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On Saturday night, boxer Curtis Woodhouse takes on WBO Intercontinental welterweight champion Frankie Gavin in what is unquestionably the biggest fight of his career. The pairs' respective roads to this contest could not be more different. While 25-year-old Gavin experienced a glittering career in the amateur ranks, Woodhouse never fought an amateur bout before his pro debut, due in no small part to the fact 'The Driffield Destroyer' spent almost ten years as a professional footballer before quitting to become a full-time pugilist in 2006.
A gifted youngster, Woodhouse burst into Sheffield United's first-team at 17 and became their youngest ever captain two years later, before going on to win four England Under-21 caps and seal a move to Birmingham for the princely sum of £1 million. The midfielder had a brief taste of Premier League football when he made four appearances for Blues in the 2002-03 season, but he was sadly to follow a well-trodden path.
Having promised so much and been tipped for the top, Woodhouse endured a downturn in fortunes. He moved to Rotherham and, although he performed well in the lower leagues with Peterborough, a move to hometown club Hull proved disastrous. He could not reignite his ailing career and, after a short spell with Grimsby in 2006, he called it a day at the age of 26.
"I've no regrets about giving it up, definitely not," Woodhouse tells ESPNsoccernet . "Football was good to me and I'd say I enjoyed 85% of my career. I achieved what most kids dream of in becoming a professional footballer and I'm very grateful and proud of what I did. But I believe I got out at the right time as when I left there was no desire and no ambition to do anything in football anymore. The fire had burnt out and I didn't want to prolong my football career just for the sake of playing.
"It wasn't really one thing that triggered it off, it was just as time went by I slowly but surely started falling out of love with the game. It started off with me not looking forward to training and then when it came to Saturdays I was thinking, 'Oh god, I've got to go and play football today'. I know how mad that sounds because obviously 99% of young boys want to be professional footballers when they grow up, but I remember being involved in some big games and just not wanting to be there at all. It was a gradual thing and it just snuck up on me - I don't know where it came from or why it happened, but it did.
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