Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 2)

Muhammad Ali was on a plane when a stewardess asked him to fasten his seat belt. Ali told the lady: Superman don't need no seat belt.
The stewardess told the champ: Superman don't need no plane!

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

He has everything a boxer needs except speed, stamina, a punch, and ability to take punishment. In other words, he owns a pair of shorts.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter
Boxing Sports

The bum was up and down so many times I thought he was an Otis elevator.

boxing trainer & manager
Boxing Sports

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

British sports commentator
Boxing Misspokements Sports

When Mike Tyson gets mad, you don't need a referee, you need a priest.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Boxing Sports

I ain't never heard of him. I suppose he's one of them foreign heavyweights; they're all lousy. Sure as hell I'll moida da bum.

American professional boxer
Boxing Sports

A rematch with Mike Tyson is as attractive as Sam Fox and Maria Whittaker put together.

English boxer
Boxing Sports

Many mens have fell and stumbled when they meet big George in that square jungle.

Ukrainian heavyweight 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

Nah, I’m just a prizefighter.

(1919 – 1990) American boxing champion
Boxing Misspokements Sports

The Mexicans… these tiny little men from South America.

British sports commentator
Boxing Misspokements People 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

It’s just a job; grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand… I beat people up.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Occupations Sports Work

I can only see it going one way, that’s my way. How it’s actually going to go I can't really say.

English boxer
Boxing Misspokements Sports

Interviewer: Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?

Chris Eubank: On what?

British boxing champion
Boxing Misspokements Sports

It don't matter as long as he can count up to ten.

American professional boxer
Boxing Sports

Frank Bruno has a chin of such pure Waterford crystal; it gives rise to the old adage that people who live in glass jaws shouldn't throw punches. The biggest danger in fighting Bruno is that you might get hit by flying glass.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Boxing Sports

Boxing is built on bums. How else are you gonna know good from bad? How else is a good boy gonna get on top and get experience unless he fights bums? I tell ya, there's a shortage of bums.

Boxing manager & promoter
Boxing Sports

I'd have been more active in there, if only I'd been a little more sober.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

The question looming over Magri, is not will he keep the title, but can he?

British sports commentator
Boxing Misspokements Sports

Peter McNeeley dived in with overarm shots like a child hurriedly learning the doggie paddle in the deep end.

(1944 – ) British sportswriter
Boxing Sports