Roberts became the first fighter from Swindon to ever win an English title as he defeated Ben Lilley at The O2 to move to 11-0 in his career and he claimed the vacant English title and defended his Commonwealth Silver title.
Roberts said that a few weeks on the win had just started to sink him and helped him to realise what is possible.
He said: “It feels great to have won the belt, it took a little while to sink in, but in the last few days I have just got my belt and that has started to drive home and spark something inside of me.
“I joked about sleeping with it [the belt] last night, but it is currently sat on the kitchen side for everyone to see.
“The next move is going to be to defend that English belt one time and then go for the British title next year.
“After that last fight, it was a lot more publicised and it feels like everyone is starting to see what I can do and I am starting to gain a lot more respect locally and nationally.
“It was nice to fight outside of Swindon and be in The O2, that is the kind of arena that I would like to headline one day eventually.
“It has always been a massive dream of mine ever since I was six that I could headline a big stadium and now I am really starting to believe that I can actually achieve that and it is going to be interesting to see what I can do with that new belief in me.”
He said: “Everyone is starting to want a piece now that I have started to gain some belts and that brings a lot of attention with people wanting to try and get to you.
“This was all part of the plan when I turned pro, we had a three-year plan and so far we have nailed that exactly on point of where I wanted to be and we will keep going.”
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