I took his best shots and he couldn`t take mine. That was the difference of the fight. I get stronger as the fight goes on; he was getting weaker.
We will still fight on November 5th. Everyone had been telling me all along to have a backup plan because Calzaghe was going to fallout. I had too much respect and trust for Frank Warren and Joe Calzaghe to do that but those days are over.
I don`t buy that injury for a minute. He`s just ducking me to get out of the fight,
It is an honor for me to fight in the (Tampa) bay area, ... It`s something I always dreamed of doing -- defending a world title in the bay area. Now it has come true and now it is time for me to go to work.
Jim has never taken a dime from either one us, ... In fact, he`s given us more money than we could ever give back. He`s a great guy. You couldn`t ask for a better person.
I suspected all along that Calzaghe didn`t want any of this. I kinda prepared myself for it but it is still disappointing.
I can`t get up for training unless I`m in a big fight, and this is going to be a fight fans want to see. He has power, and I have power. It`s going to be a war,
It`s like driving. You either get in an accident or you don`t.
I think my performance I put on tonight spoke for itself (on what he would like to say to Joe Calzaghe). The shirt Gary gave him (Reid), `all he did was come to America and get knocked out by Jeff Lacy,`...we do what we say. We do what we say.
He`s not a fighter I can overlook at all. He was able to knock out Omar Sheika, a guy who I couldn`t knockout, ... Sure, I wanted Calzaghe, but Scott Pemberton is a really good fighter.