“I counseled him he shouldn't retire, he should forfeit the title. He said no. I think he thought this out. Nine months, a year from now, he could he change his mind. Right now, I think not.”
“People felt he was a worthy successor to Lennox Lewis and he could carry the mantle of the heavyweight division the way Lennox did. But it was not to be. Vitali is very disappointed,”
“The heavyweight division takes as much of a blow on this as Bob Arum did. It's not good for the heavyweight division. You can't cry over spilled milk. Whatever is left out there, you have to make the best of it.”
“He can do what he wants. I know there are some fighters disaffected with King. If he can put together a tournament, God bless him. But remember, he has to put Ruiz in that tournament.”
“As of today, more than 13,000 tickets have been sold out already out of the 16,000, and we expect the vast Mexican and Filipino contingent to snap up those tickets on fight night.”
