My favorite boxing quotes

"I didn’t want to hurt nobody, just smack ‘em around and let ‘em know who’s boss" - Maxie Rosenbloom

I was also surprised to learn the commonly quoted "The bigger they are the harder they fall" and "You can run but you can't hide" came from Fitzsimmons and Louis respectively.

 

"If you intend to win, you must not lose."
Number 1 from "Alan Ford" comics

 

John L. Sullivan after being presented with National Police Gazette journalist, and rival, Richard Kyle Fox’s championship belt when he beat Kilrain:

“I wouldn't put Fox's belt around the neck of a goddamn dog!“

 

"I ain't got no dog-proof ass." -- Sonny Liston when asked if he intended to join civil rights protests in the South.

"Broad jumping." -- Liston naming his favorite sport.

 

"I commentate WHILE I'm boxing" Muhammad Ali when he was asked if he'd considered going into commentary after he retired.

"I'm still hitting him,ain't I?" Marvin Hagler to referee during Hearns fight.

 

''You''ll pardon me gentlemen if I make this fight short, I have a train to catch"- Sam Langford

''Whatever the other man wants to do, don't let him do it"- Sam Langford

''Always work the ref's blind size'' - Fritzie Zivic

"My wives were great housekeepers, after every divorce, they kept the house'' - Willie Pep

''Prize fighting ain't the noblest of arts, and I ain't the noblest of artists'' - Harry Greb

''Any time I'm not fighting three times a week, it's a vacation for me''- Harry Greb

'' Ring sense is an art, a gift from God that flows out of a fighter like a great painting flows out of an artist, or a great book comes out of an author" - Ray Arcel

''Sit down son, it's all over. No one will forget what you did here today'' - Eddie Futch

''One of, my favorites is the blow that started Welsh to defeat. It’s a body blow, delivered with a lifting twist. Sam Langford was a master of that lifting punch, it can be a short blow and not very hard, but it must lift or It’s no good. A lifting blow drives the intestines up against the heart, causing a weakening shock" - Benny Leonard

''PIPINO CUEVAS CAN SUCK MY DICK'' - Roberto Duran

 

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Never understood properly what he was trying to convey with that "war" quote but stole it and used it when I was with da' homies to sound smart-hard lmao

 

IMHO nothing tops this no BS "life is difficult" quote from the astute Mike Tyson:

"Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

THAT, my friends, is one of life's ultimate truths!!

 

Hi Buddy.
The first one is for you :
Incredulous reporters telling Liston that Patterson wanted a return came the reply " who can tell a bird, it can't fly "
" Be careful Jack, that frenchman has dynamite in his right hand " Kearns.
" What for that little fat man call me a bum " Louis
" Perhaps any WW in the world could beat me, but I know I can beat Armstrong, because he delivers to my delight "
" I like to fight the bigger men, they are slow and easy to hit " Greb
Stay safe guys, chat soon.

 

Muhammad Ali Quotes:

"If you wanna lose your money, be a fool a bet on Sonny".

"I done drowned a drink of water and killed a dead tree, don't mess with Muhammad Ali".

"He who isn't courageous will accomplish nothing in life".

"I know you got him. I know you got him picked, but the man's in trouble. I'll show you how great I am!". (Regarding his upcoming fight with George Foreman).

 

"You screw up in tennis, it's 15 - love. You screw up in boxing, it's yer ass!" - Randy 'Tex' Cobb

 

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other."

 

Tyson always gets credited with that quote, but it’s been around a lot longer.

Bruce “The Mouse” Strauss said the same thing to me in the 1970s when he fought a local fighter in my town. (Of course Bruce found a soft spot to lay down … he got hit but the local guy wasn’t a big puncher and it wasn’t the kind of shot that should have knocked anyone out.)

 

My all-time favorite quote is the one from Conn @20.22 of this vid, in the post-fight after the 1st Louis fight:

"I guess I had too much to win for tonight."

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