Chris Arreola

“The one mindset I have is this title - title or bust.”

“I like punching people and I like being punched, to be honest with you. What other thing could I do, beating people up and getting beat up, and get paid for it?”

“I feel like I'm a mature fighter, I have what it takes between my ears and in my heart.”

“All my career I have been a pressure fighter. I know no other way to fight.”

“I got to leave everything in the ring. I got to leave everything out there, man.”

“And it's a big honor to be fighting for the title and to put a Mexican-American on top of the heavyweight division. I can give a lot of people some kind of inspiration by winning this title.”

“As far as the weight is concerned, I feel great whatever it is. I'm going to be in there and I'm going to bang. I feel I'm in great condition.”

“I don't even pay attention to the odds, to be honest with you.”

“I stopped eating out so much. That just piles weight on you. I stay active now. Just taking a walk for 30-45 minutes can do wonders.”

“We do cardio, core strength, lifting - and we train in the mornings, which I hate.”

“I don't want to be one of those could have, would have, should have kind of guys.”

“People have tried to keep me at bay with their jab, but once I put that pressure on, there is only so much you can do.”

“If people have seen me fight, I don't come in to get paid. I come in there to win.”

“Vitali Klitschko clobbered me with jabs left and right. I believe he threw the most punches he had thrown in his career against me, and that's because I just kept coming with the pressure.”

“And that's what I fight for, I fight for the fans, and of course I want that title.”

“You can't cut no days, you can't cut no corners, because you will feel it in the gym, you'll feel it in the sparring.”

“I can't be someone that I'm not. And people can spot when someone's being fake, when somebody's not being real, when somebody's sugar-coating stuff. People don't like that.”

“I'll take some to give some because I want to win that bad.”