Larry Holmes Quotes

Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem.

Nowadays, it's not more about the sport; it's about the business. All the boxers became businessmen, not boxers. They look just to get the money, not the glory.

I love boxing, but there's a business side. I don't like a lot of people in the sport.

I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell them to Don King, but there's no way I'll do that.

If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.

I've not been paid millions of pounds for any fights. I've not made any money out of boxing.

Looking back, I couldn't get enough fights because Don King owned most of the top 10 fighters, and he never gave me a fight.

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.

Liam Smith hasn't got a belt, but I can get excited about that fight. If they pay me seven figures for the fight, I'll take that fight.

I won't wait for this Joshua-Wilder-Tyson Fury nonsense and become a pawn in their negotiations.

The bloodsuckers around Tyson are always looking for one more payday, and some people will always be willing to pay to see Iron Mike fight.

Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.

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

I'll respect any man that walks into the ring but people like Eddie Hearn and Joe Gallagher who've never taken a slap in the mouth in their lives shouldn't be disrespectful towards me and other fighters.

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

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.

Spending big money does not mean you win all the silverware.

When you have a billion dollar show, there's a few people that have their hands out.

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 want the big money fights if I'm going to make 147 pounds.

I think a fight with Errol Spence is easier to make than Lomachenko because of promotional reasons.

The more money in the game, the more players will try anything to win.

When United wanted me, I was like a horse with blinkers on. I was not interested in anyone else. City offered more money, but the team was weaker, and their history couldn't compete with United.

The only thing that matters in WWE is winning and getting paid.

Fighting in Germany, Wladimir Klitschko makes so much money for everyone.