Hey, i am fighting on friday infront of 800ish people at a club called the willows in salford. Amongst the guests will be ricky hatton, anthony crolla and craig watson, the referee is jamie moore

It is the last night of the club and the next day it closes down and moves a couple of miles down the road to a town called irlam, so its a bigish occasion for the city

I am 37 years old and in good shape and this is my first fight. My opponent is 27 years old and is a fitness instructor and it is his first fight also.

I am a bit thicker set around the bottom half of my body than him, i definately have stronger legs. He is wider top half and we are about the same height

We both box (as opposed to fight) and he is a little more come forward than me, i tend to box off the back foot

Im starting to feel the nerves a bit now, sleep was affected a bit last night, just really raring to go