Paulie Malignaggi Quotes

I have always been a puncher, but I tried to use my other tools and take my time, because in boxing, you need longevity. I can have a dust-up and knock anyone out in the first round, but you need more than that.

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

I will beat Carl Froch every night of the week and it doesn't matter if it is the best Carl Froch or the worst Carl Froch.

Fighters like Bernard Hopkins can go on because their style is not based on reflexes and timing.

I used to be a light-heavyweight, and I'm much faster than cruiserweight. That's the reason I didn't struggle with David Haye's speed, and David Haye is much quicker than Oleksandr Usyk with one punch and much, much, more destructive with the way he hits.

Listen: I'm a fighter. I'm a brawler. I'm a boxer. But I'm a technician as well.

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

I actually study boxing - my dad was a Golden Gloves champion so I learned how to fight at a very young age. Growing up in Brooklyn you always had to watch your back, so I pretty much learned to protect myself.

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

You not only have to box smart, you have to be ruthless in the ring.

When I was an amateur, I would go to knock guys out in the first minute. When you get experience, you know it doesn't work like that.

You will all laugh and say I wouldn't have a chance, but I would knock Andre Ward out - or I will outbox him. He is a pound-for-pound great, but I can match him on the inside, and he has never fought anyone who could do that.

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

In boxing, Mike Tyson fascinates me. The attitude and confidence that he could not be beaten when he was heavyweight champion of the world was interesting. He came across as very mild-mannered, and much of what he said made sense.

Everybody knows that I am one of the greatest fighters of all time and I would beat all those guys.

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.

Well I knew JD could go out there and knock the guy out because in training I told JD all the time that he has height, reach and size and he has the power. JD has such a right hand, his right hand is like wow, oh man it is bad.

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

I've got a tidy chin and a decent punch. And, for people who think they can fight and are champions, I'll make it extremely hard.

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

If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.

I am happy to defend my title. It was a good performance from Chisora. I don't want to make excuses - it was not easy - but I saw every punch from Chisora. I am upset because I wanted to finish the fight before 12 rounds.

Boxing is the sweet science. You hit and not get hit. There's no reward for you to hit me more than I hit you other than on the scorecards.

I'm not going to say I'm not ready for a fighter like Canelo Alvarez.

I thought I fought a really good Orlando Salido. I never let him get into his fight. I knew what I needed to do against him and I think that was the difference. I was able to control the fight.