Best fighter quotes

“Bernard Hopkins says he doesn’t wanna lose to a white guy ...I don’t wanna to lose to a white guy either...or a black guy ...or a blue guy ...or a green guy ...= Joe Calzaghe

 

Unconfirmed but brilliant none the less.

Ken Buchanan in an after dinner speech on fighting Roberto Duran, "he hit me so many times I thought I was fighting Duran Duran"

He headbutted, elbowed me, kneed me in the bollocks, at one stage I was almost begging him to punch me.. Same fighter on the same fighter.

 

Larry Holmes- “ It’s hard being black. You ever been black? I was once when I was poor”

 

Not a fighter, but a fighter's wife:

On the morning of his fight with Muhammad Ali, Chuck Wepner presented his wife with a 'very sexy' powder-blue negligee and told her: 'Wear that to bed tonight, honey. You're gonna be sleeping with the heavyweight champion of the world.'

Late that night, when her husband arrived back at their hotel having been knocked out in the 15th round, Mrs Wepner was duly perched on the edge of the bed scantily attired as instructed and said: 'OK, bigshot. Is Ali coming to my room or am I going to his?'

 

"Freaky-Deeky!"
Leon Spinks

 

Brian London after fighting Muhammad Ali - “ They said e’ was fast but not that fookin fast!”

 

“After 3 rounds he’s gonna want to be my friend “= Marlon Starling

 

first one I thought of

 

I thought that was Frazier.

 

"I'd rather be a lampost in Denver than the mayor of Detroit"

-Sonny Liston-

"They say I was the one who got knocked down the most but I'm the one who got up the most"

-Floyd Patterson-

"Please don't get up, I just want to be a world champion"

-Alexis Arguello-

 

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

 

“ I’ve been feeding the faith ...and I’ve been starving the doubt...so there’s no doubt in my mind that I won’t knock Thomas Hearns out “= Marvelous Marvin Hagler