Callum Smith Quotes

I'm not going to say I'm not ready for a fighter like Canelo Alvarez.

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

I actually study boxing - my dad was a Golden Gloves champion so I learned how to fight at a very young age. Growing up in Brooklyn you always had to watch your back, so I pretty much learned to protect myself.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.

I already know what boxers do; I've been in it all my life. I know what they do, and I know how they prepare.

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.

We both do a lot of similar things with speed and boxing ability, but I think I've got some tricks up my sleeve for Zab. Zab will probably tell you he's got some tricks up his sleeve for me.

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

Middleweight is my category.

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.

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

I hope Gamboa brings the best out of me so that people can see that I'm not just a power puncher.

There's a lot of good fighters at 168 with or without Canelo, so I want to test myself against them.

I will beat Carl Froch every night of the week and it doesn't matter if it is the best Carl Froch or the worst Carl Froch.

Fighters like Bernard Hopkins can go on because their style is not based on reflexes and timing.

From the beginning, when my brother Vadim first took me to the boxing gym at 10, I was able to punch hard, and the coach always put me with older boys because of that.

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.

I think I should I have beaten Ricky Hatton. I never thought he was so great, I really think I have the style to beat him. I never thought he was that good, you know.

Featherweight is my division.

I'm telling you, Amir Khan gives Floyd Mayweather problems.

I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it.

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 like the Klitschko boys, I think they're in a class of their own. I like Manny Pacquiao. All the super-middleweights are great.