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25th June 2016
05:29pm BST

"I want to challenge him because he's the No 1 in the middleweight division and is seen as one of the pound-for-pound best in the world. Any fighter worth his salt wants to be the best and to be the best you have to fight the best.
"I told him I was ready for him and there's been no response yet but all I can do is wait to see if he's ready to step up and fight someone who isn't scared of him.
"No man is unbeatable. People think he's some invincible monster who knocks everybody out but I know my chin and I know the kind of shots I can take.
"All he really has, in my opinion, is powerful punches. As far as defence and boxing technique are concerned, I feel I can outbox him and outfight him and outbrawl him.
"Speed is the key for me so I'd look to go in there and bring it to him unlike all the other fighters who have gone in there knowing they were going to lose. I'll have no [thought] put in my mind that I can't beat them and I believe I'll go in there and exploit his weaknesses.
"So many fighters who fight Golovkin have lost before they've entered the ring. Confidence, a strong mental toughness, is key in boxing and it seems a lot of fighters these days haven't got as much as I have."
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