One of my favourite boxers when I was young was Nigel Benn. In the 1990s he worked with Paul McKenna, who did not actually work with Benn on his boxing career, he provided support and assistance during a difficult period in his personal life. However, when it was suggested in the media that Nigel Benn was receiving help from McKenna who was the world’s most famous hypnotist at the time, some people objected and suggested that this was somehow giving Benn an unfair advantage – it mainly shone a light on how little people knew about the reality of what hypnosis does and how it works.