“There is never a loser. No fighter should be a winner. Both should be applauded.”

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  1. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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  2. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Even Bruce Seldon?
     
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  3. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    @Fergy No boxer was more magnificent in a loss than on the night Richard Dunn lost to Muhammad Ali.
     
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  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Oh man, that night I had tears in my eyes.
    King Richard,he made me realise it's not all about winning.
    It's how you fall, and fall again.And then get up.
     
  5. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Get knocked down five times, get up six.
     
  6. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Heart of a king (Richard)
     
  7. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Though knocked to the floor the King wouldn't stop swinging. On that evening he had the heart of a lion
     
  8. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Best Ali quote: Friendship … is not something you learn in school, but if you haven’t learned about friendship, you haven’t learned anything.
     
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  9. USFBulls727

    USFBulls727 Active Member Full Member

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    Ali-Dunn was probably my favorite ever mismatch. Dunn was obviously hopelessly outclassed, but kept getting up and trying to make a fight of it. Looked like he was trying to run past the ref to get back at Ali after one of the knockdowns. Crowd seemed really lively. Ali's antics at the end were just pure silliness, but still entertaining. The show seemed a lot greater than the actual match-up IMO.
     
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  10. SgrRyLeonard

    SgrRyLeonard Active Member Full Member

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    It's true that both fighters should be applauded.
     
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  11. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    I once got a winner's participation trophy from the birth survivors fighting man's club of America of Nebraska USA Club. I won it fair and square and nobody, even the greatest/The Greatest is ever gonna take that away from me.
     
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  12. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I do not admire every man who ever stepped between the ropes.

    I do not like them all.

    Some of them, I do not think highly of their skills or abilities.

    But I damned sure respect them.

    Anyone who doesn’t probably never laced them up.
     
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  13. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    Nothing annoys me more than keyboard warriors calling fighters bums.Ok they might not be very good but at least they are brave enough to give it a go
     
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  14. Julio c

    Julio c New Member Full Member

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    There is a winner, .and a loser, in every bout.

    Maybe the guy who lost put up a hell of a fight, but he still lost.

    That's why you'll run those extra miles and work hard through anybody who may oppose you while in training.

    To mjake sure that that will not happen to you,

    but then again.... this is boxing.
     
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  15. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So many quotes are attributed to Ali that he never said.

    Most of the Ali quotes you see people reposting on social media can also be found on posters of kittens hanging from trees.;)

    The Muhammad Ali quote site is notorious for that.
     
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