Marcos Maidana Quotes

I don’t respect any opponent when I’m in the ring.

Sergio Martinez is doing his job and I’m trying to do my part, and we want to be able to get some spotlight in Argentina.

I have that one-punch KO power in both hands but I won’t only be going for the head. Most of Floyd’s opponents have done that but his defence is so good.

I deserve this rematch. I want to thank Floyd Mayweather for giving me this opportunity.

I just love hunting.

When I defeated Soto Karass, I asked for a fight against Paul Malignaggi. A few months went by, and I saw that Golden Boy Promotions wanted to do a fight between Malignaggi and Shane Mosley. The truth is that it made me angry, but that’s the way things are sometimes in the world of boxing.

You never win a fight by running.

I will be like Carlos Monzon.

Khan was one of the biggest fights of my career and also one of the toughest in my life. He’s a very good boxer.

I know by relaxing, I can land more.

I didn’t really watch any fighters because we didn’t have a TV. Of course, I knew about Carlos Monzon because he is such a huge icon in my province and in my state, but I can honestly say I don’t get any instincts from other fighters.

I know Mayweather now, his style, what he brings to the table.

I feel much, much better now that I’ve been working with Robert Garcia.

When I first analyzed Mayweather, I thought he would be too fast to hit.

I like all the Argentine players in the Premier League. They are all good, of course, because they are from Argentina!

Yeah, yeah, I used to ride horses.

I am a fighter and I come to fight.

That’s what my life has been all about: Every time I get dropped, I come back and win.

I will fight anyone they put in front of me.

I’m surprised I got the rematch, since Floyd has only done it one other time in his career.

Khan claims his trainer, Freddie Roach, has made him a better fighter but Freddie isn’t going to be in there with me.

I thought at times that I was too aggressive in the first fight and I was able to let Mayweather move around a little bit too much. I will be much more careful in the ring for the rematch. I won’t load up so much, but instead fight fresher and with more distance.

I don’t underestimate anybody and I think Morales is capable of giving a good fight.

I started boxing aged 15 when a local man, Ricardo Linari, opened a boxing club in Margarita. I just seemed to be able to knock people out, and that power has stayed with me.

I want to go on to unify the belts at light-welterweight, and buy enough land and build houses for my entire family, and to own a farm myself.

I have been told many times that I have a Mexican fighting style and I hope to develop that more as I train in Mexico.

My father was a caretaker of a hacienda. It was a huge place with a lot of animals. I was actually born there, not at a hospital but at the hacienda.

Broner is a very good puncher. He’s a very good boxer, very good puncher.

Most of the time I got knockouts in my amateur fights.

I love football and played when I was a little kid. I was good but I’m not sure I was good enough to be professional.

I know Josesito is a great fighter. I know he likes to stand and trade and fight.

I’ve been an underdog my whole life. I was the underdog against Adrien Broner and Victor Ortiz, and you saw what happened. I won.

I want to be welterweight champion.

They might say that Broner is one of the best, but I don’t think he is.

The 147-pound division is where I feel best. I didn’t feel that way at 140. Now I’m free and I can eat more.

We knew that Erik Morales was a great warrior and he was going to give a great fight. I never thought it was going to be an easy fight. I was expecting a war and that is exactly what happened.

I want the big fights – big ones in importance. And big money fights, also.

When I have to train, I train.

Obviously I would fight Floyd, sure. Well, with him, with Manny or with whomever. That’s why I am a fighter.

I think Floyd got pressured by the press and I think that he knows the first fight was close so he’s giving me the rematch. And I have to take full advantage.