Quotes About Boxing

I want to advance myself in some areas. I want to go into broadcasting, be a boxing commentator and still get to travel, and I want to take courses so I can speak better. I want to take courses in business and promotion.

The boxing world knows I'm the baddest man out there, but not having the right promotion behind me putting me out there has hurt me and that's why I've made the changes, and Matchroom and DAZN know what I can bring and they can move me to the next level.

When I defeated Soto Karass, I asked for a fight against Paul Malignaggi. A few months went by, and I saw that Golden Boy Promotions wanted to do a fight between Malignaggi and Shane Mosley. The truth is that it made me angry, but that's the way things are sometimes in the world of boxing.

I like him as a guy, but I'm going to knock him out - Roy Jones is just a prop in a fairytale ending to a great career for me.

I'm in this game to give the fans proper fights, fights they will remember.

I proposed abolishing boxing because it was bad for the brain, but boxers were generally so decent that I loved being around the gyms.

Conor is not emulating me. He has to be his own man and learn his trade from the start. He will fight in the amateurs and then, if it works, the pros.

I've fought a lot of prospects.

My objective as a mentor, as a father, as a manager and as a former participant of the great game of boxing is to protect mine, but also the opponent. Especially if I can see things which I have experienced before.

Boxing is allowed to exist as an exception to state laws against violence on the premise that it will be regulated in a manner that protects the combatants physically and financially.

I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove.

I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world.

I don't mind people want to think Muhammad is the greatest fighter around. Everybody wants to make him great because of his mouth, that he was the best. He was good, but that doesn't make him great. I proved that.

I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money, because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free.

I definitely proved that I'm more than just a puncher, but I'm also a puncher.

If I can beat a proven champion like Canelo, that will take my career to a different level.

The Kelley fight meant that much because it's always when a fighter from this country goes over to America and proves himself, it's always make or break in a British fighter's career.

To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.

I'd always been fascinated by boxing and became very engaged with it through my husband, actually. But I started to write about it because so many decent, righteous people wanted it banned.

You can have someone younger, faster, but if you have got that experience and that ring craft, you can do anything in that ring.

I feel like I'm the fastest puncher in the featherweight division.

You need to have a very strong relationship with your coaches. For me, Freddie Roach is like a father figure.

I don't look at myself as the favorite in any fight.

In boxing, everybody has their favorites.