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| | More Boxing Quotes- Willie Pastrano, when asked by the ring doctor if he knew where he was: "You're damn right I do. I'm in Madison Square Garden getting the shit knocked out of me."
- Henry Cooper, replying to boxing abolitionist, Baroness Edith Summerskill, about the brutalities of his sport. Baroness: "Mr. Cooper, have you looked in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?"
- Cooper: "Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?"
- 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."
- Alan Minter: "Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious."
- Forty years after his heyday, an old opponent met Willie Pep on the street. "Do you recognise me?" he asked. Willie looked hard and considered before finally replying "Lie down so I can recognise you."
- Sam Langford was one boxer for whom confidence came easily. Before the start of one of his boxing match he addressed the crowd "You'll pardon me gentlemen if I make the fight short. I have a train to catch." He then knocked out his opponent in the first round and promptly left for the station. He caught the train!
- On another occasion he was fighting a 12-round match with Jack Thompson. At the start of the seventh round he extended his glove to Thompson "this was the usual ritual done in the final round of a boxing match," Thompson who was quite puzzled. "This ain't the last round Sam." he said. "It is for you," replied Sam and a punch later, Thompson was unconscious.
- The boxing public is confused as to who the man in the heavyweight division is today. I challenge you to a world heavyweight championship unification match, my WBA belt against your WBC belt: John Ruiz
- Gerry Cooney: "All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on. "
- Gerry Cooney: "Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning."
| | 12. Bruno Frank: Boxing is just show business with blood." 13. Marvin Hagler: "There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great." 14. Larry Holmes: "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." | | | |
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