Dereck Chisora

“Why would I want anyone to advertise on the soles of my boots? The only time you'll see the soles of my feet is when I'm dead.”

“I don't care if people are booing me. They can boo all they like.”

“I love being a father.”

“This is the boxing game. There is no ducking and diving.”

“I would like to fight Wilder because he's a great name, he's knocked out nearly all his opponents. I personally just want to fight Wilder.”

“Boarding school forces you to grow. You have to wake up at a certain time, you have to study, wash your own clothes. We used to play rugby in whites. Can you imagine washing that? And it has to be white. If it was not white, you got punished.”

“Me, I don't know anything. Don't even know fighters in my own division.”

“Every time I have lost, I have rebuilt myself.”

“Fighting behind closed doors is like going back to be an amateur, or your early days as a professional. Up and coming fighters can do it but for your bigger guys like Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and me, I don't think we can do that.”

“I don't really care about belts. Look at all the greats, they fight for the right to be called the best and the crowd.”

“Everyone else who has fought the Klitschko brothers has been scared.”

“Sometimes you think you've prepared and it turns out it's not enough.”

“I say what I like to say. Most people don't want to break people's feelings, but I just say how I feel.”

“Dillian Whyte hasn't got any power. He hit me with his best shot, didn't even bother me, and he knows that. I hit him with my best shot and he was asleep and I hit him with another one and I woke him up.”

“I'm happy with my life.”

“I just want to fight Dillian Whyte. He never beat me the first time, so I want to show the people.”

“If you lose a fight you were paid £800,000 for, the next fight you'll get £100,000 so that's a big drop. If your ratings drop everything drops. I just want to make a good living for my daughter and the rest of my family and to enjoy life.”

“We want to try and get Joseph Parker, as long as he doesn't run like an Australian chicken.”

“I grew up in Zimbabwe and we didn't have much. My dad worked away for the whole week as an engineer, came back on Friday with his pay and gave the rent money to my mum. He'd put aside money for food and stuff and he'd keep the rest. That's how Africans lived, but there was enough to go around.”

“Bisexuality started a long, long time ago. You just have to support it. There's nothing wrong with it. We all bleed the same, we're all going one way in the end - six feet down. I support the gays 24/7.”