George Groves Quotes

Mayweather is Mayweather. He's always good. He stays in shape, takes care of himself.

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

I made the decision to turn pro, and I remember what Ali said to me: 'Get Angelo Dundee. He's the right complexion with the right connection.' He knew boxing. Our relationship was so genuine, so sincere.

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

Bernard Hopkins? He fights scary dirty. I mean, he did what he had to do in his career.

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.

In a really good, closely matched situation, the style of the boxer is every bit as explicit and specific to him as a painter's hand.

If a guy isn't in a position to fight for a world title, or if he's not in a place where I can intercept his road to the title, don't offer him to me. I'm not in this to just fight guys for the sake of fighting. I'm not in this to make friends with the people who work in the organization.

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.'

Yes, I think about having a career in boxing, but I want to start from the bottom, start from zero. I want to get ranked and one day fight for a belt. I don't want to fight just to fight, for money, to go after big fights and challenge a great champion.

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 want to become a star in the United States because I want to show everyone quality boxing.

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.

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.

I hope Gamboa brings the best out of me so that people can see that I'm not just a power puncher.

I do think Briedis will be the toughest opponent I have faced in my professional career. He is 23-0, he's a cruiserweight, and he can punch, and that makes anyone dangerous.

Fighters like Bernard Hopkins can go on because their style is not based on reflexes and timing.

I've been doing this for so many years that I believe Gamboa can't bring anything to the ring that I haven't seen.

I want to get bigger and better fights, where people can recognize me as one of the better fighters in the world.

David Tua was an elite and world class heavyweight, I believe David Tua would have knocked Joseph Parker out in a handful of rounds.

An offer to fight Muhammad Ali came after Stevenson won his second Olympic gold in Montreal in 1976. Stevenson was at his peak. The world had never seen a heavyweight with the tools Stevenson brought into the ring.