I got knocked down, I don't know how many years ago and I haven't been off my feet since, and I responded again against the best in division without the respect of having the chin I'm supposed to have.

He's built up to be invincible and no man is invincible, any man can be knocked out.

That's what makes a fighter. I got dropped and I got back up, and I found a way to get the win.

It's one thing to have an eye for the sport, and it's another to have a feel for the sport. He has both.

A lot of people look for you to change. Everything has stayed the same. Financially, this is God's money, and my wife and I are just stewards of it.

In the school of boxing that I come from, that's frowned upon, giving up free shots, cos we know what those kinda shots do to a man's career, regardless of whether it shows up now, or shows up when you least need it. It takes a toll.

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.