Quotes from fights, that made you laugh

Harry Gibbs to Chuck Wepner when stopping his fight against Joe Bugner due to a cut: "I'm sorry, old boy, I have to retire you."

Chuck Wepner's response: "I've cut myself worse while shaving."

 

Sonny Liston beat George Johnson by TKO7

Johnson had been scheduled to get married at midnight after the fight, but pushed off the wedding to the next day to recover.

Johnson later claimed "Liston hit me so hard, I married the wrong woman."

 

James Kirkland says, “I didn’t know I was knocked out. I had him trapped and hurt in the corner in the first round but he escaped, I had him hurt in the second also…I hope to fight him again someday. I’m a warrior. I’ll be back,”

Alvarez must pack an insane punch because he clearly knocked some memory out of Kirkland; but this fight is probably something he does not want to remember anyway.

 

When talking about a post-fight interview, few were funnier than the Marlon Starling - Tomas Molinares fight. The bell rings ending the round and Starling drops his mitts and Molinares knocks him cold. When revived Larry Merchant asks Starling about getting knocked out and Starling - still buzzed and confused - says, "Knocked out?! I wasn't even down!" Merchant sheepishly says something to the effect of "Marlon, I think you need to see the replay."

 

Corner man: "A great round son, he never laid a glove on ya"
"Well some f***** is beating the **** out of me in there,it must be the referee" Ricky Hatton between rounds in one of his early fights.

 

You got any excuses tonight Roy..

 

Paul Pender asking Gene Fullmer if there was any advice on a guy he was scheduled to fight was told.

" Yeah, take sandwiches, the guy can fight all day. "

 

Any post fight interview with Tyson gets better with age, apparently. Victor Ortiz says some stupid shyt most of the time.

My favorites are Joe Goosen putting the mouth piece back in Diego Corrales' mouth after the second knockdown against Castillo and blurts out, "You gotta fukkin get inside him now!" Funnier when watching it.

Also, Manny Steward's nervous meltdown between rounds of the Lewis-Tyson fight, "You gotta hit this n*gga mang! Quit fukkin around with him Lennox and get him the fukk outta here!"

 

Greg Haugen who was stopped by Julio Cesare Chavez in the 5th rd.

Before fight: "He's built his record fighting Tijuana cab drivers."
After fight: "Those must have been some pretty tough cab drivers."

 

Mike Katsidis vs JM Marquz.

Katsidis is getting destroyed with combinations. Somewhere around the 4-5th Mike goes back to his corner.

Trainer Brendan Smith: Ok Mike time to work on your composure! He shuffles a little side to side "composure got it"?

 

It was alleged that Max Baer said to Primo Carnera after both of them slipped to canvas at the same time during their bout, "The last one up is a sissy!"

Cannonball Green, a Los Angeles trainer of the past, reportedly said about a fighter of his who quit during a bout, "He has got a fever. He has got yellow fever!"

Another great quipster was Art Aragon, a tremendous drawing card in Los Angeles during the 1950s. His quotes include:

1. "All my life, I was scared that I would kill somebody in the ring.......Me!"

2. When talking about being a villain and a tremendous drawing card in Los Angeles, Aragon reportedly said, "I have to work hard to be a villain." "Every boo is a buck."

3. On the back of a photograph of Aragon with Mickey Rooney and Marilyn Monroe, Aragon wrote, "here's me, Mickey Rooney, and I can't remember the broad's name."

4. "Somebody asked me, 'What is the first thing that I do in a fight?' 'I bleed!' "

5. While talking about his fight with Carmen Basilio, Aragon said, "The bell rings for the first round. I run to the center of the ring. I throw a hard left hook, an uppercut, two right hands and another left hook. Then he comes to the center of the ring."

6. "One important rule that I followed was to abstain from *** until two minutes before the fight. I ate everything that I wanted, but never swallowed."

7. At the weigh-in for Aragon's bout with Basilio, the latter asked Aragon how he was doing. Aragon replied, "Not so good. Both my wife and girlfriend are here."

8. Aragon was in the bail bond business after retiring from boxing. The inscription on his business car was "I'll get you out if it takes 10 years."

9. "When I retired, Jim Healy, the radio announcer in L.A. said, 'Art Aragon cleaned up boxing today. He quit.' "

- Chuck Johnston

 

I recall Charlie "Devil" Green being a very late replacement for a main event at MSG (against Jose Torres). He had paid money to watch the fights and when the main event opponent didn't show, he was offered $2,000 (?) to fight Torres. Green said something like "make it $2,012" and the promoter said "Why $2012" and Green apparently said....."I ain't paying $12 to see my ass get knocked out". He got stopped in the second round