We had too many distractions going into the Morales fight. Now a lot of the bad people are away from the scene and we have a good team, now.

We chose this opponent because he has a style similar to Morales', ... I think this fight will definitely help prepare him for the next fight.

You can celebrate birthday every year and fights like this (with Morales) comes once in a lifetime,

I want him working more on his technique and not just going out there and putting a show on for the fans that come and watch him train.

It's good because it gets him back in the gym, back into the mode of training for a big fight. ... Get him out of the pool hall a little bit.

It was a tactical fight and they were our tactics. The fight went the way we wanted it to go even though we didn't get the decision.