Boxing is sport. Is good. Not just for bad guy.
If you want street fight, let's go. If you want boxing, I show you. But people think I am, like, gangster. No. Ring is different world. Very dangerous.
When I wrap my hands, I do it for my family. I owe my courage to them and also my success. That's why I fight.
It was a very difficult time after the fall of the Soviet Union. Jobs were difficult, and you had to fight to have anything nice.
I never went into the mine. But I saw my father and other men coming out, day after day, their faces and bodies covered in soot. It looked very hard and dangerous.
I remember seeing Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, and the old films of Sugar Ray Robinson.
I'm a boxer. I'm a boxer. If you're interested, just watch my boxing, not my life.
Canelo, he is not a champion. He is a liar who has no respect for the sport of boxing or its fans.
If I can beat a proven champion like Canelo, that will take my career to a different level.
For me, it's very hard to train too much, just sparring, sparring, sparring. It's boring.
Jacobs was a very good fighter and gave me good learning experience going 12 rounds.
The older kids, if they wanted something from you, whether it was cash or sports equipment, they would just take it. My older brothers used to say, 'If someone tries to take something from you, never give it to them.' So we fought all the time.
Boxing is serious. It's not a game. Just one punch - change life.
I love judo. I love grappling. I love jiu-jitsu.
Cain Velasquez - he is a good puncher. He is very compact. He's strong. He's very smart. He's a good fighter. He's a warrior.
I love and respect my sport, but I am not a bad guy. First, I am a sportsman.
I went to university every day for five years. I thought, 'I must - must - go to school.' Look, my hands, these are like guns. When you have guns, you can relax. But in the future, you need something else.
I've never been a bad guy - never acted like a tough guy.
I like real people. I don't like fakes.
Maybe I can become the next James Bond.
