He also specifically highlighted his opponent's last two defeats, to Lamon Brewster in 2004 and CorrieSanders a year earlier, to show what a positive approach can achieve.
Between the two of them, the list of the people they successfully fought includes Lennox Lewis, Danny Williams, CorrieSanders, Chris Areola, Sultan Ibragimov, Calvin Brock, Lamon Brewster, and Samuel Peter.