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Boxing gave me a voice to express the anger I felt for where I came from.

Boxing was a way to express my anger. All of a sudden, I was expressing anger, and I was good at it. I was like a Jekyll and Hyde. Boxing helped me because I was fighting the anger out. I was knocking guys out.

I started boxing at 12, and I was above weight for my age, so they put me in the ring with adults... When you're fighting all the time, it gives you the ability to fight without getting angry.

I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.

I was just such a quiet kid. I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

I wasn't a fighting kid or a causing-trouble kid. I was just one of those cheeky, crazy kids running around.

Boxing was just another one to keep me going as a child.

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid.

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.