Best boxing quotes

Hugh Macilvanney describing Donato Paduano who had been eating Ken Buchananan's left jab. "Paduano wore the expression of a man who had just sucked on an exploding cigar".
Always makes me laugh.

 

this is a quote from Mcgrain

it sums up boxing and Muhammed Ali brillaintly

'Boxing aint like Maths its more like music and Al riffed bueatufully'

 

I heard the same story about Ray Robinson.

 

I have heard a story that Henery Cooper was speaking to a woman who was very active in trying to get boxing banned. When she pointed out to Cooper that his face bore the wear and tear of his boxing career. His response was something like: I'm a boxer what's your excuse?
I also like Max Bear's: Fear is seeing Joe Louis standing across the ring knowing he wants to go home early.

 

Ezzard Charles

When a reporter ask him when he tought he had the fight won.

"When the bell rang and the desion was awared in my favor".

Rocky Marciano
"I think it was a right uppercut that knock him out Al."

 

Willie Pep: "He beat me with a double arm lock."

Sandy Saddler: " I thought a punch to the kidney did it. If they say I twisted his arm, OK....I twisted it."

 

harry greb on being asked why he didn't keep his dressing room door locked
"what, and stop some piece of skirt from getting in"

 

Roger Mayweather: "Who's the greatest latin fighter of all time?"

Fat guy in the gym: "Ummm...Oscar?"

Roger Mayweather: "What the F**k you just say??!!"

 

interviewer to sonny liston after he'd stopped chuck wepner and wepner had recieved 56 stitches
"is wepner the bravest you've met"
sonny:"no,his manager is"

 

Jim...Jim...

 

'The Prince is for real!!!!'

'If there's anything I can do for you, let me know please'

 

"A bit of involuntary breakdancing there" Reg Gutteridge,on seeing Thomas Hearns being rocked by Marvin Hagler. "GET IN THERE FRANK" Harry Carpenter's nice bit of impartial commentary during Tyson-Bruno 1

 

We should have stood in bed!!!!!. Joe Jacobs

 

"You guys better get your commercials in quick ,I cant hold this bum up any longer",Ali talking mid fight against Koopman.
" Don't let him hit me again", Kingfish Levinsky" talking to the ref during the Louis fight.
"He said I hit him when he wasnt looking,well, what the hell why aint you looking"? Dempsey talking about the Sharkey fight.
"Keep em up Max",[Braddock to Baer], "Is that up enough? "[ Baer after landing a head shot],
"Yeah that 's fine " Braddock.

"Come and fight", Dempsey to a backpedalling Tunney.

"Oh Oh ,I should be doing this to you" Carnera after being lifted up off the ground by Louis .