Great Boxing Quotes

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  1. LoadedGlove

    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Boxers have given us some fantastic quotes over the years. I'll kick off with this one :

    Asked what he'd do in retirement, Archie Moore said, " I'm gonna sleep in then go down to the gym, hang out and talk tough like all them other a..holes " .

    Now come on, let's have them.
     
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  2. TipNom

    TipNom Active Member Full Member

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    "He can run but he can't hide" - Joe Louis
     
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  3. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    /thread
     
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  4. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    "I'll moider da bum!"
     
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  5. Rope-a-Dope

    Rope-a-Dope Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    "I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian." - Mike Tyson
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I'm not God - but I am something similar
    - Roberto Durán
     
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  7. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    “I never heard of da guy, but whoever he is I’ll moider da bum”
    Tony Galento when asked if he’d heard of William Shakespeare.
     
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  8. Knights107

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    Let the other guy have whatever they wants before the fight.
    once the bell rings ge's gonna be dissapointed anyway.
    -George Foreman-
     
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  9. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "No more ESPN fights... No more ESPN fights.... No more ESPN fights.......Yeah, no more ESPN fights." ~ Smokin' Bert Cooper after almost knocking out Holyfield for the title. (And, unfortunately for Bert, shortly before he found himself fighting on ESPN again)
     
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  10. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    “I don't think his hands could take the abuse."
    Randall Tex Cobb on talk of a possible rematch with Larry Holmes.
     
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  11. Tramell

    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    In his comeback when asked what kind of shape will he be in George replied "Round."
     
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  12. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    "I got knocked out by a Mexican bantamweight once. A buddy of mine was swinging him around by the ankles and he clipped me."


    -Tex Cobb
     
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  13. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    AFTER I BEAT YOUR HUSBAND I **** YOU.-Roberto Duran
    I had 11 babies, somebody thought I was cute.- Joe Frazier
    There's good money in white boys- Tex Cobb
    Mess up in tennis and that's 15-love. Mess up in boxing and that's your ass.-Tex Cobb

    When a reporter asked Archie Moore how he wanted to be thought of he replied. "When I walk down the street and pass by a stranger, I want them to think "There goes a man".

    "BURGER KING, BURGER KING, DON KING KISS MY ASS"- James Toney
    "MMA fans are all failed abortions"- James Toney
    Spinal.

    Fighting Deontay Wilder is like fighting a 7 year old with an AK-47.-Tyson Fury
     
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  14. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    "Heavyweight champion of da world, who necks."
     
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  15. Jobo1878

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    "Sure, the fight was fixed,I fixed it with a right hand"
     
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