Best Boxing Quotes

One of my faves is

"I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it's a wonder I don't have diabetes"

 

Ricky Hatton in talking about how relaxed and having a good time Manny looks on way to ring.

"i mean look at him on the way to the ring........ he looks like me on the way to the chippy" - hilarious when i heard him say that on Ringside

 

My favorite is always: "Everybody has a plan until they get hit" -Joe Louis

It's an enlightening quote for pretty much every sport and not only boxing.

 

Corbett

“Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the centre of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round – remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.” "

Cool quote, recently saw it but don't remember where now.

 

Awesome

 

Jean Pascal at the weigh-in vs Kovalev

"You put da hat on my face"

 

actually seen that fight very recently .... ref - any questions....tarver says that.....back to the ref "that wasnt the questions i was talking about"

classic although made all the better with the result

 

"hard to get out bed to do road work in your silk pyjamas" i think that was it again another really good one

 

I like Mayweather but he is a goldmine;

'All I axe is where was he in 98?'
'In the sport of boxing'
'I've had a tremendous camp'
'I'm truly blessed'
'I take my hat off to him'
'He's a young hungry lion'
'I've been here before, I know what it takes when it comes to a fight of this magnitude'
'When it's all said and done'
'Like I said before'
'First off I wanna thank god, al Haymon, you guys, the media, once again you've all done a tremendous job'

'I sometimes contradict myself, I'm only human.'

'(Hatton) won two fights after that, including against Paulie Malignaggi, he looked decent in that.'
'...Decent? Decent? He's suppo- I mean, Paul Mali- Paul Maginalli lol is a good fighter but Ricky Hatton supposed to have killed this guy from what I've heard.'

'And yes, Manny Pacquiao, you're next.' / 'I never said that, please don't put words in my mouth.'

'They asked him (Pacquiao) if he wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather, he said 'I'll have to talk to Bob Arum, my promoter'. / (Mosley walks into the ring to confront him after Marquez) 'Well, I let Al Haymon and Leonard Ellerbe conduct my bouts...'

'I look at Miguel Cotto as an undefeated fighter. He faced Pacquiao, but Pacquiao caught him at a catchweight. It wasn’t the best Miguel Cotto. He was drained; he wasn’t hydrated.' / (Alvarez at 152) We just took advantage of a situation. It’s no different from basketball, football or baseball,” he said. “You’re always going to put your opposition at a disadvantage, if you can. You break ’em down and you go in for the kill.'

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'Sometimes they put us in a no-win situation. I had no choice, but I don't worry about going to jail. Better men than me have been there. I'm pretty sure Martin Luther King's been there, and Malcolm X . (And what did they go in for?) I have taken the good with the good so I'll accept the bad with the bad.'

'They talk about Kelly Pavlik, a white fighter, like he’s the second coming. Or they go crazy over Manny Pacquiao. But I’m a black fighter. Is it racial? Absolutely. They praise white fighters, they praise Hispanic fighters, whatever. But black fighters, they never praise.'
Claims a delusional racist agenda, then this;
“We’re going to cook that little yellow chump…Once I kick the midget ass, I don’t want you all to jump on my d---. So you all better get on the bandwagon now...Once I stomp the midget, I’ll make that mother f----- make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice…We’re going to cook him with some cats and dogs,”

“You know what I’m going to do, because you never give me a fair shake, so I’m going to let you talk to Victor Ortiz; I’m through put someone else up here and let them give me an interview. You never give me a fair shake. HBO needs to fire you because you don’t know s*** about boxing; you ain’t s***; you’re not S***,”

 

Ali (on Foreman)

"Howard Cosell, you say ive got no chance? ive got no hope? ive got nothing but a prayer?
Well chump all i need is a prayer, because when that prayer reaches the right person, not only will George Foreman fall, but mountains will fall".