Michael Buffer Quotes

Boxing is a family tradition. The last five generations down to my dad have been fighters.

It depends on my promoter Bob Arum.

Joe Louis was one of my closest friends.... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American Legion Stadium in Hollywood, every Friday night for 15 years. Down the aisle would come Lupe Velez, Johnny Weismuller, Mae West. All at ringside.

I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.

Ali's daughter is fighting and Joe Frazier's daughter is fighting as well.

I did a bit of boxing when younger. Once I was joined by Muhammad Ali as my co-commentator. I've got a picture of the two of us together ringside at the Albert Hall on my wall at home.

Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior.

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

I'd love to box in Las Vegas - it's the fight capital in the world.

Canelo is an elite fighter, and I never shied away from a challenge.

Amir Khan is a great fighter, I have a lot of respect for him.

Of course, I feel I'm a very talented fighter and a step above Adrien Broner.

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.

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

This is boxing. It's not like a baseball game. The fighters say, 'I need a lot of money or I don't fight, because it's very dangerous.'

I was one of the most popular fighters of my era.

There's a lot of good fighters at 168 with or without Canelo, so I want to test myself against them.

Lennox Lewis after the fight promised to give me rematch, and I very appreciate I have a chance to fight the great champion, great fighter that's Lennox Lewis.

My second pro fight was at Madison Square Garden, on the undercard of Naseem Hamed's fight against Kevin Kelley.

To me, it's a common thing to go somewhere and box there.

I love the sound of a Tyson Fury fight.

I will move up to heavyweight and show them all how good I am.

Chris Byrd is a good fighter, but I put him to sleep in five, seven rounds.