65 Quotes by Marcos Maidana

I want to go on to unify the belts at light-welterweight, and buy enough land and build houses for my entire family, and to own a farm myself.

I am not a man who goes to church, but me and my team believe in God.

I just love hunting.

My father was a caretaker of a hacienda. It was a huge place with a lot of animals. I was actually born there, not at a hospital but at the hacienda.

I won my very first fight by knockout in the first round. The trainer at the time was in love with me and he said I could make a career out of boxing. So I started boxing for the barrios or neighborhood championship.

I didn't really watch any fighters because we didn't have a TV. Of course, I knew about Carlos Monzon because he is such a huge icon in my province and in my state, but I can honestly say I don't get any instincts from other fighters.

The only thing that matters to me is to hit my opponent and do whatever it takes to knock him out.

It seems I was born with the gift of knocking people out.

Most of the time I got knockouts in my amateur fights.