Thomas Hauser Quotes

Boxing is what pays my bills.

I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it.

Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.

I was fighting at 125 pounds when I was 15 years old... then became a champion at 126 pounds at 25 years old.

I am not Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Canelo is no Danny Jacobs.

I just want to fight the best guys that there is in the world and make the most money out of it.

I would definitely be interested in a rematch with Callum Smith.

It's always been my goal to fight the best fighters out there, and I look at Amir Khan as one of the top fighters in my division.

My family and I grew up watching and admiring Oscar De La Hoya and to now be fighting under his promotional banner is a dream come true.

On May 29 2016, my wildest dreams came true. I became the WBC cruiserweight champion of the world at Goodison Park. The dream location, the dream title, the dream ending, a third-round knockout of Iunga Makabu.

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 want to fight guys who are in the title mix.

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

I love the sound of a Tyson Fury fight.

My second pro fight, I fought on the Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins undercard.

There are hundreds of young fighters whose handlers believe them to be a future world champion or the next great heavyweight or another Sugar Ray Robinson. The young men who inspire these beliefs are known as 'prospects.'

In the 1940s, boxing was a mainstream sport and deeply ingrained the fabric of Harlem. Joe Louis ruled the world, but the local icon was Sugar Ray Robinson.

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer.

And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.

People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight.

If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.

I don't need David Haye and his antics to earn money.

We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.