Jimi Manuwa Quotes

When I get finished with fighting, I hope they ask the same questions. It's not my purpose to answer them. Boxing is the art of self-defense. I knock 'em out the first chance I get.

I think Mark Hunt just has that knockout power, and that's pretty much it.

If I hit anybody with that left hook, they're going down.

Everyone has 4 ounce gloves on, and they're big boys, and they can throw hard.

I've got a tidy chin and a decent punch. And, for people who think they can fight and are champions, I'll make it extremely hard.

Some fighters have a great punch; others don't.

Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson hits hard. You gotta watch out for him. He's got hammers as fists.

I'm a great fighter all around the board.

Go back and watch my old footage, man. Go back and watch my old fights. I knocked people out at 170 pounds.

I can really punch. Everyone knows that.

People say I don't punch hard, but I say, 'Get in the ring with me and see if it hurts.'

We got four-ounce gloves here. It's not hard to knock someone out.

I won't say I'm the best fighter on the planet, but I can knock anyone out.

I was a striker before a wrestler. I've always wanted to knock people out.

One thing you understand quickly as a fighter is that you're not punching with eight or 10 oz. Gloves. We've got 4 oz. gloves. It only takes one good shot for a fight to be over.

I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.

It would be hard to throw a punch to someone who wasn't a boxer, who wasn't in the ring, and who didn't have on a pair of boxing gloves and who hadn't been training.

When you punch somebody in the ring, you have to use your whole body. I learned that it's more about technique than physical strength.

I've got a good right hook.

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.

Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot.

There have been many great fighters like Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, and Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a great inside fighter.

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.

Finishing a guy like Benson Henderson, who hasn't been finished since for six years, the guy doesn't get finished and I finished it with a switch-step switch to Southpaw, knocked him out with my left hand.