Quotes About Boxing

At times it was impossible for him to control the praise and predictions that issued from him like thanks, and he was aware of exaggerating; yet he felt a boxer needed someone who believed in him, and if it were true that confidence could win fights, then he could not be sure his overestimates were really that at all. Guiding

Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.

I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.

Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.

His mouth made him feel like he was gonna win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had his lips.

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.

When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.

There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

I fight for perfection