Francis Ngannou Quotes

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

I used to love to see Willie Pep and Ray Robinson. To me, the epitome of a great athlete is a great boxer. I just love the rhythm of seeing a man dance, slip punches. I loved the dancers and boxers. I would see them and be mesmerized.

I say the sweet science is to hit and not get hit.

As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights.

I watched Ali, studied Ali, and I studied Sugar Ray Robinson. I watched them display showmanship. I watched them use pizzazz, personality, and charisma. I took things from them and borrowed things from them because boxing is entertainment.

There have been many great fighters like Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, and Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a great inside fighter.

Boxing is not always about standing in the middle going toe to toe. It's about poise and grace under extreme pressure.

I love to box, because I think boxing is an art.

I think footwork is one of the most important things to becoming a great fighter. That's where everything starts.

I love fighting big guys because I'm fast. I'm not a big, light heavyweight. I can move. I can get inside on them. I'm inside, I'm wrestling with them, and they're just wrestling, but all the time, I'm chopping; I'm slapping.

My striking is on a different level.

I've been working a lot on my jab.

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.

Style-wise, I'm not ideal to fight, but I'm not taking anything away from 'Canelo' Alvarez, he's a special fighter and he's one of the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world for a reason.

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.

Forget about jiu-jitsu and wrestling - I'm a boxing guy.

I can box, I can bang, I can switch, I can punch, I'm not slow.

I have a lot of boxing skills.

Woodley has tremendous athleticism, brings a lot of technique - well-rounded fighter.

All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away.

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.

Boxing combines, in perfect proportion, strength, speed, and endurance. Normally, most sports are either about one of the three: either about speed or endurance or strength. Boxing combines all three of them. It's really intense.

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