Good morning readers. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Some of you I’m sure will think me cataloging my life as pointless as my hand written letter to Santa this year but after reading some excellent material from my good friend Elliot Worsell I felt the need to write and share.

Well since we last spoke I have indeed successfully defended my Commonwealth title again against The Road Warrior Glen Johnson. This man turned out to be in many ways my hardest fight to date. I attempted to show more fighting variety than a Tesco’s beef burger but ended up blasting away more often than an arsonist’s blow torch. All in all it was a successful night and lots was learnt. I would like to again thank all the fans that came out before Christmas to support me and I hope you had a great time.

Since my last fight though I decided to stay in shape. Not succumb to the usual Christmas tradition of piling on preposterous number of pounds. This tradition/obsession originally was conceived and should be rightfully credited to my good friend Anthony Ogogo. His idea was brilliance; you would break up from GB squad for Christmas. Eat as much as you could for two weeks and a fortnight later we would return to Sheffield. Each weigh and the winner would receive a seated ‘standing’ ovation from the losing parties who can no longer stand under the weight of their own grotesque waistbands. Talking of bellies Anthony is scheduled to belly-flop from the top board on ITV show Splash under the guidance of his new chum/linked lover Tom Daly. I can honestly say I hope he embarrasses himself. Not only for my own entertainment, but also it might take some heat off those Subway adverts where he demonstrates the noble art so impressively. Anyway I digress and as stated instead I stayed healthy, and was in the gym working harder than Sarah Jessica Parker’s make-up artist. The fruits of this labor are that I now am able to begin camp relatively fit, and with no qualms with my dearest of foes the bathroom scales.

Camp has now begun. A date has been set of March 16^th and the bout in question will be held at the Wembley Arena, London. I am proud to announce that I will be challenging for the vacant European super-middleweight championship. Held and recently vacated by former victim James ‘Chunky’ Defail. The next opponent goes by the name of Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye. His alias is of course ‘The Power’ which to me could mean he is either a huge hitter or is a huge darts fan? Either way I’m taking no risks. This show has been strategically named Rule Britannia and with the date set a day before St Patrick’s day maybe we can get the Brit’s and Irish out in unity! Either way my shorts will have a union jack and my hair will be red! Both boxes ticked.

The rest of the show is also super awesome. We have Super Scot Ricky Burns in a world unification fight against Miguel Vazquez and if BoxRec has got it right he is in fact ranked above Ricky. Also on the bill is Nathan Cleverly taking on his mandatory challenger in the form of Robin Krasniqi for the WBO championship of the world and Dereck Chisora is currently waiting for approval from the BBBofC to be granted a license to join in the fun as well.

Before all this I have a couple of stable mates competing and certainly worth name-dropping. First up this weekend is Selcuk ‘Ironman’ Aydin. This Turkish mini Tyson is a frightening man at the best of times. In the last two months I’ve seen him dish out more punishment than Judge Judy going through the menopause. He loves a tear up and that’s why he gets invited back to Vegas. Those of you who saw my fight with Sierra from last year might remember Selcuk was on the main even against Robert Guerrero. This time out he’s up against Jesus Soto Karass from Mexico. It will be a super all action fight and because of this fact I will have to make the trip across the pond to support my Turkish chum!

Also in the gym is the Olympian, World title challenger and middleweight contender Andy Lee. Another quality addition to our gym. Andy is boxing on February 9^th in Ireland and so has of course been sparring and luckily for me we are of similar size so we have shared the ring from time to time. I won’t tell you anything about our spars because that would be as appropriate as booking Frankie Boyle for a Holy Communion party. What I will say is I have world class sparring now on a regular basis I don’t have to travel to find it or fly it in! Happy days!

Finally I would like to wrap this blog up by saying please not only vote for the WaterBoy Anthony Ogogo on Splash but also share some effort for SkaterBoy Olympic champion Luke Campbell who is as I write this most likely trying on sequin blouses and having his nails painted. Luke is competing on this year’s Dancing On Ice. So far he hasn’t fallen over so he has done better than at least one of the Pros. He’s got a bit of stick so far for being a little stiff but seeing all those other boys sliding round in tight trousers and silk shirts who wouldn’t be stiff!

Either way I think he’s been more electrifying in those vests than a Tesla Tower. We at #TeamSaintGG wish him and Jalapeno Joe the best of luck in their chosen disciplines! Until next time fight fans.. 

Well considering it has been so long since I delighted your souls with an illumination of my thoughts and processes in the world of boxing and other things, I have decided to treat you all to some more blogging.

Now, having acquired a bout and therefore exciting news, I have something to talk about. I would like to start with a huge thank you to every one of you loyal supporters who have stood by patiently waiting for me to announce a return. I do hope that you are all as excited as me with the fight that has been announced. For those of you who are not quite in the know yet I am scheduled to fight Francisco Sierra of Mexico 25-5-1 22KO’s on GoldenBoy Promotions show headlined by Robert Guerrero vs Selcuk Aydin. This is without question a real fight against a dangerous opponent. I can’t wait to get in there and show what will no doubt be a Hispanic majority audience how we Brits roll, hopefully winning over a few Latinos in the process. Over the past 6 months I have made huge improvements to my game. I had to make the step up in training when I was preparing for my WBO challenge against Robert Stieglitz. From there I have kept that momentum going under the watchful smug eye of the Dark Lord Adam Booth.

Also in the gym has been the not so retired David D Haye AKA the Hayemaker. Yes ladies and gentlemen for one night only the man who’s made more returns than Batman will be performing the public service of annihilating Derek Chisora over twelve pulsating rounds of hatred. I am under oath not to disclose information about the goings on within the camp but I am going to risk exile to state to you fine people the Hayemaker is in an untamed and violent frame of mind. That is all I am permitted to reveal I believe without losing an eyebrow. If you have tickets to Licensed to Thrill (it shouldn’t but it still tickles me that) then you are in for a right treat!

For all the Kenneth Anderson fans and any other confused bystanders desperately scratching their heads panicking about whether he will get his chance to be put into early retirement the answer is yes. I have not ‘ducked’ from this man in fact the thought is not only ludicrous but also insulting! This is a man who granted has a winning record but has only ever boxed losing records apart from one, which he lost, which was against me! Ok so he is mandatory challenger for the British title but I wonder why? It might be because I have beaten everyone else in the country, including him! I have boxed him into his mandatory position, and did I get acknowledgement for this? Not even a thank you card. Still, Kenny is doing his part, so am I and when the purse bids are in on July 11^th we will have more of an idea of when this grudge match will finally take place.

So, if for whatever life threatening or bail breaching reason you cannot be ringside for my 2012 US return, July 28^th San Jose CA then please tune into BoxNation where they will show my fight live. Now you all will have already subscribed this month for Haye vs Chisora so no moaning, that includes you mum!

Well folks, I will leave you in peace for now. Please if you have enjoyed my piss poor attempts to make my being slightly more tantalizing feel free to share and repost where you see fit. Thanks for reading…. more to come soon! #TeamSaintGG

It is quarter past five Sunday morning and for some strange reason I can’t sleep. So I thought I would write a little blog for my beloved website and put together a few thoughts on how I thought tonight went, how I feel now etc.

This morning I was excited, I have worked so hard for this fight it is untrue. As the days drew nearer it was a battle just to hold it all together and not get carried away.

Tonight when I got to the O2 arena, a few of my team said there is a lot of people out there. A lot of GG t-shirts! I didn’t think much of it. Wow! The atmosphere in the arena tonight was spine tingling. I can’t believe so many people came to support me. I always knew my crowd would drown out his but still. The place erupted, and it didn’t stop all night long. I feel truly blessed at this moment. Not because I have won another belt because I always knew I would but to receive such support from so many people is amazing. I truly thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart! I really am on cloud nine.

This people though is only the beginning. We are destined for much bigger and better things; more exciting nights and I hope you all enjoy the journey as much as I will.

A huge thank-you to all of my team, my sponsor Park Plaza and the love and support from my family.

Here we are, fight week! I woke this morning a little sad. Usually with a week to go I am just buzzing the hard, physical gym work is almost over and I can now enjoy myself in the next few days. Except this time round I will be twiddling my thumbs just a bit. Usually the tedious, monotonous chore of weight management is the final struggle. Not this time, my weight has been so good because I started camp with such a solid base. I am lighter now than I was the night before the Anderson fight. Not one session during this camp has been geared towards losing weight. So I have been able to attend training full of carbohydrates.

Carbohydrates will be what I need for tonight’s session. Monday of fight week is always the most taxing of all. In the past I have dreaded it, but today I can’t wait. I have put so much mileage in this time round the thought of a long night of work just doesn’t faze me. Just like when the fight with the infamous James DeFail was made.

I am really enjoying Jim McDonnell’s last ditch attempts to put me off my rhythm or unsettle my camp. James became rapidly repetitive once we heard the following Shakespearean lines of ‘Lived in my shadow, Got no defense and Ugly boys getting knocked out’. Jim on the other hand has taken it one step further. He is obsessed with my sparring. He claims to have spies all over the world giving him the low-down on myself. I showed up to a press conference with a black eye and he almost took it personally. He openly said he would have cancelled the presser if it were his man. This only confirms to me their ‘Pretty boy attitude’. Jim needs to realize that the reason his man doesn’t have a mark on his face might have something to do with the fact he spars with a full-face crash helmet head guard. I have one though choose not to use it because it makes you lazy. You finish a spar, no marks on your face and believe you never got hit. Take a look at Defail’s last outing where he got consistently tagged by that French waiter.

The problem is this IS a huge fight for James DeFail. I am the Brit who he can’t beat. I am superior in an array of areas and will prove this on Saturday. My only concern is Defail ends up reverting to type and bitching out. Stink the gaff out with his negative style. He is not worried about being booed. He’s been there before. He was booed during his golden hour as he won and collected his gold medal. Fingers crossed Jim Mcdonnell and James Defail back up their words or this time next week Frank Warren will be flogging a dead horse!