Boxing quotes you like-

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  1. McGrain

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    "You'll forgive me gentelmen, if I make this a short fight. I have a train to catch!" - Sam Langford.
     
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    "Take the mouthpiece away. Don't give me no mouthpiece. I ain't gonna spit no more of this blood. I'll swallow it. I'm going to win this fight. Just let me go." - Henry Armstrong.
     
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    "When you gonna fight me ya bum?" - Harry Greb to Jack Dempsey, supposedly every time he saw him.
     
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    "I, too, am a champion." - Archie Moore to his corner and/or the referee upon their suggestion that they stop his fight with Marciano.
     
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  5. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I always like this one from Joey Giardello about fighting Dick Tiger.

    . Prior to one of these latter encounters, when asked by the press if Giardello, a classic boxer, planned to trade punches with Tiger, Giardello squelched this with, "I wouldn't trade stamps with him."
     
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  6. Ken Ashcroft

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    ‘I stand a 50-50 chance, if not 50-60 against anyone out there.’

    - Frank Bruno.
     
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  7. Kamikaze

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    "God asked me and Ray: 'who wants to be Sugar?' and I guess I didn't put my hand up fast enough." - Charley Burley.
     
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