Quotes from Demetrius Andrade

If you think I'm a walk in the park, come walk in this park and see how easy it is.

There are major fights for me in the middleweight division. Those are the fights I want and I've been very vocal about it.

I'm not going to do anything out my way to try to get somebody to watch me because I want to act a buffoon. I want to build a character that I want my kids to look up to. It's OK to be the bad guy when it's time to be the bad guy, but to live and be the bad guy all day, every day? It's like, 'No, come on, man, you're making us look bad.'

If the crowd wants me to go out there and bang out - and that's not something that I do - then they need to go watch somebody else.

Some people know me, some people don't. Who would know Steve Jobs if he walked down the street?

I'm not turning down the opportunity to walk out the ring with four belts.

I want all the top guys, all the belts.

Everyone says, 'What does Demetrius Andrade bring to the table?' Besides being the best American middleweight, and one of the top three middleweights in the world, everyone knows who I am and they know how good I am.

That's all we're looking to do, make great fights, baby. That's it. And may the best man win.

Lara and I both had success in the amateurs, and we have continued to have successful professional careers.

Who doesn't want to be undisputed champion of the world?

I fought Culcay as an amateur in the 2007 world championships, so we have some history together in the ring.

You can't just sweep me under the rug like I won't come back stronger and better.

I stay in the gym consistently.

Ask anybody who has ever sent over a contract over to my team and they'll tell you that we get back to people with a response very quickly.

With everything going on with COVID, you don't know what's going to happen.

I want to make sure that when I step into the boxing ring it's an even playing field because I work extremely hard with the talents I'm blessed with and I want to let the people know there's no enhancements over here.

Money talks. When you have the financing behind you, you can make deals.

All I can do is just keep destroying the top 15.

We are fighting tough guys to get it on whereas Canelo and GGG have been cherry-picking. They can do that with the profile they have. It's just business. I'm not upset about it because my time will come when I walk in with one belt and walk out with four.

I just work hard and do what I've got to do and let my promoters and matchmakers handle that part. I basically tell them to get the guy that has the best record that wants to fight.

The boxing world knows I'm the baddest man out there, but not having the right promotion behind me putting me out there has hurt me and that's why I've made the changes, and Matchroom and DAZN know what I can bring and they can move me to the next level.

I may not be fighting the most popular guys like Canelo or GGG. But I am fighting real fighters, tough guys who want to prove that they belong and be world champions.

Who cares about GGG-Canelo III? Honestly, who cares?