“All boxers are OCD. You can see a bit of OCD in me before I go into the ring. I can't put on my right boot before my left. It's the same with my gloves. It's got to always be the left foot and the left hand first. I would freak out if I did it differently. I have to do the left first because that's the way I done it when I won the Olympics.”

British bare-knuckle boxer and former professional boxer

James DeGale is a British bare-knuckle boxer and former professional boxer, active from 2009 to 2019. He is best known for winning the IBF super-middleweight title twice during his career. Before reaching the world level, he held the British and European super-middleweight titles between 2010 and 2012. He also challenged for the Commonwealth title in 2011, marking an important stage in his rise through the division.