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If you ask anyone who my mum's blue-eyed boy is, they will say it is me.
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I don't need any more motivation. I'm fighting Canelo Alvarez. If that can't get me motivated, then I'm in the wrong sport.
Liam Smith
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Kirkland and Khan are chinny fighters. I am not like that.
Liam Smith -
I'm getting criticism on social media, saying, 'Ah, you ducked Shane Mosley.' I've never ducked anyone in my life. They need to look into it a bit more.
Liam Smith -
We used tea towels for gloves until we got proper ones and were always breaking our mum's ornaments. She'd come home and find us all sat in our boxer shorts, out of breath and our skin red raw. She hated it.
Liam Smith -
I've been in the States and fought before. When I'm in that changing room, I'll feel as if I've been in that situation before. Obviously I'm going to have to deal on the biggest stage, and it's the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, but it doesn't faze me.
Liam Smith -
I remember when Joe Calzaghe fought Jeff Lacy, and there was all this hype about Lacy being some sort of unbeatable force, and Joe absolutely hammered him.
Liam Smith -
When I was 17 or 18, I realised I could do something with boxing.
Liam Smith
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Canelo isn't a full light-middleweight like I am, and that's to my advantage.
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I don't want to emulate anyone.
Liam Smith -
Give me the respect I deserve.
Liam Smith -
Everyone breeds success off each other.
Liam Smith -
From my point of view, I am the underdog going into this fight. I'm not saying I'm not. But I'm the underdog because I haven't fought at that level yet against anyone of Canelo's level.
Liam Smith -
Once I will arrive in the ring, I'm going to make the most of this fight because this fight I will remember for the rest of my life. From my point of view, this night is going to be remembered by the British people. Not from the American people as much, but from the British fans here who will watch me beat Canelo Alvarez.
Liam Smith
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I'm not just coming here for a payday. I'm not an old guy at the end of my career looking for a payday. I've got a title to keep.
Liam Smith -
I'm not going to say I'm not ready for a fighter like Canelo Alvarez.
Liam Smith -
I'll go for the knockout, and if we have to go 12 rounds, then I'll trust the judges to do their best work, and I will get the victory if I deserve it.
Liam Smith -
It's always Canelo, and it's Mexican Independence Day, so I know that. But I am the champion, and just looking back on that, that is one reason why I hope they'll respect that I'm champion and be fair.
Liam Smith -
I don't want to be chasing a big, awkward southpaw around the ring. I want a fight that people will enjoy.
Liam Smith -
If Canelo comes too hard at me early, he's going to be in for a long night.
Liam Smith
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I'm one win away from being a superstar.
Liam Smith -
I made my debut on October 10, 2008, so it'll be seven years to the day that I could become world champion. That's a massive night to be crowned.
Liam Smith -
I won't watch that Amir fight from now until I fight Alvarez. I'm not a blown up 147 or a Miguel Cotto. I'm a big 154 lb., and I'm coming of age and coming to win.
Liam Smith -
I'm world champion, so if I'm not ready for another fighter at 154, I don't deserve to be world champion. That's the way I look at it and what I firmly believe.
Liam Smith