Boxing was my destiny.

My first boxing memory is watching Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard on television.

— Joe Calzaghe

You can never say never in this game, but I can't see myself boxing again. There's loads of things I want to do.

— Joe Calzaghe

When you've been at the top of the sport for so many years, it's your life, and it becomes very difficult just to quit…

— Joe Calzaghe

Amateur boxing is one of the safest sports around.

— Joe Calzaghe

My mum is the opposite of my dad. She's a very private person, very shy and totally against boxing. She never watched any of…

— Joe Calzaghe

I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

— Joe Calzaghe

I liked wrestling a lot better than boxing. I remember thinking at that time that wrestling was a pure demonstration of strength, which I…

— Scott Carpenter

Boxing can be so important to young people, it keeps you off the street and you can channel your energy and aggression in the…

— Nigel Benn

I first got into boxing when I was quite young. I was about 12 when I won my first boxing match.

— Joseph Parker

I'm a fighter, I love boxing, it's what I do.

— Shane Mosley

Whether it's Marcos Maidana, Shawn Porter, Amir Khan or Kell Brook, there are a lot of fights out there that I think would be…

— Keith Thurman

I actually like boxing away from home. It takes the pressure off you a little bit.

— James DeGale

Apart from my grandad, none of my family had really been into boxing so the sport was never discussed much at home.

— Josh Taylor

As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think…

— Oscar De La Hoya

You know, it brings in a lot of different people; you take people off the street, and kids, and people from all different walks…

— Michele Lamy