Anthony Joshua Quotes

I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.

I love boxing. I like to see the strategizing. Watching the warriors go to work. I like that struggle, going out there and fighting.

If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.

In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.

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.

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

I have been fighting the best. I am just 26 and have fought in the biggest arenas.

This is boxing. It's not like a baseball game. The fighters say, 'I need a lot of money or I don't fight, because it's very dangerous.'

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

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

Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of them wins.

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

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.

If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.

I realised that I could either fight and get into trouble on the street or I could fight and get paid in the ring. I chose the ring.

Middleweight is my category.

Canelo is an elite fighter, and I never shied away from a challenge.

Of course, I feel I'm a very talented fighter and a step above Adrien Broner.

And that's what I want to do, fight the best guys, the toughest guys to prove I am the best.

I always thought I would be a boxing champion.

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

It's always been my goal to fight the best fighters out there, and I look at Amir Khan as one of the top fighters in my division.

My family and I grew up watching and admiring Oscar De La Hoya and to now be fighting under his promotional banner is a dream come true.