Canelo Alvarez Quotes

I always thought I would be a boxing champion.

My idol was Julio Cesar Chavez, and I said I would be in his position.

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.

I will become a five-division champion.

My first goal was to become world champion and I did that against Ricky Burns at 135. Once I conquered that, I set myself another goal and another goal.

I never had a dream to be a boxer.

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.

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.

My dad had his dream of being a champion boxing trainer. He accomplished that.

I'm the best heavyweight outside the world champions, and let's not forget that.

If I look forward to bigger fights, than the biggest fight for me is Manny Pacquiao.

In the 1940s, boxing was a mainstream sport and deeply ingrained the fabric of Harlem. Joe Louis ruled the world, but the local icon was Sugar Ray Robinson.

I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I dreamed I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I am the heavyweight champion of the world.

You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

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

You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.

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.

I did a bit of boxing when younger. Once I was joined by Muhammad Ali as my co-commentator. I've got a picture of the two of us together ringside at the Albert Hall on my wall at home.

In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.

When I say I am going to win a world title, I mean it; when I say I'll fight the best, I mean it; I say I'll fight Joe Calzaghe because I wanted to. When he vacated, I lost sleep over that. It had nothing to do with money or the belt. He was renowned as the best super-middleweight in the world and that is what I want to be.

Canelo is the number one in Mexico, a country known for great fighters. He is very special.

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

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.

I have been dreaming about the heavyweight title it seems since I was born.