When I retire, everyone is going to respect me for fighting the big names.
— Paulie Malignaggi
I try to do everything I can to make sure I stick in people's minds.
Hatton leads the wrong lifestyle to be a great fighter, and he does not have what it takes to be one of boxing's best.
I'm not a complete idiot that just accuses people of something without having my reasons to believe what it is I'm saying.
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.
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.
I don't want to be a punching bag.
I'm a very competitive person.
I want to be given my credit and want to be given my respect.
Dealing with my first pro loss was the toughest adversity of my career.
My whole life, nothing was handed to me. I had to go out in the world and get it.
Jose Miguel Cotto may not have the resume of his brother, but he's a good fighter.
I know a lot of people want to see me fight in Italy.
I haven't got the credit I deserved sometimes, and some of it's my fault.
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.
Pacquiao has generated a lot of positive press for our sport, and that is something no one can complain about.
I'm not complaining. I've made a very good living from boxing, better than any living I possibly could have done. Having said that, you don't live the rest of your life off the money you make in boxing. You still have to create positive forms of income.
Everyone knows I love my fans. I wouldn't change them for the world. They have been by my side and haven't left me even when times have been tough. I try to chat with all my fans on Twitter.
If I know my showboating bothers you, I'll keep doing it. If playing with your mind is part of the arsenal, and I know it works, then I'm going to continue doing it.
I'm a boxer by nature, so, obviously, the jab is always key - but it is nice to know you've got a right hand behind it.
Every year, you hope that boxing can provide some of the best fights possible. I think 2018 was one of the better years for boxing. A lot of good matchups were made, and a lot of tickets were sold.
Hatton don't look much like a guy who thinks about commas. But he is a gentleman. His family are gentlemanly. Real classy people.
It takes more than talent to get to the top.
I'm not looking to be an opponent and have a promoter match me with their up-and-coming star.
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 never tested in my first 21 fights.
People view you differently when you're a world champion.
I don't want to lose to an average champion. I want to lose to a great champion.
Financially, I don't have to fight again. I've done well for myself.
British boxing fans are amazing, and the O2 is one of the best venues in the world.
I do best when guys come at me. Stylistically, the Ricky Hatton fight is the best fight for me.
You can teach defensive wizardry, but you need the talent to go with it. You have to be born with that natural defensive radar.
I think I should I have beaten Ricky Hatton. I never thought he was so great, I really think I have the style to beat him. I never thought he was that good, you know.
You get the reality checks during the course of your adult life and your career, and you realize that as good as the money in boxing is, most of the time people most don't make Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya money, even if you make very good money.
I wasn't exactly born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
You don't have to like me as a person - I understand that I can get on people's nerves with the antics I do in the ring. This is not a popularity contest. I'm trying to do whatever I can to win the fight.
It's a shame I have to hurt people. I'm a nice guy.
My father took my mother, me, and my brother from Sicily to New York. He got us one-way tickets but booked himself a return flight. He dumped us with my mother's parents, who had just arrived from Italy, and abandoned us. That was 1986. I didn't see or speak to him for another 12 years. That's cruel.
They call me the Magic Man because I'm a classy fighter, a master of my craft, a good-looking Italian kid from Brooklyn who came through a dark and gritty life to find something magical.
I've got a really good job commentating and watching great fighters fight ringside.
I want to win at everything I'm doing. It doesn't matter what it is. I want to beat the person that I'm competing against.
I was an angry kid, and boxing kept me out of trouble.
I am a competitor, so I only want the best fighters in the world.
I'm all about trying to accomplish more in my life as best I can, be it in the ring or outside the ring.
He's a guy I should beat pretty handily. I shouldn't have a competitive fight with Jose Miguel Cotto, in my eyes.
I'm a fighter. That's what I do. I am a fighter to the core.
I'm a competitor in anything I do, especially boxing.
I didn't mentally prepare as well for Ngoudjo as I should have. I was a little lax in the fight.
The Hatton fight left a bad taste in my mouth.
Money can make money if you're intelligent about it and don't waste it the wrong way.
