Quotes from Marcos Maidana

Yeah, yeah, I used to ride horses.

My father was a caretaker of a hacienda. It was a huge place with a lot of animals. I was actually born there, not at a hospital but at the hacienda.

I just love hunting.

Floyd can say whatever he wants about me. He knows that I gave him the toughest fight of his life.

Khan was one of the biggest fights of my career and also one of the toughest in my life. He's a very good boxer.

Khan claims his trainer, Freddie Roach, has made him a better fighter but Freddie isn't going to be in there with me.

I won my very first fight by knockout in the first round. The trainer at the time was in love with me and he said I could make a career out of boxing. So I started boxing for the barrios or neighborhood championship.

Maybe judges like fighters who run.

Floyd's defense is very good, and at times it is hard to hit him. That's why I want to knock him out.

It seems I was born with the gift of knocking people out.

I feel comfortable with the Mexican people. I feel accepted by them and if I knock Morales out, like I know I can, it is my hope that the Mexican fans will adopt me as their own.

I don't underestimate anybody and I think Morales is capable of giving a good fight.

Sergio Martinez is doing his job and I'm trying to do my part, and we want to be able to get some spotlight in Argentina.

I want to go on to unify the belts at light-welterweight, and buy enough land and build houses for my entire family, and to own a farm myself.

I started boxing aged 15 when a local man, Ricardo Linari, opened a boxing club in Margarita. I just seemed to be able to knock people out, and that power has stayed with me.

I don't respect any opponent when I'm in the ring.

The only thing that matters to me is to hit my opponent and do whatever it takes to knock him out.

I have that one-punch KO power in both hands but I won't only be going for the head. Most of Floyd's opponents have done that but his defence is so good.

I really like Carlos Tevez. I am like him. I am small and aggressive too. I like to fight!

Most of the time I got knockouts in my amateur fights.

I say this respectfully, but there always appears to be a reason for guys like Robert Guerrero, Victor Ortiz and some others to avoid me.

The 147-pound division is where I feel best. I didn't feel that way at 140. Now I'm free and I can eat more.

That's what my life has been all about: Every time I get dropped, I come back and win.

I love football and played when I was a little kid. I was good but I'm not sure I was good enough to be professional.