Boxing Quotes

I fought Sugar Ray so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

I want to keep fighting because it's the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.

If you don't follow Don King, you get stepped on.

In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.

I'm gonna make a ton of money on the rematch, but that decision was horrible.

All boxing experts told Helenius is the next world champion! Chisora beat him.

Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious.

I love to do Pilates, boxing and even just going on a run. I do cardio twice a week as it's important for people who want to eat lots like me! I do Pilates ones a week.

Some gems for the greatest of them all

Boxing is an all year round sport. You never know when they're going to call you, so you got to stay ready.

Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills.

Boxing is your father's sport.

Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.

Mike's (Tyson) punch is like an atomic bomb in that it is relative to nature. Both have no value unless you have a means of conveying it to the target. He is boxing-smart.

Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!

I won't say I won't fight again but I don't think anyone wants to fight me so I am finished and I will just continue with boxing exhibitions.

You're talkin' legit here.

They called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse.' I'm not a recluse.

Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank

Michael seems to have lost his values temporarily. He just has to be worked with, disciplined and talked to and given some tender loving care and understanding.

I can drown a drink of water. I can kill a dead tree. Don't mess with Muhammad Ali.

I shook up the world.

I dare to be great. The man without imagination stands unhurt and hath no wings. This is my credo, this is my forte.

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

Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?

Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish

When you lose the title, that doesn't mean you lose the contract to what you had. Just like when you win the title, it doesn't mean you win brains, PhDs and MAs.

My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.

MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.

Boxing is always serious. Nothing comical or funny about boxing.

Boxing is just show business with blood.

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification.

I'm a good friend, but I'm a hell of an enemy. As your enemy, I want your demise. When I feel that in my heart it burns till I die.

Joe Louis is a credit to his race - the human race.

I did a lot of smoker fights and fought pretty much every week since Pat wouldn't let me fight until he was sure I was ready. I was also boxing and so I had 30 unofficial fights or more of those.

I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set - and they're both working.

That gal's all skull and no brains. She's like Joe Frazier with lipstick.

Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it.

I do actually use a boxing trainer when I train for stand-up.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

My husband and I went to Bald Head Island for our four-year anniversary. We spent the night in bed with champagne, tequila and Krispy Kreme doughnuts and watched a boxing match on Showtime.

When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.

I liked that title. I didn't want to lose it to anybody, but if I had to lose it, I'm glad I lost it to you. You're a good fighter and gonna be a great champ.

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

It’s all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing…you blink your eyes and somebody says ‘Goodnight’ to you.

To say he has a glass chin is an insult to glass.

Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words.

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.

I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me.