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I don't believe losing my unbeaten record has delayed me in my ambitions. I believe it was just a hard lesson learned and that's it.
I always do my training session first thing in the morning. After that, I'll take four eggs for breakfast, along with spinach and avocado.
People look at other people's lives and think, 'I want that,' but when you actually look at your own life, I wouldn't change a single thing.
A lot of my family and friends have seen how disciplined I've been and they are just so proud of me. I'm happy I could make them proud of me.
For me, you really need those pre-fight nerves to help you focus and switch on. The most important thing is to keep control of those feelings.
I have always said the Olympics was a great grounding for me, to have that pressure on top of me, the whole nation watching you in my own country.
No, I'm staying at lightweight until I win a world title and once I've won a world title we'll see, maybe I'll move up, maybe I'll stay and defend it.
It would be a tough fight for either Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton against Rigondeaux. He's too good for his own good though and that's why he's been avoided.
When you turn professional with the amount of medals that I've won, then you have to assume that big things are expected of you and I've always tried my best to live with that.
We are human beings, you need to mentally switch off now and again to refresh your body and mind. But I never just lie on the couch in my downtime, I still keep my body in good shape.
Rigondeaux is one of the guys since I first started boxing that I've looked up to and I was at the same weight as him for a while as an amateur, so to train alongside him was amazing.
I'm always like this after fights - I can't sleep, I'm only getting a couple of hours a night for three or four days then all of a sudden I'm wiped out for a full night where I don't even move.
I tried to go to college; I just picked a trade, did a plumbing test - and failed. And then I thought, 'I may as well look at things I have a passion for and enjoy.' And I went forward with my boxing.
That's the problem in life nowadays - too many people look at what they haven't got. I just think: 'I've got a beautiful wife, family, good friends, beautiful home. I don't need anything. I won't change nothing.'
I watched Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 1 in America. I was in Miami at the time. We went out to watch it and it was a great fight. I thought Tyson Fury won the fight. I thought he was very unlucky not to get the decision.
I was diagnosed with dyslexia - I struggled a lot in school and didn't enjoy it. I'm not great when it comes to sitting in a classroom - I'm much more about doing things. Boxing massively helped with that frustration and anger.
He's certainly got the power, Fury. He hurt Wilder in the first fight. But he's never really been that guy to go for the big knockouts. He showboats, he's got good movement, he's quick - but he's not the type to go and bang someone out.