Eddie Alvarez Quotes

It's been frustrating. Since I've broken into the top five, I've seen the politics of fighters dodging fights, cherry picking fights and this that and the other.

If a guy isn't in a position to fight for a world title, or if he's not in a place where I can intercept his road to the title, don't offer him to me. I'm not in this to just fight guys for the sake of fighting. I'm not in this to make friends with the people who work in the organization.

If we're just going to have contenders fighting just to fight, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Then I might as well just start jumping around divisions too because there's a lot of fun fights for myself in other divisions that I think I would love to entertain.

I probably should have been fighting at 155 for a long time, but I was so close to the top at 145.

I'm always telling Don King's people when there's a top-10 heavyweight they've got that needs an opponent, I'm ready.

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.

Anytime I've won a fight and asked for an opponent, I've usually gotten it, and that's because it's all well thought-out.

Joachim Alcine does certain things in the ring that I've seen and taken note of. There are some things I believe I can take advantage of.

My fifth pro fight, I got my first title fight.

Yes, I think about having a career in boxing, but I want to start from the bottom, start from zero. I want to get ranked and one day fight for a belt. I don't want to fight just to fight, for money, to go after big fights and challenge a great champion.

I want to defend my belt against all the middleweights that are the biggest threats supposedly before I jump up in weight.

You decide whether you want to box on, or not. And for me of course, I wasn't going to be leaving the business until becoming a world champion, and defending it numerous times.

We're tired of hearing the media say to put the Charlo's in there with better competition. I've heard that every fight. As long as I'm winning fights and I'm entertaining the fans, that's what I'm going to do.

The thing is that anybody in the heavyweight division can be champion any day just because of one punch.

I believe, if I beat Demian Maia, it's going to be very hard for the other top guys to go around me.

Winning the World title is much more important to me than fighting Groves - but I do believe I have got the beating of him style-wise if it comes off.

If they're not the toughest fights I can get, then give me a complete washup, someone that'll be an easy payday. But I'd rather have the toughest fights I can get so I can get to the title the fastest way possible.

I'm interested in any light-middleweight. If they've got a belt, even if they think they're the hardest in the division, I can beat all of them.

I'm the biggest draw. I do the biggest numbers in this division, and it's not even close. There's a reason all these guys want to fight me. They don't want to fight Tyron Woodley. Because I'm the biggest fight and the biggest draw in the division.

I think if you are champ, you shouldn't choose your opponents.

Whenever the Klitschkos pick opponents who punch back, things go pear-shaped for them.

I only want to fight Top 5 guys. I'm here to be a champion.

I think a fight with Errol Spence is easier to make than Lomachenko because of promotional reasons.

From a business standpoint, of course I'm not gonna fight someone that's unranked or something like that.

My personal feeling is that Bernard Hopkins has never been an industry boy.