Charlie Schofield on Ricky Hatton, Lennox Lewis and more

Charlie Schofield

When and why you started boxing:
My dad first took me down to the gym when I was about eight or nine years old. I just did the training side of things โ€“ punching the bag, getting a sweat on and getting fit. Out of all the sports I tried, I got the most enjoyment out of boxing.

Favourite all-time fighter:
Someone like Lennox Lewis. I liked his jab and how he used his range and long levers. I also liked how heโ€™d throw that big right hand over the top.

Best fight you’ve seen:
Being a local [Manchester] lad, I used to love watching all of Ricky Hattonโ€™s fights when I was growing up.

Personal career highlight:
Probably my last fight โ€“ stopping Bryn Wain in the fifth round [in November]. Hopefully, come next Saturday night [February 18], Iโ€™ll have another career highlight.

Toughest opponent:
At the minute, the hard work is done in the gym, when Iโ€™m sparring heavier guys. Doing rounds with my team-mate, Jack Massey, is always hard.

Best and worst attributes as a boxer:
My strength is the way I use my height and my reach. My weakness is food!

Training tip:
Keep your head down, keep training hard, and have patience and persistence.

Favourite meal/restaurant:
Thereโ€™s a decent little takeaway place near me called Santaโ€™s Pizza. After a fight, I love having a 16-inch pepperoni pizza!

Best friends in boxing:
Jack Massey. We knew each other as amateurs, when we were about 13 or 14 years old. Now weโ€™re team-mates as pros.

Other sportsman you would like to be:
Sergio Aguero, at the very moment when he scored the goal against QPR to win Manchester City the Premier League in 2012! Itโ€™d be nice to have his bank account too!

Last film/TV show you saw:
I just finished watching a film about 20 minutes ago when I got in from training. It was The Martian, with Matt Damon. Top film.

Who would play you in a film of your life:
Iโ€™m sat with my girlfriend here. [To girlfriend] Emma, who would you pick to play me? [Girlfriend suggests Jim Carrey]. Not Jim Carrey! Someone like Brad Pitt instead!

Have you ever been starstruck:
Yeah, plenty of times in sparring!

Last time you cried:
When [Manchester] City got relegated in 2001!

Best advice received:
Be yourself. Never try to be anyone else.

Worst rumour about yourself:
I donโ€™t think there have been any dodgy rumours about me. Not yet anyway!

Something not many people know about you:
I love watching chick flicks, like The Holiday, Love Actually and Notting Hill.

FAST FACTS
Age:
23
Twitter: @Chaz_Schofield
Height: 6ft 3ins
Nationality: English
From: Manchester
Stance: Orthodox
Record: 8-0 (1)
Division: Light-heavyweight
Next fight: Schofield contests a six-rounder in his hometown of Manchester next Saturday (February 18).

Charlie Schofield uses Steroplastโ€™s Sterotape-Z.O professional sports tape.

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