Walking down the street, it's a humbling feeling. Everyone stopping you for photos and autographs, it's real humbling.
I dropped Nascimento in the first round, but he came back, and I had to dig really deep because he was gaining the whole time. He ruptured my left ear drum with a right hand in the fifth round, which caused a few hearing problems, but I was able to overcome it.
After a good training camp, pushing myself, learning new things, I always feel confident coming back to New Zealand.
It's business inside the ring, but outside it, it's friendship and brotherhood. I try to do that with all my opponents.
I back my power, and I back my chin, and I back my speed.
We have a great set-up in Las Vegas. I love being in Vegas; all our camps will be in Vegas. We are just going to spend more time in the U.K. in terms of fighting. But New Zealand will still be home for me.
In boxing, there are lot of things that happen where they try to slow down the process and try to get to the other team, trying to get into our heads.
So I have, like, more than a 100 cousins all over the world now.
I was upset about not going to the Olympics. It was a dream of mine, and I'd been working at it for a long time. But I've turned pro now; it's in the past, and there's nothing I can do about it.
I believe that every fight we've had is a big fight, and every fight we've had is a fight where I've learned a lot of things in the ring, I learn about myself, and it's sort of pushed me to know where I can go.
You not only have to box smart, you have to be ruthless in the ring.
I think the boxing game is supposed to be a gentleman's sport.
I'm getting more confident in what I can do in the ring, and that just comes with hard work and training.
I feel good about my first professional fight. I was ready for it, and it was a good win for me.
I've been to Vector Arena, and I've seen it. I've stood in the middle and just appreciated the space, appreciated the volume of the place.
With the overhand right in the past, I always got caught. My chin was up, and my shoulder wasn't where it was supposed to be, covering my chin.
Different refs judge fights differently.
What's the point in changing your team? I believe in my team.
The world should have one champion.
When I'm not boxing, I play instruments.
