I’ve worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts - just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.

I was just doing my job in the ring and doing my best to make people happy.

If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.

Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.

Only in death will I relinquish my belts.

In the morning, I wake up at about 6 a.m. and I run for about 45 minutes, then more sprinting. Then I go back home, I eat and I sleep. When I wake up, I train - I do about three hours in the gym...

Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.