Anthony Joshua Quotes

I just love boxing. Train to get there and to just fight somebody.

I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.

I ran into a couple of guys who were boxers. They talked me into working out at their gym. I became obsessed with boxing and the idea of becoming a champion.

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.

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

At the end of the day, that's just boxing - it's a different sport altogether. But when I finish fighting for the UFC, there are so many different options I have. Boxing is another option I could take.

I first got into boxing when I was quite young. I was about 12 when I won my first boxing match.

If you want street fight, let's go. If you want boxing, I show you. But people think I am, like, gangster. No. Ring is different world. Very dangerous.

I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.

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 boxed in Golden Gloves at Oxford and still know how to throw a straight left jab.

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.

Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.

I boxed 15 years in a club.

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.

A lot of people don't really understand boxing.

I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it.

I know every fight could be my last fight, and if that happens, that's not just a health issue, but I'll be knocked off that king's stool.

I was fighting at 125 pounds when I was 15 years old... then became a champion at 126 pounds at 25 years old.

Middleweight is my category.

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

Boxing is a family tradition. The last five generations down to my dad have been fighters.

That's boxing - one punch can win a fight.

In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.

When I was younger, I actually stepped foot in a ring for the first time at 8 years old because of my dad.