There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I was 179 pounds. That means by the time I walked in the cage, I was probably 175, 174 pounds.
I ain't Nate Diaz. Nate Diaz is not a welterweight. He did not do well at welterweight because he was undersized, and these dudes are real gorillas in this weight class.
I want the big money fights if I'm going to make 147 pounds.
I could see myself going to lightweight, but I love welterweight.
2019, I'm coming for those big boys; I will go to welterweight.
I could do welterweight. For the right fight, I'll do welterweight. It would have to be a meaningful fight. A world title fight, or a big meaningful fight.
There's a lot of good fighters at 168 with or without Canelo, so I want to test myself against them.
It was always important for me not to be pigeonholed as a cruiserweight-style wrestler.
The welterweight division has really emerged as one of our most exciting weight classes.
Ay Rios, you want to fight at 140? We can fight at 140. You're chubby, I just seen you in Vegas, you were chubby, your ears were chubby.
I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
The Golovkin thing came up and I said 'fight me at 172lbs and I'll think about it' and he wanted me to go down to 166. He wouldn't even come up to super-middle and I was already retired by that point.
I think I have to go down to featherweight. That's where I should stay, where fights will be more equal.
I don't want to go that route where I'm going into fights dehydrated. I used to fight at 170 pounds. I was 10-0 at 170 with eight knockouts. I'm not going to listen to somebody from the outside tell me what weight I should be fighting at.
There are no secrets - I've been fighting around 154 lbs and 155 lbs, so I feel comfortable at this weight. This is my weight class.
If I would become a champion at 125, I will jump between 115 and 125.
