Muhammad Ali Quotes

Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest, pound-for-pound, ever. He fought most of his career with just one loss, and that was to me. He had 131 fights with one loss.

There's never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You'd take one shot from him and you were sure he'd have seven or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer.

Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.

I can outbox Anthony Joshua.

I don't mind people want to think Muhammad is the greatest fighter around. Everybody wants to make him great because of his mouth, that he was the best. He was good, but that doesn't make him great. I proved that.

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

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

When I was a kid, I wanted to fight Joe Louis. But I think if I had seen Mike Tyson at that time, I would have said, 'Nah, I don't want to fight him.' He's deadly. He could have been one of the great heavyweight champions. But he goofed.

Muhammad Ali inside the ring and Muhammad Ali outside the ring were totally different men; his abrasive, magnetic daring and infectious self-love outside the ring galvanized the world and distracted many from his sniper's precision. He was a heavyweight with the fluttering gracefulness of a middleweight.

I know what I'm worth, and I know boxing.

My punching power passes any other heavyweight.

Sugar Ray Robinson is my favorite boxer of all time. He is a middleweight. I saw him and liked him.

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.

The three toughest fighters I fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson.

I respect Muhammad Ali... he was the greatest, he was the best.

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

My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.

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.

Mike Tyson’s a great boxer. The greatest boxer - but boxer. Not the best fighter.

I don't feel that no fighter has the mental or physical agility to match Floyd Mayweather.

Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen... He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing.

Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs.

Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want... Tyson is the true champion.