Boxing Hero Quotes

Ali was a legend of our sport. For me as a kid, he inspired me to represent myself like a champion in and out of the ring.

My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons.

The only person I ever wanted to meet was Muhammad Ali. And of all the people I've ever met, he's the one who most impressed me. It's tough to listen to him. You gotta have patience. But you see how strong his mind is. Even now, he's one of the most intelligent people on the planet.

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

And of course coming from Massachusetts, Rocky Marciano was my favorite.

When I structured my career, I looked at Muhammad Ali, which is my all-time favorite and an idol of mine, and what he has done for this sport. He was a real-life hero.

I looked up to Marvin Hagler, Ali.

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

Bernard Hopkins is one of my idols.

That's one of my idols, I really look up to Pacquiao. This guy is everything I would want to be.

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

If a Hollywood studio needed a fighter to play the hero in an old-time boxing movie, the search could begin and end with John Duddy.

Muhammad Ali was the greatest of all time. But what made him even greater was what he did outside the ring.

I respect Muhammad Ali... he was the greatest, he was the best.

I wasn't a fan of boxing, I was a fan of Julio Cesar Chavez. All of Mexico stopped to watch his fights. Old, young, left, right and centre.

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

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.