Quotes About Boxing

I got a bit down, depressed and fat, but I needed to be out of the game to realise I need boxing.

When I was 17 or 18, I realised I could do something with boxing.

I am excited by and impressed with Anthony Joshua, but Anthony has a long way to go. At first, I thought Anthony was similar to a Frank Bruno figure, but after a few fights, I realised he's nothing like Frank Bruno. He's very athletic.

There have been some dark times. But what I've realised is that I love this sport.

People ask for autographs, and I wonder why before realising, 'Oh, that's right, I'm doing well in boxing.'

Oh, my gosh! Can you imagine learning boxing from Sylvester Stallone's character? I would die!

People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight.

When I was up in college, I had a friend, and he was the only guy who knew I wasn't going to be able to attend school no more because I had a child on the way. I remember we was right at the lunch table. I was like, 'Man, I should start boxing.' I felt like every fighter that's on TV made a lot of money. I was like, 'You gotta make a lot of money.'

There's always a number of champions in each division but when you can eliminate everyone else and grab all those belts, that's what I want to do.

My grandfather was the champion of the world in boxing in 1921 in the bantamweight and flyweight divisions, and I've just been involved in the fighting world my entire life.

I got a granite chin.

I've loved boxing due to the history of boxing. It was one of the great American pastimes.

I have respect for Chisora as a fighter but not as a human. He set a bad example for boxing and all fighters. He came from Great Britain, but he is not a gentleman.

I had a lot of great moments with David Haye.

It's a tough business, boxing, but I've got my family and a great team.

It would be a great thing for my legacy to get in the ring with an all-time great.

I'd like a big fight in America, it would cap off my career in a great way.

That's what I'm trying to manifest, greatness within myself, no matter who they put in the ring.

I don't care about no boxing legacy. I don't care where they put me on the list of all-time greats - let them put me at the bottom.

I don't really care about belts. Look at all the greats, they fight for the right to be called the best and the crowd.

I'm guilty of reverse discrimination. I'm white, and people don't think that white fighters are any good.

Jessie Vargas is not as good as those guys I lost to.

There have been some guys who lost before the bell even rang against Canelo.

A boxing gym is a place where men are allowed to be kind to one another.