HOW settled are you in retirement?
I’m really happy. I’ve been running my own business since 2020. I’d had a good run of fights where I’d done well financially and I invested a bit of money in property and started my own business. Before that, I was only earning good money when I was British champion. I’d had a few years of worrying about the next payday – when the next fight would even be. It was okay when I was at the Sauerlands, but the period between that and when I fought [in 2018, Alexander] Povetkin there was a bit of uncertainty.
Life after boxing was always a big thing for me. “What am I gonna do to provide for my family [Price has two children with wife Jade, and also has two dogs] after boxing?” After it became apparent I weren’t gonna be a champion or make millions and go on a golf course for the rest of me life, that was always in the forefront of me mind. “Now I can hang them up.” It weren’t an instant decision overnight – it was gradual. I still had one foot in, one foot out. It was after I’d done a couple of weeks’ training, I was lying on the bed absolutely exhausted – wiped out. “I can’t put myself through this anymore.” It weren’t just the physical side; it was emotionally draining. You don’t walk out the gym feeling a million dollars – you’re getting put through the mill.
Outlook Energy Solutions. We install solar panels; renewable energies; insulations. Kind of like what I was
