Kuno Becker Quotes

The power from the punches come from your legs.

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

A good boxer, in striking the round blow, instead of loosening body and arm, gathers himself into a heap of muscularity and begins his blow where all blows ought to begin, from the solidarity of the right foot.

I have great striking, really great striking, and I hit very hard.

I've got a lot of power in my kicks.

I love it when fighters are textbook.

Striking isn't just about kicking and punching. It's far more complex than that. It's also about timing and range.

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.

Some fighters have a great punch; others don't.

My striking is on a different level.

I've trained boxing in the past to learn the distance, trained wrestling to understand how he would take me down, but I won't get there to fight my opponent's game.

My best weapon is probably my speed. I am faster than most middleweights, and I know how to use it.

If I hit anybody with that left hook, they're going down.

I'll take what I can get when I go high with a hook, but the side of the head makes a big target, especially if his hands are down.

I always say if you can't knock someone out with four ounce gloves on there is something wrong with you.

Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.

The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.

There's one secret to hitting hard, and that is to completely dedicate your body. That's the difference between a man going forward and a man going backward, no matter how big he is.

I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world.

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.

A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to use that, and that's where the power comes in.

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away.

I spent the whole first year of my career just on my legs. If you have good legs under you, then you can punch. Anybody can stand and throw their hands and look like an idiot. If you actually want to learn how to punch, you have to work on being balanced on your legs and feeling your legs under you. Feel the ground.