Eddie Alvarez Quotes

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

When I won the title against Jean Pascal it also won me fight of the year.

I'm not going to go fight the best guys in the world without getting championship fights or championship money; it makes no sense.

I feel like me fighting Pacquiao and beating him would boost my career higher than its ever gonna go.

I think I went on a nice winning streak of about 20 fights until I fought Jorge Reyes and he stopped me in 6 rounds after I punched myself out.

I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.

I had a lot of great moments with David Haye.

They'll always find somebody for me to fight. Whether I win or lose, they'll find somebody to fight, and I'll compete. I'll make money, and I'll pay my bills.

I don't want to just be a champion, and I'm done with that. I wanna be a lightweight legend.

If I can't beat DeLuca, how can I say I want to fight the elite of the sport, rematch Errol Spence or fight Terence Crawford? There's no point and I don't have the right to call for world titles. No - I have to win.

I will fight anyone, what the fans want, where the money is.

Crossroads fights are an important part of boxing. The winner goes on to bigger and better things, while the loser squanders a significant career opportunity.

Beating Chris Eubank in 1997 was a great win and the toughest fight of my life, and beating Jeff Lacy was great, too. But Mikkel Kessler topped it, winning all the belts and fighting in front of all those fans in my home town.

That's the ultimate goal for any fighter, to fight in those big casinos, on that strip in Las Vegas, Madison Square Garden, New York - all those iconic venues.

It's never been Badou Jack or James DeGale that I want to fight, it's the World title that I want; it doesn't matter to me who it is.

When I was young, I used to dream about seeing myself with the world title, with the WBC belt.

If Keith Thurman comes back, and he has a great fight and he shows what he's been showing in the fights with Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter, everyone is going to talk about Errol Spence vs. Keith Thurman.

I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

I'm very conscious of Miguel Cotto's career... I need to do my part on that night to have victory and create my own legacy in this sport of boxing.

I want to shock the world, and I'm going to do that through boxing.

I don't care where I'm at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That's about it.

I'm the former lightweight champion. I want to fight one of the top guys. I don't want to fight a guy who isn't ranked.

I waited all those years for a title shot, and when I finally got it, I had to pay $20,000 for the opportunity. My purse was only $18,000. So to make money, I had to bet $10,000 on myself at 8-5. That was how it was in those days.

It's always been a goal of mine to get the belt in different weight classes.

When I win, I send shock waves through the boxing world.