"I grew up wrestling, and I was already pretty mentally tough from being a wrestler my whole life. Knowing how to work hard, dedication, all that relates to life. If you have that attitude in anything you want to do, then you're probably going to succeed in it."
For Boapeah, the #2 ranked middleweight kickboxer in the world and still young in his career, the possibility of a switch to MMA is also about not having any regrets later in life. 'Why not try, not later when you're 50, you're like 'aww why didn't I try this, why didn't I try that?' I want to try everything so when I'm an old man later I can sit down, chill, and think that I did everything on my bucket list.'