I RECENTLY watched an amateur fight between you and Lee Hogan. What are your memories of those early days in the sport?
He took my undefeated record! I was 7-0 until that night. I finished with an amateur record of 22-7, I think. I come from a boxing family, but I was never allowed to box when I was younger. My Granda’ was an Irish champion and he fought with the likes of Rinty Monaghan. I was 18 when I left Belfast and moved to Jersey, and boxing was one of the things I got into. It took me everywhere. Some great memories and one of them was fighting Lee Hogan. We became friends and we still are now after all these
