Championships Quote by Amir Khan

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

As an amateur, I couldn't get many fights. No one would fight me when I was a schoolboy.

— Ricky Hatton

I've fought tactical fights in a gym, but never in a fight before.

— Tommy Morrison

I think I came up in fighting in a really technical way. If you've ever seen my fights, you know I love distance, I…

— Gina Carano

Fighting is different than other sports because you're not competing as regularly.

— Michael Bisping

Different fights bring out different things. I consider myself a seasoned professional. I have done things in the gym that have not come out…

— Lennox Lewis

My first professional fight was a tournament with maybe one or two thousand people there.

— Aleksei Oleinik

As an amateur, I trained in some real hard schools of knocks. In Cuba, they would have judges on three sides of the ring…

— Chris Eubank Jr

My brother and I were still in high school playing football, and we were both middleweight, and we couldn't find anyone else to fight…

— Woody Hayes

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

— Justin Gaethje

I got in a lot of fights growing up, and not just basketball fights.

— Avery Bradley