Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 3)

Buster Douglas went to bed as a 231-pound world champion and woke up as a 270-pound parade float.

American sports columnist

I’m not fat.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

He went to the hospital with bleeding kidneys, and me… I went dancing with my wife.

Canadian boxing champion

He's not only a lousy fighter, he's a bad actor. Louis or Marciano could have whipped him by telephone.

American boxer

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

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

With four sisters about the house, I could never get my hands on a comb.

American boxing champion

Mike Tyson's not all that bad. If you dig deep … dig real deep, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, deep, deep, go all the way to China … I'm sure, you'll find there's a nice guy in there.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

My DNA is cheeseburgers.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

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

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing – but none of them serious.

English professional boxer

I'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than the mayor of Philadelphia.

American professional boxer

All I do is hit somebody in the mouth; it's a whole lot easier than working for a living.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

I was once knocked out by a Mexican bantamweight – six of my pals were swinging him around by his heels at the time.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

I’m going down so often these days you’d think I was making a blue movie.

English boxer

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

I got a guy who's short, stoop shouldered and balding with two left feet. They all look better than he does as far as the moves are concerned, but they don't look so good on the canvas.

American boxing trainer

I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

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

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

Gerry Cooney can't fight to keep warm.

Boxing press agent

George Chuvalo's best punch is a left cheek to the right glove.

American sportswriter

How can you trust a man who can talk for five minutes and you can’t understand a sentence of it!

British and Canadian boxing champion