Jimi Manuwa Quotes

I am not into guys who powder-puff punch and run round the ring for 12 rounds. I'm into guys that want to shock the world with devastating power.

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

I believe, just in the ring, I'm explosive.

I was probably the best that ever walked this earth. And I could take a punch. I could deliver a punch. I didn't have the hardest punch in the world but my punches were sharp and they were crisp. And if you took too many of them, you would be knocked out.

Those guys were made for me and Muhammad because they come straight in and don't back up but you had to watch out for his punching power but if we could have neutralized that then we would have been fine.

I'd say I just fell in love with trying to knock people out really quick instead of letting the fight develop.

The physicality of boxing is like nothing else.

I've been in the ring with big-muscled heavyweights and cruiserweights, who couldn't punch the skin off a rice pudding, and then I've taken on light welterweights and light middleweights, and they hit hard, and you can see they're not trying.

To make it big, a fighter needs power. Otherwise, sooner or later, he'll fall victim to opponents who force the issue and take two or three punches to land one.

I've been in a few fights where I keep drilling guys - Carl Froch, those sort of people - and they just keep coming.

There isn't a featherweight who can beat me.

The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.

How would you like to find out how good my right is?

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

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

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

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.

This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn't matter how hard you train or what.

I'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.

I'm a big cat. I'm 6-5. I'm not worried about weight. Nobody's coming to see a weight fight. They're coming to see the Big Dog fight.

I was champion in Dream at middleweight, I'm champion in Strikeforce at light heavyweight, and my final goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

I'm confident that I can go in and fight for 12 rounds and win a decision.

Carwin, he seems like he trains for five one-minute rounds. That's his championship fight, apparently.

Paulo Costa vs. Yoel Romero was everything we hoped it would be. Two behemoths throwing sledgehammers at each other and walking forward. Just an incredible display of athleticism, will and power.

I've knocked a ton of guys out. I know the power I have and the advantages I have against the best in the world.