Daniel Dubois Quotes

I’ve got confidence in myself. I know what I can do.

I feel like, as boxers, we’re not like normal people. After a while doing this, you get that buzz. It can be wild and out of control. I have to try to control myself. That’s what boxing is about – control.

People have just said about me so far that I’m just a big puncher, but I showed that I can command a fight behind my jab, which is the foundation of all good boxing.

When I’m in a ring, I’m there to hurt you. That’s the objective in a fight. Your wellbeing is not my concern.

Breakfast is just a bit of porridge, nothing that will upset the stomach.

You’ll get shown up in the ring if you’re not 100 per cent at all times.

I feel ready to fight all of them now, the very best, including Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte, but I know my dad, my trainer Martin Bowers, and my promoter Frank Warren don’t want to rush me through the ranks.

I just want to be a prizefighter.

I try and put in a weights section one day a week. I’d go to a different gym and work with a different coach: squatting, bench press, dead lifts. Just basic work. Pull-ups. Ground work. A lot of sit-ups and a lot of push-ups.

I believe I am world class and it is only a matter of time before I am up there with the big names. I am a man on a mission and not going to be stopped.

I’m not a trash talker, I like to do all my talking with my fists in the ring.

It’s good when you get to travel and see different places. I went with Alexander Povetkin, who fought Anthony Joshua, to Russia and stayed in Moscow for a bit.

I won‘t train on the day of the fight but I’ll stretch, stay loose, and then I’ll meditate.

All these other heavyweights are great challenges for me. But they have had their time – and I need to be 100 per cent ready for these fighters – but I don’t fear any of them.

There are no friends in boxing, I’ve said that from day one.

Boxing is full of chances and it’s easy throwing a shot, it’s about landing it at the precise time.

It’s only my first year in the pros but I feel like I’ve been here a while now, I feel like a veteran already.

No fighter will ever get under my skin. There’s no chance of that happening. I’ve been in this game for far too long to fall for that.

I don’t have an iPhone or anything. There’s no TV. It’s so easy to become distracted.

By the time 2020 comes around I expect to be world heavyweight champion.

I pretty much know when people are talking rubbish and when they’re serious. It’s common in boxing, rubbish.

Every challenge brings something different and I get better each time I fight.

I’ve got world championship potential; I’m out there to be the best fighter I can be.

Every fight is a learning fight, there is a lot to improve on.

Against any fighter out there I’d back myself 100 per cent. I don’t care who you are, what title you’ve got. Once we’re in the ring I’m just going to perform to the best of my ability, go out and give it all I’ve got.