EMOTIONALLY INVESTED
“AS much as I love boxing, I’m always flirting with the idea of saying, ‘I’ll just give it another couple of years.’ I’ll forever do that, I think. But if I’m enjoying doing something, and I’m enjoying the people I’m working with, there is no reason to stop.
There’s a lot more variety now, too, because of the fighters I am working with. If you look at Josh Kelly and Michael Conlan, as well as Harlem Eubank, who is starting to break through in some competitive fights, and Ellie Scotney, who has also joined the gym, there’s more variety. I also have my own gym again. I’m a lot happier with what I do now in terms of there being less stress and nonsense than I have suffered in the past. That means there are more enjoyable elements and not so many irritating ones.
As well as all that, having two assistant coaches (Charlie Beatt and Huzaifah Iqbal) now means the physical energy and workload is moderated and I can be less of a trainer and more of a coach. I still do a lot of the stuff but when it comes to the energetic stuff in training, they (his assistants) have a great rapport with all the fighters and the set-up seems to be working really well.
That doesn’t change the fact that I still might be sitting there at midnight
