This much I know: Bernard Dunne

I believe you get what you work for — luck doesn’t come into it. I was a very sporty kid, and competitive by nature. I trained in boxing clubs from the age of five and all my life I dreamt of being World Champion. Fulfilling that dream was something special.

Growing up, I missed out on a lot of basic things that teenagers do — chasing girls, going out after Junior Cert and so on — because I was training all the time.

I believe that we are at our best when we are doing something we enjoy. I’m 33 now and I don’t take on things I don’t enjoy. That’s why I retired from boxing — it began to feel like work.