George Foreman Quotes

You look at boxing being an international, world-famous sport, right up there next with soccer, and there's only two fighters the people want to see fight. Two little fellows, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.

Kids always used to come up and ask me if I ever fought Mike Tyson, and I used to tell them that we couldn't because we were in different weight classes.

I thought after that fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, if this was supposed to be fight of the decade, then people must be missing me a lot more.

I am thrilled to participate in the World Boxing Super Series, the Champions League of boxing.

Boxing has been good to me and I believe I have been good for boxing.

Floyd Mayweather has fought the biggest names throughout his career and has earned the right to face whoever he chooses.

I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing movies, like 'Raging Bull', 'Rocky', 'The Set Up', 'Fat City and Hard Times'. I just loved those films.

When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.

At the end of the day, who at my age can say that they fought somebody that fought Muhammad Ali?

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was one of the worst boxing matches I've ever seen, but millions of people watched it because of the personalities involved.

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.

Looking out the window and seeing the MGM and Floyd Mayweather takes me back to when I was a kid. Those were the places you'd hear about, the ones that staged big fights and top fighters. You always want to one day fight there yourself.

We're prizefighters. That's what we become. Boxing has one of the biggest purses in sport. And in the sporting field, we probably make the most money.

The heavyweight championship of the world was the most coveted title in sports. Everyone knew who the heavyweight champion was. And not only when it was Muhammad Ali or Rocky Marciano: they knew when it was Ingemar Johansson.

I think boxing is on the rise because of what Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor did. I think they captured the time and made boxing cool again.

Boxing's been good to me.

I am the person who is going to take over boxing after Floyd Mayweather.

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.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.

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

Whether someone like Klitschko wins, loses, draws, or gets knocked out in five seconds, he is still a big name.

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

Long Island has a great boxing tradition.

I know I've been out for a while and but I'm not going to talk about ring rust or use it as an excuse. That's nothing to me. Sugar Ray Leonard was out of the ring for years and he beat Hagler.