Joseph Benavidez Quotes

If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.

In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.

I'm not going to say I'm not ready for a fighter like Canelo Alvarez.

I just want to fight the best guys that there is in the world and make the most money out of it.

I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.

You decide whether you want to box on, or not. And for me of course, I wasn't going to be leaving the business until becoming a world champion, and defending it numerous times.

The guys that I beat in the 'Super Six,' every one of those fights was tough, even if I did dominate some.

I'd fight any of the top guys.

I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

I always thought I would be a boxing champion.

I just love boxing. Train to get there and to just fight somebody.

Fighting in a heavier weight class is a big achievement on its own.

Alvarez is the biggest name in boxing. I'm looking forward to pitting my wits against one of the best in the sport.

Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.

I love boxing. I like to see the strategizing. Watching the warriors go to work. I like that struggle, going out there and fighting.

You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.

I've got a tidy chin and a decent punch. And, for people who think they can fight and are champions, I'll make it extremely hard.

It's a punishment game... only two boxers get in the ring. So when we get in the ring and we're not angry, then you're not a real boxer.

We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.

I've fought at such a high level I couldn't have people look at me and say, 'well, he's just fought someone to knock them over.'

I know every fight could be my last fight, and if that happens, that's not just a health issue, but I'll be knocked off that king's stool.

My mother used to box, and I followed her footsteps into training. She loves fighting.

People ask me about Orlando Salido. My answer is that I fight for Top Rank and will take on who they schedule for me. But I would like to welcome Salido to Lomachenko University in the ring some day.

I have been fighting the best. I am just 26 and have fought in the biggest arenas.

I can outbox Anthony Joshua.