Callum Smith Quotes

The first fight I ever saw live was the first Castillo-Corrales match in Las Vegas in 2005.

I'm confident that I can go in and fight for 12 rounds and win a decision.

I've lost fights before where I'm landing more punches and I'm moving away from the guy. So, the way that they score things at the end doesn't seem very consistent to me.

Different refs judge fights differently.

I'll go for the knockout, and if we have to go 12 rounds, then I'll trust the judges to do their best work, and I will get the victory if I deserve it.

This is called prizefighting for a reason.

The people decide who's No. 1, the best in boxing.

The refs try their best. Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they get it wrong.

I will fight anyone, what the fans want, where the money is.

Listen, I'm the champ, and I'm not going to pick and choose who I fight.

My goal is to get all these fighters that everybody say I'm running from inside the ring with me.

I expect a tough, hard fight. Liam Smith is coming to win.

Just because I beat David Haye doesn't make me a great fighter. I'm still the same fighter that I was.

This is boxing, everybody fights everybody.

I just look for another spectacular fight, another spectacular one-sided performance.

I am going to smash B.J. Flores to bits and be the first man stop him.

A boxing ring looks different from the inside, particularly when it's shared with another man who is intent upon rendering you unconscious. There's no place to hide. Once a fighter climbs the stairs, he's roped in, unable to leave until his night's work is done.

It doesn't matter how much experience Jayson Velez has, whether he fought for a world title or not. I'm going to see how he fights, and I'll know what to do.

I really liked the atmosphere at Wembley, and I would like to box there, too.

I'm not itching for a fight. But I'm just saying when I see the other guy putting on his boxing gloves and, you know, you've got dancing around in the ring, I kind of suspect that maybe a fight's coming.

It's often my opponent's plan to take me into the later rounds, but the amount of damage that has accumulated on them means they don't hear the final bell.

It's a very complex sport, so judging is going to be very complex, too. And not everyone is going to agree all the time on who wins a fight.

That works for me, that's fine, but I don't need a belt to fight Dominic Breazeale. If he wants it, he can get it.

Boxing has been my life, and it is my life. I've enjoyed every moment of it.

We have to make judgments on the individual players and we're not always going to be right.