Subject: Sports » Boxing

I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm also not Charles Manson.

(1966 – ) American boxing champion

My head looks like ET gone wrong.

English boxer

His legs turned to spaghetti and I was all over him like the sauce.

American boxer

That gal's all skull and no brains. She's like Joe Frazier with lipstick.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Jack Dempsey hit me hardest, 'cos Dempsey hit me 211,000 dollars' worth, while Joe Louis only hit me 36,000 dollars' worth.

American boxing champion

I can close any cut in the world in 50 seconds, so long as it ain't a total beheading.

boxing cut-man

I fear no man, but the dentist.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Terry Downes' face looked as if he had slept on it.

English broadcaster, journalist & author

I don't know what impressive is, but Joe was impressive tonight.

wife of fighter Joe Bugner

Since then we've changed the locks.

Mayor of Scranton PA

I wish I had put ballet shoes on him and not boxing gloves.

They say they have picked Justin Fortune because he's the same height as Mike Tyson… so is my wife.

English boxing manager & promoter

Buster Douglas went to bed as a 231-pound world champion and woke up as a 270-pound parade float.

American sports columnist

Marvelous oriental pace he's got, just like a Buddhist statue.

British sports commentator

Frank Bruno's fall was that of a felled oak. As the dust settled there was a silence, and then followed the gentle rustle of falling leaves of greenbacks.

(1944 – ) British sportswriter

He's not only a lousy fighter, he's a bad actor. Louis or Marciano could have whipped him by telephone.

American boxer

He has everything a boxer needs except speed, stamina, a punch, and ability to take punishment. In other words, he owns a pair of shorts.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

I figured I'd find him sooner or later but I never did. I asked myself, "Where did he go?" I knew he was there because he kept hitting me.

British boxing champion

The current version of Buster Mathis [Jr.] boasts not just a Michelin man waist but an embonpoint thai would give him a better shot at starring in the next Wonderbra poster than winning a boxing title.

He went to the hospital with bleeding kidneys, and me… I went dancing with my wife.

Canadian boxing champion

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion