Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want... Tyson is the true champion.
I love looking back at the older fights; they don't make them like they used to. Just watching Tommy Hearns, the technique in his punching, the brilliance and the combinations from the likes of Ray Leonard and 'Sugar' Ray Robinson.
The three toughest fighters I fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson.
I want to be known to fans and appreciated as a 'boxer-painter' in regards to speed, footwork, punching power - an art form inside the ring.
Boxing is not a sport where you can be at a low level at all.
He's a very, very clever fighter, Manny, but you'd have to say the cleverest fighter in boxing is Mayweather. He adapts his style against whatever opponent he faces.
Mayweather has boxing genius. But it takes one to know one, and he knew right away Pacquiao also has rare boxing IQ - an equalizing gift for setting up and taking down an opponent.
I've been doing this 26 years and have a lot of knowledge which will help me in the ring.
In boxing, it is about the obsession of getting the most from yourself: wanting to dominate the world like a hungry young lion.
I think that Floyd Mayweather is the best boxer that's ever lived; like actual technical boxer.
