Paulie Malignaggi

“I don't really have the desire, as far as love of the game. It's more about the paycheck I can make.”

“You need new ways to keep motivating yourself, and creative ways are part of the formula.”

“I'm a fighter. That's what I do. I am a fighter to the core.”

“My father took my mother, me, and my brother from Sicily to New York. He got us one-way tickets but booked himself a return flight. He dumped us with my mother's parents, who had just arrived from Italy, and abandoned us. That was 1986. I didn't see or speak to him for another 12 years. That's cruel.”

“I do best when guys come at me. Stylistically, the Ricky Hatton fight is the best fight for me.”

“I know a lot of people want to see me fight in Italy.”

“I fought Miguel Cotto in Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day parade - it was like fighting the devil in Hell.”

“We both do a lot of similar things with speed and boxing ability, but I think I've got some tricks up my sleeve for Zab. Zab will probably tell you he's got some tricks up his sleeve for me.”

“To say 'I quit' brings a lot of criticism, but to get disqualified and say the ref was unfair and harsh, in denial - fans will jump on that.”

“UFC has unbelievable fans, and boxing has unbelievable fans.”

“Sometimes it's kind of strange, and it's definitely something I have to work on in the future, but when I'm big favourite in fights, it's almost like I try too hard and try to force things to happen. That always seems to take a bad turn and makes my performance look bad, even if I win.”

“It is tougher to control range on a guy who is as tall, lengthy, and busy as Amir Khan, who has a very good jab.”

“Every year, you hope that boxing can provide some of the best fights possible. I think 2018 was one of the better years for boxing. A lot of good matchups were made, and a lot of tickets were sold.”

“As long as the crowd make noise, I will be in my element, whether it is booing or cheering. The main thing is I get a reaction of some kind.”

“Ricky Hatton has no sense of anticipation of what's coming his way. You can teach him all you want, but he doesn't have those instincts.”

“American fight fans are in tune to Joshua because they know what he's done, especially to Klitschko, and there is nothing not to like about him.”

“You get the reality checks during the course of your adult life and your career, and you realize that as good as the money in boxing is, most of the time people most don't make Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya money, even if you make very good money.”

“My grandfather and my uncle took me to the gym. I was kinda wild; they thought that boxing would teach me a lesson, but I don't think in their wildest dreams they could imagine the success I would have.”

“I can't make it doing anything else, the amount of money. Obviously, anybody can go to work and make money, but the paycheck I make boxing, I'm not going to make anywhere else.”

“I'm telling you, Amir Khan gives Floyd Mayweather problems.”