A biography for Tony Bellewhasn’t been written yet.
“There will be no more fighting from me. The only things you will see me doing from here on in is trying to act sensible and behave myself.”
“I don't need celebrity friends. I don't need new friends. I am what I am.”
“I say some silly things now and again.”
“I'm the best heavyweight outside the world champions, and let's not forget that.”
“You will all laugh and say I wouldn't have a chance, but I would knock Andre Ward out - or I will outbox him. He is a pound-for-pound great, but I can match him on the inside, and he has never fought anyone who could do that.”
“Stylistically, Tommy Hearns is much better than Marvin Hagler - his technique and punching were better - but he just couldn't do it. He couldn't beat Marvin Hagler, and it's because styles make fights.”
“Some say I'm arrogant, some say I'm deluded.”
“I am the best cruiserweight in the world.”
“Tyson Fury should be looked at as someone who conquered the world, defeating a nine-year king in Wladimir Klitschko.”
“On May 29 2016, my wildest dreams came true. I became the WBC cruiserweight champion of the world at Goodison Park. The dream location, the dream title, the dream ending, a third-round knockout of Iunga Makabu.”
“I'm very lucky because less than one percent of boxers get out of the game financially secure.”
“I guess it's rare, but even though I come from a broken home, I still believe I have the most amazing father.”
“I can't and won't be defeated at Goodison Park, the greatest stadium in the world.”
“I love looking back at the older fights; they don't make them like they used to. Just watching Tommy Hearns, the technique in his punching, the brilliance and the combinations from the likes of Ray Leonard and 'Sugar' Ray Robinson.”
“People can dress it up however they want to, but boxing is life and death.”
“Fighters like Bernard Hopkins can go on because their style is not based on reflexes and timing.”
“Style makes fights; I've always said it.”
“I've earned every single thing that I've got.”
“Before I fought Adonis Stevenson in 2013, I had 4lbs to shift in a morning before weighing in. I had zero energy left to train, so the nutritional adviser said the only way was to drag it from my body in a hot bath full of salts.”
“I am going to smash B.J. Flores to bits and be the first man stop him.”