Cain Velasquez Quotes

I can box, I can bang, I can switch, I can punch, I'm not slow.

Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion.

All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.

It is tougher to control range on a guy who is as tall, lengthy, and busy as Amir Khan, who has a very good jab.

I'm an overall sound fighter, a boxer-puncher.

My best weapon is probably my speed. I am faster than most middleweights, and I know how to use it.

I'm a good fighter, a good boxer.

Charles Hatley is a good fighter. He comes with pressure and he likes fighting. He's got a good style and he can bob and weave and be slick.

Maidana has to make me respect his power and his boxing skills.

Even the basics of learning how to throw a good punch is very hard.

When I come in throwing shots from different angles and with both hands, I've been knocking people clean out.

With experience in boxing, you learn how to be a scientific boxer and how to fight easy.

As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights.

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.

Boxing is not always about standing in the middle going toe to toe. It's about poise and grace under extreme pressure.

I think Marriaga is a very good opponent for me. It's very hard when you have to find the keys to his defense. If people don't understand boxing, they don't know what he's capable to do. I understand it all.

Speed is something that, in the heavyweight division, we don't have a lot of.

I've been working a lot on my jab.

Style-wise, I'm not ideal to fight, but I'm not taking anything away from 'Canelo' Alvarez, he's a special fighter and he's one of the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world for a reason.

Kell Brook is a strong fighter. He likes to dictate the pace, which most boxers like to do. He likes to use his jab to set up other punches, like the left hook.

I'm an orthodox fighter, relaxed, fast, and powerful. And I've got good footwork.

Range control is a big part of Floyd Mayweather's arsenal.

I look out there, and I see that Floyd Mayweather stands head and shoulders above everyone else. He's another fighter I would like to base myself on because he's got incredible fast hands and feet. He's flashy but, man, is he good.

There's always great things that champions do. It can be inside fighting, this person uses his range well, this person has a great right hand - anytime you fight a champion, there's multiple things that they do well, and you have to try to take those strengths away.

I have a lot of boxing skills.