“What I like is that she has been always a fighter. There have been so many young skaters coming and going, winning the Olympics and leaving. She kept defending her titles and still setting goals for herself, which I think is great. She always could have taken the easy way, and she never did.”
Katarina Witt
“They see me as, as one of those throwback fighters. When I enter the ring, I am coming in there to fight. And that is what this fight is all about. It is going to be a fight to where everybody is going to get their money's worth and they are going to get to see a great fight.”
Jeff Lacy
“He is an aggressive young fighter. He came to try and prove something, which is good in some ways. I think he learned a lot from sparring with me. He got confidence knowing that if he can spar with me he is able to match it with anyone. He is strong, but he does not have full experience yet, but potentially, he is very good. He has great ambitions to go forward. With more experience, he will become more confident in himself as he learns new tricks. He needs to keep learning from each fight.”
Kostya Tszyu
“I was really very happy to see this from a young fighter who knew that he had a training session in the morning that was more important than anything else.”
“He is an exciting young fighter and one of the best that I have worked with and I am sure he can go on to win world a title.”
Frank Warren
“Naturally. When old fighters like me leave it's sensible to bring in young ones.”
Wolfgang Clement
“What young fighter doesn't want to be the next Roberto Duran? That's the kind of aura he has.”
Hank Kaplan
