I wanted to change my name to Romeo Florentino. Romeo Florentino - that's a good fighter's name.

Since I knew wrestling was all choreographed, I thought, Oh, they don't get hurt at all. But I walked away with a renewed respect for the sport. Because I was very ignorant before - I knew nothing about it.

I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.

I had gotten injured during the boxing, and I was supposed to take several months off because I'd had a couple of concussions, and so I sort of just left the boxing and got into the acting by accident.

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.

Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.