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I found a website with a bunch of boxing quotes last night and some of em had me literally laughing out loud........prolly cause I was ridiculously tired. But anyway here are some of my favs
Boxing is built on bums. How else are you gonna know good from bad? How else is a good boy gonna get on top and get experience unless he fights bums? I tell ya, there's a shortage of bums.
Al Braverman (1975)
Gerry Cooney can't fight to keep warm.
Irving Rudd
Herol Graham has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever got knocked out by a poem.
Eddie Shaw
I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes.
Jake LaMotta
I only have to read Joe Louis' name and my nose starts to bleed again.
Tommy Fair
I was once knocked out by a Mexican bantamweight - six of my pals were swinging him around by his heels at the time.
Randall Tex' Cobb
If bullshit was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare.
Dennis Rappaport
If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Jake LaMotta and I fought six times. We almost got married.
Sugar Ray Robinson
Me and Jake LaMotta grew up in the same neighbourhood. You wanna know how popular Jake was? When we played hide and seek, nobody ever looked for LaMotta.
Rocky Graziano
My girlfriend boos when we make love because she knows it turns me on.
Hector Camacho (1989)
On being asked, by a female reporter, if he watched his opponent's eyes or gloves- His gloves, dear. I've never been hit by an eye in my life.
Terry Dowries
On Billy Conn, who threatened to use his mobility against the world champion -He can run, but he can't hide.
Joe Louis (1941)
On choosing a referee for his fight against Floyd Patterson - It don't matter as long as he can count up to ten.
Sonny Liston
On her husband Ron's defeat by Joe Frazier- I'm a realist. You don't enter a Volkswagen at Indy unless you know a helluva shortcut.
Dariene Stander
On Joe Frazier's attempt to sing The Star Spangled Banner in tune- I've made the national anthem a six-point underdog.
Jimmy The Greek' Snyder
On looking for a better class of opponent -I don't want to fight no Mexican roadsweepers no more.
Nigel Benn
On Naseem Hamed- He just wants to get in there and mash them. If you broke his arm, he'd kick you. If you broke his leg, he'd bite you. If you took out his teeth, he'd nut you. This boy wants to fight.
Brendan Ingle (1995)
Putting an ex-fighter in the business world is like putting silk stockings on a pig.
Jack Hurley (1981)
Saying that Howard Cosell quit commentating on boxing because it's sleazy is like saying Nixon quit politics because it's crooked.
Paul Gereffi
To hell with the Queen of Marksbury.
Pierre Bouchard (1973)
Years ago we had the Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta. Today, we've got the Raging Bullshit, Bruce Strauss.
Teddy Brenner
Before fighting Iran Berkley- He's gonna need an industrial-strength toothpick to pick the leather out of his teeth. I'm gonna hit this man so hard he's gonna grow an Afro.
Michael Olajide
Before his fight with Cassius Clay-1 can be found the next couple of months trying to perfect my new punch - the lipbuttoner.
Archie Moore
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.
James 'Quick' Tillis
Francesco Damiani punches with all the violence and bad intentions of Mahatma Gandhi.
Jerry Izenberg Newark Star-Ledger
George Chuvalo's best punch is a left cheek to the right glove.
Larry Merchant
I know it's said that I can't punch, but you should see me putting the cat out at night.
Chris Flnnegan
Jack Dempsey hits like an epileptic pile-driver.
Harry C.Witwert
Larry Holmes doesn't hit as hard as Earnie Shavers. Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him.
Randall Tex'Cobb
My three best punches were the choke hold, the rabbit punch and the head butt.
Chuck Wepner
On a possible second encounter with Larry Holmes, having been heavily beaten in the first match - I don't think his hands could take the abuse.
Randall Tex' Cobb
On being asked to name his best punch - I don't know, I've never hit myself.
Elisha Obed
On being hit by Joe Louis - 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.
James J. Braddock
On his fight with Floyd Patterson being switched to the Windy City- Don't matter where the fight is. My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.
Sonny Liston
On hitting Johnny Bumphus while he was still rising from his stool - The bell went ding and I went dong.
Uoyd Honeyghan
On taking a punch to the head- It opens a spacious firmament to the bewildered eyes, wherein you discover more planets in a second than most distinguished astronomers observe in a lifetime.
Professor Ned Donnelly SoH-Defence, or The Art of Boxing (1897)
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.
Archie Moore
When you're knocked down with a good shot, you don't feel pain. In fact it's a very lovable feeling. Maybe it's like taking dope. It's like floating. You feel you love everybody - like a hippie, I guess.
Floyd Patterson (1970)
Boxing is built on bums. How else are you gonna know good from bad? How else is a good boy gonna get on top and get experience unless he fights bums? I tell ya, there's a shortage of bums.
Al Braverman (1975)
Gerry Cooney can't fight to keep warm.
Irving Rudd
Herol Graham has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever got knocked out by a poem.
Eddie Shaw
I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes.
Jake LaMotta
I only have to read Joe Louis' name and my nose starts to bleed again.
Tommy Fair
I was once knocked out by a Mexican bantamweight - six of my pals were swinging him around by his heels at the time.
Randall Tex' Cobb
If bullshit was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare.
Dennis Rappaport
If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Jake LaMotta and I fought six times. We almost got married.
Sugar Ray Robinson
Me and Jake LaMotta grew up in the same neighbourhood. You wanna know how popular Jake was? When we played hide and seek, nobody ever looked for LaMotta.
Rocky Graziano
My girlfriend boos when we make love because she knows it turns me on.
Hector Camacho (1989)
On being asked, by a female reporter, if he watched his opponent's eyes or gloves- His gloves, dear. I've never been hit by an eye in my life.
Terry Dowries
On Billy Conn, who threatened to use his mobility against the world champion -He can run, but he can't hide.
Joe Louis (1941)
On choosing a referee for his fight against Floyd Patterson - It don't matter as long as he can count up to ten.
Sonny Liston
On her husband Ron's defeat by Joe Frazier- I'm a realist. You don't enter a Volkswagen at Indy unless you know a helluva shortcut.
Dariene Stander
On Joe Frazier's attempt to sing The Star Spangled Banner in tune- I've made the national anthem a six-point underdog.
Jimmy The Greek' Snyder
On looking for a better class of opponent -I don't want to fight no Mexican roadsweepers no more.
Nigel Benn
On Naseem Hamed- He just wants to get in there and mash them. If you broke his arm, he'd kick you. If you broke his leg, he'd bite you. If you took out his teeth, he'd nut you. This boy wants to fight.
Brendan Ingle (1995)
Putting an ex-fighter in the business world is like putting silk stockings on a pig.
Jack Hurley (1981)
Saying that Howard Cosell quit commentating on boxing because it's sleazy is like saying Nixon quit politics because it's crooked.
Paul Gereffi
To hell with the Queen of Marksbury.
Pierre Bouchard (1973)
Years ago we had the Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta. Today, we've got the Raging Bullshit, Bruce Strauss.
Teddy Brenner
Before fighting Iran Berkley- He's gonna need an industrial-strength toothpick to pick the leather out of his teeth. I'm gonna hit this man so hard he's gonna grow an Afro.
Michael Olajide
Before his fight with Cassius Clay-1 can be found the next couple of months trying to perfect my new punch - the lipbuttoner.
Archie Moore
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.
James 'Quick' Tillis
Francesco Damiani punches with all the violence and bad intentions of Mahatma Gandhi.
Jerry Izenberg Newark Star-Ledger
George Chuvalo's best punch is a left cheek to the right glove.
Larry Merchant
I know it's said that I can't punch, but you should see me putting the cat out at night.
Chris Flnnegan
Jack Dempsey hits like an epileptic pile-driver.
Harry C.Witwert
Larry Holmes doesn't hit as hard as Earnie Shavers. Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him.
Randall Tex'Cobb
My three best punches were the choke hold, the rabbit punch and the head butt.
Chuck Wepner
On a possible second encounter with Larry Holmes, having been heavily beaten in the first match - I don't think his hands could take the abuse.
Randall Tex' Cobb
On being asked to name his best punch - I don't know, I've never hit myself.
Elisha Obed
On being hit by Joe Louis - 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.
James J. Braddock
On his fight with Floyd Patterson being switched to the Windy City- Don't matter where the fight is. My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.
Sonny Liston
On hitting Johnny Bumphus while he was still rising from his stool - The bell went ding and I went dong.
Uoyd Honeyghan
On taking a punch to the head- It opens a spacious firmament to the bewildered eyes, wherein you discover more planets in a second than most distinguished astronomers observe in a lifetime.
Professor Ned Donnelly SoH-Defence, or The Art of Boxing (1897)
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.
Archie Moore
When you're knocked down with a good shot, you don't feel pain. In fact it's a very lovable feeling. Maybe it's like taking dope. It's like floating. You feel you love everybody - like a hippie, I guess.
Floyd Patterson (1970)
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