Shawn Porter

Northeast Ohio is always an underdog.

I've grown a lot in this sport. I've seen a lot. I've experienced a lot.

One of the guys I admire in this sport is Andre Ward... I kind of hang on to every word that Dre says. I really admire him and everything he's been through in this sport.

I think, for me coming into the game, the way that I came into the sport and the business being ran the way that it was ran for me, I was always told who I would fight, and there was never really ever a fountain of guys to pick from.

I'm quick, fast, have good defense and I never rest.

I enjoy people talking about me.

It's how I grew up. It's how my dad raised me, and it's where I come from. We were never allowed to shy away from any challenge, and that's the way I've lived my life.

Any fighter can be broken, it all depends on what you are doing to break that fighter. Sometimes staying away from a fighter can break a fighter. That guy can't touch you like he's used to doing.

I'm the strongest fighter that Adrien Broner will ever get into the ring with.

Your legacy lasts forever, the money does not.

I'm aggressive and I'm strong, and guys can't handle it.

I know people have won money on me before. And it wasn't because I was the guy expected to win.

Errol Spence is very competitive.

I'm not going to be a gatekeeper. You would look at the four losses and assume, 'Well, he could be a gatekeeper now.' It's not the life that I want to live.

I knew that Errol Spence Jr. was going to be my last fight. I knew that in 2017 when he won his championship fight. But after we fought, I felt that there was something else, and that something else was Terence Crawford.

I've always been taught to be hungry, be aggressive, and not to allow someone to get comfortable in the ring, and that's going to always be my mentality against whoever it is I'm going to be fighting.

Everybody works where I come from. We always do the best we can.

When I don't win, I can't hang my head. I can't make excuses.

I'm very confident in my ability.

Shawn Porter, he never changes. You never have to guess or wonder which Shawn Porter you are talking to.