“Honestly, this was the moment I was waiting for, to come home to New York and headline. But I wanted to do it as the world champion and I felt like it was going to be bigger for the city. New York has had a lot of big fights in the past years but we haven’t had our own to cheer on in a world championship fight since I think Danny Jacobs, probably. “I always wanted to be the guy to bring the championship back to the city and just give New York the feeling of cheering one of their own, so it felt great.