I'm not gloating over Chad Dawson, he's still the man in my book.
Anybody that's in my weight class, above me or beneath me, I keep an eye on.
I don't rest on my laurels and start getting lazy. It makes me just wanna keep working.
That's what makes a fighter. I got dropped and I got back up, and I found a way to get the win.
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.
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.