Competitive Fight Quotes

We are the modern day gladiators.

When you go into the other guy's backyard you cannot hope to win on points.

Anfield - that's the plan. A fight in my team's ground. Always cherished the thought of that, too.

Only time will tell whether the Klitschkos need me more than I need them. They won't believe that. But it depends what they want out of boxing. If they want guaranteed easy victories, then they can do what they've always done, but if they want a tough challenge, you'd think they would want to beat down my door.

I always want to fight someone who is going to be game out there.

I knew coming into this to fight that this was going to be a world class fight, but I knew he didn't have the skills to beat me.

This is a fantastic fight for the championship. I'm really confident and believe we can do it.

I think there's an opportunity for a couple of them for sure, maybe more depending upon the situation, but it's too early to say which ones. It's a pretty competitive fight. And that doesn't mean the older guys are just going to walk into spots. I remind them all the time - you got to earn everything you get. And that's what made our team good last year, is guys really competed for opportunities and understood their roles.

Every fight, honest to say, in this division, at this level, is a toss-up. It's a 50-50 chance.

My great fight was against Liddell. I lost via decision but it was one of the fights that I most enjoyed to be part of. He was tough, had heavy hands, I was able to handle him and knock him down in the second round, we gave an amazing show.

A fight with Mike Tyson or Riddick Bowe always sells, because those people came to win. When you come to win, people will see a good show. When you come to survive, it can become boring.

He's a guy I should beat pretty handily. I shouldn't have a competitive fight with Jose Miguel Cotto, in my eyes.

Dehumanizing sounds so extreme, but when you're fighting for a football at the bottom of the pile, it is kind of dehumanizing.