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Boxing Quotes & Sayings

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He looks up through blood smeared lips. — Harry Carpenter

Nailing him was like trying to thread a needle in a high wind. — Jack Dempsey

As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights. — Miguel Cotto

They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce. — Willie Pep

Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam — Michael Spinks

I saw on HBO they were advertising a boxing match "It's a fight to the finish". That's a good place to end. — Mitch Hedberg

Mike Tyson has been given ever penny he has coming. — Don King

I proposed abolishing boxing because it was bad for the brain, but boxers were generally so decent that I loved being around the gyms. — George Vecsey

He has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever knocked anybody out with a poem. — Eddie Shaw

It's the hurt business, it's boxing. We're there to get it in. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing. — Muhammad Ali

When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves. — John Barrymore

I also watched boxing all the time and Tuesday Night Fights on USA and just kept hitting my heavy back in the garage. — Robbie Lawler

Theres 3 things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest — Manny Pacquiao

You know what animals exist in the desert. He's going to his indigenous natural habitat. What better place for night crawlers? — Don King

The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport. — Curtis Jackson

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. — Frank Bruno

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer. — Juan Manuel Marquez

I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back. — Muhammad Ali

Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words. — Roger Kahn

King's an equal opportunity dirtbag, he screws everybody. — Michael Spinks

Boxing is a lot of preparation and then improvising, so there are parallels to being an actor. — Seth Numrich

I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time. — Jerry Ferrara

Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win. — Kenny Anderson

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century. — Barry McGuigan

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. — Sung Hi Lee

That computer was made in Alabama — Muhammad Ali

It's hard to know what's gay in life. Boxing. That's two men fighting over a belt. — Demetri Martin

I'm very physical. I grew up boxing. I've done almost all of my own stunts in movies and in television. — Raymond Cruz

I just put the reflexes in the proper direction. — Angelo Dundee

I'm gonna make a ton of money on the rematch, but that decision was horrible. — Bob Arum

Love is the only thing that keeps me sane ... — Sue Townsend

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello

Sit down, son. It's all over. No-one will ever forget what you did here today — Eddie Futch

His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. — Muhammad Ali

I was hittin' him with body punches and I hurt him. Actually he was cryin' in there, makin' woman gestures like — Mike Tyson

I'd hate to compare anyone with Sugar Ray Robinson, but Donald is the closest thing to Robinson I've ever seen — Dave Gorman

See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it. — Alexis Arguello

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I do actually use a boxing trainer when I train for stand-up. — Louis C.K.

Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing. — Alice Dreger

I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. — Muhammad Ali

I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I make more money with Don King stealing from me than 100 percent from other promoters. — Jack Newfield

Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man. — Howard Cosell

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing. — Georges Carpentier

I made it to Boxing Day because I was too miserable to hang myself. I lie. I made it to Boxing Day because I was too cowardly to hang myself. — David Mitchell

I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong, — Muhammad Ali

It's hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader's imagination when you're telegraphing your punches. — Don Roff

The rest merely requires common sense; it is like a boxing match, the more you punch the better it is. — Bernard Cornwell

I've always wanted to do a boxing movie. — Walter Hill

We know it's being referred to as the robot boxing movie [Real Steel], but truth is, 70% of the movie is the relationships. — Shawn Anthony Levy

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Boxing is your father's sport. — Dana White

It's nothing personal, but I'm going to kill this guy — Mike Tyson

The fight for survival is the fight — Rocky Graziano

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. — Muhammad Ali

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free. — Mika.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly. — Larry Holmes

People tell me it was a great left hook, but I wouldn't know. I never saw it — Gene Fullmer

MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world. — Nelson Mandela

When I got up I stuck to my plan - stumbling forward and getting hit in the face. — Randall Cobb

Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it. — Mike Tyson

It is up to the people and boxing fans to give me the respect I deserve once I have finished my career. I personally do not think about my legacy. — Wladimir Klitschko

What is the world but a boxing ring where fools and devils put up their fists? — Catherynne M Valente

I sometimes say I am in a relationship with boxing, — Marlen Esparza

Don King doesn't care about black or white. He just cares about green. — Larry Holmes

I come from athletics and I have a pretty big boxing background, so I never really shy away or get nervous about the physical rigors of filmmaking. — Jon Bernthal

My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape. — Diego Corrales

I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set - and they're both working. — Willie Pep

How did I get hooked? Well, it's something like you journalists having a drink after work — Tyrell Biggs

Sugar Ray wouldn't give me a rematch, and that's the reason I walked away from boxing. — Marvin Hagler

In boxing you never know who you're going to face in ring. — Manny Pacquiao

I won't say I won't fight again but I don't think anyone wants to fight me so I am finished and I will just continue with boxing exhibitions. — Larry Holmes

Boxing is always serious. — Juan Manuel Marquez

Writing is like shadow boxing. Editing is when the shadows fight back. — Adam Copeland

One of my all-time favorite workouts is boxing. — Cassie Scerbo

Will be a divine fight, a holy war ... Armageddon on a miniature scale. — Muhammad Ali

It's all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing. You blink your eyes and somebody says good night to you. — Kostya Tszyu

I never knew about a lot of the outside things — Angelo Dundee

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Like two figures in the medieval Morality play, Pragmatism and Morality spar in the boxing ring of my brain. — John Kennedy Toole

I knew boxing before I knew anything else. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

There is no fighter smarter than me. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

In boxing, everybody has their favorites. — Thomas Hearns

That was a good fight back in the gym," he said.
"But I think you could benefit from a few more boxing
lessons. — Becca Fitzpatrick

Life is like a boxing match, keep on throwing those punches and one of them will land.
Kevin Lane - The Shawshank Prevention — Ken Scott

How can you trust a man who can talk for 5 minutes and you cant understand a sentence of it! — Lennox Lewis

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it. — George Foreman

People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight. — Joel Edgerton

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. — Emo Philips

I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Out of all the fighters that I have developed, clothed, financed, Gerrie Coetzee is the only one who had the decency to say 'thanks'. — Don King

Once or twice a week, I try to do some kind of boxing. I'm hitting the bags and jumping rope - all that stuff. — Mekhi Phifer

I stop two hours before a fight — Hector Camacho

To me, boxing isn't about the other person. It's about me. My inner struggles. It works for me. — Aleks Paunovic

Some were scattered about the ring, one or two went in the sawdust tub, one I spat out as I fell, and I am thundering sure I swallowed a couple — Johnny Basham

Boxing is rough. Even if you win, you get hurt. — Joyce Carol Oates

I've seen Dempsey fight and I was impressed with his lack of knowledge. — Gene Tunney