Tell us about your first fights?
The first fight I ever had was a kickboxing match (kicking above the waist).
I learned after the fight that the guy I was fighting was an amateur boxer and had more experience than me. I won that fight by knock out.

I didn't know it at the time, but my first Muay Thai opponent was one of the British Muay Thai champions in Muay Thai. Back then they had many titles running around from different organizations wanting to monopolize Muay Thai. I won the fight, it went the full distance.

The first boxing fight I ever had was against a guy I could tell was experience. I won that fight by knock out. Afterwards my boxing instructor, Billy, came up to me and said “Do you know who you beat?” My opponent had over 50 fights under his belt.

At what age did you start Muay Thai kickboxing?
I started when I was 20 years old, training under the tutelage of Lincoln Boney. Before that I had trained in boxing for about 6 weeks at West Ham boxing club and did Wing Chin for 6 months. I also did some Chinese kickboxing.