Very few people could make me fight out of my system. Burley was one.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Mine was an apparent forward movement whereas Burley's was a continuous serpentine movement.
I had two managers who couldn't stand each other. I had a promoter, Don King, who couldn't get any fights, and I was fighting once a year. I knocked out Norton and then didn't fight for 13 months. Then I fight the heavyweight champion of the world.
Looking back, I couldn't get enough fights because Don King owned most of the top 10 fighters, and he never gave me a fight.
R. C. Buford has been a huge help to me with his support.
If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.
I never fought much. It just wasn't my thing. I suppose I could, but I've never got into fights. Not a real one.
I've never had to fight hard for anything I've gotten in the past.
Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem.
I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.
I used to get into a lot of fights.
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