So as a young boy, I fell in love with boxing, I watched Frank Bruno gallantly challenge Mike Tyson on the 25th February 1989 for the Heavyweight World Championship and from that day on had a huge admiration, respect and a huge interest in the sport of boxing.
I have nothing but respect for any man or women that steps into the ring, whatever the level they compete at, those that scale the professional ranks however and go on to become champions well these people are simply idols to me,
Professional boxing of course is governed by sanctioning bodies, I have always had a strong affection for the World Boxing Organisation, the WBC, The Green and Gold, to me the most prestigious boxing strap there is. Since regularly attending the annual WBC convention,s since 2012 and being welcomed by the family it has been a real privilege to be involved and become friends with the people that make this great organisation what it is.
So this time last year for me to have the opportunity to compete on a WBC boxing event was quite literally a dream come true, taking part was a dream in itself, to win my bout and to be awarded a WBC piece of Green and Gold medal myself is something that very few will ever experience and something that I will cherish for the rest of my days.
The whole experience was simply incredible, for me to get back in a boxing ring, the last time being 10 years ago was a huge commitment,, so at 40 plus it was a physical ask as well as a metal one, but I am pleased that once I decided I was going for it, the motivation and focus was like nothing I had experienced, knowing the prize was a combination of three things very important to me, being proud of myself and proving to myself that I could do it being the main driving force and also inspiring others, if we can inspire and are in a position to inspire then I say do it, and then very special to me was forever more to be the proud winner of that WBC, Green and Gold, my very own piece of boxing history, it is not a world title but to me it could be the very nearest thing.
A great night and a great experience and as always it was a pleasure to have my good friend Scott Welch watching on and supporting everyone on the event.
I am very proud to be an ambassador for the WBC Cares UK, but I will tell you more about that another time.
