George Foreman Quotes

My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.

I don't mind people want to think Muhammad is the greatest fighter around. Everybody wants to make him great because of his mouth, that he was the best. He was good, but that doesn't make him great. I proved that.

I want to be the first champion of the 125-pound division.

Ricky Hatton ain't nothing but a fat man. I'm going to punch him in his beer belly when I see him.

I know I've been out for a while and but I'm not going to talk about ring rust or use it as an excuse. That's nothing to me. Sugar Ray Leonard was out of the ring for years and he beat Hagler.

The heavyweight boxing needs Shannon Briggs and boxing needs Shannon Briggs.

My first goal was to become world champion and I did that against Ricky Burns at 135. Once I conquered that, I set myself another goal and another goal.

If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.

Terence Crawford being across the street - I can't promise it's going to happen this year, but it's going to happen.

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

I am a welterweight, so do I want to fight Mayweather or Pacquiao? To be honest, it has not entered my head.

When I was a kid, I wanted to fight Joe Louis. But I think if I had seen Mike Tyson at that time, I would have said, 'Nah, I don't want to fight him.' He's deadly. He could have been one of the great heavyweight champions. But he goofed.

When I first went into a boxing gym I watched Kovalev fight on TV and now my name is spoken about in the same light as him, now I'm fighting him.

Mike Tyson is a good boxer, but he is not the best fighter. I am the best fighter.

I have been dreaming about the heavyweight title it seems since I was born.

I want to go down, like my hero Sugar Ray Robinson, in history.

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world champion. But I've always been my own man.

People are always going to say, 'Who's he beat? He's only beat Cowboy.' So what you're trying to tell me is Cowboy is a nobody? Cowboy will be remembered as one of the greatest fighters of all time. And I beat him in one round.

My goal is to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.

I always thought I would be a boxing champion.

My idol was Julio Cesar Chavez, and I said I would be in his position.

I would definitely be interested in a rematch with Callum Smith.

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

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 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.