The 29-year-old boxer - who goes into Saturday (27.06.26) night's fight against Xander Zayas with 31 knockouts from 36 professional bouts - is already thinking about his legacy and how much he wants people to admire him for years to come.

He told The Guardian newspaper: “When my career is done and I retire as an undefeated legend, the best in the world, the best ever.

“I want people to say: ‘I want to be like him when I get older.’”

Boots already feels he is on his "legacy tour", though he insisted he is nowhere near the end of his career.

He said: "First of all for me, it’s a legacy thing.

“I call this the legacy tour and we just getting started. I was unified lineal champion at 147 and I’m about to be unified champ again at 154. So, it’s already written.”

When training for a fight, Ennis stays away from social media and pays no attention to his critics.

He said: "At this point, it really don’t even matter to me. As long as I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing and that’s winning and putting on a show and looking good, I don’t really care what nobody say.”

“When I’m in camp, don’t be on the internet. Just post whatever you got to post and get off.”