Diego Corrales Quotes

Yeah, I miss that feeling of knocking somebody clean out. There's nothing like it when you go into a fight and you just take 'em up out of there with just one punch. It's just the best feeling in the world.

Melvin Guillard went to a split decision with me, he left the third round in a wheelchair. He did not walk to the back - he left in a wheelchair.

Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.

Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.

Boxing is not like any other sport, you have to weigh up the risk and reward. Things like playing football, tennis, you might be three sets to love down, but boxing you're going to the hospital on a stretcher and you know potentially you are going to get an injury you can't walk away from.

I want to fight the best in the world.

Knocking someone out cold means you just caught them, that's all.

I think everyone has knockout power. I mean, it's the heavyweight division.

No doubt about it, in my career Ron Lyle hit me the hardest. One time he hit me so hard I didn't see it until I saw it on film when I woke up!

For some reason, I was drawn towards boxing. Or maybe boxing drew me towards it - because once I put those gloves on, after about six months, boxing was my life.

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.

The best feeling is to win by knockout.

I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight.

I just got into Mike Tyson. My security people kept saying, 'Haven't you seen him yet?' Well, I finally did, and he's got a real knockout punch.

Fighters remember that one-punch KO. Something clicks, and they lose it. They don't wanna be knocked out. It happened to Roy Jones.

I've seen so many fighters getting knocked out.

That's my goal for every fight, is to hit them as hard as I can.

I had my first professional fight was in 2001 in Venezuela - it was also my first international trip away from Brazil. It was a great experience. Then in 2005, I went to Finland and won. The next year there was a tournament in Brazil with three fights in one night. I was the underdog and won all three fights.

Getting choked out feels a lot better than getting knocked out.

I don't want to fight no up-and-coming guy, no guy that's 15-0 but hasn't faced anybody yet.

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

I haven't fought for a while and didn't want a warm-up fight. I wanted to jump right back in the pit and I got what I asked for. I got Anthony Pettis.

Ben Askren had never been knocked out when I got a hold of him.

Any promoter who wants to put me on their card, I'm willing to fight.

Miocic has that knockout punch. I was completely dizzy a few moments when we fought.