Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 6)

Rocky Marciano didn't know enough boxing to know what a feint was. He never tried to out-guess you. He just kept trying to knock your brains out.

American boxing champion
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I've only ever seen Errol Christie fight once before and that was the best I've ever seen him fight.

British boxer
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You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager
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If bullshit was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be 'Shakespeare.'

boxing manager
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He’s the man of the hour at this particular moment.

(1931 – ) American boxing promoter
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I saw on HBO they were advertising a boxing match: “It's a fight to the finish” … that's a good place to end.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
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I love boxing. Where else do two grown men prance around in satin underwear, fighting over a belt? … the one who wins gets a purse… they do it in gloves. It's the accessory connection I love.

American comedian
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He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager
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Now it comes to a simple equation – who can stand the heat.

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

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
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If I fought Evander [Holyfield] with a baseball bat, I would win the fight… but it would be by decision.

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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
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The Rock didn't know too much about the boxing book, but it wasn't a book he hit me with. It was a whole library of bone crushers.

(1914 – 1981) American boxing champion
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It’s just a job; grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand… I beat people up.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
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When I hit Jimmy with that left it felt like when you hit a baseball and it goes right into deep field.

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

American boxing champion
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When I got up I stuck to my plan… stumbling forward and getting hit in the face.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
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There seems only one way to beat George Foreman: shell him for three days and then send the infantry in.

(1934 – ) Scottish sports writer
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Why should I feel sorry for Ali? He got two and a half-million dollars for being beaten up. Most of us in this city have to pay for the privilege.

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Rocky Marciano stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist
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I don't think his hands could take the abuse.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
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