Quotes About Boxing

You are aware that I have some proficiency in the good old British sport of boxing.

I started boxing late but I've always been a fighter all my life.

I had always wanted to play a boxer, all of my life. I grew up watching great boxing films.

Mike Tyson's life is one of the most amazing American stories.

I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.

Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.

Women's boxing has received a major boost from the success of 'Million Dollar Baby.'

To recognize that head injuries were as essential a part of football as they are of boxing would be to erase the fine distinction on which the game's respectability rested.

Being recognized as the pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter is my ultimate dream.

I fight for my name. For my dad's last name to be recognized in the history books of boxing.

When I was fighting, I would look to excite the crowds with a bolo punch or something taunting. Looking back, they were legal - but not sportsmanlike. I don't recommend another boxer try them. But we looked more to make the robot fights dramatic first and realistic second.

God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.

In the beginning, somebody told me there was a record in the cruiserweight division where Evander Holyfield became the champion. I thought about that, and I told my team, 'Let's make our own history, our own record, to beat Holyfield's record.'

When I hurt Norton, I got scared. I looked to the referee. But in the same sense, you're a fighter: you gotta have the killer instinct.

It's the referee's job to stop the fight. I'm in there to win, defend myself, and further my career.

I love hanging out with my friends; I love to run. I box. I'm a huge movie buff.

Boxing saved my life. There were a lot of gangs and I was hanging around with the wrong people.

There have been many boxing comebacks over the years, and sadly many of them do not have a happy ending.

I had a hard time growing up, and boxing kind of served as my second family.

I've done it the hard way and taken every opportunity I've been given and said yes to every fighter that's been put in front of me.

Boxing is all hard work. I don't care what level you're on.

I hope I get credit when I beat Jessie Vargas. I hope I get the credit I deserve. People want me to lose and go away, but guess what? I worked harder than ever for this fight. I'm not losing to Jessie Vargas.

I miss corner men dressed up in the white cardigans, with sometimes the white hat they may have on.

Canelo has done a great job of being a champion so I have to take my hat off to Canelo. GGG has done so, as well.