Boxing Excellence Quotes

Some of our best fighters are not only Puerto Rican greats but all-time greats of the sport. Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez and Felix 'Tito' Trinidad and many others have made Puerto Rican boxing what it is today, and I am only an extension of their greatness.

Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.

I respect Haye as a man and for being a former two-weight world champion. But not as a boxer.

Being recognized as the pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter is my ultimate dream.

I don't want to be named myself as one of the elite boxers of Puerto Rico. That's for the fans and for the people that know about boxing. I just want to do my job the best I can, and I am going to do that the rest of my career.

Boxing is not a sport where you can be at a low level at all.

I have looked at videos of many great champions like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Joe Frazier, who each had special qualities. I never say one particular fighter is the best ever because each has a special unique style of fighting.

When God wants me to lose, then that's when I'll lose. But until then, I'm going to be at the top of my game and keep working hard anddedicating myself to the sport of boxing and to being the best entertainer that I can be.

I just have to focus on what I can do and keep making a living and keeping my name up there as the best pound-for-pound fighter.

I'm looking for pound-for-pound list to be the best in the world and it takes belts to get there so let's get there.

Linares is one of those fighters that always oozes quality and class.

The only fighters to beat Manny Pacquiao have become legends themselves.

Mike Tyson was one of the most terrific athletes I've ever met.

Winning the world title was my goal as a kid, but being the pound-for-pound champion would be the ultimate.