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It's not my place to compare myself to greats like Tyson, Frazier or men like that. But I would look at a fighter like Evander Holyfield. He's a great heavyweight who worked his way up through the weight classes to become champion and had to beat bigger men along the way.

Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.

There's so much pressure on becoming the next Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, and if you don't achieve that in boxing, you're nothing.

It would be a dream to be the face of boxing, to be No. 1.

I would like to be remembered as a boxer who tried to do his best.

In a really good, closely matched situation, the style of the boxer is every bit as explicit and specific to him as a painter's hand.

As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights.

Boxing is really an art form. It might just look like two people beating each other up, but when you look closer, it's actually quite beautiful and interesting.