The media can make boxers, controls who makes it big and who doesn’t. They can build up fighters or knock them down.

[Kirk] Johnson throws some heavy punches and is a knockout fighter. This is what people want to see. They want to see a fight, they want to see punches and they want to see action.

Sometimes success needs interruption to regain focus and shake off complacency.

When I saw Tyson knocking everybody out on TV, I thought, He's goooood. But when I saw him in person, he didn't look as awesome.

You can just fight one man at a time.

The danger of a closed mind is that it can also leave good things like love, compassion and reason on its outside.

I am proud to be in Los Angeles. I have a lot of fans that love me here. When you talk about the Meccas of boxing - Las Vegas, New York - now you have to talk about Los Angeles.