One thing that has irritated me in the sport of boxing since I stopped is I'm really surprised that no one has come along to excite me like me.
I've never been the biggest boxing fan. If I know the guy I will watch him. But if it's two great fighters and I don't know either of them then I won't bother.
Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.
I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan.
If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.
This is boxing. It's not like a baseball game. The fighters say, 'I need a lot of money or I don't fight, because it's very dangerous.'
A lot of people don't really understand boxing.
I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.
I've got no desire to fight Dereck Chisora inside the ring or outside the ring.
Now Mayweather has retired, Alavrez is the biggest name in boxing, and I'm looking forward to pitting my wits against him.
I know every fight could be my last fight, and if that happens, that's not just a health issue, but I'll be knocked off that king's stool.
It's a punishment game... only two boxers get in the ring. So when we get in the ring and we're not angry, then you're not a real boxer.
My second pro fight was at Madison Square Garden, on the undercard of Naseem Hamed's fight against Kevin Kelley.
I didn't even know about amateur boxing, period.
My second pro fight, I fought on the Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins undercard.
Look at something like boxing. People know that some fights are fixed, but nobody looks at a boxing match and automatically assumes it's fake.
It would be good to fight Roy Jones. I've always admired him, and I think this would be a great fight for the fans.
Middleweight is my category.
Boxing is not that complicated. If two guys want to fight, it's not hard to make a fight. If the fight's not made, it's because one party doesn't want that fight, or maybe both parties don't want it.
In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.
Boxing's a funny business and sometimes different fights come along at different times.
I would definitely be interested in a rematch with Callum Smith.
There's a difference between world-class fighters and club fighters. It's similar to the distinction between a Grammy Award nominee and a guy who sings in Holiday Inn cocktail lounges.
We're a long way away from someone like Willie Pep winning a round without throwing a punch.
