Dillian Whyte

“I was nobody; I showed up to sparring in a white wife beater and Hawaiian shorts. I had plimsolls; I didn't have boxing shoes. It just shows you don't need to have fancy equipment or experience: you're either a good fighter, or you're not.”

“I came here from Jamaica as a kid and didn't go to school, really, never had a great education. I was a little bit bad on the street, running around, doing this, doing that, and always getting into trouble. I was completely written off, so boxing has definitely saved my life.”

“I would like to say I can change millions of lives, but realistically, if my journey inspires 10 people to go to university or to achieve something, then I think I've done my job.”

“I want to fight Joshua. We've got history: this would be the third time. He's won one, I've won one. This would be the decider.”

“I need to keep working hard, winning fights, and it will happen. I just hope that I don't get sidestepped for too long.”

“Boxing is one fight at a time for me. That's how I've always been, and that's how I was brought up.”

“My mum hates the fact that I fight. My sisters hate it, too, but they understand that boxing gave me a way out. It saved me. It made me someone. It made me the person I am today, mentally and physically.”

“I'm still hungry. I'm still striving... You have to understand: my mum has worked hard to look after her children, but we have always been poor; we have always been at rock bottom. I want to change my family history forever.”

“My energy is good; it is directed at training hard.”

“I don't look too far ahead. I focus on the next fight.”

“Every sport has dangers, and it's a risk we all take, but that's why people need to give us the credit we deserve.”

“I've always had faith in my ability. It was about getting other people to believe in it. Over time, that is what has happened.”

“Apart from me, Tyson Fury, and Deontay Wilder, you can't sell out Wembley.”

“There's always something getting in the way - other fights being made or money and politics ruining things - but after I finish Chisora, nobody can deny me my shot.”

“Sport instils discipline, and it's a distraction.”

“What I was doing wasn't good enough. It was good enough up until I met someone who was doing it properly - someone who was stronger than me and in better mental and physical condition than I was.”

“I'm 30. I'm about to hit my prime now. I need to act and keep building.”

“It's hard if people don't want to fight me.”

“I need to know what I'm doing. I've got my own career. I'm not waiting.”

“I'm in this game to give the fans proper fights, fights they will remember.”