Callum Smith Quotes

He's fighting for the world title, so we're prepared for the best John Thompson.

It's never been Badou Jack or James DeGale that I want to fight, it's the World title that I want; it doesn't matter to me who it is.

It would be nice to crack America, but I need the opponent to do that. If Eddie Chambers is the best American heavyweight they can dig up, it's a very sad state of affairs.

I'm proud to be British champion, and I'll defend it until I can get a fight for a world title.

When I fought Joseph Parker it was for the WBO world title and they robbed my fight.

I would love to fight anybody at the welterweight limit with a belt.

I've won the British title and although it would be nice to win it outright, I want to push on to the next level and if the opportunity to fight for the European or even a world title comes up, I will take it.

On my way to winning the title, it was great for me, but once I won the title, it was tough for me to get fights.

I've won a world title and then lost it to the top boxer on the planet.

I'm always telling Don King's people when there's a top-10 heavyweight they've got that needs an opponent, I'm ready.

The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title.

I'm fighting for the Commonwealth title on Saturday and I believe I'll be ready for a world title shot in the next 18 months.

There are 7 billion people in the world, but there's only one heavyweight champion of the world, and that's me.

I had two managers who couldn't stand each other. I had a promoter, Don King, who couldn't get any fights, and I was fighting once a year. I knocked out Norton and then didn't fight for 13 months. Then I fight the heavyweight champion of the world.

When I won the title against Jean Pascal it also won me fight of the year.

I feel like a lot of fans would like to see me with the heavyweight championship.

DeGale's name has been mentioned to me and I'd fight him in a heartbeat.

Of course, we would love to fight Floyd.

Technically, my fight with Korobov should have been for the full world title, not the interim.

If you're out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we're talking about fighting for a world title. You can't just beat a guy that went there to cover some guy that got injured, and then this guy, after two and a half years, gets a title shot.

I just have to do what I have to do. I have to defend my belt.

Winning the World title is much more important to me than fighting Groves - but I do believe I have got the beating of him style-wise if it comes off.

When you are challenging for the world title, you've got to go into the lion's den to try and rip that belt away from the champion.

Charles Martin, we watched him. He won the IBF championship of the world, but we don't think he is anything special.

I don't care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.