Anthony Yarde Quotes

But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.

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've fought at such a high level I couldn't have people look at me and say, 'well, he's just fought someone to knock them over.'

It's not uncommon for some Khmer boxers to fight with dangerous frequency, sometimes as often as weekly or bi-weekly, getting up to three hundred or more fights in a career, with the length of a career varying from fighter to fighter, some engaging in bouts far past their prime.

It's a big move from the 'Tough Man' circuit to professional boxing. When I turned pro, I had to play catch-up and was fighting almost twice a month until I had more than 20 fights under my belt.

Mayweather is Mayweather. He's always good. He stays in shape, takes care of himself.

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

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.

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

I always said as an amateur that I'd want to one day fight and beat Kindelan because he was the best out there.

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.

I want to become a star in the United States because I want to show everyone quality boxing.

The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.

My first four fights in amateur at middleweight, and the first four professional were at welterweight. And I just kind of went down from there.

My personal feeling is that Bernard Hopkins has never been an industry boy.

My career before I was main event I was always trying to steal the show and I feel I have a style that can be endearing to the boxing public. It's a style that allows me to box how I want to box.

I can take over boxing with a win over Pacquiao.

This World Boxing Super Series has been a breath of fresh air.

In the amateurs we fought four or five times a week so we always had different opponents.

I don't really watch much boxing.

Adrian Granados is a world-class fighter. A lot of guys duck him, but I wanted to fight him because that's what I'm about.

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

I've been boxing for 25 years and I need exciting fights.

In boxing you can be the most talented fighter out there but you need people to watch and I'm fortunate that I'm in that situation.