Fight Quote by Aleksei Oleinik

The first am fight I had, I was 10 yrs. old. I didn't count, but as far as I remember, it was approximately 350…

— Gennady Golovkin

I fought on the undercard of a show headlined by Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather Jr. There was almost no one in the arena…

— Danny Garcia

My first nine fights were all tournaments where I fought multiple fights in one night. The toughest was obviously three fights in one night…

— Dan Henderson

I had my first professional fight was in 2001 in Venezuela - it was also my first international trip away from Brazil. It was…

— Demian Maia

I can't tell you how many fights I had where I had to pay to go fight. It was a lot of them.

— Shayna Baszler

Counting amateur fights, I have over a thousand bouts.

— Jake LaMotta

I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.

— Mickey Rourke

I had 14 amateur fights, and I went out there and knocked a lot of them out. Trainingwise, we would pretty much just spar.

— Sean O'Malley

I've had over seven thousand pro fights.

— Roddy Piper

I had no idea if I could fight when I first started. My first four amateur fights, I had never even been punched in…

— Justin Gaethje

Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five

— Sugar Ray Leonard

At home, I think the largest crowd I ever wrestled was in front of 500 people.

— Rhea Ripley