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Nah, I’m just a prizefighter.

(1919 – 1990) American boxing champion
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He's gonna need an industrial-strength toothpick to pick the leather out of his teeth. I'm gonna hit this man so hard he's gonna grow an Afro.

Canadian boxer
Boxing Sports

He'll have a lot of fun. George will keep him in stitches.

boxing physician
Boxing Sports

They're selling video cassettes of the Ali-Spinks re-match for $89.95. Hell, for that money Leon will come to your house.

boxing physician
Boxing Sports

Sure, as long as he ties a 56 lb. weight to each leg.

English boxing champion
Boxing Sports

One day Don King will asphyxiate by the force of his own exhaust.

boxing trainer
Boxing Sports

Pedroza – the crown on his head hanging by a thread.

British sports commentator
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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
Boxing Sports

The champion, Jess Willard, had about as much chance in this fight as a dish-faced chimpanzee in a beauty contest.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist
Boxing Sports

Everybody wants a piece of the cake, but my cake has no slices.

Swedish boxing champion
Boxing Sports

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

American boxing champion
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I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm also not Charles Manson.

(1966 – ) American boxing champion
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I'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than the mayor of Philadelphia.

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

boxing trainer
Boxing Sports

The dumbest question I was ever asked by a sportswriter was whether I hit harder with red or white gloves. As a matter of fact, I hit harder with red.

American boxer
Boxing Sports

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

English boxer
Boxing Sports

Sugar Ray Leonard was asked by Johnny Carson, “When do the wounds from the fight heal?”
His reply: “When the check clears.”

American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

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

wife of fighter Joe Bugner
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In Willie DeWit, we have an all-American boy, even though he is a Canadian.

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

(1905–1982) American sportswriter
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