Andy Ruiz Jr.

My dad put me in boxing because I was this hyperactive kid always breaking stuff.

When I was a boy, my parents would buy me a new toy and I would destroy it. Oh man, I would destroy it. I don't know why I would do such a thing. I was a little rough when I was a little kid.

Styles make fights.

I'm ready for Anthony Joshua. Hopefully he's overlooking me, thinking I'll be a piece of cake. It's a whole different ballgame when they're in the ring with me. Once they see the speed and accuracy I have, I know I will shock him a lot.

People that I fight, they can tell you that I'm different and I'm hard to get to.

It's a natural blessing. Thanks to God. He gave me this ability of being chubby but still being fast and being able to hit hard.

I'm not scared of Joseph Parker or any other fighter.

A lot of fighters underestimate me. And what do you know? They end up being on the canvas.

A lot of people underestimated me, and I'm used to that.

Me becoming the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world, it's a blessing.

I'm scared of things that I can't see that can hurt me, you know.

Ever since I won the world title I've been getting so much love from my people, from a lot of different people. But I know the hunger remains there because I don't want to let my people down or my kids down.