Winning the first championship is a goal for any boxer, and it means a lot to reach it.

I don't want to be named myself as one of the elite boxers of Puerto Rico. That's for the fans and for the people that know about boxing. I just want to do my job the best I can, and I am going to do that the rest of my career.

All boxers are different, and we all approach the fights in different ways.

As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights.

Our family is mixed. My oldest sister married a black man in 1962, which was way out there then.

Every generation that comes from this family has to do better than the last.

I feel like having a son made me go harder and work harder. And now that I got a daughter, it's the same grind, staying focused on what I have to do for them.

Always realize that even your strongest advocate and opponent is a part of the human family; albeit they may have small shortcomings and even strength in them, they are part of that human family.