172 Quotes by Joe Calzaghe

I've defended my title for eight years, let's see if Ricky is still champion in four years,

This is the first time a champion has put his title on the line, but I've got injured,

This is the fight that I have been shouting out for over the last few years and I am delighted that Frank has secured it,

It's easier to just fight to defend your title. After the Robin Reid fight, people said you should have knocked him out. If I knock a guy out, they say he's a bum. Nobody will be able to say that about Jeff Lacy. There is no debating Jeff Lacy. A win is a win now and I need to win this fight.

It's the biggest fight in a long time. I know Jeff is going to be possibly the toughest fight of my career, so I am under no illusions. But like I have shown in the past, I have always risen to the occasion. I have the heart of a champion and the ability. It is just getting everything right and performing on that night. It's going to be a great fight.

It should be as strong as ever and next week I'm starting running.

It's been a clean fracture, which is good, so it should heal back to normal,

I love to knock guys out, that's my game, but today I had to adjust and box with my jab. I would have knocked him out by the fifth or sixth round. But I had to jab my way to victory.

I just see it as my career-defining fight.