I don't like to get hit, who likes it? I probably wouldn't do this sport if I was getting hit that much.

I've fought everybody without ducking anyone. I have beaten 10 undefeated guys, and I never was comparing myself to the greatest in the sport. I was not thinking of breaking any records. I'm just enjoying my time in boxing.

I learned in my Ph.D. the discipline I needed to be successful. Most boxers are not that disciplined. They have talent, but the self-organization - the ability to schedule yourself and your priorities - is lacking. My studies were about the control of training on both the psychological and the physical side.

Criticism is a great motivation. Failure is not an option to me.

I'm trying to keep the face of my opponent more or less not damaged but eventually to execute the plan and knock him out.

He's been an inspiration for me since the Olympics 1996.

All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it.