Boxing and chess are similar. It’s about the choice of means. Sometimes I need a pawn, a bishop or a knight to defeat my opponent. It’s about finding the best way. A good boxer has to be variable. He doesn’t just need to know how to punch. He must also know how to protect himself, how to defend, how to avoid the opponent’s punches. Only a complete fighter can become champion.

I just want to complete my legacy.

I always ask myself why old heavyweights come back, but I plan to stay out of the ring.

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

I cannot fight everyone at once. I have to take one at a time.

I am the heavyweight champion of the world, and the greatest heavyweight you have seen for a long while. With Tyson on the card, it is definitely an added bonus because Lewis-Tyson on the same card would be a great doubleheader. This is what the fans want to see.

The fact is that Mike Tyson bit through my trousers and took a significant piece of flesh out of my thigh.