Seconds Out

Hard hits, the odd-low blow but plenty of laughs and the sides of boxers you never knew... welcome to Seconds Out.

EDDIE HEARN

AGE: 34
FROM: Brentwood
IS: Boxing promoter FIRST BOXING MEMORY: Being at White Hart Lane for Bruno v Bugner, my dad's first promotion. He didn't have a clue what he was doing and nor did I!

LEE PURDY

AGE: 26
FROM: Colchester
IS: The former British champion, English champion, Arena champion GREATEST MOMENT SO FAR: Winning the British title against all the odds on a missive card on the undercard of Khan (v McCloskey). That was my best moment and I don't think I'll ever top that.

GEORGE GROVES

AGE: 25
FROM: Hammersmith
IS: Challenging for a world title GREATEST MOMENT SO FAR: Beating James DeGale at the 02 Arena. Having that many people coming to support me in what turned out to be a huge fight - that was only a British title fight.

ANDY LEE

AGE: 29
FROM: Limerick
IS: A middleweight contender ANY FIGHT DAY RITUALS: I have to have a cold shower before I leave the hotel.

JAMES TONEY

AGE: 45
FROM:Grand Rapids, Michigan
IS:The 12-time world champion... in five different divisions IF I COULD FACE ANYONE: There's a couple of guys that I didn't get in the ring with but wished I had. And there is a still a possibility with one of them... Bernard Hopkins.

LUKE CAMPBELL

AGE: 25
FROM: Hull
IS: London 2012 gold medallist NIGHT IN WITH THE MISSUS OR NIGHT OUT WITH THE LADS: It's nice to have a night in with the missus, but a few laughs out with the lads? It's 50-50... actually 60-40 to the missus!

RYAN RHODES

AGE: 36
FROM: Sheffield
IS: Former British and European champion and four-time world title challenger FIRST BOXING MEMORY: I walked into Brendan Ingle's gym when I was six years old with my first set of boxing gloves - and I ripped them the very first day!

PAULIE MALIGNAGGI

AGE: 33
FROM: New York
IS: Two-time champion of the world DeNIRO OR PACINO: That's a tough one because they're both really good. But I think I have to lean towards DeNiro because I tend to likle his movies more... but it's not because I think he is any better an actor than Pacino.

ANTHONY OGOGO

AGE: 24
FROM: East Anglia
IS: London 2012 bronze medallist FAVOURITE PUNCH: Whatever lands really! A big right hand... a left hook... whatever lands I'm happy with!

JOE CALZAGHE

AGE: 41
FROM: Wales
IS: Former undisputed Super-Middleweight Champion of the World IF I COULD FACE ANYONE: If our paths would have crossed, Carl Froch.

TYSON FURY

AGE: 24
FROM: Manchester
IS: Professional boxer, undefeated, 21 and 0. BEST FIGHT YOU'VE EVER SEEN: Bernard Dunne-Ricardo Cordoba. I was there, actually there and it was an awesome fight!

JAMIE MOORE

AGE: 34
FROM: Salford
IS: Former British, Commonwealth and European light-middleweight champion FIRST BOXING MEMORY: Would be Nigel Benn fighting Michael Watson and the only part I can still remember is Watson knocking Benn out with a jab!

RICKY BURNS

AGE: 29
FROM: Coatbridge
IS: Current WBO lightweight champion FAVOURITE PUNCH: Although I am right-handed, I hit harder with my left so I have to go with my left bodyshot.

SAVANNAH MARSHALL

AGE: 22
FROM: Hartlepool
IS: A Sky Sports Scholar in Boxing FAVOURITE BOXER: It's propbably Muhammad Ali just because I remember walking into the gym for the first time at the age of 12 and seeing his poster in there!

JACK BATESON

AGE:19
FROM: Leeds
IS: A Sky Sports Scholar in Boxing NELSON OR McCRORY: Erm... I'm not going to answer that one. Next time I come in here I'll be in trouble if I answer it!

SPENCER OLIVER

AGE: 38
FROM: Barnet
IS: Former European Super-Bantamweight champion IF I COULD FACE ANYONE: I think I would've liked to face Marco Antonio Barrera. At the time he was the number one in my division and I was ranked number two. That was a fight I craved.

DARREN BARKER

AGE: 31
FROM: Barnet
IS: A middleweight MY FAVOURITE EVER FOOTBALLER? For years it used to be [Gianfranco] Zola but after his performances and how many times he has got us out of trouble... [Didier] Drogba.

ROBIN REID

AGE: 25!
FROM: Sefton, Liverpool, now based in Bolton
IS: Former WBC super-middleweight champion of the world IF I COULD FACE ANYONE? It will be Joe Calzaghe again! I'm waiting for that (second) fight still... and I would do it tomorrow! If I got a call and somebody put it on I'd take it!

GLENN McCRORY

AGE: Shrouded in mystery... and is staying that way!
FROM: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
IS: Former cruiserweight champion of the world IF I WASN'T A BOXER? If I wasn't a boxer I'd probably have wanted to be an actor because I had quite a career in it. I even auditioned for James Bond.

JOHNNY NELSON

AGE: Next question
FROM: Sheffield
IS: Former cruiserweight world champion FAVOURITE PUNCH? A dirty little uppercut! I broke the nose of the Aussie Adam Watt and it knocked him out. You don't see it coming but when it gets you, all you hear is the crack!

DERRY MATHEWS

AGE: 27
FROM: Liverpool
IS: British and Commonwealth lightweight champion BEST FIGHT EVER? Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti. I still watch them today, every one of them was a great fight so credit to both of them for being part of it. Unbelievable!

KELL BROOK

AGE: 27 (was 26 at the time!)
FROM: Sheffield
IS: World title contender FIRST BOXING MEMORY? Walking onto the gym and seeing Johnny Nelson, Ryan Rhodes and Naz, sparing in the ring. I looked up to them... I was that young kid!

RICKY HATTON

AGE: 34
FROM: Manchester
IS: Four-time, two-weight world champion FAVOURITE FIGHTER: It was Roberto Duran. I felt blessed that I met him on several occasions and I tried to model myself on him in several ways, not just in fighting terms or technical ways. He was a man of the people.