Stipe Miocic Quotes

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion.

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

I'm a big cat. I'm 6-5. I'm not worried about weight. Nobody's coming to see a weight fight. They're coming to see the Big Dog fight.

The greatest thing about fighting a guy like Dave Rickels: He always comes to fight.

The heavyweight division needs me.

To beat Wladimir Klitschko, I have to be better than I've ever been.

I don't have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division.

That works for me, that's fine, but I don't need a belt to fight Dominic Breazeale. If he wants it, he can get it.

I am aware of what my opponent Avila brings and the experience he has. He's tough, throws hard shots and is a good counterpuncher.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.

I've never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious... knocked out cold before... and I saw Roy Jones get knocked out twice in a row.

All the champions - you go and ask Mike Tyson or Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Lennox Lewis and myself included, and I'm sorry for putting myself in line with all the other great names - but the champion's attitude is it doesn't matter who is in front of me, I am going to conquer this person and win the fight and knock the person out.

There are 7 billion people in the world, but there's only one heavyweight champion of the world, and that's me.

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.

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.

When you talking boxing, you talking me.

In '82, I was a little too young, I was a little inexperienced, and I was more concerned with going the distance in the fight than going out and taking Holmes out.

All you can do is the same as any other fight: whoever they put in front of you, you go in there and try to get the W.

Canelo's going to have his moments. I'm not saying he's not. But I'm going to have my moments. It will come down to who can finish off their moments and finish the fight the best.

One of my favourite fighters to watch ever, and of course before I was a ring announcer, was Muhammad Ali.

There's a lot of guys in my weight class that are talking - they're chirping. Everybody wants the title. Everybody wants to fight me; everybody thinks they can beat me. People are talking because they think I can't fight.

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.

It would be an honour to knock out Botha.

I am like every single fighter - going into the ring, I have in my mind, 'Finish the bout before all the rounds are over, and to get the victory before that.'