Terence Crawford Quotes

I can take over boxing with a win over Pacquiao.

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

If I get the fight against Mayweather, I have no doubt I can go and take it.

I will be a complete man, a complete athlete, with a fight with Roy Jones Jr.

In boxing you can be the most talented fighter out there but you need people to watch and I'm fortunate that I'm in that situation.

With amateur boxing, you're just entered into a competition. And to be the best, you've got to beat the best. You're not waiting around to get these fights organised.

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.

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.

I am a welterweight, so do I want to fight Mayweather or Pacquiao? To be honest, it has not entered my head.

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 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 just want to fight the best guys that there is in the world and make the most money out of it.

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

His boxing style is one that I would like to test myself against. I've always been a fan of his, and I've always wanted to test myself against Roy Jones.

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

I know people say I could be the next big pay-per-view star. They say that about a lot of fighters. To reach that, it takes a lot. Not just fighting skills, but marketing, good promotion.

So I plan to become one of the few to beat Manny Pacquiao and also become one of the legends.

There's a lot of good fighters at 168 with or without Canelo, so I want to test myself against them.

I'm very conscious of Miguel Cotto's career... I need to do my part on that night to have victory and create my own legacy in this sport of boxing.

I will beat Carl Froch every night of the week and it doesn't matter if it is the best Carl Froch or the worst Carl Froch.

I would love to fight Ricky Hatton.

Alvarez is the biggest name in boxing. I'm looking forward to pitting my wits against one of the best in the sport.

Now Mayweather has retired, Alavrez is the biggest name in boxing, and I'm looking forward to pitting my wits against him.

Everyone still wants to see [Floyd] Mayweather and [Manny] Pacquaio fight. When the talks start though, it always seem like it is all about Mayweather, and I think the people hate that.