Canelo Alvarez Quotes

If I beat Canelo Alvarez at Madison Square Garden, I wake up the next day the king of New York and the new face of boxing.

Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.

Julio Cesar Chavez is the most important sporting figure we have ever had.

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

Canelo is the number one in Mexico, a country known for great fighters. He is very special.

I just want to leave a mark on the sport of boxing so people talk about me like they talk about the other great champions before me. That's my goal before I retire.

I will always wonder what might have been if I had faced Manny Pacquiao at my best. But there is no doubt in my mind that the Pacman will still go down as one of boxing's all-time greats.

Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.

Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest, pound-for-pound, ever. He fought most of his career with just one loss, and that was to me. He had 131 fights with one loss.

Bernard Hopkins is one of my idols.

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

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.

As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.

I am the biggest face of boxing right now. That's how I feel. I am the greatest of this era.

If, in 10 years, or 20 or 30 years, you sit down with your friends and talk about boxing, you need to remember my name.

Canelo Alvarez is a very good fighter. I believe he's the best 160 fighter in the world. I don't think there's a fighter at 160 who can beat him.

Pacquiao earned the right to go out how he wants to go out. He had fought everybody there is to fight - when they was there to fight. He fought all the top names. Eight-division champion. He accomplished everything there is to do in the sport of boxing.

Now that I've achieved my goal to win the belt, I want to be the best of all times. I want to be remembered as the lightweight with most title defenses.

It would be a dream to be the face of boxing, to be No. 1.

My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons.

Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to Ali, to get advice from Muhammad Ali, was privileged. He's always given me time to ask questions, although I was so in awe that I didn't ask questions.

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

For me, it's about being a star, being a superstar, and not just winning a world title but becoming the best-ever British fighter this country has ever had. That's what I am, and that's what I intend to do.

I wasn't a fan of boxing, I was a fan of Julio Cesar Chavez. All of Mexico stopped to watch his fights. Old, young, left, right and centre.

Muhammad Ali was unquestionably one of the greatest boxers of the 20th century and a sincere advocate for his religious beliefs. In his life, he defeated the best professional boxers of his era, some of them more than once, which meant he was easily forgiven the excesses of his ringside braggadocio.