McIntyre reveals sacrifices he continues to make to succeed
Training is still going good, it's always the easiest part of camp, to be honest.
Juggling the home life and getting the balance between work, family and training is the hardest part.
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Hide AdOnce upon a time, I would have said that food and dieting was the toughest part of the sport.
Many boxers would pick that as the toughest part of being a professional boxer, but I'm in good habits now and it's never an issue for me.
Each camp you experience improves each time and it all becomes more natural '“ not easy, it's never easy '“ to do everything that's required to build the machine for battle.
It's personal life that's always the biggest sacrifice and difficulty.
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Hide AdThe time you miss with family and friends, you can never get back.
Work and training take up everything I do, and the only time you get to enjoy life is in-between training for fights, which is only ever a couple of weeks at most.
After my next fight on November 2, I've got Saturday and Sunday off then I'm back in the gym for my English title fight on December 1.
I've had 10 years of missing out on seeing family and friends, going out and enjoying life.
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Hide AdI have never been on lads holiday before, and it's too late to ever have one now!
All my friends are getting married and going on stag dos, but I always have to decline and miss out.
At this point in camp, under two weeks to go, I'm wound up, fed up, bored of training and just want to fight.
But I've been here so many times, it gets easier to deal with, but it is never nice.
To be completely honest, it's horrendous! I wouldn't wish this life on anyone!