Callum Smith Quotes

I could definitely take someone out with my bare hands.

If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?

I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.

Mother's father and brothers all took great interest in pugilism, and they knew the game well from much practice of their own. They were never so much delighted as when I visited them with a black eye or a bloody nose, at which time they would be at the trouble to give cunning points as to how to meet an opponent according to his weight and height.

My first boxing experience came at around 14. There was always confrontation in the area I grew up in. My mentality, I'll be honest, was if someone tries it with me, I want to be able to knock them out.

I can really punch. Everyone knows that.

I like to fight guys my size.

I'll use wrestling if I need to in fights, but maybe I'll fight another wrestler, and you'll find out how good my striking is.

I had started also studying because I wanted to learn more about power and fighting.

The big rules of knife fighting are (a) do not try it at home, and (b) the whole point is never, ever use the blade. It is there to distract your opponent. While he stares at the gleaming steel, you kick his balls to kingdom come--he's all yours. Just a tip!

A hand fought best when it made a fist.

I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.

If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.

I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.

Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us.

Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous.

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.

I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow.

I love boxing. There's something fierce about using your body's force that way.

Although not considered a martial art, boxing is really a martial art. It's a very limited martial art as long as you agree to just box... but in an actual physical fight against someone who's just a wrestler, you're going to get killed.

I'm a huge boxing fan. I love the strategy and the combat.

I've got a tidy chin and a decent punch. And, for people who think they can fight and are champions, I'll make it extremely hard.

I've sparred with lots of people and played around with everybody.

I did not feel that I was designed for hand-to-hand combat.