It has been nearly 14 years since Lee Murray last had a professional fight.
To him, those 14 years are a mere inconvenience – a prolonged, frustrating delay – but far from an indication his fighting days are over. Instead, for as long as he’s able to form a couple of fists, and for as long as he’s able to then use these balled fists to destroy other human beings, the dream of one day returning to the cage or the ring will continue unabated.
It’s why he trains. It’s why he keeps himself in fighting shape and visualises the day he fights in front of a sold-out O2 Arena crowd in Greenwich, London, his hometown.