Thomas Hauser Quotes

The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.

I don't think anyone hits as hard as I do in the light heavyweight division.

One thing for sure is that I am not going to attempt to knock Barrera out. My boxing ability and my speed are the attributes that will get me the win.

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

Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson hits hard. You gotta watch out for him. He's got hammers as fists.

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

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

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'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.

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.

If Canelo comes too hard at me early, he's going to be in for a long night.

I have wrestling. Yes, I do; my background is wrestling. I have knockout power. Just because I don't go out there and use it all, you don't have to use it all to win fights.

If I get a guy that can take my shots and withstand my arsenal for the first round or two, I think you're going to see the best of me coming forward.

I've been in the ring with big-muscled heavyweights and cruiserweights, who couldn't punch the skin off a rice pudding, and then I've taken on light welterweights and light middleweights, and they hit hard, and you can see they're not trying.

I do best when guys come at me. Stylistically, the Ricky Hatton fight is the best fight for me.

When you fight a shorter fighter, you attack with uppercuts.

Angulo presents a difficult challenge because he's a fighter who can punch and take a great punch.

Samoa Joe is great at kickboxing; he's super aggressive - he's tough.

You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.

There are a lot of fighters, when I fight them, they stay hit forever and never fight again.

Charles Hatley is a good fighter. He comes with pressure and he likes fighting. He's got a good style and he can bob and weave and be slick.

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

Watching some heavyweights like Mike Tyson, he inspired me to work with my speed because he beat people with power, but most of the time, he beat people with speed.

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

My great fight was against Liddell. I lost via decision but it was one of the fights that I most enjoyed to be part of. He was tough, had heavy hands, I was able to handle him and knock him down in the second round, we gave an amazing show.