I’ve got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry.
BERNARD HOPKINSThe controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.
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If I’m in a situation where Duane Ford is one of the judges, I have to pick it up.
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I didn’t need to take any fight for the last 10 years. But I’ve always fought the best and I’ve always wanted to prove myself to the best.
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I function better when my back is to the wall.
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The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.
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There’s no great person that lived that didn’t go through scrutiny or ridicule and prosecution in all types of ways, to be who they are in history.
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I must destroy everybody that comes in front of me. I must execute them and I must do it in grand style. I must slay Robert Allen like I must slay De La Hoya or anybody else that steps in that ring.
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I’m not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years.
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I was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came from – the penitentiary.
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I’m lining up my troops to go to battle with. Tarver is the man at light heavyweight. He has the credibility of the fans and media, and that’s what counts. That’s why I am taking this risk, but I am taking it by preparing myself with good people.
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The streets was basically my parents.
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I got knocked down. Anybody could be knocked down, anybody can be knocked out, but it’s not what happened, but what happens next.
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Did you hear what this idiot just said!? He said it’s not about the W…It’s everything about the W with me!
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There are so many things I’ve done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It’s going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best.
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I wouldn’t wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn’t be a good outcome for both.
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary.
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