Gerry Cooney Quotes

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

Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.

Usyk is less of a puncher than Lomachenko but comes with just as high a work rate, so Usyk has to take some to give some to be exciting, whereas Lomachenko has genuine power, and he can stop fighters with that power.

Dos Santos just has really good movement. He's really quick with his hands. He throws good combinations, and he has a lot of power. Combining all of that, it makes it really tough for somebody to fight with him.

With the overhand right in the past, I always got caught. My chin was up, and my shoulder wasn't where it was supposed to be, covering my chin.

Everyone has their own methods, when Muhammad Ali was coming through I am sure people said he leaned back too far, had his chin too high and dropped his hands too low. I am not comparing myself Ali, just showing that people have different methods that work for them.

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

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

I wasn't allowed to throw big hooks and overhand rights until I'd been striking for three years. It's so you don't rely on those things from the very beginning. If your footwork sucks, and you can only stand in one place and throw your hands all crazy while the other person is running around, you're never going to be able to hit them.

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.

I can box. I can hit hard. I've got different angles.

I'm prepared for Amir Khan moving swiftly - or for whatever style he comes out using. I prepared with sparring, in the style similar to what he uses.

I want to be known to fans and appreciated as a 'boxer-painter' in regards to speed, footwork, punching power - an art form inside the ring.

Canelo is a counterpuncher, a boxer, and that's what I am.

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

I'm a good fighter, a good boxer.

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.

I was surprised at how slow Froch was. We were able to beat him to the punch.

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

I've got a really canny knack for avoiding big punches or clean punches.

If I didn't have a great right hook, the bigger, heavier fighters would grind me down and smother me.

The only thing I'm good at is boxing.

There was a time in Amir Khan's career when you had to fight him; you couldn't really box him. You wouldn't see Amir take beatings: if he lost, he would just get caught and stopped. It was hard to catch him clean and keep up with him in the ring because he was such a dynamic fighter.

Bundu is a very good fighter. He's experienced and technically sound, but he can be awkward.

I've been working a lot on my jab.