Carl Frampton Quotes

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.

Ali's daughter is fighting and Joe Frazier's daughter is fighting as well.

In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.

Without being disrespectful to Jimmy Kelly, I'd rather fight Shane Mosley than Jimmy Kelly.

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.

Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior.

No one is the same after I fought them - Hearns, Duran, Leonard. All of them.

Anytime somebody climbs up those steps into the ring, they have a heart.

I'm not scared of Joseph Parker or any other fighter.

I realised that I could either fight and get into trouble on the street or I could fight and get paid in the ring. I chose the ring.

I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.' I've always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That's all I want.

Amir Khan is a great fighter, I have a lot of respect for him.

I'd fight any of the top guys.

Boxing is a family tradition. The last five generations down to my dad have been fighters.

My goal is to get all these fighters that everybody say I'm running from inside the ring with me.

Kids always used to come up and ask me if I ever fought Mike Tyson, and I used to tell them that we couldn't because we were in different weight classes.

We're prizefighters. That's what we become. Boxing has one of the biggest purses in sport. And in the sporting field, we probably make the most money.

I want to fight Bisping, whether it's for a belt or no belt, because he doesn't respect my country, my flag.

I'm always down to fight a legend of the sport.

If you ask my promoters and managers, they will say I've never knocked back an opponent in my life.

Male, female, it doesn't matter. All I see when I look across the ring is an opponent.

At the end of the day, I am the cash cow in women's boxing.

It's only boxing, don't worry about it. Let's get it on!

People abhor boxing, and I agree, but I admire men and women who can stand in a ring like that, nowhere to hide. I've only been to a couple of boxing matches, and they're different from any other event. I'm not there to see blood; I'm there for the heart of someone being able to get up and keep going. And for the respect that's often there in the end.