Great Boxing Quotes - Page 3

• A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.

  Evander Holyfield

  Motivational, Sports, Boxing

  FaceBook post by Evander Holyfield from May 16, 2016

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• I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.'

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Jobs, Grandmother, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Lie down so I can recognise you

  Willie Pep

  Motivational, Lying, Boxing

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• Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

  George Foreman

  Motivational, Fighting, Boxing

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• The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

  Jake LaMotta

  Funny, Fighting, Boxing

  "Jake LaMotta - a life in pictures" by Daffydd Bynon, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2017.

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• Boxing is just show business with blood.

  Frank Bruno

  Blood, Boxing, Shows

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• I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

  George Foreman

  Funny, Boxing, Shadow

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• People don't realise what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything like them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing.

  Muhammad Ali

  Men, People, Boxing

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Sep 29, 2012

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• Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing.

  David Lyons

  Fighting, Boxing, Dancing

  "David Lyons and Summer Glau Interview THE CAPE". Interview, collider.com. January 17, 2011.

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• I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing movies, like 'Raging Bull', 'Rocky', 'The Set Up', 'Fat City and Hard Times'. I just loved those films.

  Holt McCallany

  Hard Times, Boys, Play

  "Holt McCallany and Warren Leight Interview LIGHTS OUT". Interview, collider.com. March 23, 2011.

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• Capoeira was designed to look like a dance, and it's actually an incredibly effective means of fighting. Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing. That's what's great about the choreography that goes on here. It's a delicate ballet with a fist in the face.

  David Lyons

  Mean, Fighting, Boxing

  Source: collider.com

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• I had always wanted to play a boxer, all of my life. I grew up watching great boxing films.

  Holt McCallany

  Play, Boxing, Boxers

  Source: collider.com

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