"I don’t know if I wanted to top myself or if I just wanted someone to hug me."

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“He has unbelievable body punching power and is exciting to watch.”

“I was always fighting from a young age… I wouldn’t back down, I knew Andy wouldn’t have backed down.”

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“In accordance to the way that Benn speaks, he is not educated. Sure, he's educated to a certain extent, but under different circumstances he would be a bouncer on some door in the West End and he'd have three kids from three different women … I am a superior person to that. I have finer points. So, superior in mentality, yes. As a fighter in accordance to the trade, yes.”

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