When I go into the ring, I don't hate opponents, and I certainly don't want to hurt them.

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.

I am not an aggressive person. I am a disciplined, chilled, and relaxed guy.

I've fought in Copenhagen before, and it's not the most hostile place in the world.

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.

The world title in a second weight division and a win in America is just the icing on the cake of my career.

In America, they slag each other off at the press conference, then get in the ring and don't do anything.

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.

It used to hurt me when people said I was hiding in Wales.

I've never wanted fame. I've only ever wanted recognition.

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.

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'm not going to lie: you do get down sometimes, but I wouldn't say I was ever depressed; that's too hard a word. But you do become bored, because all you've done in your life is fight and box.

I think we have a normal father-and-son relationship. But like any other relationship, we have our differences. But we always seem to work out our differences. Believe it or not, our personalities are similar. We're both fiery and passionate.

From 13 years old, I was treated like a professional.

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'm actually thinking about acting lessons. If somebody says to me, 'You can be in the movies,' I'd be pretty happy.

The perfect fighter has never been born and never will be.

I swore to myself that I was never going to lose again, and that's what drives me still. More than money, more than titles, more than fame, it's the desire not to be defeated.

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've been through the routine so many times that I genuinely don't even think about a big fight very much beforehand.

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.

Boxing's a very lonely sport. That ring is the loneliest place in the world.

I've beaten all contenders for 11 years. I'm not a robot; I'm fed up. My body's tired of it. I'm 36.