"I never wanted to fight," admitted Dario DeAbreu, as he sat in the kitchen of his Cardiff home and thumbed through a stack of photographs detailing his journey from boy to man.
"But, unfortunately, in my life, I’ve had to, just to survive."
It may sound like the hook line to a trailer for an all-action Hollywood blockbuster, but even the likes of Steven Spielberg would have difficulty dreaming up a plot with as many twists and turns as Dario's incredible life story, which he explores in his new autobiography.