Vasyl Lomachenko Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The three toughest fighters I fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson.

No matter where you play, you want to be remembered.

I'd like to end up sort of unforgettable.

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.

Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.

To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

I don't think I've done any profound work yet... People ask me, 'How would you want to be remembered?' I tell them I don't want to be remembered! I'm not here to become a Madhubala or receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. I'm not that kind of a person. And I'm not brash about it; it's just the way I am.

I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.

The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.

I never started in boxing to be a British champion or a world champion. There are loads of world champions in Britain, and if you mention them to someone out there on the street, nobody knows who they are.

Klitschko was the reigning champion for a decade and regarded by many as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. I'm never going to face another opponent with that legacy.

At the end of the day, who at my age can say that they fought somebody that fought Muhammad Ali?

I want to make a diference. I want people to know my name. Like Ali.

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

They had to debate whether Joe Frazier should be in the Boxing Hall of Fame or not. I'm making sure that it would be a felony to sit down and debate whether or not Bernard Hopkins deserves to be in the hall of fame.

My legacy is to put my name in the history books in boxing.

Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion, so I took part of his name. I admired Rocky Marciano, so I took part of his name.

I don't care about no boxing legacy. I don't care where they put me on the list of all-time greats - let them put me at the bottom.