A great champion needs a background in amateur boxing, I’'m convinced of that. There you learn everything that you’ll need later as a pro. Someone who’s got more than 400 amateur fights behind him no longer gets nervous before going into the ring and doesn’t lose his nerve during a fight. You know all the boxing styles, you’re prepared for anything, you’ve got the pedigree that you need to be a successful pro.

As a boxer I took the liberty of using not only my fists, but also my head.

If I don't feel the same hunger as I once did then I definitely shouldn't box any more.

I am going to have one Klitschko for breakfast and one Klitschko for lunch.

Thomas Hauser respects boxing and boxers. He gives readers insight into what happens in and out of the ring. Everything he writes is fair-minded and reality-based with a human touch.

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

People are still crying out for Lennox Lewis. They still want to see Lennox Lewis. That motivated me. I am still young. I have a couple fights left in me.