Andy Ruiz Jr. Quotes

I think footwork is one of the most important things to becoming a great fighter. That's where everything starts.

I say the sweet science is to hit and not get hit.

My thing is that if you love the sport, appreciate the sport as a whole. If you love the sport, you love the slick boxer; you love the guy who can box and punch. You love the brawler.

I'm a Mexican fighter. I just like fighting. I like staying in the pocket.

I love to box, because I think boxing is an art.

I definitely proved that I'm more than just a puncher, but I'm also a puncher.

I've mixed sparring partners up. I've done tons upon tons of rounds with big, heavy lumps who are trying to take my head off.

When I come to spar, I definitely come to spar; I definitely come to fight.

I love it when fighters are textbook.

How would you like to find out how good my right is?

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation.

The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.

I used to love to see Willie Pep and Ray Robinson. To me, the epitome of a great athlete is a great boxer. I just love the rhythm of seeing a man dance, slip punches. I loved the dancers and boxers. I would see them and be mesmerized.

Boxing is really an art form. It might just look like two people beating each other up, but when you look closer, it's actually quite beautiful and interesting.

When I get finished with fighting, I hope they ask the same questions. It's not my purpose to answer them. Boxing is the art of self-defense. I knock 'em out the first chance I get.

I'd say I just fell in love with trying to knock people out really quick instead of letting the fight develop.

MMA guys, we sparred a lot of them training for KSI because of the wild punches.

I've always had heart to get in there and fight. I was taught everything I knew. I was taught how to jab, why to do this, and why not to do that. I was taught that.

When they throw punches, the breathing, the sparring. The heavy bags being hit. All of that - it was a heavenly sound to me.

Speed is something that, in the heavyweight division, we don't have a lot of.

I'm developing more as a welterweight and becoming a better fighter.

Jacobs was a very good fighter and gave me good learning experience going 12 rounds.

Football is like boxing because you have to know when it is time to attack.

I'm a better fighter than Rumble. I've got too many tools for him.