A biography for Callum Smithhasn’t been written yet.
“Boxing is a part of my life but it's only a small part.”
“If you are not fighting and not training, it does have an effect on you no matter who you are.”
“Canelo is a special fighter.”
“If I can't get a unification fight, then there's other tops names, even though they haven't got a world title, ie Golovkins, stuff like that.”
“When I left school I went to college and then I remember doing three weeks labouring for someone and it was the worst three weeks of my life.”
“When I was about 17 I was on the G.B. squad and that's where I wanted to be. I went to the Commonwealth Games and got silver there, but the three years I was on the team it was London-this, London-that. It was all preparation for the Olympics.”
“I do believe when I put those little gloves on I can hurt anyone.”
“Before I beat Groves people were questioning whether I was good enough to beat him, and I was the underdog and that provides pressure. Now it's the opposite; through beating Groves people expect me to go in and wipe opponents out.”
“I'm a big believer that, if you're good enough, then why wait around fighting a load of journeymen for a few years? If you're good enough, then step up.”
“Number one is somewhere I always believed I would be.”
“I'm very thankful people have paid their hard-earned money to come out and watch me.”
“Listen, I know how good I am, how good I can be.”
“I've got a height advantage over everyone but when they do get at me I can fight just as well inside.”
“I don't want to be forever rewinding the Groves fight because I want to have loads of others to watch too.”
“I'm proud to be British champion, and I'll defend it until I can get a fight for a world title.”
“As long as it was George Groves in the opposite corner with his world title, the date was irrelevant to me. I was prepared to wait as long as it took to get that fight for the world title.”
“There's a lot of big fights potentially out there for me, but none of them are possible if I slip up against N'Dam.”
“Every time I step up I win so why not keep going.”
“I don't know if I will ever be satisfied but I will keep going until hopefully I am.”
“Styles make fights.”