Resurrection...

So after making a big statement that I was done fighting, I have had a change of heart and will be back for another bout on December 6th with the WCBL Family.

My reasons for doing it this time are very different, I'm less emotional than I was last time for one, I thought I would quit because I had put various ghosts to rest, and I have now, the things drawing me back now are  an urge to do better and frankly the love for the training, atmosphere and fight night itself.

Put simply I am still hungry for more, I think Fred and I fought bravely if not necessarily skilfully last time, and all game plans went out the window, I want to be better disciplined this time, and not just charge in all guns blazing. My fitness was shocking, I felt I was doing enough in training but just simply wasn't, so that is being addressed this time around.

I went for the first session of the 10 week camp a few weeks back and was really pleased to feel the same, if not even greater buzz for the sport, and the people are as awesome as ever, some familiar faces, and a few new ones including my mate Big John Fenlon sweating hard in Knights Painhouse!

I missed the last two sessions not through laziness or focus but because I was moving house and had commitments I couldn't escape but I have to say even moving house has been great for the training, the new area I am living in has a cracking gym on the doorstep, Bushy Park for those Ali / Rocky style runs and is easier access to get to Knights on the train so all in all not too worried about missing the sessions, I intend to make up the time lost at the Tuesday classes in any case, along with some training outside of hours with some of the WCBL contenders.

Anthony Joshua, the Olympic boxer summed it up in an interview where he mentions staying hungry for success and even though I am 32 now, I am going to do everything I can to push myself to be the best I can be and stay hungry, whether that's training, diet or attitude. I'll never be an Anthony Joshua but I'll be the best I can be and I'll be happy with that.

I have to say as well that Scott Biz Borthwick is doing a cracking job with WCBL and I can only see it growing and growing, the man is the Eddie Hearn of SE1 and WCBL will be massive in the near future so get down and get involved!

Big Love

The Bear