I firmly believe that the best commentator boxing could ever have

As Ali would say:

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With this one, George Foreman could become the next president of the United States: "The referee is the most important man in the ring besides the two fighters." atriot

 

"Larry Holmes's fists couldn't take another 15 rounds of abuse!"

"Larry Holmes only won the first 15 rounds."

 

Some of my favorite Tex Cobb quotes.

"If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass."

"I dont think his hands can take the abuse" (When asked about a rematch with Larry Holmes)

"Larry Holmes doesn't hit as hard as Earnie Shavers. Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him."

"Larry Holmes didn't beat me he just won the first 15 rounds"

Mills Lane stopped the action to ask Cobb if he was okay in a fight in Reno. When Cobb replied that he was, Lane asked him, "Do you know where you are?" Cobb replied, "I am in Reno, getting the **** kicked out of me."

Versus Larry Holmes, the action was stopped so the ref could check on Cobb. He asked him, "Do you see me?" Cobb replies, "Yeah. You're white. It's the black guy I'm worried about."

"Earnie Shavers could punch you in the neck and break your ankle".

"I was only knocked out once, by a Mexican bantamweight, you wanna know how come? Six of my pals were swinging him 'round by his heels at the time.."

During the referee's instructions prior to his bout with Shavers, the ref asked the customary "Any questions"? Cobb replied "Can I bite him"?

When asked before the fight if he was afraid of Larry, Tex replied, “What the hell is this guy going to do to me? Hit me? You think I got all this scar tissue running into parked cars?”

“I figure I’ve been hit in the head with everything ‘cept a ‘54 Pontiac.”

“I love acting. It’s easy for me. All you do is look in the camera, smile, and lie with charm. I learned how to do that watching Don King promote fights.”

“Don King is one of the great humanitarians of our time. He has risen above that great term prejudice. He has screwed everybody he has ever been around. Hog, dog or frog, it don’t matter to Don. If you got a quarter, he wants the first twenty-six cents.”

 

Damn right...

 

Never happen cause HBO could never manipulate him and he would probably frustrate Lary to tears, Lampley to silence, and Kellerman to a stutter.

 

No kidding, those are some great lines. Wow.