Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 13)

Mike Tyson dropped me and when I looked up, the count was on five. I said to myself, ‘Damn, whatever happened to one to four.’

American boxer

Saying that Howard Cosell quit commensating on boxing because it's sleazy is like saying Nixon quit politics because it's crooked.

sportswriter

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

Don King doesn't care about black or white. He just cares about green.

American boxing champion

Frank, you deserve a knighthood, or maybe even Lord of the Rings.

Irish television & radio presenter

Contrary to the old wives' tale that bloody-minded trainers put around, a little love-in before the main event can do you more good than a rub-down with The Sporting Life.

English boxer

Jake LaMotta and I fought six times. We almost got married.

(1921 – 1989) American boxing champion

If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Boxing is a great exercise… as long as you can yell 'cut' whenever you want to.

(1946 – ) American actor

My DNA is cheeseburgers.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

So many of [English sporting promoter] Barry Hearn's boxers end up in the hospital; he should sell his limousine and buy an ambulance.

British boxer

Joe Bugner fought Bruno like the objective of boxing was to get hit on the jaw.

boxing film collector

A re-match with Eubank is not in my plans. I'm not interested in him because he's got nothing I want… except a Harley-Davidson motorbike.

British boxer

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Hey, you're a white guy, do something about this!

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

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

(1966 – ) American boxing champion