After a loss like Mayweather, normally you get a guy who's going to go down like he was hit with a feather. But this guy hit. I thought Arturo fought a beautiful fight. There was a lot of adversity and he dealt with it well. |
All these games he's trying to play with Antonio's mind, to me are not going to work, |
All these games he's trying to play with Antonio's mind, to me are not going to work. Antonio has been more dedicated this camp than I've ever seen him. The scary part is Antonio is really starting to find himself as a fighter. You might say: 'He can't get any more confident than he already is.' But in the gym, I see a lot of differences. |
Antonio has been more dedicated this camp than I've ever seen him. The scary part is Antonio is really starting to find himself as a fighter. You might say: 'He can't get any more confident than he already is.' But in the gym, I see a lot of differences. |
I'm with him from the womb to the tomb. I love him. |
It's like when I got Arturo ready for Micky Ward the third time, |
My fighters all know that when I ask them to smoke a cigar with me that I think they should stop fighting. I've ticked a few guys off because they usually don't want to hear that, but I'll never let a guy keep going if I think he should stop. |
This last week, he's been punching usually hard, |
We are preparing for the best Roy Jones ever. [For rubber matches] you have to put in your mind that this guy is laying it all on the line. They know this is it and they try to dig deeper. |
We've always had good camps, but this one is more intense because of everything that's at stake. ... I know he's in that zone. |