Former England captain Andrew Flintoff has revealed the hardships he is enduring to get in shape for his debut boxing match on November 9 at the Men arena in Manchester.

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For the last three months Barry and Shane McGuigan have been putting Flintoff through his paces, and he is determined not get complacent and is fully committed to his tough training regime.

"I've had better things in my life than getting punched! It's a stark contrast from cricket. You used to stop for sandwiches in cricket but in this you stop to spit a load of blood out of your mouth into a bucket!" the Sun quoted Flintoff, as saying.

"The diet is tough. It's not just a diet, it's a whole lifestyle thing. There's no secret I like a pint and I've not had one of those now for 10 weeks and I won't until whenever," he added.

"The end goal is so important - that's the thing that's spurring me on. You can't cut any corners in this game. The training now is two sessions a day so it's taken its toll fatigue wise, but I couldn't commit any more than what I'm doing," he said.

Flintoff added: "I'm giving it everything from diet to training and I'm in the best hands possible. I've dropped £40 but there's more to go."