Everybody knows about my left hook, so you've got to go to the gym and work on something more devastating. |
Exactly! And that's why I continued to go on with my career. I continued to box and I fought when I had to do. I think he took this fight to get out of the fight with me on November 5. |
He's not a fighter I can overlook at all. He was able to knock out Omar Sheika, a guy who I couldn't knockout, ... Sure, I wanted Calzaghe, but Scott Pemberton is a really good fighter. |
I can't get up for training unless I'm in a big fight, and this is going to be a fight fans want to see. He has power, and I have power. It's going to be a war, |
I don't buy that injury for a minute. He's just ducking me to get out of the fight, |
I don't think that's the case, it wasn't the real me in that fight. We'll find out when I return in October. |
I don't want to move forward until I'm 110 percent mentally and physically. I know my fans want me to move on, and I'm working toward that, but if I'm not ready mentally and physically ready, I won't. I need to grow from this. I'm at my rebuilding stage. It's about me taking time, relaxing and then coming out and doing what I have to do to rebuild. |
I felt good. He fought a good fight and I can't take anything anyway from him. He never said a bad thing about me the entire time, but he didn't knock me out, though. I'll have to be honest. I thought I was going to come in here and knock him out because I didn't think he could handle the pressure. I have to tip my hat off to him because he could handle it. |
I felt strong. I thought if I could get in close to him I could unleash some bombs. |
I like being the underdog and I like to hear the crowd boo, |
I like being the underdog and I like to hear the crowd boo, ... By the end of the fight they'll be cheering for me saying, 'That was a great fight.' |
I respect what he has done and I see myself as the underdog. But I am just focused and ready for the fight. |
I suspected all along that Calzaghe didn't want any of this. I kinda prepared myself for it but it is still disappointing. |
I think it's going to take its toll. I see a lot of weaknesses. He hasn't fought anyone like me. |
I think my performance I put on tonight spoke for itself [on what he would like to say to Joe Calzaghe]. The shirt Gary gave him [Reid], 'all he did was come to America and get knocked out by Jeff Lacy,'...we do what we say. We do what we say. |