George Groves

In 2017, I boxed in front of a home crowd in Sheffield and became the WBA super-middleweight world champion. After four attempts I had finally fulfilled my childhood dream, and the experience was as great as I had always imagined it would be. It was without doubt the best moment of my career. ”

I've got a lovely family now, I've got two boys. ”

It's hard to win people's minds over. The only way to change their minds is to perform. ”

Since I was 12 and didn't want to go training I have always worked hard not to waste my talent. ”

I don't want there to be a time where I'm 'too old' to box on, or where an injury retires me in or out of the ring. ”

I am an old man and sometimes I struggle to keep up with some of the youngsters on the circuits. But at the same time, it is keeping me young. ”

If I didn't want to fight Carl Froch then I wouldn't have invested so much time and money into appealing with the IBF over the dubious outcome of the first fight. ”

Ultimately, it's down to the individual. Some people are born to perform. Some people need to work hard to control themselves. ”

I know what works for me. ”

I've won junior titles, ABA titles and boxed for England all over the world against future Olympic champions as an amateur - and then beat world-class fighters as a professional. ”