Alexander Gustafsson Quotes

Some people win 10, 15, and don't fight for the belt.

Ali's got a left, Ali's got a right - when he knocks you down, you'll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again.

I've fought a lot of prospects.

I can be the best light-middleweight in the world.

Listen, I'm the champ, and I'm not going to pick and choose who I fight.

I just look for another spectacular fight, another spectacular one-sided performance.

My first world title fight, it surprisingly came so fast, but we knew it would come sooner or later.

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

I'm not fighting just to fight. I'm fighting to be the world champ.

I will beat Aldo. I wanna fight him.

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

Every fight has been hard. Every world title I've won has been hard fought, and every European title I've won has been hard fought as well.

I don't care who I'm fighting if I'm not fighting for the title.

The heavyweight division needs me.

I want the chance to show Barrera and the world that I am a true champion.

I've fought the best in the world.

I have fights where I thought I'm going to destroy the guy and then I had a very tough fight, I had fights where the guy's a big name and I win in the first minute.

I like him as a guy, but I'm going to knock him out - Roy Jones is just a prop in a fairytale ending to a great career for me.

I want to fight who the fans who want me to fight.

Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion.

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.

Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.

There's a truth to the violence of boxing. You have a very real threat, an opponent.

I'd love to fight any of the titleholders, any time, any place.