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Americans did not want to see a Mexican become more popular in boxing than Muhammad Ali.
I sometimes get worn out by the training and going into the gym, but never by the fights.
Thank God that I lost against Frankie Randall because he made me put my feet firmly on the ground.
The thing I don't like about Whitaker is he has an ugly style. He makes all his opponents look ugly.
I'm not going to try and go after Meldrick Taylor. He's too dangerous and much faster with his hands.
Camacho's a very fast and intelligent fighter but I don't think he can handle the pressure I will put on him.
Whitaker cannot be and will not be the best because he has lost. His style is bad and he doesn't motivate people.
I had it all - money, women, fame, cars, yachts, everything a man could want - but it didn't give my life meaning.
Other great fighters like Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali have fallen to the canvas. Why not Julio Cesar Chavez?
Everything I have is natural. I do everything by instinct. I am not like the 'gringos,' with all of their apparatus.
Bobby Lee's actions and his dealings with Bob Arum have convinced me that I am not being treated fairly by Bobby Lee.
I was 10 years old and my hero was a local fighter, Juan Antonio Lopez, who would fight twice for a world title and not win.
I would like to keep fighting until I have my 100th victory. But if I lose, I'll lose fighting hard, with pride and dignity.
The fight with Camacho is very attractive. It's a natural fight, and one that Mexico, Puerto Rico and the world wants to see.
When I fight, all of the eyes in Mexico are upon me. It's a big responsibility. Sometimes it seems I am defending the nation.
God has given me so much that I feel I must give to those who are less fortunate. I don't do it to be in anyone's good graces.
I am going to have to search for Whitaker. I intend to throw punches at him from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
All the drinking and emotional problems I had, I really let the fans down. I lost my respect for them. I did not give them my best effort.
The North American media have been very difficult and very critical of Julio Cesar Chavez. Why?... Because a Mexican broke the records of Muhammad Ali.
Whitaker will be nothing without Julio Cesar Chavez. I do not need Whitaker. Whitaker doesn't make the money I can. He can't fill arenas. He is nobody.
When you fight the best and then you have to face someone who is supposedly easy to beat, that's when you take your eye off the ball and the defeats begin.
Whitaker is much better. De La Hoya hits hard, and he's fast, and he comes in with a lot of force. But he has to learn how to fight, and Whitaker is very difficult.
My opponents, they say, 'Aw, I can take this one.' But when they see me in the ring, when I transform myself, then they say to themselves, 'God, what have I put myself into?'
Lonnie Smith doesn't deserve to fight ever again. I am totally disgusted with him. If I had known he would run like a coward, I would never have given him a fight. He has disgraced boxing.
Mexican boxing is very aggressive; you go forward with great heart. The American style is always that you run around, you try to be elusive. The Mexican style is much better. I never tried to be elusive.
Temoya is a place that's isolated from everyone. You can only concentrate on your training there. There are no distractions. You live life in a very different way. There, you learn to value life, to appreciate the things you have.
My father, Rodolfo, worked as a train conductor and that's how we came to live in the railway car. The Government owned it, and we paid rent on it. Back then I would wake up at 4 in the morning and run through the streets, selling newspapers. I'd scream out, 'Sol, Debate, Noreste.' Those were the papers I sold.