Quotes from Rocky Fielding

I just say to anyone in life or in sport, don't let defeat bother you and don't let no one say you can't. Stay focused and stay positive and keep working hard.

That's my aim. To fight for a world title and become a world champion.

I'm here at Madison Square Garden as world champion and have a world champion's mentality, the pressures on to defend my belt - this is what champions do.

If I beat Canelo Alvarez at Madison Square Garden, I wake up the next day the king of New York and the new face of boxing.

I would definitely be interested in a rematch with Callum Smith.

DeGale's name has been mentioned to me and I'd fight him in a heartbeat.

Tyson Fury and I go back. He won the amateur championships the same year I did.

Where I've come from and my background, to fight at Madison Square Garden against the biggest name in boxing is unbelievable.

Unbelievable to me when I was first told Canelo would fight me in the Garden.

It makes me bounce out of boxing, I put all my spare time into being a dad.

Think about all the great boxers who have fought here, starting with Muhammad Ali. And as well as all that, I believe I will be the first boxer from Liverpool to appear at the Garden.

I perform better when I'm the underdog and everyone is against me. I thrive on that.

Even in the past, going out to Germany to fight for the world title I was the underdog, was getting no praise and I went in there very confident I would win and that's what happened.

I went to Madison Square Garden and saw a basketball game. I said, 'Imagine fighting here.'

Steven Gerrard wanted to speak to me, so I went to see him and we had a sit down over my future. He's someone who had pretty much been in the public eye his whole life, and now that I was going to be in bigger fights earning better money, he took it upon himself to give me a talking to about what I should do next.

It's very nice to be in a big fight against a top operator.

I've won the British title and although it would be nice to win it outright, I want to push on to the next level and if the opportunity to fight for the European or even a world title comes up, I will take it.

I respect Canelo's ability and achievements but to me he is simply another fighter I need to beat. Just another step along the road.

Me and Bellew, we started off in the same amateur gym together.

I always dreamed of winning a world title - it's a dream come true.

I'm a chilled out guy from Liverpool.

I came from nothing and now I'm headlining at MSG. It's a dream come true, but it's a job, and the work will be done in the gym in Manchester.