Duran was a true great, but he was also an evil little *******, wasn't he lads? When he said stuff like that, you knew he meant every single word!
As opposed to the awsome intellect and sportsmanship that eminated from the oh-so-much-more than a street thug Mayorga. ------------- Reporter: What's your prediction for tonight? Lang: Pain.
I liked it after Darchinyan beat Arce. Someone (another boxer) in the crowd started calling him out. He says "you want to fight me, you fight him first" he points to Arce and adds "and he will beat you"
"I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart." "If I had been up there with Ali (during the torch-lighting ceremony), I would have pushed him in the fire,'' About Ali at the olympics when he lit the fire Joe Frazier
"You've looked up to me your entire life. You watched me as a child. Now I will show you what it means to be a champion." Muhammad Ali to George Foreman right before the opening bell.
Verbally, he was literate. He spoke better about former HW champions than any other fighter bar Tunney.
True. A brilliant student of the game and very literate. Little class at times as we know, but I agree that Tyson has a high Boxing IQ (even if it didn't come across in his fights as time went on) and, if he wasn't punch drunk and didn't have a lisp, would make a fantastic analyst. Tarver is not bad by the way:good And was sound when I told him face-to-face he'd sparked out my hero 'yeah, with this hook boy' before breaking into laughter and giving me a man hug