I wasn't going to let it go to the scorecards and I knew I had already played that game before, and there is nothing fair in the game of boxing. I learned that the hard way, |
I'm not about giving guys opportunities. I'm about taking opportunities. |
I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I'm going in there and I can expect a knockout, |
I'm not...you know what? I'm not gonna say that the guy can't win. I mean, I don't know what he's doing in preparation. But I will make sure that I do everything in my power to make sure that victory escapes him. So that's my responsibility in this fight. I didn't come this far right now to take a back step. So that's my motivation and my determination. I'm gonna close the book on this guy. So get your tickets early because this will be your last RJ sighting and I'm determined to get rid of the guy once and for all. |
I'm ready to take care of my business. What you all didn't see the first time around, and what you think you didn't see the second time around, if you think it's going to be any different, then you're sadly mistaken. |
I'm the legend killer. That's my new moniker. Like Roy Jones, Bernard Hopkins had his era and now he's got to go. Personally, I think he's nuts for even thinking he can beat me. But I'm not going to talk him out of (trying). |
I'm the only one he can make serious money with, but I'm not going to wait around for Jeff Lacy either because I just don't think in the big scheme of things it does anything for my legacy. It's all about my legacy now, |
If I give him a window of opportunity to get lucky, he has a great chance of upsetting me, ... I respect Roy and I can't underestimate him. If I do, that's his only chance for success. |
It changed my life. Because, you know, that's why God is so powerful. He lives. I couldn't have wrote that script. That was bigger than mankind [smiles]. When things happen like that, you know that God is involved. I'm jus thankful He allowed me the courage to really feel in my heart and to really believe in what I said. And then to go out there and knock this guy out two rounds later, oh my God, and I told the world at the Ruiz press conference, I told the world, I want your legacy to be intact when I knock you out. When am I gonna get my shot at history Roy? You have to really go back and recognize the power, the power of the mind, and a vision. I had that vision. And I never let it go. I didn't care what the politics said, what the sportswriters wrote, I never lost my vision and that's why I went in there and did my thing. |
It gives me great honor to have the opportunity to make a difference and bring about awareness to the world of the devastation and the importance of the relief efforts needed after Hurricane Katrina, |
It is with great regret that I must inform you that I have concluded that the best route for me and my family is to fight Glen Johnson on December 18, 2004, |
It seems like I always have to take matters into my own hands and be my own judge and jury, and that's my right and my left hand, |
It seems that I still don't the respect I deserve; I won't be appreciated until I walk from the game... My whole thing is I am fighting for my legacy, for my greatness... every time I get in the ring I am under enormous pressure so that is nothing new... He's the biggest name in the division... what is he going to bring to the table, cause this is his big chance... the champion that I am why not give him the opportunity to vindicate himself? |
It's going to be a challenge. I will be the best Antonio Tarver ever. You're gonna see the speed, you're gonna see the determination, you're gonna see the power. I have to. Because if this fight goes the distance, you never know. I gotta be at my best. I'm gonna train hard. I'm gonna take this fight as if I'm coming to fight the best Roy Jones ever. Because this is what it means. It means everything. He will only be judged by October 1st. |
IT'S NO EXCUSES |