Top 131 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Calzaghe - Page 2
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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
My dad is a great judge of fights. He's the only person I know who said that Holyfield would beat Tyson the first time.
The perfect fighter has never been born and never will be.
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've never wanted fame. I've only ever wanted recognition.
I've beaten all contenders for 11 years. I'm not a robot; I'm fed up. My body's tired of it. I'm 36.
Amateur boxing is one of the safest sports around.
You ask all the super-middleweights: Who is the best fighter in Britain? If I came back, it would be me.
I definitely was a big puncher early on in my career, and I used to load up with my left hand. Then, towards the end of my career, I had hand problems and needed injections in my hands for the pain.
Enzo, my dad, supports Juventus, so that's my team and, obviously, Italy, who I've been fortunate enough to see win two World Cups.
From 13 years old, I was treated like a professional.
I'm proud to be one of only a few fighters in history to retire undefeated.
If I'm greedy and keep chasing the money, it's inevitable I will be beaten one day.
I believe amateur boxing training should be available in schools. Not for all, but for those who want to.
I'm actually thinking about acting lessons. If somebody says to me, 'You can be in the movies,' I'd be pretty happy.
I don't really watch much boxing.
I swore to myself that I was never going to lose again, and that's what drives me still. More than money, more than titles, more than fame, it's the desire not to be defeated.
I want to prove that I'm not just the best super middleweight in the world but the best pound-for-pound.
Roy Jones is a difficult fight.
My career has been very difficult. People respect the fact that I haven't just turned professional like Amir Khan or Audley Harrison, and it's been, 'Here's a million pound' - for spoilt brats to fight a couple of fights.
Being retired is one thing, but staying retired is another. Even when I announced my retirement, I'm sure people thought I was going to come back.
I've been through the routine so many times that I genuinely don't even think about a big fight very much beforehand.
My natural weight is 13 st. 7 lb. That's what I walk around at.
When I go into the ring, I don't hate opponents, and I certainly don't want to hurt them.
I'm not going to lie: you do get down sometimes, but I wouldn't say I was ever depressed; that's too hard a word. But you do become bored, because all you've done in your life is fight and box.
There were times people tried to get me to change trainers, but I stuck with my dad.
After a weigh-in, you drink and put on the pounds. But it's just fluid, not muscle, so you get in the ring and feel flat.
There comes a time in any proud sportsman's career when you have to make the difficult decision to stop.
In America, they slag each other off at the press conference, then get in the ring and don't do anything.
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.
There'll never be another Muhammad Ali. He was a superstar. And although he has gone, his legacy will live on for what he has done for sport and humanity.
When you've been at the top of the sport for so many years, it's your life, and it becomes very difficult just to quit boxing and find something else to be happy.
It's in my DNA to fight and entertain.
I think we have a normal father-and-son relationship. But like any other relationship, we have our differences. But we always seem to work out our differences. Believe it or not, our personalities are similar. We're both fiery and passionate.
I'm a regular guy, got the same friends. I live in the same area of south Wales. That's who I am. I'm just a normal guy. I just fight.
It used to hurt me when people said I was hiding in Wales.
To win the four major title belts, to be the unbeaten champion and 10 years a champion - it's amazing. I'm so proud.
I'm pretty excited: to be inducted into the Hall of Fame is a massive achievement... and to be inducted with Oscar de la Hoya and Felix Trinidad, two great fighters, is a massive honour for me and my family.
I find it quite sad to see the likes of Evander Holyfield carrying on past their sell-by date.
There is a world of difference between being a reality TV star and a world champion boxer.
On a personal level, I probably wouldn't want my boys to box professionally. But I do encourage them to get into boxing training - they both go along. It keeps them fit.
I've always been motivated to be a champion since the age of 13 and I love being a winner.
He's gonna try and stand back, mess me about a bit, be cagey and hold on the inside and make it one of them fights that are boring. I don't wanna make a boring fight. I don't like to be involved in boring fights!
Two big punchers, you've got to keep your chin down, keep your defense up, don't be careless or open, box sensibly, control the centre of the ring and when he lets his punches go, believe me he's gonna know all about it.
I feel blessed that I managed to fight 46 fights undefeated, that I was a world champion for 11 years, one of the longest reigning champions of all time and I like to think that I come out looking pretty good.
I'm devastated with the injury but I've proved my heart and skill to everyone by fighting one handed for eight rounds.
No secret man. Just starvation, hunger and diet.
It's not my place to say how good I was because the thing is, every champion from every era is a great fighter and it's up to one person's interpretation to who is actually the best.
My lowest points was getting injured and pulling out of fights.
I honestly think that a Pavlik fight would be easier than Jones because styles make fights. He's one dimensional, comes in straight lines, I love that.
When you know yourself that you've come through preparation injury free and you've done everything, you've done the work in the gym and the rounds of sparring, it fills you with confidence.
I train the same way as I've always trained, even before I was champion. That's the difference, I train like a challenger.
To retire at the top of the game, that's always been my aim.
Lacy was a pleasurable fight. It wasn't my hardest fight because I won every single minute of every single round.
Judging by your performance at the Olympics, it don't look too bright for your future does it!
That gut-wrenching feeling of defeat I can still feel today. Losing and God are the two things that I fear. I fear no man
I've been eight years with this beautiful little thing and I've got a partner for him now. After eight years of trying to unify the titles, it's going to be pretty hard to give this up.
I know Haye's a good fighter as well and he beat Mormeck but Mormeck is not Enzo Maccarinelli and does not have the speed, stamina or punching power.
If I look at the fighters that are coming through, fighters like Carl Froch for instance, do I worry about fighters like that? Course not, I could eat them for breakfast.
I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.
[Tyson] Fury is big and [Wladimir] Klitschko's not used to fighting someone his size. If Fury can stop Klitschko grabbing and avoid that big right hand, he's got a chance. In the heavyweight division, it only takes one punch.
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