I wanted to get a rematch with Wladimir [Klitschko] but I wasn't going to Germany. I wasn't going to go over and just hand my belt to the Germans. I'm glad it didn't happen in Germany. Over here, no problem. But not in Germany.

If his urine sample doesn't come back dirty, yeah, he's a champion. But it did, ... You can't cheat and get caught. Now we will see how it looks when he fights Guinn. I don't care (about fighting him). Don't matter to me.

Mentally, it has been a struggle. The business side of this boxing is horrible and I think it has taken my best years of boxing. If I would have been very active these past three years, with two to three fights at least a year, you would have seen some really good fights, really special skills. But I still try to present them in the ring to the best of my ability.

It just blossomed from there, ... He worked with my son with basketball. I ask about his kids and his wife, and he knows about my kids and my wife, so we call each other periodically. We are just friends. It is cool. But we knew in the heavyweight division, even after sparring with each other, we knew we are going to have to fight each other eventually.

The fans wanted to see a fight tonight and I was willing to engage. But I wasn't going to do anything stupid and risk getting knocked out just to make the fans happy.

DaVarryl wanted to fight his way to the spot and Wladimir didn't want no part of it. They just wanted everything set up in their favor, knowing going to Germany is not a great thing for any American fighter.