Quotes About Boxing

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

I've got two kids and a missus. I don't want problems after boxing. You need to be careful.

Trejo is one of the oldest boxing gyms in Cuba; it's outdoor, and every great champion the country has produced has passed through and was forged in the open air.

But boxing was my profession. I had to go back the second time because I was broke and I couldn't just go and get a college degree and earn it. I had too many bills, too many families.

I know I look arrogant, but I'm altogether a different person outside the ring.

People know me only from the Octagon, from the gym. I'm a different person outside and I am who I want to be.

Ali could only fight a couple of ways. I can fight five or six different ways.

I didn't make the most of school, but boxing has given me discipline.

Not any disrespect to Kovalev or anything but I'm not focussed on Kovalev, I'm not a fan of his.

You put Carlos Molina in front of me? That's kind of disrespectful to me.

Me calling out Roy Jones is disrespectful.

I know how to control the distance, I know how to counter real good.

I think I showed I'm resilient, I'm strong, I can go the distance against a bigger man and still box effectively.

I didn't start boxing until I was 18 but I believe that is a big advantage now. If you start too young, it's easy to become distracted.

Growing up in Baltimore, there were a lot of distractions. But I was so into boxing, it was like candy to me.

Ring rust is real. I've experienced it myself.

I'm a big expert in boxing, but in politics I'm a beginner, so I try to use other people's experience. I read books; I'm not afraid to ask for advice.

I believe, just in the ring, I'm explosive.

I know that I have explosive power in both hands.

Boxing gave me a voice to express the anger I felt for where I came from.

I'm definitely interested in facing Linares.

Depression is a serious thing and, after my defeat to Pacquiao, I was facing retirement and didn't cope with it very well.

I know a lot of people don't count me in as a factor in the welterweight division, but they have the right to think that way. I only want my chance to prove what I can do in the ring.

I was able to retire from the sport with all my faculties and not let the sport retire me.