Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 9)

Larry Holmes doesn't hit as hard as Earnie Shavers. Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

Before Don King started insulting me I was a complete unknown in this country. Now people stop me and ask for my autograph.

British boxing manager

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

American boxing champion

If bullshit was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be 'Shakespeare.'

boxing manager

I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

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

Swedish boxing champion

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

(1966 – ) American boxing champion

Lennox Lewis has two chances of getting a rematch with McCall – no chance and slim. And slim has just left town.

(1931 – ) American boxing promoter

I'll bet the hardest thing about prize fighting is picking up your teeth with a boxing glove on.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

It's like someone jammed an electric light bulb in your face, and busted it. I thought half my head was blowed off… When he knocked me down I could have stayed there for three weeks.

American boxing champion

Boxing: A mutual affliction of brain damage for the amusement of the public.

In Willie DeWit, we have an all-American boy, even though he is a Canadian.

He can run, but he can't hide.

(1914 – 1981) American boxing champion

We’re all endowed with God-given talents… mine happens to be hitting people in the head.

American boxing champion

I figured I'd find him sooner or later but I never did. I asked myself, "Where did he go?" I knew he was there because he kept hitting me.

British boxing champion

They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.

1922 – 2006) American boxing champion

Sugar Ray Leonard's retirements last about as long as Elizabeth Taylor's marriages.

professional boxing promoter

When I get done with 'Sweet Pea,' he'll be 'Split Pea.'

American boxer

George Foreman can knock down an oak tree, but oak trees don't move.

American boxing trainer

I’m not fat.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor