Thomas Hauser Quotes

Boxing is what pays my bills.

It would be good to fight Roy Jones. I've always admired him, and I think this would be a great fight for the fans.

My second pro fight was at Madison Square Garden, on the undercard of Naseem Hamed's fight against Kevin Kelley.

My second pro fight, I fought on the Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins undercard.

There are hundreds of young fighters whose handlers believe them to be a future world champion or the next great heavyweight or another Sugar Ray Robinson. The young men who inspire these beliefs are known as 'prospects.'

And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.

Joe Louis was one of my closest friends.... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American Legion Stadium in Hollywood, every Friday night for 15 years. Down the aisle would come Lupe Velez, Johnny Weismuller, Mae West. All at ringside.

I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.

People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight.

If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.

When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.

I don't need David Haye and his antics to earn money.

Lennox Lewis is a hater of Tyson Fury.

We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.

If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.

The heavyweight boxing needs Shannon Briggs and boxing needs Shannon Briggs.

A lot of people don't really understand boxing.

When I was a kid, I wanted to fight Joe Louis. But I think if I had seen Mike Tyson at that time, I would have said, 'Nah, I don't want to fight him.' He's deadly. He could have been one of the great heavyweight champions. But he goofed.

Middleweight is my category.

I am not Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Canelo is no Danny Jacobs.

I've got no desire to fight Dereck Chisora inside the ring or outside the ring.

Boxing's a funny business and sometimes different fights come along at different times.

I would definitely be interested in a rematch with Callum Smith.

No doubt boxing's brutal beauty lies in the eye of the rooting beholder.

My family and I grew up watching and admiring Oscar De La Hoya and to now be fighting under his promotional banner is a dream come true.