Liam Smith Quotes

Fights are all about styles and matchups.

To be just straight up honest, Conor McGregor is a guy that fought at 145 - ever in his life. I haven't weighed 145 since my sophomore year of high school.

When you're fighting the best, best guys in the world, there's no glaring weaknesses. There's X-factors and there's small openings that you have to prepare for better and that's really it.

I always had a fetish for fighting big peoples. My dad put me in the ring with much bigger guys. In my first fight, I gave the guy a 14-pound advantage.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

I can easily get a gold in the 48 kg. category, but 51 kg., it's difficult because other boxers may have a height advantage.

I don't have to rush the fight. I have five rounds to win.

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

I think he's a special fighter, I'm a big Canelo fan, but I think he's a special fighter at middleweight and I think a lot of his advantages he has at that level, he'll lose when he steps up to super middleweight.

Lightweights are heavier and bigger than me. I walk around 166 pounds, and other lightweights come down from 198, so they are stronger than me.

If an MMA fighter is going to call out a boxer it's got to make sense.

A lot of fighters complain, 'Man he's five pounds heavier than me.' Really? It doesn't matter, man.

If I went up there and beat T.J. Dillashaw at 135 pounds, I have no interest whatsoever in staying at 135. People are like, 'Why not?' and I'm like, 'I have no interest in fighting guys who walk around at 160 pounds.'

My goal is to get all these fighters that everybody say I'm running from inside the ring with me.

Style-wise, I'm not ideal to fight, but I'm not taking anything away from 'Canelo' Alvarez, he's a special fighter and he's one of the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world for a reason.

There's nothing Pedraza can bring to the ring that I haven't seen before.

There are not many heavyweight fighters to come by, so having so many sparring partners is a big luxury a lot of other fighters don't have.

I'm not going to throw haymakers the whole fight; I'll gas out.

If I would become a champion at 125, I will jump between 115 and 125.

I do best when guys come at me. Stylistically, the Ricky Hatton fight is the best fight for me.

Maidana is one-dimensional and not in my league. I'm a Ferrari and he's a go-kart, and my fans will see that.

My game plan is always my punching.

I watch a couple of fights to get a visual image in my head. I don't like doing a lot of research on my opponents; I leave that to my coaches.

I think the best fighters are the smart guys. They do what they are good at. They're smart about what they do.

Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent.