“So when it came to that decision, I was thinking more tactically than anything,” he explained. “Obviously, I would have been 24, 25 by the time I actually turned over after the Olympics. And I just felt like everyone would have a head start on me in terms of the pro style and how it’s all planned out and all stuff like that. And I was thinking, why am I going to go to the Olympics? I believed I could get an Olympic gold medal and then get pushed at a million miles an hour for a world title fight.”
