Roy Nelson Quotes

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

Badou Jack is a puncher, but so am I.

My punching power passes any other heavyweight.

As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights.

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.

I will look for the knockout because that's the way I fight.

If I hit the Klitschkos with the same shots I was hitting John Ruiz, both of them would go over.

David Tua was an elite and world class heavyweight, I believe David Tua would have knocked Joseph Parker out in a handful of rounds.

I know Haye's a good fighter as well and he beat Mormeck but Mormeck is not Enzo Maccarinelli and does not have the speed, stamina or punching power.

It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation.

My fighting style, if you will, is a combination of mimicking, cowboy films and boxing that I have done throughout my life.

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 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'm a huge boxing fan. I love the strategy and the combat.

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.

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.

No one is the same after I fought them - Hearns, Duran, Leonard. All of them.

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

Fabio Maldonado jumped up to heavyweight for our fight, and while he wasn't ranked, he is a super-tough dude and had never been knocked out before.

There are two different kinds of spectacular fighters. One is a subtle counter puncher who shows the work like chess. It's kind of an art, sports art. The other kind is when a guy has blood on all his body. That's a second kind of spectacular fighter, and people enjoy both. Both kind of fighters need to be respected.

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

The thing is that anybody in the heavyweight division can be champion any day just because of one punch.

I fought K-1 at heavyweight.

My goal is to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.