Mary Pilon Quotes

You know if you want to be a boxer the first time you get hit on the nose.

Boxing is serious. It's not a game. Just one punch - change life.

This is boxing. As fighters we know the risks, we know we are risking our health everytime you step into the ring, but it's a risk we are willing to take because we know with those risks come great reward.

From a young age, I was told boxing was not a career option. My dad told me there were other ways to make a living in sport without taking punches to the head. But eventually, curiosity got the better of me. I needed to find out what the big deal was.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

I love boxing. I box in a local boxing gym in London. I usually spar. But I've done two fights and I lost both of them admirably. I didn't realize how much it would hurt for them to actually hit me.

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.

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.

I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.

It's a big move from the 'Tough Man' circuit to professional boxing. When I turned pro, I had to play catch-up and was fighting almost twice a month until I had more than 20 fights under my belt.

The only person I'd be interested in boxing would have to be one of the best of the best. It would have to be, like, Andre Ward.

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer.

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

I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

It's a punishment game... only two boxers get in the ring. So when we get in the ring and we're not angry, then you're not a real boxer.

I've fought at such a high level I couldn't have people look at me and say, 'well, he's just fought someone to knock them over.'

I always said as an amateur that I'd want to one day fight and beat Kindelan because he was the best out there.

Boxing has been good to me and I believe I have been good for boxing.

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.

I'm not going to say I'm not ready for a fighter like Canelo Alvarez.

I am excited by and impressed with Anthony Joshua, but Anthony has a long way to go. At first, I thought Anthony was similar to a Frank Bruno figure, but after a few fights, I realised he's nothing like Frank Bruno. He's very athletic.

People ask me about Orlando Salido. My answer is that I fight for Top Rank and will take on who they schedule for me. But I would like to welcome Salido to Lomachenko University in the ring some day.

I have been very busy having so many fights since I turned pro. To have 13 in little more than two years is a lot by modern standards.