Quotes of the Year 2014: From January to June with Froch v Groves at the forefront

It's been another busy year in the world of boxing, where bitterness, boastfulness and banter reigned supreme.

Yes, the viral social media scene often sees Twitter take centre stage but there are few fighters who can get it all out in 140 characters - or 140 sentences in some cases! So we have selected some quotes that dominated proceedings over the last 12 months.

We start with January to June, which saw Carl Froch and George Groves grip the nation and gripe at each other, Amir Khan continue to chase the Money, and Tony Bellew and Nathan Cleverly resume hostilities.

And boxing wouldn't be boxing without a bout of verbal sparring from the heavyweights ..
 

January

"I don't think you'll find many happier retired fighters than myself and I look forward to the future now."
The year started without a hip-hip hooray for some of us as former middleweight world champion Darren Barker called it a day.

"It's a major year, getting to gauge my progress from January to December. I'm going to be competing around eight to 10 times this year."
Anthony Joshua was one fight out but did he think he would KO all seven opponents? We did. And he did just that.

"I don't know .. maybe his computer is broken or his phone is broken?"
Carl Frampton was not a world champion back then but wanted Scott Quigg's promoter Eddie Hearn to get in touch.

"I don't believe for one minute he is going to move up to cruiserweight."
Anything I can do, he can do too? Tony Bellew had little time or patience for his dear old friend Nathan Cleverly's plan.

"It's the fight that the fans and the public demand, that the television networks want and it's the fight that the media in general wants."
Did George Groves get a crystal ball for Christmas - as well as a Rubik's cube?

"I'm bored of listening to his whingeing and moaning and cursing. You'll find out I do actually call the shots."
Carl Froch made it quite clear what he thought about his new friend, who was about to be become the IBF super-middleweight challenger. Again.

February

"I'm going to let the fans vote. Tell me who I should fight next. Khan or Maidana?"
A tweet from Floyd Mayweather, who bowed to public demand and let them choose his next opponent. Or said he would…

"Very disrespected by his team. Wasted my time. Good luck to Maidana, against Mayweather."
A supposed 60 per cent swing in his favour didn't win Amir Khan the prize.

"You talk to 10 doctors, 50 per cent say you can make a recovery and 50 per cent say, 'no you're done, you'll never be able to throw a punch again otherwise your arm will fall out of its socket'."
The nasty injury that saw David Haye ruled out of his re-scheduled showdown with Tyson Fury had the medical world divided by a split-decision

“The British public are behind this, and this was almost the only fight out there for me to reasonably take. I've given the British public what they wanted for years and years and I won't stop doing it now."
After six weeks of much-publicised debate, Froch-Groves II was on at last.

"It has been my dream to fight