Holt McCallany Quotes

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

I know what I'm worth, and I know boxing.

I started boxing because of my brother. And then I came to admire the all-time greats, like Roberto Duran and Muhammad Ali. I'd say I admired Ali more than any fighter in my life.

Your grandpa was a boxer in his youth. Sexiest thing I'd ever seen, let me tell you. He wore these short little shorts, and sweat was always dripping down his hairy chest.

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.

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.

Bernard Hopkins? He fights scary dirty. I mean, he did what he had to do in his career.

After doing boxing a little bit, I knew that I wanted to achieve what the other boxers were achieving: the championship and whatever comes with the championships.

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

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

I never have the plan to overtake boxing. I love boxing; I came from boxing.

My brothers first brought me to boxing. I dedicate the fights to them and my father and fight for my family.

Boxing's been good to me.

When you start boxing when you're 7 years old, that's your dream, to become world champion, and after that you want to become something bigger than world champion.

I don't really watch much boxing.

I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.

Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs.

If I look at the fighters that are coming through, fighters like Carl Froch for instance, do I worry about fighters like that? Course not, I could eat them for breakfast.

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

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

I would love to appear in 'Scandal,' something like that, or 'Grey's Anatomy' because I think they're incredible.

I am excited by and impressed with Anthony Joshua, but Anthony has a long way to go. At first, I thought Anthony was similar to a Frank Bruno figure, but after a few fights, I realised he's nothing like Frank Bruno. He's very athletic.

My dad always wanted me to box because he saw a career in it for me.

My dad was a prize fighter in his youth. My boxing skills are very limited. I did train for most of my youth but couldn't really see the point of getting punched in the head. I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I do enjoy the sport in its purest form. As a child, my heroes were my dad and Muhammad Ali.

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