Andy Ruiz Jr. Quotes

Technically, my fight with Korobov should have been for the full world title, not the interim.

He's fighting for the world title, so we're prepared for the best John Thompson.

It's never been Badou Jack or James DeGale that I want to fight, it's the World title that I want; it doesn't matter to me who it is.

As long as it was George Groves in the opposite corner with his world title, the date was irrelevant to me. I was prepared to wait as long as it took to get that fight for the world title.

I always said the 155-pound belt's been in so many grubby hands, man.

I fought Miguel Cotto in Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day parade - it was like fighting the devil in Hell.

I'm going to Russia to knockout Kovalev - it's that simple.

I heard Tony Bellew is looking for a fight with the winner of the Muhammad Ali Trophy. I hope he will see me.

Unbelievable to me when I was first told Canelo would fight me in the Garden.

DeGale's name has been mentioned to me and I'd fight him in a heartbeat.

Of course, we would love to fight Floyd.

I would love to fight anybody at the welterweight limit with a belt.

If you're out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we're talking about fighting for a world title. You can't just beat a guy that went there to cover some guy that got injured, and then this guy, after two and a half years, gets a title shot.

I have been dreaming about the heavyweight title it seems since I was born.

I'm ready to fight anyone, top 10, top 5... I deserve a chance at the belt.

Beating Chris Eubank in 1997 was a great win and the toughest fight of my life, and beating Jeff Lacy was great, too. But Mikkel Kessler topped it, winning all the belts and fighting in front of all those fans in my home town.

I looked up to Marvin Hagler, Ali.

It would be good to fight Roy Jones. I've always admired him, and I think this would be a great fight for the fans.

I went to America and beat Shawn Porter, a guy that was being called a 'mini Mike Tyson' and that most people were saying was going to take over from Floyd Mayweather. I went to his backyard and ripped his title off him.

If I wanted to fight for the title, I would fight at around 240.

I'm looking to fight for a world title by the end of 2019.

There's always something getting in the way - other fights being made or money and politics ruining things - but after I finish Chisora, nobody can deny me my shot.

My first boxing memory is watching Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard on television.

I'm proud to be British champion, and I'll defend it until I can get a fight for a world title.

I would love to have gone there, fight at Madison Square Garden or a casino in Las Vegas, but there are no American heavyweights now who can pose a challenge to me.