Subject: Sports » Boxing (Page 8)

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

British sports commentator

Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed.

British boxing champion

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

English boxer

If you think Barkley was mad before the fight, wait until he sees how many people are taking part of his purse.

professional boxing promoter

Tall men come down to my height when I hit ‘em in the body.

(1895 – 1983) American boxing champion

I don't mind the title fight going out at three in the morning. Everyone in Glasgow fights at three in the morning.

When I get done with 'Sweet Pea,' he'll be 'Split Pea.'

American boxer

I fear no man, but the dentist.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

We’re all endowed with God-given talents… mine happens to be hitting people in the head.

American boxing champion

Never in the ring of human conflict have so few taken so much from so many.

American boxer

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

He has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art; trouble is, nobody ever knocked anybody out with a poem.

Blues saxophonist

I'm the best heavyweight in Canada and I'll still be the best when I'm dead seven years.

Canadian boxing champion

In his prime, Joe Bugner had the physique of a Greek statue, but he had fewer moves.

(1934 – ) Scottish sports writer

Only if it's held in a phone booth.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

I was six foot one inch when I started fighting, but with all the uppercuts I'm up to six foot five inches.

American boxer

Before the first Tyson fight, Frank Bruno figures to be the biggest British disaster since the Titanic. Las Vegas will bet you even money Bruno doesn't last the first round. He's 7-1 to lose, 6-1 to get knocked out, he's probably 7-5 to get killed.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

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

English boxer

After Buster Douglas knocked out Tyson – He's just like Humpty Dumpty. They're not going to be able to put Tyson back together again.

Boxing: A mutual affliction of brain damage for the amusement of the public.

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion