Keyword: Punches

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

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

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

American boxer
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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
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