Joe Calzaghe Quotes

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

I've fought at such a high level I couldn't have people look at me and say, 'well, he's just fought someone to knock them over.'

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

Listen, anyone in the heavyweight division in the top ten, there is no easy fight. I don't care what you say.

I'm not going to say I'm not ready for a fighter like Canelo Alvarez.

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

I can take over boxing with a win over Pacquiao.

My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

I made the decision to turn pro, and I remember what Ali said to me: 'Get Angelo Dundee. He's the right complexion with the right connection.' He knew boxing. Our relationship was so genuine, so sincere.

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.

I remember when I used to go to York Hall and just watch, and I'd be like 'how are these people doing it.' Even though I was an amateur boxer at the time, I was like 'how are these guys fighting professionally in this arena?'

My fifth pro fight, I got my first title fight.

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.

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.

I am excited by and impressed with Anthony Joshua, but Anthony has a long way to go. At first, I thought Anthony was similar to a Frank Bruno figure, but after a few fights, I realised he's nothing like Frank Bruno. He's very athletic.

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.

He's a guy I should beat pretty handily. I shouldn't have a competitive fight with Jose Miguel Cotto, in my eyes.

It's a big move from the 'Tough Man' circuit to professional boxing. When I turned pro, I had to play catch-up and was fighting almost twice a month until I had more than 20 fights under my belt.

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.

Fighters like Bernard Hopkins can go on because their style is not based on reflexes and timing.

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.

I want the best and to get the most out of my short boxing career by fighting the best I can.

I want to get bigger and better fights, where people can recognize me as one of the better fighters in the world.