Joe Calzaghe Quotes

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.

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.

Ray Leonard was more of a favorite than Thomas Hearns that night.

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

Boxing is what pays my bills.

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

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

DeGale's name has been mentioned to me and I'd fight him in a heartbeat.

I want to fight guys who are in the title mix.

I fought Miguel Cotto in Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day parade - it was like fighting the devil in Hell.

Very normal trajectory of a fighter's career - you start out fighting at the YMCA. You move on to the dog park. You get into a coliseum. On your way out, you go back to the YMCA, and then you finish up at the dog park.

A lot of people in barber shops all over Brooklyn talk about Paulie Malignaggi v. Zab Judah.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

There's a difference between world-class fighters and club fighters. It's similar to the distinction between a Grammy Award nominee and a guy who sings in Holiday Inn cocktail lounges.

Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.

One of my favourite fighters to watch ever, and of course before I was a ring announcer, was Muhammad Ali.

Of course, we would love to fight Floyd.

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.