Gustafsson: I don’t want to be a journeyman
Alexander Gustafsson: “I do not want to be a fighter that people should beat to get a title fight. I do not want to be in fights where people see me as an obstacle on the road.”
Alexander Gustafsson has now twice lost light heavyweight title bouts, but for the Swede the goal is still to become a champion and not stick around as a journeyman:
“I will continue as long as I know I have the potential to be the best,” Gustafsson told Swedish outlet Allehanda. “If there comes a day where I feel I can not go any further than this, that day I stop. Then I put the gloves on the shelf. But I feel that there’s more to achieve. I know I can be better. I know I have the potential to beat ‘DC’. I know I can beat Jon Jones.
“I do not want to be a journeyman. I do not want to be a fighter that people should beat to get a title fight. I do not want to be in fights where people see me as an obstacle on the road. I want to be the man challenging. I’m not satisfied with being ranked second and third. I’m such a self-critic, that I find it hard to give myself credit for something.”