Boxing Regulations Quotes

But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.

If the fighter doesn't want to fight, you're not gonna want him to fight. If the fighter doesn't want to fight, the promoter doesn't make him fight. And if he wants to retire, then it's time to walk away.

I've got no desire to fight Dereck Chisora inside the ring or outside the ring.

Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave.

Boxers put themselves on the line, they put their lives at risk, so it's up to the boxers to make sure they are healthy and sharp because we are giving the public what they want to see.

If I didn't want to fight Carl Froch then I wouldn't have invested so much time and money into appealing with the IBF over the dubious outcome of the first fight.

In boxing, as with other government-regulated activity, the integrity of public records should be preserved.

If they ever let me in the ring with him [Cassius Clay], I'm liable to be put away for murder.

Look at something like boxing. People know that some fights are fixed, but nobody looks at a boxing match and automatically assumes it's fake.

It's a very funny topic, missing weight and getting title shots. I think the punishments should be more severe, but I don't know.

I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.

This isn't a Toughman competition; you don't just fight everybody because they want to fight.

I don't want there to be a time where I'm 'too old' to box on, or where an injury retires me in or out of the ring.

I heard there was a debate about fighting teammates, and if a fight should happen because the fans or promoter wants it, I will fight a teammate, but family is ridiculous.

Fighting is my livelihood, and jeopardizing my body without a full understanding of conditions doesn't make any sense. No professional fighter will go into a risky match without a contract.

I, for one, refuse to box without headgear as an amateur. With the rising awareness of concussions and head injury, it is becoming more evident that we need to protect our brains as much as possible. There hasn't been enough research to conclude that it is safer to box without the use of headgear.

Boxing is not that complicated. If two guys want to fight, it's not hard to make a fight. If the fight's not made, it's because one party doesn't want that fight, or maybe both parties don't want it.

Who Killed Davey Moore? Why and what's the reason for?

In boxing, if a fighter doesn't leave the sport on time, something bad is likely to happen.

I might be the first fighter who has ever been suspended after retirement.

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none.

I respect the IBF obligation to fight Povetkin, but I would like the exception to fight David Haye. That is the only title the Klitschkos don't have. We have them all except the WBA, which is why Haye is such an interesting cookie for me to eat.

After you win all these belts, you cannot fight all these mandatory guys.

Boxing should not let - we should not let - the people in business of boxing should not let a person to just walk right in and get the grand prize of boxing. You can't do it in basketball, football, hockey.

When the bell rings, your trainer can't help you.