Boxing Quote by Joe Calzaghe

“I'm a boxer, and every fight could be my last. You just have to remember Michael Watson to know what boxing can do to you.”

Joe Calzaghe

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I'm a regular guy, got the same friends. I live in the same area of south Wales. That's who I am. I'm just a…

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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.

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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…

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

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I liked 'The Office' when it was on.

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There is a world of difference between being a reality TV star and a world champion boxer.

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Amateur boxing is one of the safest sports around.

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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…

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I've been through the routine so many times that I genuinely don't even think about a big fight very much beforehand.

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When I was 17, my mum made me work in a cake factory for three days - I hated it.

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You think that after becoming world champion, you're going to be a massive superstar with lots of lucrative bouts against great fighters, but that…

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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.

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I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.

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