I don't abuse my body, I've been off 10 months, I still train and I'm always thinking about boxing, so I felt like I would be fine and I just wanted to challenge myself against another top caliber fighter.

I like to talk come fight night, that's how I do it, but I'm not a pushover.

Every fighter is my toughest challenge to date. After I get done with one fight, the next challenge is the toughest.

I'm just excited that the fans are going to get their money's worth, and you can't say that a lot of the times.

The way my father raised me, we don't pat ourselves on the back. We don't call ourselves great, we let other people do that.

The part that sickens me about boxing is guys fight their whole careers and they have nothing to show for it. That's not going to be my testimony. When it's time to get out of the game, I want to be able to walk away. I'm not going to jeopardize my health. I will have no problems walking away.

Even if you are sick, you fight until you have nothing left.