Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 12)

After all the years of punishment you've taken, you must be thinking about giving up pantomime.

(1952 – ) British barrister, comedy writer, and radio & television presenter

Sleep came as it must come to all British heavyweights, midway in the fifth round.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

Tyson fights like you stole something from him or said something nasty about his family.

boxing promoter

I'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than the mayor of Philadelphia.

American professional boxer

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

American boxer

My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.

American professional boxer

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

In Willie DeWit, we have an all-American boy, even though he is a Canadian.

American boxer

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

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Pose nude for Playgirl? … I wouldn't pose nude for Boxing News.

English boxer

I miss the things like the camaraderie in the gym; I don’t miss being smacked in the mouth every day.

Irish professional boxer

After Buster Douglas knocked out Tyson – He's just like Humpty Dumpty. They're not going to be able to put Tyson back together again.

Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? … he went to prison for three years, not Princeton.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

Standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

(1909–1959) American boxing champion

Now it comes to a simple equation – who can stand the heat.

British sports commentator

Larry Holmes didn't beat me — he just won the first 15 rounds.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

In his prime, Joe Bugner had the physique of a Greek statue, but he had fewer moves.

(1934 – ) Scottish sports writer

It hurt to even bump into him.

(1914 – 1981) American boxing champion

I'm going down so often these days you'd think I was making a blue movie.

English boxer

I wasn't talking to Holmes in there; every time I felt like saying something to him I found it hard because he kept putting his left hand in my mouth.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

My main objective is to be professional, but to kill him.

(1966 – ) American boxing champion