Get To Know 'Bang Bang'

From the age of 14, I started to impersonate a fighter.  I would tell teachers at school I was preparing for fights at the weekend.  I walked like a fighter, talked like a fighter.  However, I couldn’t even lace up a pair of boxing gloves, let alone use them! I’d never gone near a pair of proper boxing gloves in my life, but I always told people I was going to be a world champion.  It was something I wanted to do, I just never had the opportunity.  I certainly got my reputation in the school playground, but my mum wouldn’t let me start boxing.  It wasn’t until my parents split up, my dad let me start.
I had big dreams…

From the age of 15 I started at Ringside Gym in Trowbridge.  I loved it so much that I was there nearly every day.  It wasn’t long after that, that I was allowed my first fight.  My opponent was half a stone heavier than me and I knocked him out in the first round!  I was offered another fight the same night however, this guy was even heavier than me and I also knocked him out!  This gave me my first two fights in one night, but I was still just a little boy in a man’s world.

I would have boxed as an amateur but back then I didn’t even know what it was.  I’m glad in some ways I didn’t go down the amateur route as it gave me more of a Pro Style.  I continued to have unlicenced fights and had 18 unlicenced fights in total.

When I turned 18 I wanted more professional fights.  My family wanted me to become a bricklayer and to go to college but I hated it.  It wasn’t me and it definitely wasn’t something I wanted to do.  Instead of being in college, I was always down the gym.

My professional boxing career started in 2009.  I started training with professional coach Gary Lockett in Wales and it was the best move I’d made.  He was a great trainer and friend and helped me achieve my dreams of becoming The British Middleweight Champion.  I also had a great Promotional Team behind me with Mick Hennessy and Hennessy Sports

I’ve Boxed in shows all over the Country and Europe including York Hall, The 02 Arena London, The SSE Arena London, Monte Carlo, Marbella, Malta, Bristol, Bath, Birmingham, Derby, Swindon and my home town of Trowbridge, just to name a few.