First fight, first stoppage.
From Bermondsey to the top of two divisions.
I turned professional in 2002 and I never went looking for the easy night. I went looking for the champion.
By 2008 I had unified the cruiserweight division. WBA, WBC, WBO and The Ring, all of it, in one night against Enzo Maccarinelli.
Then I did the thing everybody said could not be done. I moved up, and in 2009 I took the WBA heavyweight title of the world off Nikolai Valuev, seven stone heavier than me and a foot taller.
I have spent the years since on the other side of the ropes, on television and building businesses. The habits that got me there are the ones I work on with other men now.
Twenty six of my twenty eight wins came by knockout. That was never an accident. That was the job.