Errol Spence Jr. Quotes

I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.

The first thing I learned in boxing is to not get hit. That's the art of boxing. Execute your opponent without getting hit. In sports school, we were putting our hands behind our backs and having to defend ourselves with our shoulders, by rolling, by moving round the ring, moving out feet.

I'm developing more as a welterweight and becoming a better fighter.

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.

I'm a good fighter, a good boxer.

I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do in the ring, so sometimes you back up. So you have to train your legs to go backwards.

I am a better running back every time I step on the field. I try to get better each game, each summer, each season.

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

I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

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.

They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I've ever gotten into the ring with.

Rampage's footwork is atrocious. His boxing is slipping. He doesn't take the fight game seriously.

I need more fights to get better as a fighter. And I will keep getting better.

With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.

There's no other heavyweight in the division like me, especially when it comes into the athletic department. I'm the most athletic heavyweight in the division.

I've been training my whole life with southpaws. It's annoying to fight a guy who's a southpaw, but nothing that I haven't see.

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.

Do I beat a fully fledged, fully fit Tyson Fury? Probably not. But do I beat a Tyson Fury that's been out of the ring for two years? Yes.

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.

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

Within the realm of wrestling, it's been the same every year - just continually trying to improve and evolve as a wrestler, putting myself in a position to not maintain but maximize my potential.

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.