ANDY RUIZ JR.

I'm going to accomplish my dreams.

Boxing gave me the discipline and took me away from the streets and away from the corners. It changed my life, you know. Boxing dragging me away from all the bad potential I had.

It's hard to criticise a fighter when you're not in the ring doing what we do.

I'm scared of things that I can't see that can hurt me, you know.

I'd love to be at 250, 255, but just be fit and be solid.

I'm not scared of Joseph Parker or any other fighter.

I don't want to just have 15 minutes of fame. I want it to last.

I represented Mexico trying to go to the Olympics.

Boxing saved my life. There were a lot of gangs and I was hanging around with the wrong people.

A lot of people say I'm not Mexican because I don't speak a lot of Spanish or am there a lot, but the United States is where it's at. Mexico's in my blood, in my DNA. It's in my kids' DNA.

I'd love to fight Wilder. They say everyone is scared of him, I'm not scared of nobody.

A lot of people underestimated me, and I'm used to that.

I have been dreaming about the heavyweight title it seems since I was born.

As long as you pray and believe in your dreams, anything is possible.

My dad's been giving me Snickers since I was six years old. Since I first turned amateur, my dad's been giving it to me.

Everyone who thinks I'm not Mexican simply because I was born in the United States is wrong.

Anthony Joshua, I'm pretty sure he's underestimating me, man.

Being from a small farmers' town, going back and forth to Mexico, hours waiting in the line to cross back home and training for hours, that's why I represent Mexicali because it means a lot to me.

At my first amateur fight, I was seven years old. My dad took me to go fight San Diego.

My goal is to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.

I'm confident in all my fights. You have to be. You have to put any negative thoughts aside.

I just have to do what I have to do, and just let my hands go and focus.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

I never look past an opponent that I have.

People need to understand that I came this far being chubby and all that. Imagine how far I could go actually being in good shape and looking good.