David Benavidez

The first time I sparred him, I was 15.

And then the last time I sparred him, I was 19.

But I was his main sparring partner.

So what people don't understand in life, for you to get the best version out of yourself, you have to put yourself under stress.

That's the same thing with every category, every work, everywhere.

When I mean put myself in stress in boxing, I mean going up against the best fighter I could possibly go up against because this guy either has more talent than me

or as much talent as me.

So I'm going to be getting hit with some shots.

Once you get hit with some shots, then your body goes into fight or flight mode.

So that means your body is under stress.

So you're trying to make the best decisions.

In other things, it's not kind of as intense as that.

But let's say you have a deadline to do something.

You're like, oh, I only have a couple of days left.

That puts your body in stress.

You're like, OK, I don't have no time to waste.

We have to get to work.

So that's what I'm saying, that for you to be the best version of yourself, you have to put your body under some type of stress.

And with Gennady Golovkin, he put me under a lot of stress.

So I had to learn real fast.