Keyword: Punches

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
Boxing Sports

Earnie Shavers hit me, man, and knocked me face down on the canvas. I was in the land of make believe. I heard saxophones, trombones. I saw little blue rats, and they were all smoking cigars and drinking whisky.

American boxer
Boxing Sports

Jack Dempsey hit me hardest, 'cos Dempsey hit me 211,000 dollars' worth, while Joe Louis only hit me 36,000 dollars' worth.

American boxing champion
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Francesco Damiani punches with all the violence and bad intentions of Mahatma Gandhi.

American sportswriter
Boxing Sports

In boxing the right cross-counter is distinctly one of those things it is more blessed to give than to receive.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist
Boxing Sports

I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities.

American boxing champion
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Jack Dempsey hits like an epileptic pile-driver.

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My three best punches were the choke hold, the rabbit punch and the head butt.

American boxer
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Anyone who weighs over 200 pounds can punch; I don't care if it's a broad.

American boxing trainer
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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
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