Dick Schaap Quotes

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

If I beat Canelo Alvarez at Madison Square Garden, I wake up the next day the king of New York and the new face of boxing.

I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.

Julio Cesar Chavez is the most important sporting figure we have ever had.

I will always wonder what might have been if I had faced Manny Pacquiao at my best. But there is no doubt in my mind that the Pacman will still go down as one of boxing's all-time greats.

People are always going to say, 'Who's he beat? He's only beat Cowboy.' So what you're trying to tell me is Cowboy is a nobody? Cowboy will be remembered as one of the greatest fighters of all time. And I beat him in one round.

In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.

Canelo is the number one in Mexico, a country known for great fighters. He is very special.

Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.

Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest, pound-for-pound, ever. He fought most of his career with just one loss, and that was to me. He had 131 fights with one loss.

Bernard Hopkins is one of my idols.

If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.

I just want to leave a mark on the sport of boxing so people talk about me like they talk about the other great champions before me. That's my goal before I retire.

Muhammad Ali - he was a magnificent fighter and he was an icon... Every head must bow, every knee must bend, every tongue must confess, thou art the greatest, the greatest of all time, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali.

Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.

Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.

Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to Ali, to get advice from Muhammad Ali, was privileged. He's always given me time to ask questions, although I was so in awe that I didn't ask questions.

For me, it's about being a star, being a superstar, and not just winning a world title but becoming the best-ever British fighter this country has ever had. That's what I am, and that's what I intend to do.

At the end of the day, who at my age can say that they fought somebody that fought Muhammad Ali?

If, in 10 years, or 20 or 30 years, you sit down with your friends and talk about boxing, you need to remember my name.

I want to go down, like my hero Sugar Ray Robinson, in history.

I fought Sugar Ray six times. Pound for pound the greatest fighter who ever lived.

Laila Ali is boxing's real-life million-dollar baby.

Now that I've achieved my goal to win the belt, I want to be the best of all times. I want to be remembered as the lightweight with most title defenses.

As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.