Quotes About Boxing

At the end of your career, you go, 'I'm gonna be able to retire undefeated and be one of the very, very few people in history to do it.' People were saying I should try and get to 50-0, but my number was 46 - that was it. I could have kept trying, but one loss would have spoiled everything.

I'm close to achieving something that very few boxers ever have - and that is to retire undefeated, like Rocky Marciano.

I've been on cruise control with my opponents, even though I fought some very good champions, undefeated champions.

Fighting against undefeated IBF 154-pound champion Marie-Eve Dicaire continues my quest to fight the very best in women's boxing.

You can't have a No. 1 fighter when you have three undefeated champions. It's just the dumbest thing in the world. Let's just be honest. You can't have three undefeated champions of the world.

I think towards the end of my career, I'm the man. But right now, I've still got that underdog mentality to keep on proving myself time and again. I'm not going to believe the hype.

I've been an underdog my whole life with the shape that I have and the way that I look. But once I get in the ring it's a whole different ball game.

Boxing is made for film - there is corruption, violence, tragedy and the chance that the underdog can catch the champion with one lucky punch.

From my point of view, I am the underdog going into this fight. I'm not saying I'm not. But I'm the underdog because I haven't fought at that level yet against anyone of Canelo's level.

The heavyweight division is the division that historically always drives boxing. It's the flagship. That's because even if a guy is a big underdog, one punch turns everything around.

I never pick a side when I am announcing a big boxing match but there's always a part of you rooting for the underdog I guess.

For the majority of my amateur boxing career, I was the underdog weirdly enough and that served me well.

I was always the underdog. See, I'd fight guys bigger than me. In boxing, it's not how good you are; it's how tough you are.

I don't underestimate anybody and I think Morales is capable of giving a good fight.

A lot of fighters underestimate me. And what do you know? They end up being on the canvas.

A lot of people have underestimated me and I have been a problem for them inside the ring.

I've always said I have very good timing. It is underestimated when you are outside the ring but once you get inside the ring with me, I'm a step ahead.

I'm the most underestimated lightweight in the world.

Anthony Joshua, I'm pretty sure he's underestimating me, man.

To kids, I've always been more than just some big tough black guy. I train to be tough - I box and do karate - but underneath all that toughness is a tender man.

I'm getting paid well underneath what a professional boxer would, or Manny Pacquiao. So in no means ever will I sustain long-lasting damage for a small paycheck. Never will that happen.

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

Growing up, I was a big boxing and wrestling fan. I love people like the Undertaker and Prince Naseem: they knew how to make a big entrance!

I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport.