Joe Calzaghe Quotes

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

I'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.

One of my favourite fighters to watch ever, and of course before I was a ring announcer, was Muhammad Ali.

I've been boxing since I was eight, and that's a long time to take punches day after day.

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.

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

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

I will be a complete man, a complete athlete, with a fight with Roy Jones Jr.

At the end of the day, that's just boxing - it's a different sport altogether. But when I finish fighting for the UFC, there are so many different options I have. Boxing is another option I could take.

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

I would love to fight Ricky Hatton.

A fight with Tony Bellew would be a momentous occasion. He is a good boxer and a good person, and I also have the option to move into the heavyweight division.

I don't see where Tyson Fury has boxed anybody of Wladimir's [ Klitschko] calibre to be able to get in the ring with Wladimir and do well.

Yeah, I thought I could be heavyweight champion of the world when I was working with Ali and Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers and all those guys. Because they were older than me and I was doing my thing.

If I would've fought Andre Ward in my prime, I would've beat him.

I didn't watch one tape on Pacquiao. There is no reason to study him. He's not at this level.

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan, would sit through the night watching boxing matches and would hit the bag at every opportunity I would get.

I turned pro to be a world champion. Obviously that's the first goal, but I want to be the best in the world.

Trinidad is a great fighter; he's exciting, and he goes in tough. His roster of opponents includes Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya, David Reid, Fernando Vargas, and Hopkins. It's hard to imagine Felix being in a boring fight.

Fighters like Bernard Hopkins can go on because their style is not based on reflexes and timing.

The Olympics are the biggest thing in boxing and the more you do as an amateur, the better deal you get as a pro.

Floyd Mayweather has fought the biggest names throughout his career and has earned the right to face whoever he chooses.