Quotes About Boxing

I never really, really pushed my boys into boxing, but I guess it's in the blood.

I have had some dark times, it was a frustrating 2019. I was pushing for the Terence Crawford fight but, through no fault of my own, I did not get any of the big fights I wanted.

Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.

I never think about the knockouts. I go into every fight, do my work, and none of that stuff puts pressure on me at all.

Any man who puts a pair of gloves on deserves respect because lots wouldn't dream of it. To get in there and go one-on-one, you need your hand shaking afterwards. Many men wouldn't get involved.

Hurd puts on entertaining fights, I put on entertaining fights. Let's bang it out, let's rumble.

It really doesn't matter who I fight. It's about me putting on a good performance and just looking good overall that night.

I'm the cash cow, I believe, so at 135 or 130, I'm selling out arenas, putting butts in the seats.

I believe that the fighters know. It's just the people not actually fighting who need to understand more that we're putting our lives on the line.

My team has done a great job putting me in a position to be at my best on fight night.

Later in July I'm going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who's going to be the best.

Look at something like boxing. People know that some fights are fixed, but nobody looks at a boxing match and automatically assumes it's fake.

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

I feel great about the boxing in South Florida.

I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect.

When they said, 'Why is Floyd Mayweather not fighting Manny Pacquiao?' it was because Manny Pacquiao had a boss. I don't have a boss.

I paid attention to how Floyd Mayweather adapts.

I am the person who is going to take over boxing after Floyd Mayweather.

I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk.

I think boxing is on the rise because of what Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor did. I think they captured the time and made boxing cool again.

Floyd Mayweather, he's a safe fighter. He is who he is. He's not going to take any risks.

I'm telling you, Amir Khan gives Floyd Mayweather problems.

I used to drink. I didn't like reading, but I discovered the benefits of it. I read that Floyd Mayweather never drinks - and he is the blueprint for boxing.

I don't mind getting beaten by Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr and people like that, but I'd hate to go into a training camp with my heart not fully in it and risk getting beaten by somebody who shouldn't be beating me.