Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 9)

There are three things that go on a fighter, first your reflexes go, then your chin goes, and then your friends go.

1922 – 2006) American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

I can close any cut in the world in 50 seconds, so long as it ain't a total beheading.

boxing cut-man
Boxing Sports

Venezuela! Great, that's the Italian city with the guys in the boats, right?

American boxing promoter
Boxing Misspokements Places Sports

I can take it but I can't dish it out.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

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

(1921 – 1989) American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

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

boxing trainer
Boxing Sports

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

British boxer
Boxing Misspokements Sports

Me and Jake LaMotta grew up in the same neighborhood. You wanna know how popular Jake was? When we played hide and seek, nobody ever looked for LaMotta.

(1919 – 1990) American boxing champion
Boxing People Self Sports

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
Boxing Misspokements Sports

I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm also not Charles Manson.

(1966 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Characteristics Sports

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.

Boxing Sports

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

American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

I lost it by default, not de-punch.

English boxer
Boxing Sports

Not being born to parents who were accountants was probably my biggest mistake.

British boxing champion
Boxing Miscellaneous Sports

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

When if comes to ballyhoo, Muhammad Ali made Barnum and Bailey look like non-starters, and he had the incandescent quality of the real star which would have made him famous, even if his gift was knitting not fighting.

English broadcaster, journalist & author
Boxing Sports

Earnie Shavers could punch you in the neck and break your ankle.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

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

British sports commentator
Boxing Misspokements Sports

You'll pardon me gentlemen if I make the fight short. I have a train to catch.

Canadian boxer
Boxing Sports

I’m undisputed. There's no disputing that.

British and Canadian boxing champion
Boxing Misspokements Sports

Since I've retired, I eat less, weigh less, train less and care less.

American boxing champion
Boxing Sports