Joe Calzaghe Quotes

I feel great about the boxing in South Florida.

A lot of people don't really understand boxing.

I have a great passion for boxing. I have family members who are boxers.

Boxing's been good to me.

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid.

I boxed 15 years in a club.

I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan.

We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.

I got the who's who in the boxing world; I've been training with the Lomachenkos, the Terrence Crawfords.

I've competitively boxed. It's definitely Plan B for me, but I know how to box.

Boxing's a funny business and sometimes different fights come along at different times.

We're prizefighters. That's what we become. Boxing has one of the biggest purses in sport. And in the sporting field, we probably make the most money.

I'm a boxing fan. I've seen Kell Brook fight. I'm not one of those boxers who says he doesn't watch other guys fight or follow the sport. I do.

I didn't even know about amateur boxing, period.

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.

I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing movies, like 'Raging Bull', 'Rocky', 'The Set Up', 'Fat City and Hard Times'. I just loved those films.

People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight.

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

My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.

There's such a big buzz around boxing at the moment. Everything's happening and there's so much building up with a lot of young talent coming through.

I've always boxed, I always taught boxing.

It's a punishment game... only two boxers get in the ring. So when we get in the ring and we're not angry, then you're not a real boxer.

My mother used to box, and I followed her footsteps into training. She loves fighting.

When I was 17 or 18, I realised I could do something with boxing.

Boxing has been good to me and I believe I have been good for boxing.