Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 10)

Fear was absolutely necessary; without it, I would have been scared to death.

American boxing champion

Saying that Howard Cosell quit commensating on boxing because it's sleazy is like saying Nixon quit politics because it's crooked.

sportswriter

Las Vegas is the oasis of outstretched palms.

English boxing journalist & commentator

I'm always into a positive black image. Whenever Leon Spinks fights I always pray, 'Dear Lord, please don't let them interview Leon on TV.'

American television personality

Jack Dempsey hits like an epileptic pile-driver.

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

British sports commentator

… standing there making a sitting target of himself.

English boxing manager & trainer

I don't know, I've never hit myself.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

Everybody has a plan, ’till they get hit.

(1966 – ) American boxing champion

Naseem Hamed is naturally fit. I've seen more fat on a butcher's apron.

English boxing journalist & commentator

The current version of Buster Mathis [Jr.] boasts not just a Michelin man waist but an embonpoint thai would give him a better shot at starring in the next Wonderbra poster than winning a boxing title.

He's got a nutritionist, and I've got room service.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Earnie Shavers could punch you in the neck and break your ankle.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

I can be found the next couple of months trying to perfect my new punch – the lip-buttoner.

American boxing champion

Rocky Marciano didn't know enough boxing to know what a feint was. He never tried to out-guess you. He just kept trying to knock your brains out.

American boxing champion

Anyone who studied McCall's contribution to the fight would not have been surprised that he failed to hit a sample tube with the required amount afterwards. Bruno, of course, had no such trouble. He is well used to having the piss taken out of him by his fellow countrymen.

sportswriter

I don't know what impressive is, but Joe was impressive tonight.

wife of fighter Joe Bugner

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

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history, but I consider that a compliment, because I must have got up more than any heavyweight champion.

American boxing champion

You're damn right I know where I am! I'm in Madison Square Garden getting the sh*t kicked out of me.

American boxer

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