Quotes About Boxing

The time may have come to say goodbye to Muhammad Ali, because very honestly, I don't think he can beat George Foreman.

Holyfield won the fight. It's not the first time Romney has been knocked out by a black guy.

I've truly been blessed. I've taken my time, kept my eye on the prize and done what I've had to do. So I'm able to make a choice when to retire. Most fighters really couldn't.

Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago

Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me.

We put our life on the line to fight for them, put on a show and these guys take our money so whatever happens to Bob Arum, Don King or anyone else is fine with me.

The biggest fight in my life is not in boxing. The biggest fight in my life is how to end poverty in my country.

In the ring I can tell right away what his style is and I can adapt to it. I'm adjusting to life as a politician. It's different in training but I can stay focused on both.

Pugilism is the silliest of all combat arts. It consists of taking the human hand, with its multitude of tiny, frangible bones, and smashing it against the human skull, a most unyielding target.

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I'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.

I always rated Luis Ortiz as one of the best heavyweights.

If you lose a fight you were paid £800,000 for, the next fight you'll get £100,000 so that's a big drop. If your ratings drop everything drops. I just want to make a good living for my daughter and the rest of my family and to enjoy life.

Ray Mercer has the heart of a lion and a great chin.

When I lost to Ray Mercer, I was young. I deserved to lose that fight because I hadn't learned how to cover all the angles in preparation. I was immature.

You don't knock Ray Mercer out with one or two shots. You have to make him quit.

I know one thing: Ray Mercer is not going down from a head punch. I think he's got one of the best chins in the game.

Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno.

I think a fighter should be ready and able to adapt to anything that is in front of him in the ring.

Getting up to Zaire - getting ready to fight Muhammad Ali - I thought this will be a matter of just a little exercise. I'll probably knock him out in three rounds. Two, three - maybe three and a half rounds. That was the most confidence I had in my whole life.

People come into fights against me and say this and that, but when they realise how quick and how hard I hit, their game plan disappears.

People will get to see I'm real and a straight guy. And they'll realise I can fight as well.