Latest Chris Algieri Quotes from Interviews

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• I have seen videos of Sugar Ray Robinson and Willie Pep who did a million other things than just punch, to set up a perfect shot or to offset their opponents' rhythm. Boxing is incredibly complicated. It's not Rock'em Sock'em Robots.

  Chris Algieri

  Rocks, Perfect, Boxing

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• Bernard Hopkins' style is the way...everything he does is for a reason - little head feints, little hand movements, little shoulder rolls and gestures are all finer points of the sweet science. Before contemporary times everyone did that kind of stuff.

  Chris Algieri

  Sweet, Hands, Style

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• I throw a lot more punches than Floyd [ Mayweather]. He's very efficient with his punches and when he throws he lands a very high percentage but he's not exceptionally busy every round.

  Chris Algieri

  Land, Floyd Mayweather, Busy

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• I think I bring a lot of energy and combinations and punches every single round. Even when I'm not throwing I am moving my upper body, I'm moving my feet, I'm moving my head, I am changing levels - all those things are important and they count and they are a part of boxing.

  Chris Algieri

  Moving, Thinking, Feet

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• All of my fights have been exciting, even the lopsided ones. I am not concerned about taking a conscious approach to making my style more exciting. I think I go out there and fight in the manner that works best for me getting a win and it just so happens that it's good to watch.

  Chris Algieri

  Fighting, Thinking, Winning

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• I box but I have never heard anyone say that I was a boring fighter or that they didn't really like watching my style.

  Chris Algieri

  Style, Fighter, Boring

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• I was a full time student either at Stony Brook or NYU getting my masters degree. After I graduated with my masters I was working as a nutritionist and a personal trainer. So I have always had other business or other things going on while training for a fight.

  Chris Algieri

  Fighting, Nyu, Training

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• I had some very fit people. I worked with a lot of athletes helping them, especially combat athletes, MMA fighters,[Dennis] Bermudez, [Chris] Weidman, and guys on the lower levels - boxers and MMA fighters.

  Chris Algieri

  Athlete, Mma, People

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• It was great to be around [Tony Walters] - he was like a father figure to me especially in my athletic background. That is a person I will never forget and share in all of my victories since I left there until I am done.

  Chris Algieri

  Father, Athletic, Victory

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• Stony Brook is a great school scholastically and I enjoyed my time there. It taught me a lot about life and about the future that I am living now. It is an honor to have graduated from there and to be recognized as an alumnus.

  Chris Algieri

  School, Honor, Taught

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• Tony [Walters] was one of the first international world-class athlete I had ever dealt with and I was lucky enough to have him as a coach and he taught me a lot about the mental aspects of training and competition.

  Chris Algieri

  Athlete, Class, Competition

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• I have been dealing with those types of complicated things and my scholastic background, so I think that helps me - my nutrition and my understanding of the human body, and the processes for recovery and proper dietary restrictions.

  Chris Algieri

  Recovery, Thinking, Understanding

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• If I can think of anything, but nothing specific that I have learned, is the time management and discipline and stay focused. Mentally focused to be aware. Our training sessions are mentally packed. We work on very specific game plans and strategies.

  Chris Algieri

  Thinking, Games, Discipline

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• I would have been more aggressive in the Ruslan [Provodnikov] fight if not because of my eye early in the fight. I had to protect that eye and be even smarter than I normally would. Don't be confused with my style just from that one fight, because I know a lot of you have only seen that one fight.

  Chris Algieri

  Confused, Eye, Fighting

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• I am an aggressive style boxer and I will be in there to mix it up, but it's going to be in a smart way.

  Chris Algieri

  Smart, Style, Boxers

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• [Mate] really is an overall incredible health drink and on top of it it's part of the culture. It's something my whole family and does and what we have always done. It's warm and soothing for the belly and it helps you digest as well. I drink it all the way up until fight day. It's a part of my routine.

  Chris Algieri

  Fighting, Doe, Routine

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• I feel like I fight an aggressive style - smart / aggressive.

  Chris Algieri

  Smart, Fighting, Style

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• I drink mate every day during training camp, and just in general. It's packed full of vitamins and nutrients and a lot of B vitamins that you would normally get from meat. The caffeine in there affects me less and it's more like a stimulant. I can drink more of it and it's hydrating as well. It's one of my favorite drinks, especially on a cold morning.

  Chris Algieri

  Morning, Training, Meat

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• More often you see Argentine fighters doing big things on a major stage. To be associated with those guys is really an honor and it's great to see so many people from my culture do big things in the sport.

  Chris Algieri

  Sports, People, Guy

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• The judges are much closer to the action than the fans are. Fans sure can sway the way a fight looks. I am confident in the ability of the judges and if I do what I need to do and things go the way that we plan, we will come out with the victory regardless of the fan support.

  Chris Algieri

  Fighting, Judging, Support

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• It's great to see part of my culture doing so well in the sport that I'm involved in, a sport that I have a passion for. I grew up hearing about a lot of Argentine fighters, the great Carlos Monzon and even the fighters on ESPN lime Omar Vaez; and now guys like Marcos Maidana and Sergio Martinez.

  Chris Algieri

  Sports, Passion, Guy

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• For one, [ Freddie Roach] is wasting his time because I don't even read those reports. So that's the first thing. Secondly, I hear about them from other people around me and it doesn't make a difference to me. It seems kind of odd for him to be coming out so much and saying so many different things and every day it's a new thing. But like I said, I don't read them and I don't care about them and it doesn't make a difference come fight night.

  Chris Algieri

  Fighting, Night, Differences

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• I am just focused on what's in front of me. I really can't worry about or complain about the WBO situation at this point.

  Chris Algieri

  Worry, Complaining, Situation

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• I have the talent and the tools to win.

  Chris Algieri

  Winning, Tools, Talent

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• We know Manny [Pacquiao] is a living legend and a hall of fame for sure. He's one of the greatest fighters that has ever lived. For me, I have to go out there and be myself. I have the talent and the tools to win this fight - I just have to go out there and perform.

  Chris Algieri

  Fighting, Winning, Tools

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com