Joe Calzaghe Quotations

Lots of things can also happen between now and then (November 5th), not least among them injuries. I have had problems with my hand and back on and off over the years, which is hardly surprising when you have been fighting since the age of nine like I have. My left hand swells up after almost every fight.

I have been waiting eight years for this fight and I can't wait. It is the sort of fight all boxers dream of and I cannot wait to unify the titles.

He hasn't, obviously, fought anyone in my league, ... That's the big thing. I'm way above some of the opposition he's fought.

Lacy was on top, but the scoring was so against Robin Reid.

It is a pain. It is wintertime and it gets dark at 5 p.m., but it is one of those things. I'm just training later and adjusting.

Jeff is on the way up. You can't say that he's a champion that's on the fade, ... He's made some excellent defenses, he's a big puncher, a good all-around fighter.

I see it as my career-defining fight. I have been champion for eight years, but have not had the big unification fight against a top fighter. Now, I have the opportunity.

But I will fight Jeff Lacy, regardless of money, regardless of anything else, it's a fight I definitely want.

To be honest, looking at the judging with the Robin Reid fight I don't think I'd go to Florida, because that was disgusting the way Robin Reid got cheated,

I've defended my title for eight years, let's see if Ricky is still champion in four years,

This is the first time a champion has put his title on the line, but I've got injured,

This is the fight that I have been shouting out for over the last few years and I am delighted that Frank has secured it,

It's easier to just fight to defend your title. After the Robin Reid fight, people said you should have knocked him out. If I knock a guy out, they say he's a bum. Nobody will be able to say that about Jeff Lacy. There is no debating Jeff Lacy. A win is a win now and I need to win this fight.

It's the biggest fight in a long time. I know Jeff is going to be possibly the toughest fight of my career, so I am under no illusions. But like I have shown in the past, I have always risen to the occasion. I have the heart of a champion and the ability. It is just getting everything right and performing on that night. It's going to be a great fight.

It should be as strong as ever and next week I'm starting running.

It's been a clean fracture, which is good, so it should heal back to normal,

I love to knock guys out, that's my game, but today I had to adjust and box with my jab. I would have knocked him out by the fifth or sixth round. But I had to jab my way to victory.

I just see it as my career-defining fight.

If I get an opportunity to fight Antonio Tarver, Roy Jones in the States, I'll go for it. Those are the sort of fights I want at this stage of my career.

Two big punchers, you've got to keep your chin down, keep your defense up, don't be careless or open, box sensibly, control the centre of the ring and when he lets his punches go, believe me he's gonna know all about it.

Judging by your performance at the Olympics, it don't look too bright for your future does it!

He's gonna try and stand back, mess me about a bit, be cagey and hold on the inside and make it one of them fights that are boring. I don't wanna make a boring fight. I don't like to be involved in boring fights!

I've been eight years with this beautiful little thing and I've got a partner for him now. After eight years of trying to unify the titles, it's going to be pretty hard to give this up.

I know Haye's a good fighter as well and he beat Mormeck but Mormeck is not Enzo Maccarinelli and does not have the speed, stamina or punching power.

There's no silver spoon treatment in this place.

Alright, he's chucking his toys out the basket and Gary Shaw has a big mouth and shouts a lot.

No secret man. Just starvation, hunger and diet.

I honestly think that a Pavlik fight would be easier than Jones because styles make fights. He's one dimensional, comes in straight lines, I love that.

I feel blessed that I managed to fight 46 fights undefeated, that I was a world champion for 11 years, one of the longest reigning champions of all time and I like to think that I come out looking pretty good.

It's not my place to say how good I was because the thing is, every champion from every era is a great fighter and it's up to one person's interpretation to who is actually the best.

If I would've fought Andre Ward in my prime, I would've beat him.

I've defended my title for eight years, let's see if Ricky (Hatton) is still champion in four years.

To retire at the top of the game, that's always been my aim.

I'm devastated with the injury but I've proved my heart and skill to everyone by fighting one handed for eight rounds.

He's a sore loser and he lost the fight.

He's an old good fighter, he's an intelligent fighter but I wouldn't say he's the best I've ever fought.

I've been boxing for 25 years and I need exciting fights.

I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.

My lowest points was getting injured and pulling out of fights.

Lacy was a pleasurable fight. It wasn't my hardest fight because I won every single minute of every single round.

The Eubank fight was my hardest fight.

I've always been motivated to be a champion since the age of 13 and I love being a winner.

I love the big fights. Obviously you can't fight just for the money but the money is nice.

The lacy fight was a career defining fight.

I don't know if I have the patience and I don't have a trainers license but I will help out. Whether I want to do that full time, I doubt it.

That gut-wrenching feeling of defeat I can still feel today. Losing and God are the two things that I fear. I fear no man

[Tyson] Fury is big and [Wladimir] Klitschko's not used to fighting someone his size. If Fury can stop Klitschko grabbing and avoid that big right hand, he's got a chance. In the heavyweight division, it only takes one punch.

When you know yourself that you've come through preparation injury free and you've done everything, you've done the work in the gym and the rounds of sparring, it fills you with confidence.

If I look at the fighters that are coming through, fighters like Carl Froch for instance, do I worry about fighters like that? Course not, I could eat them for breakfast.

I train the same way as I've always trained, even before I was champion. That's the difference, I train like a challenger.