Callum Smith

“I had the one goal to become world champion for so long and now that I've achieved it, I thought that it was the top of the mountain. But now that I'm up there, it's not.”

“I dreamed of turning pro as an Olympic medallist but I ended up turning pro as the kid who failed to make the Olympics.”

“There's a lot of good fighters at 168 with or without Canelo, so I want to test myself against them.”

“Anfield - that's the plan. A fight in my team's ground. Always cherished the thought of that, too.”

“There's no praise for scoring a fight right, just criticism for one you get wrong.”

“I believe I've shown my worth, become a world champion, now I want to try and see how good I am. The only way I'll find that out is by testing myself against the best.”

“I'm a perfectionist and I always want to do the best as possible.”

“Sleepless nights I'm not a big fan of to be honest.”

“I want to see how good I am, and the only way to do that is to fight the best in the division.”

“Winning the World title is much more important to me than fighting Groves - but I do believe I have got the beating of him style-wise if it comes off.”

“Badou Jack is a puncher, but so am I.”

“I feel I am getting better and better, hitting harder and getting bigger.”

“I think he's a special fighter, I'm a big Canelo fan, but I think he's a special fighter at middleweight and I think a lot of his advantages he has at that level, he'll lose when he steps up to super middleweight.”

“I've been there for every world title fight my family have been involved in. I've been there in the changing rooms. I've experienced the nerves - perhaps more when it's not me and when it's one of them.”

“I want the best names in the division. The fear brings out the best performance in myself.”

“If I am still fighting at 35 I will be disappointed.”

“I'd love to fight in America - Vegas - I'd love to fight at Anfield.”

“I am thrilled to participate in the World Boxing Super Series, the Champions League of boxing.”

“Thankfully I still have things I want to achieve so I can just set more goals. Now I want to unify, I want to have big fights and then one day move up and become a two-weight world champion.”

“We wear 'Autism' on our shorts to raise awareness and show support for other families dealing with autism.”