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| | Classic Boxing Quotes- 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."
- Max Bear, on Joe Louis: "He hit me 18 times while I was in the act of falling."
- Harry Kabakoff, on Chango Cruz: "The bum was up and down so many times I thought he was an Otis elevator."
- Terry Lawless: "He's standing there making a sitting target of himself."
- Mike Tyson, to the Nevada State Athletic Commission: "I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm also not Charles Manson."
- Nick Wilshire: "I can only see it going one way, that's my way. How it's actually going to go I can't really say."
- Tommy Farr: "Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed."
- Dan Duva, on Mike Tyson hooking up again with promoter Don King: " Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton."
- Alan Massengale, after Don Zimmer got knocked down by Pedro Martinez in the playoffs and Evander Holyfield lost to James Toney.: "I felt sorry for Zimmer this weekend. Next time, if he wants to rumble, maybe he should pick on someone a little closer to his age. Evander Holyfield might be available.
- "Harry Carpenter: "Marvelous oriental pace he's got, just like a Buddhist statue."
- Tex Cobb, responding to a reporter who said Cobb was a fat, cocaine snorting , drunk. Cobb replied: "I'm not fat.
- Dan Duva, referring to whether or not he thought Mike Tyson would learn anything in prison: "He went to prison for three years, not Princeton."
- Max Baer, when asked for his definition of fear: "Standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early."
- George Foreman: "The referee is the most important man in the ring besides the two fighters."
| | 15. Harry Carpenter: "It's not one of Bruno's fastest wins... but it's one of them." 16. Harry Carpenter: "He looks up through blood smeared lips." 17. 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." 18. Jim Watt, former WBC lightweight champion, when asked about his "white complexion" by a reporter said: "I'm like a bottle of milk with gloves." | | Classic Boxing Quotes Part 3 |
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