Quotes from Luke Campbell

A lot of my family and friends have seen how disciplined I've been and they are just so proud of me. I'm happy I could make them proud of me.

I'm a family man.

I want to fight among the elite and beat fighters in the elite.

All these expectations on me exist because of me in the first place.

I was born with a flat nose, that's not because of boxing.

I played in the school football team, as a striker, and in year 7 and 8 I was one of the leading goalscorers.

I left school at 16, with GCSEs, and went boxing full-time.

Wilder has taken the hardest fights, out of any heavyweight in the world. He's fought the most difficult fighters, in my opinion.

I watched Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 1 in America. I was in Miami at the time. We went out to watch it and it was a great fight. I thought Tyson Fury won the fight. I thought he was very unlucky not to get the decision.

He's certainly got the power, Fury. He hurt Wilder in the first fight. But he's never really been that guy to go for the big knockouts. He showboats, he's got good movement, he's quick - but he's not the type to go and bang someone out.

Am I really one of those who has to go to everyone else's back garden to get a fight? I believe I'm bigger than that really.

It's not like you are going to see a new me already against Gary Sykes, but you will see a lot more of what I'm capable of.

I don't get things gifted to me.

Talent is nothing without dedication and discipline, and dedication and discipline is a talent in itself.

I always rated Luis Ortiz as one of the best heavyweights.

It's a different kind of grief when you lose a parent.

I don't believe losing my unbeaten record has delayed me in my ambitions. I believe it was just a hard lesson learned and that's it.

I listen to a lot of Calvin Harris and the latest chart music.

If I'm training in the heat, I need electrolytes.

All I want is to be a world champion and I will take on anyone to achieve that.

It's my dream to be a world champion and I will become a world champion.

I'm very proud to be from Hull.

That's the problem in life nowadays - too many people look at what they haven't got. I just think: 'I've got a beautiful wife, family, good friends, beautiful home. I don't need anything. I won't change nothing.'

I like reading autobiographies and magazines like Boxing News and Men's Health, especially when away for tournaments.