Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 13)

It’s just a job; grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand… I beat people up.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Occupations Sports Work

I fear no man, but the dentist.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Emotions Fear Sports

Boxing is show-business with blood.

(1853 – 1931) American theatrical producer, impresario, director & playwright
Boxing Sports

He's got a cut on his left eye… it's just below his eyebrow.

British sports commentator
Boxing Misspokements Sports

Floyd Patterson is everything a world heavyweight champion should be… except busy.

American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

I'm concentrating so much I don't know what I'm doing half the time.

British boxer
Boxing Intelligence Misspokements Sports Thinking

Mike's like a Gershwin or Beethoven. You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it.

(1931 – ) American boxing promoter
Boxing Sports

I'm the best heavyweight in Canada and I'll still be the best when I'm dead seven years.

Canadian boxing champion
Boxing Canada Places Sports

They told me Jack Bodell was awkward and he was… he fell awkwardly.

American boxer
Boxing Sports

It has made the richest prize in sport the richest prize in sport.

American boxer
Boxing Misspokements Sports

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

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

George Chuvalo's best punch is a left cheek to the right glove.

American sportswriter
Boxing Sports

There are certain things you can't get back, like the elastic in your socks.

boxing trainer
Boxing Sports

Frank Bruno has a chin of such pure Waterford crystal; it gives rise to the old adage that people who live in glass jaws shouldn't throw punches. The biggest danger in fighting Bruno is that you might get hit by flying glass.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Boxing Sports

Boxing is just show business with blood.

English boxer
Boxing Sports

In pro boxing, let's face it, the name of the game is how much you make – not how many honors won. Billy Walker was the most successful flop in history.

English boxing journalist & commentator
Boxing Sports