Dustin Poirier Quotes

There was a time in Amir Khan's career when you had to fight him; you couldn't really box him. You wouldn't see Amir take beatings: if he lost, he would just get caught and stopped. It was hard to catch him clean and keep up with him in the ring because he was such a dynamic fighter.

There's always great things that champions do. It can be inside fighting, this person uses his range well, this person has a great right hand - anytime you fight a champion, there's multiple things that they do well, and you have to try to take those strengths away.

A jab is established through timing and that's how I take it. Cause I have a 76-inch reach but I'm not worried about range. I'm looking to establish that timing so I can see when that chin is available or I see that the nose is available, I can pop it.

I'm prepared for Amir Khan moving swiftly - or for whatever style he comes out using. I prepared with sparring, in the style similar to what he uses.

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

I have to take my time, use my punches, and use the ring.

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.

I'm an overall sound fighter, a boxer-puncher.

Froch is like a train who just comes forward but Groves will move about, fake and feign and his good footwork is a big part of his game.

Mayweather waits for you to make a mistake. He plays a similar game to me.

I'm a distance fighter - if you've seen me fight, I like ducking in and out.

When I come in throwing shots from different angles and with both hands, I've been knocking people clean out.

I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.

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.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights.

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

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.

I think I came up in fighting in a really technical way. If you've ever seen my fights, you know I love distance, I love technique.

You have got to not get hit. You could be the best puncher in the world, but if you're going to keep constantly taking punches you're going to lose your heart. Once you learn how to miss the punches and then you start to punch them, you become an all-around fighter.

I learned a lot from the Holmes fight. I learned about styles and the pressure. I'm more prepared now.

I think Marriaga is a very good opponent for me. It's very hard when you have to find the keys to his defense. If people don't understand boxing, they don't know what he's capable to do. I understand it all.

I sometimes look on YouTube and see people label videos 'Anthony Yarde sparring his trainer Ade' but that is not sparring, that's just practice. We practice getting attacked, countering and attacking your opponent back, in intelligent ways.

With my fight style - speed and volume punching - it would be an amazing fight. Golovkin is a come-forward fighter. It would be fireworks, a fight that the fans would enjoy. Because of my style, I would stop him due to the pure amount of punches. Whether it's a cut or he gets tired, stopping him would definitely be on the cards.