Jason Quigley wants future fight with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez

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HAVE you been doing anything different to prepare for your November 20 bout [at the Hard Rock Casino]?

Weโ€™re just staying ready to be the best we possibly can and being ready for whateverโ€™s put in front of us. Weโ€™ve worked just as hard in this camp as any other camp because when I came back here in September to LA I knew I had have a fight coming up shortly.

So I was staying in shape and I was preparing myself for a fight coming up towards the end of the year.

Are you glad youโ€™ve been active this year?

Itโ€™s been busy which is good. Iโ€™m over here for a reason. Iโ€™m over here to fight and thatโ€™s number one for me. So the busier they keep me the better and the more I climb up those ranks and climb that ladder.

Who have you been sparring for this fight?

I was sparring with David Lemieux for the โ€œGGGโ€ fight. I was in camp with Lemieux getting him ready for the โ€œGGGโ€ fight. Now in LA Iโ€™m sparring with super-middleweight, undefeated Mexican fighter Gilberto Ramirez. Iโ€™m also sparring with super-welterweight, undefeated Terrel Gausha. So I have top class sparring.

With Lemieux were you doing your best Golovkin impersonation in spars?

Not really, definitely not. They knew my talent and they knew I came from a high amateur background. They knew my speed, my distance and my timing was on point so thatโ€™s really what they had me for because they knew Golovkinโ€™s timing, how accurate he is and everything like that.

Are you looking forward to being part of the Cotto-Canelo fight week?

All the hard core fans are going to be there for all the fights over the weekend.

Itโ€™s great for me to get the opportunity to showcase what I have.

By the time you get to world level, do you think Gennady Golovkin will still be around?

I think Golovkin will definitely still be up there. Canelo will still be up there, heโ€™s fresh. To be honest I think Lemieux could come back. Heโ€™s still young as well. Also the likes of Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders and Chris Eubank and Spike Oโ€™Sullivan, itโ€™s going to be very interesting in a few years to see how the tables have turned and to see whoโ€™s in position and whoโ€™s not in position.

It was one of the main reasons why I was delighted with the opportunity [to spar Lemieux] for a possible fight in the long run in the future, for the experience and to see what heโ€™s all about. Money canโ€™t buy that experience and that learning.

Will be taking a few notes on Canelo the day after your fight?

All these guys that have a world title right now and are fighting for a world title, are number one in my weight division, Iโ€™m going to all these fights, Iโ€™m watching all these guys.

Iโ€™m going there to do my homework on them, even if someone of them arenโ€™t champions when itโ€™s my turn, at least Iโ€™ll be able to look at them, check out what they have good, what they have bad to see what it takes to be a world champion.

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