What you gotta understand is, in this conversation and in our fight, you're not in control.

The road I've taken to this point has not been easy. Being back on HBO is a big thing, but fighting on HBO in my hometown is huge. To be great you have to fight the best. Chad has beaten the best so these are the type fights I want to take. I will put on a great show for all the fans that come out to Oracle Arena.

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.

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.

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

You can still entertain without getting a knockout.

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.