Callum Smith Quotes

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

I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell them to Don King, but there's no way I'll do that.

Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem.

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was one of the worst boxing matches I've ever seen, but millions of people watched it because of the personalities involved.

I feel like a lot of fans would like to see me with the heavyweight championship.

It was an absolute honour to fight in Vegas. Every fighter dreams of fighting at the MGM Grand. That's where so many legends have fought before and so many legends will continue to fight.

I want to be a multi-division champ.

I got to world champion, No 1-rated fighter in the division and managed to earn from the defences.

Sometimes when a champ wins, there's a debate about who should be next for him or her.

I am going to go after the big names in America and the fights all the fans want.

Every year, you hope that boxing can provide some of the best fights possible. I think 2018 was one of the better years for boxing. A lot of good matchups were made, and a lot of tickets were sold.

I'm in the boxing game to be a champion. That's why I'm in boxing.

The goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

I never said I was a Tyson, Bowe or Ali. I said I'm Shannon Briggs, the latest, not the 'greatest.'

What's the point of fighting in the UFC if it isn't to become the champion?

I didn't become world champion to fight Jimmy Kelly.

Andre Ward got the chance to fight Sergey Kovalev twice. Triple G and Canelo are fighting again. People are getting paid to play king of the hill again.

I'd love a training camp. But if they walked in the door right now and said, 'Do you want to fight for the title in the next 10 minutes?' I'm out the door, warming up, ready to go.

I'm fighting champion after champion. Those are the fights that will excite me the most and motivate me the most.

That's my aim. To fight for a world title and become a world champion.

A rivalry is me and James DeGale. That is ingrained in people now.

It's very rare in British boxing that you have two fighters who are both undefeated and who are both world champions.

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

I could do welterweight. For the right fight, I'll do welterweight. It would have to be a meaningful fight. A world title fight, or a big meaningful fight.

A world title is important. I want to fight for a world title.