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I need that 147-pound belt.
I just stick to what I know, boxing.
I feel confident matching up with anybody.
This is boxing, everybody fights everybody.
Andre Ward, he's one of my favorite fighters.
I'm so Omaha that I wear 'OMAHA' on my trunks.
I was undisputed. I never got my titles took. I vacated them.
I have a lot of family members and friends that depend on me.
People will be the judge. They can rate the fights when I win.
I can box, I can bang, I can switch, I can punch, I'm not slow.
I showed that I can fight without boxing, that I can take a punch.
I always have the ability to believe in myself when nobody else does.
I pride myself on being unique in my own right. I wanted to be myself.
I'm the best fighter in the division and I'm always willing to prove it.
I train really hard for each and every fight. I never take anyone lightly.
When I do nice things for people it just feels so natural. I have a big heart.
I believe I'm a pretty good fighter and have accomplished more than Lomachenko.
I thank God for blessing me with the tools that he blessed me with to be where I am.
I'm not worried about what the critics say, or how they feel I should go with my career.
This is not a sport for me - I live boxing. I've been boxing since I was seven years old.
As a kid, my temper was on Cloud 10. Anything you say, I would just jump on you, you know?
I was 4'11'' in the 9th grade. I was a little guy... I think I had that little man complex.
When you get your name out there in Las Vegas and New York, that boosts your brand even more.
Where I come from we believe in an eye for an eye. That's what we do. That's just the way it is.
My goal is to get all these fighters that everybody say I'm running from inside the ring with me.
I showed that I can not get frustrated, that I could come from behind, that I can trade, if need-be.
I just want people to respect me for my talent, the skills I have and my willingness to face anybody.
I feel like me fighting Pacquiao and beating him would boost my career higher than its ever gonna go.
My name itself is huge in Omaha. That's not a target I need to focus on because we know we can sell out.
I need those meaningful fights, the fights that everyone wants to see. That would help my legacy a long way.
Viktor Postol is a great champion and he was dodged for a reason, but I ain't the type to duck and dodge anyone.
I told Gamboa he picked the wrong fighter and the wrong city, and I was right. I never felt any danger in the fight.
I'm a fighter. I'm not a promoter and I'm not a manager so I leave that up to my manager and my promoter and I just fight.
I been making history for Omaha, Nebraska, since I started boxing professional, and it just keeps going and going and going.
No question Pacquiao is someone I would like to fight. But if it's not in front of me, then I am really not worried about it.
Each training camp I take a dog with me, when I'm running I take the dog with me. It gives me that extra inspiration and push.
I don't want to keep talking about my upbringing because people always resort to the past and what happened when I was younger.
I just have to focus on what I can do and keep making a living and keeping my name up there as the best pound-for-pound fighter.
It's always been my goal to fight the best fighters out there, and I look at Amir Khan as one of the top fighters in my division.
I had to fight those type of fights which were high risk, low reward and at the start, I never could get the fights I really wanted.
A lot of people were wondering how I'd perform against a big, tall, rugged fighter like Jeff Horn. I think I handled it with an A-plus.
I felt like I've accomplished a lot in the boxing world that a lot of people don't give me credit for. But it's life. I don't trip over it.
At the end of the day, when all the fighting stops and when everybody stops shouting your name, you've still got to be yourself and I feel I am.
My first goal was to become world champion and I did that against Ricky Burns at 135. Once I conquered that, I set myself another goal and another goal.
Who's on my radar? I don't have a radar. I always look at myself as a top athlete. They come after me. I don't go after them because I'm where they want to be.
As I got older I learned how to control my temper a little more. Boxing helped me a lot and most definitely when I had my first child it helped me tremendously.
Whenever my kids have a tournament, or something going on, I make it a point to make sure I'm there for them every step of the way. That's real important to me.
When you start boxing when you're 7 years old, that's your dream, to become world champion, and after that you want to become something bigger than world champion.
I feel like I'm a great fighter and have been proving it over and over again, running through all types of fighters, and I've passed every test with flying colors.
I just want to leave a mark on the sport of boxing so people talk about me like they talk about the other great champions before me. That's my goal before I retire.