Quotes from Jermell Charlo

I never had a walk in the park in my career.

2020 is going to be real. It's going to get loud.

Changing an opponent shouldn't be a problem. It sucks to spend a lot of time preparing for someone and then it changes up, but it's boxing. That happens in boxing and you have to accept that.

I am one of the hardest-hitting light-middleweights they've had for centuries.

Fighting on HBO and Showtime, people had to pay money to watch them and a lot of people who love boxing, they didn't have those channels.

I want to be a superstar in the junior middleweight division.

Charles Hatley is a good fighter. He comes with pressure and he likes fighting. He's got a good style and he can bob and weave and be slick.

I listen to a pop genre of music to keep the rhythm flowing and sometimes I'll take it back to the old school to keep my mind calm because once you start to listen to so much craziness, it gets hectic.

I take care of my positions when they come.

I have to continue to be different and stand my ground in this division until I'm done at 154 pounds.

Fight night is when you see all our excitement and all our hard work pouring out.

It's always been something like that growing up, knowing I wanted to be the best. And my brother considers himself the best, I consider myself the best.

My father cut the umbilical cord for my son, because I wasn't actually there.

Always having that one-minute tag and always knowing that my brother was one minute older than me, it always made life much more competitive.

Joachim Alcine does certain things in the ring that I've seen and taken note of. There are some things I believe I can take advantage of.

I always pray for my opponent to have safe care and make it to the fight healthy.

I've been able to define who I am and my brother is able to do his thing.

My second pro fight, I fought on the Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins undercard.

I know that I have explosive power in both hands.

The sport is rough. It does wear and tear on the body.

I've fought a lot of prospects.

I definitely proved that I'm more than just a puncher, but I'm also a puncher.

We're tired of hearing the media say to put the Charlo's in there with better competition. I've heard that every fight. As long as I'm winning fights and I'm entertaining the fans, that's what I'm going to do.

Hurd puts on entertaining fights, I put on entertaining fights. Let's bang it out, let's rumble.