Ryan Garner

Two weeks before a fight, I was going out drinking.

Do you know what I mean?

Wayne, he took me away to Tenerife once because I was always going out and I had a fight coming.

So he took me to Tenerife for three weeks.

As soon as I got back from Tenerife, I went out with my mates to the pub.

It's just stupid young decisions.

Because it's easier to mess up than it is to stay straight sometimes.

Of course it is, yeah.

That's what I mean.

I didn't want to be one of them.

I knew what I was capable of, what obviously I won a lot in amateurs, and I didn't want to let a lot of people down.

I didn't want to...

prove people right if you know what I mean because there was a lot of people don't worry about him he'll get on it we'll lose him there's a lot of people who thought ah he's a waste of space he's going to go down the wrong path do you know what I mean so I wanted in the back of my head I wanted to prove them wrong as well as prove myself right that I could do it so it's just kind of a mix of things

I've still got friends who like going out and that now.

Yeah, of course.

But it's all about...

Obviously, now I've got older, I can make up my own decisions.

I can pull myself away from it.

I've got family now to provide for.

It's easier now that I've got a more sensible head on my shoulders.