Joe Gallagher Q&A

Trainer Joe Gallagher is riding the crest of a wave at the moment with his busy gym on a long winning streak.

I think both. Anthony's approach, he's thinking more about what he's doing, but he's also pulling more out. The Sky cameras came down the other week for sparring and he wasn't doing it, I tore a strip off him in front of everyone - there was a job to do and he has raised his game. The things we worked on came off and there's nothing more satisfying - on Saturday night he was on the money. Who would you like to see Crolla fight next? I think he's due a world title shot. Twelve months ago no one would say he was on Ricky Burns' radar but sparring with Ray Beltran in January I knew he wasn't far off. Crolla's beaten two of the premier domestic lightweights in Gavin Rees and John Murray, and the top four have all fought for world titles. On form he's up there and I don't know if he's up for the winner of Terence Crawford vs Beltran but (WBA champion) Richar Abril is a good fight for Anthony. They all want to test themselves against the best in the world and you want to finish boxing knowing you've found your level and whether you're world class. Callum Smith made it eight knockouts in a row - how do you see him being moved this year? I want to move him fast, I don't want him having hard rounds at British level, I want him to get in, earn his money and get out. If the British title is there to fight for then great, but I don't want him putting mileage on making silly defences. I can see him having two more fights and fighting for a world title. I'd put him in with James DeGale in the next 12 months - this time next year I want to see Callum's name in lights. Hosea Burton was your fourth winner on the night - how do you see him progressing through 2014? I'm really pleased with his win on Saturday. We've had to move him up to light-heavyweight because we've got Callum at super-middle, but with Tony Bellew and Nathan Cleverly moving up the door's opened a little bit. I'd like to see him fighting for a title in his next fight and challenging for the British by the end of the year.