Boxing Quotes - Page 10

• In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.

  Joseph Barbera

  Romantic, Fighting, Radio

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali.

  Dick Schaap

  Kings, Jobs, Thinking

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• I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.

  Walter Hill

  Wanted

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• Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of them wins.

  Lennox Lewis

  Winning, Men, Defeat

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Forbidden Love, Fruit

  "Tyson unplugged: On media, fans and his reputation". www.espn.com. May 5, 2002.

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• To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can't make that commitment, they don't call you a champion anymore.

  Rocky Marciano

  Success, Sports, Commitment

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• A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze.

  Cus D'Amato

  Sports, Boys, Fire

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• I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating

  Mike Tyson

  Garden, Squares, Madison

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• If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind!

  Muhammad Ali

  Watches, Behinds, Happens

  "When We Were Kings", 1996.

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• It was a sucker punch. But you know who gets hit by sucker punches? Suckers.

  Max Kellerman

  Sucker Punch, Sucker, Knows

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• If there was such a thing as re-incarnation, Floyd would come back as himself

  Ricky Hatton

  Incarnation, Ifs

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• Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.

  Muhammad Ali

  Mean, Really Mean, Livelihood

  "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

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• I am so mean I've handcuffed lightnin' and thrown thunder in jail.

  Muhammad Ali

  Mean, Jail, Thunder

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• Maybe with boxing and good focus, I can fix myself and make my mother proud.

  Amnat Ruenroeng

  Mother, Focus, Proud

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• I just love to fight. I like to hurt people. I haven't lost that. I didn't lose it when I first got a bit of wealth and I haven't lost it now. The nature of my business is to hurt people.

  Mike Tyson

  Hurt, Fighting, People

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• The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees.

  Tommy Morrison

  Guarantees, Firsts

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• Frazier's got two chances. Slim, and none. And Slim just left town

  Muhammad Ali

  Two, Slim, Towns

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• There is just one rule about boxing: never bet on the white guy.

  Lennox Lewis

  White, Guy, Just One

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• It is up to the people and boxing fans to give me the respect I deserve once I have finished my career. I personally do not think about my legacy.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Thinking, Careers, People

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• I think that boxing is actually not as dangerous as the politics. In boxing, you're gonna get a bloody nose or a black eye. In politics you can obviously get either dioxin in the food or bullet in the head.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Motivation, Eye, Thinking

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• It's still one of the proudest moments in my career boxing at Madison Square Garden. Some fighters who have won titles and championships have never boxed at Madison Square Garden. For a little kid just off a council estate to do it was a dream come true.

  Ricky Hatton

  Dream, Motivation, Kids

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• I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Brother, Squares

  "Sugar Ray Leonard Interview REAL STEEL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 6, 2011.

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• It’s all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing…you blink your eyes and somebody says ‘Goodnight’ to you.

  Kostya Tszyu

  Good Night, Eye, Funny Things

  "Archives: Scoop Interview with Kostya Tszyu". Interview with Scoop Malinowski, ringobserver.com. October 9, 2017.

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• The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Real, Champion

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• I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Mother, Manson

  "The chips run out in Las Vegas" by Duncan Campbell, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2002.

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