Anthony Yarde Quotes

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.

I'm prepared for Amir Khan moving swiftly - or for whatever style he comes out using. I prepared with sparring, in the style similar to what he uses.

I'm an overall sound fighter, a boxer-puncher.

Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion.

Canelo is a counterpuncher, a boxer, and that's what I am.

Kell Brook is a strong fighter. He likes to dictate the pace, which most boxers like to do. He likes to use his jab to set up other punches, like the left hook.

With the overhand right in the past, I always got caught. My chin was up, and my shoulder wasn't where it was supposed to be, covering my chin.

All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.

Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.

I don't overswing any more. I can throw a punch and be right in position to punch again. No more 'Hail Mary' punches, where it took me five minutes to get back in position.

Usyk is less of a puncher than Lomachenko but comes with just as high a work rate, so Usyk has to take some to give some to be exciting, whereas Lomachenko has genuine power, and he can stop fighters with that power.

I tell the guys all the time, 'if you have a good puncher, all the way in or all the way out.' Don't stay there and box.

I want to be known to fans and appreciated as a 'boxer-painter' in regards to speed, footwork, punching power - an art form inside the ring.

There was a time in Amir Khan's career when you had to fight him; you couldn't really box him. You wouldn't see Amir take beatings: if he lost, he would just get caught and stopped. It was hard to catch him clean and keep up with him in the ring because he was such a dynamic fighter.

I had an exciting style, I was very aggressive, a body puncher, and I attacked all the time.

Dos Santos just has really good movement. He's really quick with his hands. He throws good combinations, and he has a lot of power. Combining all of that, it makes it really tough for somebody to fight with him.

In boxing, some fighters have good chins. You just have to be persistent and continue following the plan and trying to catch them nicely and, obviously, hope to be knocking him out.

Roy Jones and Muhammad Ali are the inspiration for my style of fighting.

I can definitely box on the front foot as well as the back foot. I don't think that's really an issue.

Range control is a big part of Floyd Mayweather's arsenal.

When you fight a shorter fighter, you attack with uppercuts.

Froch is like a train who just comes forward but Groves will move about, fake and feign and his good footwork is a big part of his game.

I'm a distance fighter - if you've seen me fight, I like ducking in and out.

He sells, he knows how to talk, he's smart, he's no fool. McGregor doesn't fight, he just reacts, he's never first to throw a punch. He goes in there to tease, not to fight. He's like Muhammad Ali.