Paulie Malignaggi

I'm not looking to be an opponent and have a promoter match me with their up-and-coming star.

Ricky Hatton has no sense of anticipation of what's coming his way. You can teach him all you want, but he doesn't have those instincts.

No talking has ever gotten me out of my game. The things that have gotten me out of my game in the past have definitely not been talking.

Dealing with my first pro loss was the toughest adversity of my career.

There was a time in Amir Khan's career when you had to fight him; you couldn't really box him. You wouldn't see Amir take beatings: if he lost, he would just get caught and stopped. It was hard to catch him clean and keep up with him in the ring because he was such a dynamic fighter.

I've got a really good job commentating and watching great fighters fight ringside.

My mother really struggled when we were young. She was on food stamps and welfare. Looking back, I know we didn't have a lot, but I never felt I was at a loss for anything.

I was an angry kid, and boxing kept me out of trouble.

In fights when I've had the odds stacked against me, I definitely perform better because it's like a challenge to me - and I always like a challenge.

For me, that is what made Leonard-Hearns stand out, because they made adjustments on each other, and it went back and forth continually. One had the advantage, then the other, then back to the first one, and so on.

Kevin Johnson is the kind of guy that gives guys trouble. He gives a lot of guys trouble. He gave Vitali Klitschko trouble.

I try to keep it sweet, but trash-talking is fun, and people want to see if a brash kid like me can live up to his patter.