Steve O'Meara

Name: Steve O’Meara

Family: Four sisters, all younger and a girlfriend (Samantha)

Trainer: Jim McDonnell

Best win: Last fight against Kevin McCauley because I was feeling so terrible but still managed to get the win

Biggest disappointment: Last fight against Kevin McCauley! I was unhappy with way I performed

Favourite boxer: Roberto Duran

Ambition: To make something of myself

Sponsors: Finbow, Lonsdale and The LA Gym

Hobbies: Watching films

Profession outside boxing: Personal trainer

Home gym: The LA Gym, Loughton

Like about boxing: The respect the other fighters have for each other

Dislike about boxing: Travelling around the M25 to the gym. I live in High Wycombe.

Favourite other sports: Football. I used to play semi-professional football for Uxbridge until I broke my leg aged 17. That’s when I started boxing, to get fit again, but realised I was quite good at it so kept going.

Favourite football team: Spurs – definitely not Chelsea like I saw on another website

Describe yourself: Confident, dedicated and ambitious

What would you do with the £32,000 first prize: Educate myself!