At the end of the day, when you're dealing with heavyweights who can punch, anything is possible. When you've got a big heavyweight who has knockout power, anything's possible.
The best feeling is to win by knockout.
That's the reality of boxing - it can be over in a flash.
Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
When people come to KO me, that's when I catch them off-guard and get the KO myself.
No doubt about it, in my career Ron Lyle hit me the hardest. One time he hit me so hard I didn't see it until I saw it on film when I woke up!
I think everyone has knockout power. I mean, it's the heavyweight division.
I'm never out there looking for the KO. If it's there, I'll take it.
The heavyweight division is the division that historically always drives boxing. It's the flagship. That's because even if a guy is a big underdog, one punch turns everything around.
I go into every fight trying to win as easy as I can.
Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot.
I don't go for knockout punches.
Knocking someone out cold means you just caught them, that's all.
McGregor has a good punch, but he cannot say that he's the biggest puncher. MMA gloves are tiny - four ounces - so when they connect, they drop you.
The most excited you'll ever see me is after knocking a guy out.
That's my goal for every fight, is to hit them as hard as I can.
MMA is not one of those up and down basketball seasons where you have a ton of games and you can still make the playoffs. It doesn't work like that in MMA. You get a couple losses, you get washed up, you get the door slammed behind you and they bring in the next person behind you who is here to take your place.
As a fighter, you know when you connect with a really good shot because you feel the impact on your fist.
I've seen so many fighters getting knocked out.
As much as I love to watch movies, nothing beats being ringside for a championship fight in boxing.
I understand people want to see me get knocked out.
I always predict a knockout. That's what I go for, I hit to hurt.
Of course I would want the knockout, but with me, I just look for, you know, a spectacular performance. It's like, walk them down, or go for the knockout. You know, hopefully I get the knockout.
Yeah, I miss that feeling of knocking somebody clean out. There's nothing like it when you go into a fight and you just take 'em up out of there with just one punch. It's just the best feeling in the world.
I hit Damian Fuller with a left hook that left him laid out for 30-45 minutes. They brought oxygen to him, they couldn't wake him up, he was out cold. The television station kept having to take breaks, he was out so long. It was unbelievable. That was the best one-shot I've ever done in my life.
