You gotta have some flash. Being a nice guy is cool and all, but to really make it in this game, you bring that extra quality.
My first world title fight, it surprisingly came so fast, but we knew it would come sooner or later.
Every time I fought at home, I gave my fans a knockout. I spoiled my fan base in Cincinnati.
At six years old, I told my dad that I would be world champion, and on Nov. 26, 2011, I am.
Adrian Granados is a world-class fighter. A lot of guys duck him, but I wanted to fight him because that's what I'm about.
I don't try to knock out people.
To come to somebody's hometown and beat them on a split decision, that's saying something.
God doesn't make mistakes.
I'm a competitor.
You can't overlook anybody in this sport.
Jessie Vargas is not as good as those guys I lost to.
I'm a four-time world champion, so I don't want to hear anything about my losses.
I hope I get credit when I beat Jessie Vargas. I hope I get the credit I deserve. People want me to lose and go away, but guess what? I worked harder than ever for this fight. I'm not losing to Jessie Vargas.
Looking back at all of my defeats, the only real punishment that I've taken in this sport was against Maidana. I got a fractured jaw.
I come from Cincinnati.
School really didn't work for me.
I want to do things that no one has ever done inside the ring and outside the ring as a boxer and further my career in the entertainment business after I'm done with boxing.
When you match my body size with my talent and my work ethic and my IQ as a boxer inside that ring, I really have it all, and I'm flexible enough to really jump up to any weight - '40, '47 or '54, for the right opponent.
What am I gonna do to be successful and provide for my family? I was like, I want to play basketball, I love basketball, but I'm too short. I'm not gonna cooperate in school... Boxing. I always found boxing, it always came back to boxing, boxing, boxing. Boxing, this is it, this is gonna be the thing gonna take me over the the top.
I want everybody to love me because I want to love back.
