Callum Smith Quotes

I want to get bigger and better fights, where people can recognize me as one of the better fighters in the world.

Becoming world champion is something I have worked at for my entire career. It doesn't matter to me that my first title shot is at a different weight. The opportunity is at super-middleweight and I am going to take it. But that doesn't mean I am forever going to be restricted to the super-middleweight division. I've still got a lot of work to do, a lot of unfinished business at middleweight.

The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake.

If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.

I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it.

I know I have a mandatory with Errol Spence. He's a very talented fighter but not really heard of in the U.K. or even America, but we all know he can fight.

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

My family and I grew up watching and admiring Oscar De La Hoya and to now be fighting under his promotional banner is a dream come true.

David Haye was the perfect opponent for me because he was a small heavyweight with a big name and we were about the same size.

Fury made a name for himself in America, and as a fighter, you have to establish yourself there, first and foremost, to be known worldwide.

If I look forward to bigger fights, than the biggest fight for me is Manny Pacquiao.

Kostya Tszyu was the best payday of my career to that point, even though I thought it should have been better.

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world champion. But I've always been my own man.

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

I always thought I would be a boxing champion.

Boxing's a business, and I've got a great team around me who have been looking after me in that sense.

I would definitely be interested in a rematch with Callum Smith.

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

It's always been my goal to fight the best fighters out there, and I look at Amir Khan as one of the top fighters in my division.

Tyson Fury and I go back. He won the amateur championships the same year I did.

The boxing public aren't interested in knowing me. They want to know The Hayemaker, the one who gives it big.

I still respect Anthony Joshua and I'm a big fan of what he did in boxing.

Once I'm world Champion we can think about what fights are fun rather than fights that need to take place.

I know people say I could be the next big pay-per-view star. They say that about a lot of fighters. To reach that, it takes a lot. Not just fighting skills, but marketing, good promotion.