“Out of all those people, the last person I would expect to say no was Francis Ngannou. That is crazy. At the end of the day, this sport is all about getting money. We all prize fighters. When Francis Ngannou said, 'I don't want to get disrespected,' the best way to make somebody respect you is when you put your fist on their chin and knock them out, and you get money for it.I'm talking about how much money you make and get when you ain't worrying about the money no more. So he must be making some good bread because I can't see it. I can't understand it. Because if you boxers and you fighters are really tired of Jake Paul f*cking up boxing, then get his a** somebody -via shared his confusion and questioned Ngannou's decision”

“It was my manager calling me back, he sound all distressed... he was like. 'Buckley, I really don't like this fight for us... He is a good fighter, not a really big name... I said, 'Is it Alex Pereira?' He said, 'How the f**k you know that?'... I said, 'I'm a dog, so regardless of what we do, I've got to eat.' He said, 'f**k it, let's run it.So I called Brian back and said, 'Man, it's a go.' He said, 'I got some good news and I've got some bad news... the good news is that you look good for the promotion... because nobody else wanted to fight this man, but the bad news is he won't be able to take this fight because his coaches or himself said he wouldn't be ready in time'... To be honest with you, I was planning on knocking that man out, too.-recalling almost taking a short-notice fight with Alex Pereira in 2022.”