If you want street fight, let's go. If you want boxing, I show you. But people think I am, like, gangster. No. Ring is different world. Very dangerous.
Gennady Golovkin
Boxing is serious. It's not a game. Just one punch - change life.
When I was a young boy, those 'Rocky' movies were my favorite, especially the wild and exciting endings. I loved those films; they inspired me to want to become a fighter.
When I wrap my hands, I do it for my family. I owe my courage to them and also my success. That's why I fight.
My father is always with me. But moving forward and making my father more proud of me is very important. Taking care of my family, as my father did, is even more important.
Boxing is sport. Is good. Not just for bad guy.
When I come home, my wife is the boss.
It was a very difficult time after the fall of the Soviet Union. Jobs were difficult, and you had to fight to have anything nice.
Cain Velasquez - he is a good puncher. He is very compact. He's strong. He's very smart. He's a good fighter. He's a warrior.
There are no survivors in my fights.
Family is the most important thing to me.
Oh, I like New York City. It's like my country. The people have good energy, good atmosphere. It's just work, work, work. Everyone is working. It's a lot like my country.
I'm just a fighter.
I remember my time growing up. It was a little bit difficult because the Soviet Union was broken.
I have a lot of limited edition sneakers that Jordan sends me.
Outside the ring, I am Gennady, but when I get in, I am Triple G: I become a different guy. I don't know how I switch, but I understand my job, I understand the situation, and I understand my business.
For me, it's very hard to train too much, just sparring, sparring, sparring. It's boring.
From the beginning, when my brother Vadim first took me to the boxing gym at 10, I was able to punch hard, and the coach always put me with older boys because of that.
The older kids, if they wanted something from you, whether it was cash or sports equipment, they would just take it. My older brothers used to say, 'If someone tries to take something from you, never give it to them.' So we fought all the time.
Jacobs was a very good fighter and gave me good learning experience going 12 rounds.
I remember seeing Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, and the old films of Sugar Ray Robinson.
I'm always looking for new ways to improve my skills.
I never went into the mine. But I saw my father and other men coming out, day after day, their faces and bodies covered in soot. It looked very hard and dangerous.
I'm a boxer. I'm a boxer. If you're interested, just watch my boxing, not my life.
Canelo, he is not a champion. He is a liar who has no respect for the sport of boxing or its fans.
If I can beat a proven champion like Canelo, that will take my career to a different level.
I love judo. I love grappling. I love jiu-jitsu.
I love and respect my sport, but I am not a bad guy. First, I am a sportsman.
I went to university every day for five years. I thought, 'I must - must - go to school.' Look, my hands, these are like guns. When you have guns, you can relax. But in the future, you need something else.
I've never been a bad guy - never acted like a tough guy.
I like real people. I don't like fakes.
Maybe I can become the next James Bond.
Anytime a curtain closes forever, that's always sad news.
Those 'Rocky' endings are great in the movies and on the stage, but I don't think it would be too smart for me to get into that kind of fight in the ring.
I believe in my power and boxing skills.
I'm a very well-behaved guy!
I had a very hard life in Kazakhstan.
If you have money, and you help people, you don't talk about it. Just do it.
I understand this business. Sometimes there's a lot of corruption. It's boxing.
I want to fight in Madison Square Garden because it's the mecca of boxing. This is my dream.
I am not Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Canelo is no Danny Jacobs.
Boxing is a business.
Canelo is the number one in Mexico, a country known for great fighters. He is very special.
I worked hard to become of champion of the world.
I love to fight. And I love to fight against the best.
I only worry about those who want to fight.
It's always been a dream of mine to fight at Madison Square Garden, and it's something I really relish.
I know Canelo before. He's a good guy. Good fighter.
People who like boxing like my style.
I am very positive. I like to box. I like my life. I am happy every day.
