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.
Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan.
But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.
Would I take Conor McGregor? No, he's a lot shorter than me. I don't think we'd be allowed fight - a heavyweight and a lightweight.
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.'
Boxing is very one dimensional. You can hit to the head, you can hit to the body. As soon as two guys get into a clinch, you're separated.
Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
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.
A lot of people don't really understand boxing.
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.
I felt Holyfield was using his head illegally. I told the referee I wasn't getting any help, so I went back to the streets. I cannot defend it, but it happened.
I didn't even know about amateur boxing, period.
I don't really watch much boxing.
This is not a sport for me - I live boxing. I've been boxing since I was seven years old.
I never have the plan to overtake boxing. I love boxing; I came from boxing.
Boxers put themselves on the line, they put their lives at risk, so it's up to the boxers to make sure they are healthy and sharp because we are giving the public what they want to see.
I don't like to see any sucker punches. I do think, in the heat of battle, if you're getting hit on the hip with 98, then you should be able to go out and see somebody.
Boxing has been good to me and I believe I have been good for boxing.
I am the person who is going to take over boxing after Floyd Mayweather.
Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave.
I've competitively boxed. It's definitely Plan B for me, but I know how to box.
Punching your weight is one of boxing's most sensible rules. It's a handy one to abide by whether your battles lie in or out of a ring.
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.
