Buddy McGirt Quotations

We've always had good camps, but this one is more intense because of everything that's at stake. ... I know he's in that zone.

My fighters all know that when I ask them to smoke a cigar with me that I think they should stop fighting. I've ticked a few guys off because they usually don't want to hear that, but I'll never let a guy keep going if I think he should stop.

After a loss like Mayweather, normally you get a guy who's going to go down like he was hit with a feather. But this guy hit. I thought Arturo fought a beautiful fight. There was a lot of adversity and he dealt with it well.

Antonio has been more dedicated this camp than I've ever seen him. The scary part is Antonio is really starting to find himself as a fighter. You might say: 'He can't get any more confident than he already is.' But in the gym, I see a lot of differences.

This last week, he's been punching usually hard,

It's like when I got Arturo ready for Micky Ward the third time,

All these games he's trying to play with Antonio's mind, to me are not going to work. Antonio has been more dedicated this camp than I've ever seen him. The scary part is Antonio is really starting to find himself as a fighter. You might say: 'He can't get any more confident than he already is.' But in the gym, I see a lot of differences.