Thursday 29 November 2012 23:05, UK
Andrew Flintoff hopes his experiences as a cricketer will help him mentally prepare for his professional boxing debut on Friday night.
Pundits and trainers have raised concerns about Flintoff's decision to take up boxing, but he is refusing to let any criticism unsettle him. "There will be critics and doubters out there and it's a big task I've taken on, I'm just concentrating on the fight and we'll see what the reaction is. "It depends if you take it on board - as a cricketer I didn't read too much of the press, I just wanted to be comfortable in what I'm doing. "It's not something we're talking about in our camp, we're concentrating on tomorrow night and putting all the good work into practice."
