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I believe amateur boxing training should be available in schools. Not for all, but for those who want to.
The world title in a second weight division and a win in America is just the icing on the cake of my career.
Test match cricket - it's the most boring thing to watch. How they call themselves sportsmen I'll never know.
When I was 14, I told my careers adviser that I was going to be a world champion boxer. Of course she laughed.
You can never say never in this game, but I can't see myself boxing again. There's loads of things I want to do.
Lacy was a pleasurable fight. It wasn't my hardest fight because I won every single minute of every single round.
Having been a fighter for 25 years, I know how to handle the fear. The fear is there, but I use it to motivate me.
It would be good to fight Roy Jones. I've always admired him, and I think this would be a great fight for the fans.
To win the four major title belts, to be the unbeaten champion and 10 years a champion - it's amazing. I'm so proud.
I'm actually thinking about acting lessons. If somebody says to me, 'You can be in the movies,' I'd be pretty happy.
I've been through the routine so many times that I genuinely don't even think about a big fight very much beforehand.
I'm devastated with the injury but I've proved my heart and skill to everyone by fighting one handed for eight rounds.
My dad is a great judge of fights. He's the only person I know who said that Holyfield would beat Tyson the first time.
I'm close to achieving something that very few boxers ever have - and that is to retire undefeated, like Rocky Marciano.
After a weigh-in, you drink and put on the pounds. But it's just fluid, not muscle, so you get in the ring and feel flat.
That gut-wrenching feeling of defeat I can still feel today. Losing and God are the two things that I fear. I fear no man
I'm a boxer, and every fight could be my last. You just have to remember Michael Watson to know what boxing can do to you.
I train the same way as I've always trained, even before I was champion. That's the difference, I train like a challenger.
Fighters never realise when it is time to walk away. They can't leave the buzz and adoration that surrounds being champion.
Before the Roy Jones fight, I knew I was going to retire because I couldn't train, my hands had gone, and the hunger had gone.
I don't seek the limelight. I'm perfectly happy with a quiet life and spending time with my family, but I deserve recognition.
I like him as a guy, but I'm going to knock him out - Roy Jones is just a prop in a fairytale ending to a great career for me.
There's no point looking good and losing. Winning is what it's all about, and you can't always look spectacular while doing it.
Boxing's in my blood, so I'll always stay involved in that, and I'll probably do a bit of TV work as well, commentary and that.
I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.
I try to work out about four or five times a week. I'll do a little bit of cardio, half hour on the punchbag, or just go for a jog.
Every fighter, when they box, wants to leave a mark in their sport, or a legacy, and I managed to do that beyond my wildest dreams.
I didn't like school at all. I was bullied and didn't have a good time. Boxing was my escapism, and the ring was where I felt best.
Enzo, my dad, supports Juventus, so that's my team and, obviously, Italy, who I've been fortunate enough to see win two World Cups.
I agreed to be on 'Strictly Come Dancing' without watching the show. I got talked into it by my manager. And my God, I was crap at it.
I'm a regular guy, got the same friends. I live in the same area of south Wales. That's who I am. I'm just a normal guy. I just fight.
I don't know if I have the patience and I don't have a trainers license but I will help out. Whether I want to do that full time, I doubt it.
At 14, 15, everyone at school stopped talking to me, and I went completely into my shell. Basically, I'd be hiding. I had no friends. I hated it.
Being retired is one thing, but staying retired is another. Even when I announced my retirement, I'm sure people thought I was going to come back.
I prayed before fights. Especially just before I got in to the ring. But I'd also have my iPod on, Prodigy and Linkin Park ripping through my ears.
I know Haye's a good fighter as well and he beat Mormeck but Mormeck is not Enzo Maccarinelli and does not have the speed, stamina or punching power.
I remember every defeat I suffered as an amateur. They were rare enough to be burned into my brain, and that's why I can't bear the thought of losing.
I honestly think that a Pavlik fight would be easier than Jones because styles make fights. He's one dimensional, comes in straight lines, I love that.
There'll never be another Muhammad Ali. He was a superstar. And although he has gone, his legacy will live on for what he has done for sport and humanity.
If you know you're just fighting for the money and you're not fighting for the championship, you're going to lose, so I thought, 'It's time for me to quit.'
Promoting is a no-no - that's hard work. Training is a full-time job, but I don't have time to do that full-time. But managing is something I'll be good at.
Ideally, it would be nice if you could earn enough money to kick on from boxing and use the finances to start a business. Realistically, that doesn't happen.
I'm a Juventus fan, although I did support Chelsea for some time - mainly because of Gianfranco Zola. Zola is from the same town as my father Enzo, in Sardinia.
When you've been at the top of the sport for so many years, it's your life, and it becomes very difficult just to quit boxing and find something else to be happy.
I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.
My mum is the opposite of my dad. She's a very private person, very shy and totally against boxing. She never watched any of my fights live. She hated me doing it.
I appreciate what I've achieved, and nearly all of that is because of my dad. He pushed me to train harder than I would have done if he wasn't there to discipline me.
When I was about 12, I realised I wasn't going to make it as a top footballer, but I won my first British ABA title at 13. From then on, I wanted to be a world champion.
On a personal level, I probably wouldn't want my boys to box professionally. But I do encourage them to get into boxing training - they both go along. It keeps them fit.
If I look at the fighters that are coming through, fighters like Carl Froch for instance, do I worry about fighters like that? Course not, I could eat them for breakfast.