It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.

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I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

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To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.

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Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.

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Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.

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Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.

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