Quotes About Boxing

I just want to keep the Puerto Rican tradition of champions alive.

I've seen a lot of the great fighters, so I've always been a fan of the Puerto Rican fighters and I'm happy to be one myself.

Some of our best fighters are not only Puerto Rican greats but all-time greats of the sport. Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez and Felix 'Tito' Trinidad and many others have made Puerto Rican boxing what it is today, and I am only an extension of their greatness.

It's amazing to be a Puerto Rican fighter; we have a great history of fighters.

I just want to go down as one of the best Puerto Rican and best Latin fighters ever.

The fight with Camacho is very attractive. It's a natural fight, and one that Mexico, Puerto Rico and the world wants to see.

I don't want to be named myself as one of the elite boxers of Puerto Rico. That's for the fans and for the people that know about boxing. I just want to do my job the best I can, and I am going to do that the rest of my career.

It's great to be Puerto Rican, because Puerto Rico loves boxing. They don't have a lot of major sports down there.

The key to my boxing is my lateral movement. I keep moving side to side and keep pumping my jab and right hand.

Boxing is serious. It's not a game. Just one punch - change life.

You can't learn to take a punch. Whether you have a glass chin or you don't, the only way of finding out is having it land.

I am not into guys who powder-puff punch and run round the ring for 12 rounds. I'm into guys that want to shock the world with devastating power.

From the beginning, when my brother Vadim first took me to the boxing gym at 10, I was able to punch hard, and the coach always put me with older boys because of that.

At the end of the day, when you're dealing with heavyweights who can punch, anything is possible. When you've got a big heavyweight who has knockout power, anything's possible.

I punch left-handed.

Angulo presents a difficult challenge because he's a fighter who can punch and take a great punch.

I've learned a lot about life besides how to take a punch. And I've taken quite a few in and out of the ring.

It was at a gym near Liverpool Street. I came off the street - I was just a kid - and I was just excited about getting to punch someone in the face.

You're always just one punch away from getting hurt. But look, if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. I think I'm going to walk out of this sport of boxing when I think it's the right time.

I don't ever want to be a punch drunk.

Miocic has that knockout punch. I was completely dizzy a few moments when we fought.

Whenever the Klitschkos pick opponents who punch back, things go pear-shaped for them.

I can punch, I'm heavy-handed, and I can box.

For a million-dollar cheque I would punch Jake Paul.