Classic Boxing Quotes - 2

Classic Boxing Quotes

Anonymous: "Give me one friend, just one, who meets the needs of all my varying moods."

George Foreman: I respect that you want to protect your niece. You know, I didn't want my daughter to become a boxer. Neither did Mohammad. But Joe Frazier, on the other hand, he had his baby girl boxing in the crib.

Joe Frazier: “I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities.” After the Thrilla in Manila.

George Foreman: If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.

George Foreman: That gal's all skull and no brains. She's like Joe Frazier with lipstick.

George Foreman: "Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway."

George Foreman: "The referee is the most important man in the ring besides the two fighters."

Jeanette Winterson: "Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way of explaining the universe while leaving the universe unexplained, it's a way of keeping it all alive, not boxing it into time."

Harry Carpenter: "It's not one of Bruno's fastest wins... but it's one of them."

Mark Kaylor: "I've only ever seen Errol Christie fight once before and that was the best I've ever seen him fight."

Eddie Shaw, referring to Herol "Bomber" Graham : "He has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever knocked anybody out with a poem."

George Foreman: "I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today."

Max Baer, when asked for his definition of fear: "Standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early."

Blackie Sherrod, talking about a heavyweight contender: "He has everything a boxer needs except speed, stamina, a punch, and ability to take punishment. In other words, he owns a pair of shorts."

Harry Carpenter: "Marvelous oriental pace he's got, just like a Buddhist statue."

Dan Castellaneta: "If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such."

Joyce Carol: Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

Harry Kabakoff: On Chango Cruz: "The bum was up and down so many times I thought he was an Otis elevator."

Shane Mosley; "The Glory is the issue to me. Money comes and goes, but a legacy stays forever. I hate to lose"

Terry Lawless: "He's standing there making a sitting target of himself."

Joe Frazier when asked how he would fare against his son in a boxing match said "If I said 'Fall down', he's gonna fall down. I'm still his father." 

Sugar Ray Leonard; "It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable."
Mike Tyson said, After biting Holyfield:  "This is my career. I have children to raise. I have to retaliate. He butted me. Look at me. My kids will be scared of me."

WBA Jnr. middleweight champ Davey Moore was in the crowd at the Marvin Hagler knockout win over Caveman Lee and was asked if he would consider moving up in weight for a fight with Hagler. His reply "No, I'm gonna to starve myself."

Classic Boxing Quotes Part 2