Top 33 Marcos Maidana Quotes

I have that one-punch KO power in both hands but I won’t only be going for the head. Most of Floyd’s opponents have done that but his defence is so good.

I know by relaxing, I can land more.

I don’t underestimate anybody and I think Morales is capable of giving a good fight.

I’ve been an underdog my whole life. I was the underdog against Adrien Broner and Victor Ortiz, and you saw what happened. I won.

Broner is a very good puncher. He’s a very good boxer, very good puncher.

Yeah, yeah, I used to ride horses.

I’ve already proved that I don’t care if the man I have in front of me is the best pound-for-pound champion.

I like all the Argentine players in the Premier League. They are all good, of course, because they are from Argentina!

I just love hunting.

The 147-pound division is where I feel best. I didn’t feel that way at 140. Now I’m free and I can eat more.

We knew that Erik Morales was a great warrior and he was going to give a great fight. I never thought it was going to be an easy fight. I was expecting a war and that is exactly what happened.

Obviously I would fight Floyd, sure. Well, with him, with Manny or with whomever. That’s why I am a fighter.

Khan was one of the biggest fights of my career and also one of the toughest in my life. He’s a very good boxer.

I want to be one of the elite fighters in the division.

I’m surprised I got the rematch, since Floyd has only done it one other time in his career.

I want to go on to unify the belts at light-welterweight, and buy enough land and build houses for my entire family, and to own a farm myself.

Floyd can say whatever he wants about me. He knows that I gave him the toughest fight of his life.

My parents gave everything for me and I want now to keep winning to provide for them.

Most of the time I got knockouts in my amateur fights.

I want to be one of the elite fighters in the world.

I have great memories of growing up on a farm when I was young. I still ride horses, and I would love to own my own piece of land one day.

I will be like Carlos Monzon.

I never let what anybody outside the ring says bother me.

I want to be welterweight champion.

I thought at times that I was too aggressive in the first fight and I was able to let Mayweather move around a little bit too much. I will be much more careful in the ring for the rematch. I won’t load up so much, but instead fight fresher and with more distance.

We did not have a lot of money when I was growing up.

I really like Carlos Tevez. I am like him. I am small and aggressive too. I like to fight!

I started boxing aged 15 when a local man, Ricardo Linari, opened a boxing club in Margarita. I just seemed to be able to knock people out, and that power has stayed with me.

I know Mayweather now, his style, what he brings to the table.

Maybe judges like fighters who run.

I say this respectfully, but there always appears to be a reason for guys like Robert Guerrero, Victor Ortiz and some others to avoid me.

Khan claims his trainer, Freddie Roach, has made him a better fighter but Freddie isn’t going to be in there with me.

My dad is a gaucho. He wakes in the middle of the night and rides a horse for a living.