow as unbeaten stars clashGervonta Davis had stunning power at age six as video shows him thumping unlucky childConor Benn officially charged by UKAD and faces potential two-year ban from boxingI was very popular and I used to get flown all over the country and I would make more money than a lot of the fighters., Muay Thai and I got paid to sit ringside for a sport that I loved.
You’re depleting all week, you’re dehydrated and that’s what it’s like when you compete and you’re in your G-string and posing on stage and it’s all about stage presence. So, its a 24-hour 365-day career and boxing is to to a degree, but for me it’s much more relaxed when you compare the two.Bodybuilding has to be the most disciplined sport in the world. I was insane, I was crying during leg workouts because I couldn’t quit, I’d be crying pushing through doing walking lunges and then squats and it was really intense.
I also wanted to spot problem children and see kids who were at high risk to problems at home or drugs and alcohol and be able to get them while they’re young and influence them into being better adults and changing their lives. I had punishments for saying banned words like ‘I can’t’, ‘It’s too hard’ or ‘I’m dumb’. The kids who said that had to come back at recess and write affirmations, ‘I can do it’, ‘I’m not dumb’. They thought it was so lame writing nice things about themselves, but it made them not stop talking negatively about themselves.
The closest country to Australia costs $400 return flights for each person, so when you fly three people over it ends up being quite expensive. To be willing to spend this much money on a boxing career, I had to believe I was going somewhere and thankfully I have self-belief in abundance.