Callum Smith Quotes

I'm fighting for the Commonwealth title on Saturday and I believe I'll be ready for a world title shot in the next 18 months.

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

The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title.

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world champion. But I've always been my own man.

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

I want to be the first champion of the 125-pound division.

It's always been a goal of mine to get the belt in different weight classes.

I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.

The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.

You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.

I turned pro as a 20-year-old, won a world title a year later, and remained a world champion ever since.

When I say I am going to win a world title, I mean it; when I say I'll fight the best, I mean it; I say I'll fight Joe Calzaghe because I wanted to. When he vacated, I lost sleep over that. It had nothing to do with money or the belt. He was renowned as the best super-middleweight in the world and that is what I want to be.

My first goal was to become world champion and I did that against Ricky Burns at 135. Once I conquered that, I set myself another goal and another goal.

As far as moving to 130, I got tired of waiting for the other champions, none of whom wanted to fight me. I'm hopeful that with the move to 130 lbs. will come better fights, particularly against the other champions, so we can make our dream of becoming undisputed champion.

I've won the British title and although it would be nice to win it outright, I want to push on to the next level and if the opportunity to fight for the European or even a world title comes up, I will take it.

On my way to winning the title, it was great for me, but once I won the title, it was tough for me to get fights.

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.

When you are challenging for the world title, you've got to go into the lion's den to try and rip that belt away from the champion.

When I was young, I used to dream about seeing myself with the world title, with the WBC belt.

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

When I fought Joseph Parker it was for the WBO world title and they robbed my fight.

I've won a world title and then lost it to the top boxer on the planet.

I carried the WBO belt for five years and defended it 15 times against 10 world champions.

The ultimate goal for me is to be the world champion - it's all I've wanted to do since I was a kid - so when the money that comes with it is life-changing, yes, that's nice, but get The Ring magazine belt, being considered the world champion, is something money can't buy.