Top 65 Quotes & Sayings by Marcos Maidana
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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Khan claims his trainer, Freddie Roach, has made him a better fighter but Freddie isn't going to be in there with me.
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 want to be one of the elite fighters in the division.
I didn't really watch any fighters because we didn't have a TV. Of course, I knew about Carlos Monzon because he is such a huge icon in my province and in my state, but I can honestly say I don't get any instincts from other fighters.
I don't underestimate anybody and I think Morales is capable of giving a good fight.
I want the big fights - big ones in importance. And big money fights, also.
It seems I was born with the gift of knocking people out.
Sergio Martinez is doing his job and I'm trying to do my part, and we want to be able to get some spotlight in Argentina.
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 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.
My parents gave everything for me and I want now to keep winning to provide for them.
Yeah, yeah, I used to ride horses.
I have been told many times that I have a Mexican fighting style and I hope to develop that more as I train in Mexico.
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.
You never win a fight by running.
I know Josesito is a great fighter. I know he likes to stand and trade and fight.
My dad is a gaucho. He wakes in the middle of the night and rides a horse for a living.
I really like Carlos Tevez. I am like him. I am small and aggressive too. I like to fight!
I've crossed paths with lions. I keep going forward and leave it in God's hands.
When I defeated Soto Karass, I asked for a fight against Paul Malignaggi. A few months went by, and I saw that Golden Boy Promotions wanted to do a fight between Malignaggi and Shane Mosley. The truth is that it made me angry, but that's the way things are sometimes in the world of boxing.
Most of the time I got knockouts in my amateur fights.
I'm fighting and beating great fighters.
It's very difficult to land a punch against Mayweather. But when I land a punch I'm going to hit him and not let him go. I will go after him.
I am always doing great.
I know by relaxing, I can land more.
I will be like Carlos Monzon.
I love football and played when I was a little kid. I was good but I'm not sure I was good enough to be professional.
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.
I want to be welterweight champion.
I'm surprised I got the rematch, since Floyd has only done it one other time in his career.
Broner is a very good puncher. He's a very good boxer, very good puncher.
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.
We did not have a lot of money when I was growing up.
My father was a caretaker of a hacienda. It was a huge place with a lot of animals. I was actually born there, not at a hospital but at the hacienda.
I am not a man who goes to church, but me and my team believe in God.
Floyd can say whatever he wants about me. He knows that I gave him the toughest fight of his life.
If I hit Khan, he's going down. If the punch is in the right place, he won't get up. I can knock him out with one right hand.
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 never let what anybody outside the ring says bother me.
I want to be one of the elite fighters in the world.
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 feel much, much better now that I've been working with Robert Garcia.
Floyd's defense is very good, and at times it is hard to hit him. That's why I want to knock him out.
When I have to train, I train.
Obviously I would fight Floyd, sure. Well, with him, with Manny or with whomever. That's why I am a fighter.
I think Floyd got pressured by the press and I think that he knows the first fight was close so he's giving me the rematch. And I have to take full advantage.
I won my very first fight by knockout in the first round. The trainer at the time was in love with me and he said I could make a career out of boxing. So I started boxing for the barrios or neighborhood championship.
I like all the Argentine players in the Premier League. They are all good, of course, because they are from Argentina!
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.
I know a lot of people don't count me in as a factor in the welterweight division, but they have the right to think that way. I only want my chance to prove what I can do in the ring.
I am a fighter and I come to fight.
I feel comfortable with the Mexican people. I feel accepted by them and if I knock Morales out, like I know I can, it is my hope that the Mexican fans will adopt me as their own.
The only thing that matters to me is to hit my opponent and do whatever it takes to knock him out.
I just love hunting.
I don't respect any opponent when I'm in the ring.
I will fight anyone they put in front of me.
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.
When I first analyzed Mayweather, I thought he would be too fast to hit.
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.
Maybe judges like fighters who run.
