Best Quote by Josh Taylor

When I was growing up, I always wanted to do well in boxing. I wanted to look after my parents, and I wanted to…

— Joseph Parker

My grandfather and my uncle took me to the gym. I was kinda wild; they thought that boxing would teach me a lesson, but…

— Paulie Malignaggi

You know, my parents, they raised me to be a fighter.

— Michael Schiavo

I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever to become…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Boxing kept me out of the streets, by giving me something to do. And it gave me a father figure in the coach that…

— Martin Lawrence

My brothers first brought me to boxing. I dedicate the fights to them and my father and fight for my family.

— Gennady Golovkin

Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me.

— Nonito Donaire

I never told my parents that I was doing boxing. They only came to know after I became state champion and my name and…

— Mary Kom

Looking back now, I realise that belonging to the family of a labourer actually helped to prepare my body for boxing. There were many…

— Mary Kom

But boxing was my profession. I had to go back the second time because I was broke and I couldn't just go and get…

— George Foreman

I ran into a couple of guys who were boxers. They talked me into working out at their gym. I became obsessed with boxing…

— Jon Seda

Growing up, my parents made a lot of sacrifices for my brother and I to go to private school and to attend some of…

— Marcus Mariota