Quotes About Boxing

What happened between me and Vitali, and Haye and Wladimir made the Klitschkos stars in Germany.

In places like the U.S. and Germany, women's professional boxing is already quite big, but I'd like to be the name that makes it bigger and gives it more global appeal.

I've been over to Germany, it is nice to box.

I need more fights to get better as a fighter. And I will keep getting better.

It is up to the people and boxing fans to give me the respect I deserve once I have finished my career. I personally do not think about my legacy.

Making a film on Mary Kom means that people should be watching it across the globe; it should be that level.

There's not a lot of things to look out for in amateur boxing. Once the headgear comes off, once the 10-ounce gloves come on and you're fighting men and you're doing all these different things, that's where the experience comes.

My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished.

As soon as I put on gloves, I knew. I felt heart and determination. It's in you, not on you. I just loved to fight and I knew that it was going to take me where I needed to go. I never had any doubt.

It is a matter of pride to get boxing gloves from Stallone himself.

It's a hard sport. You don't come from a rich family wanting to be a boxer. Rich kids get hit in the face, they go home. Poor kids come back. They see boxing as a way out.

I could come in the gym to train with the boys and they'd think I was alright, but I'd go home and sit there crying.

I'm the Godfather of Boxing. Everything is out in the open with me. What you see is what you get.

I like my boxing and jiu jitsu and that kind of stuff and one thing I always enjoyed from an early age was shooting. My godfather got me into it. It started with airguns and shotguns and that kind of stuff.

One girl said when I won my gold that was what inspired her to do boxing. She was only 12, and that is the same age I was when I first started.

I know Canelo before. He's a good guy. Good fighter.

I've been fortunate to be in some really big fights against some really good guys and always have my health at the end of the night.

I think Joshua has been doing a good job winning his fights and beating the guys in front of him. You got to congratulate him for his success.

When you work for me, you don't say good things about Ali.

I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back.

I didn't like school at all. I was bullied and didn't have a good time. Boxing was my escapism, and the ring was where I felt best.

Whether someone like Klitschko wins, loses, draws, or gets knocked out in five seconds, he is still a big name.

Andre Ward beat me fair and square on points in a boring fight, a dull affair. Same as when he beat Kessler. Headbutted him to bits, but he knows how to win. He wins ugly, but he knows how to win.

Before I beat Groves people were questioning whether I was good enough to beat him, and I was the underdog and that provides pressure. Now it's the opposite; through beating Groves people expect me to go in and wipe opponents out.