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Quotes About Knockout

A knockout, Curran said behind me. I jumped in the air about a foot and managed to land with some semblance of dignity. He had managed to sneak up on me again. Time to save face. Nah. That wasn't a knockout. I just staggered him a bit. I wasn't talking about the kick, baby.
~ Ilona Andrews
I want to be remembered as the man who changed the pay scale for featherweights, who put the sparkle back in boxing after Muhammad Ali left, the man who took risks with his ring entrance, the man who, before the fight, would do a front flip into the ring without even thinking about turning an ankle, and then knocking his man out. I mean out.
~ Naseem Hamed
[Kirk] Johnson throws some heavy punches and is a knockout fighter. This is what people want to see. They want to see a fight, they want to see punches and they want to see action.
~ Lennox Lewis
Everybody wants to see somebody get knocked out. I'm sorry but it's the fight game and that's what they want to see.
~ Stephen Thompson
I'm going to knock out the Charlo twins.
~ Demetrius Andrade
I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn't do so well. And that's the same thing with Anthony Johnson. The guy's a bully. He wants to intimidate you; he wants to dominate you. He wants to knock you out. But what happens when you don't knock somebody out? What happens?
~ Daniel Cormier
I just got into Mike Tyson. My security people kept saying, 'Haven't you seen him yet?' Well, I finally did, and he's got a real knockout punch.
~ Aretha Franklin
People say of every opponent, 'When are you going to knock him out?' But I'm not like Mike Tyson, who came flying out of his corner. I'm much more composed. A guy is supposed to be durable, but then I start finding my range, and, well, it comes together. Boom.
~ Anthony Joshua
I hit Damian Fuller with a left hook that left him laid out for 30-45 minutes. They brought oxygen to him, they couldn't wake him up, he was out cold. The television station kept having to take breaks, he was out so long. It was unbelievable. That was the best one-shot I've ever done in my life.
~ Diego Corrales
I'm a knockout specialist who comes to fight and who's exciting to watch.
~ Jimi Manuwa
Of course I would want the knockout, but with me, I just look for, you know, a spectacular performance. It's like, walk them down, or go for the knockout. You know, hopefully I get the knockout.
~ Errol Spence Jr.
Every time I fought at home, I gave my fans a knockout. I spoiled my fan base in Cincinnati.
~ Adrien Broner
The punch that knocks a man out is the punch that he doesn't see.
~ Cus D'Amato
My motto is 'Man Down,' and I have to live up to it. I don't go in looking for the knockout, but I let it happen naturally.
~ Errol Spence Jr.
I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I'm going to crack you with a clean shot to the chin inside one minute of the first round and you will be unconscious, well, then that's what will happen.
~ Conor McGregor
I can remember how I felt the first time I was knocked out by Floyd Mayweather Jr. My first fight afterwards was against Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium. Every time I got punched I felt like I would wobble.
~ Ricky Hatton
How well a team executes its plans is important, but I think keeping nerves under pressure is far more important in the knockout stage.
~ Inzamam-ul-Haq
When it gets to the knockout stages of Europe, we all know anything can happen.
~ Diego Godin
When the bets were in Dusty would nod his head and I'd knock the guy out. I don't know if you've ever knocked anybody out, but the best place to hit them is where the jaw meets the ear. If you catch them right they fall forward. They were always grabbing at my shirt on the way down and ripping it, so I had a deal with Nixon that I got a new white shirt every night as part of my pay.
~ Charles Brandt
There are two ways I would consider retirement. One is losing to guys who are not top-level competition. The other is if I started losing where it's like, 'OK man, you were knocked out viciously and staring at the rafters.' I won't endanger my health.
~ Frank Mir
I started boxing aged 15 when a local man, Ricardo Linari, opened a boxing club in Margarita. I just seemed to be able to knock people out, and that power has stayed with me.
~ Marcos Maidana
Amir Khan is a very good fighter, but he has been knocked out a few times when he has stepped up.
~ Kell Brook
Maybe all illness results from a failure of communication between mind and body. It is certainly true of such quick disease as a knockout.
~ Norman Mailer
We always try the knockout, but it's hard to get it if the opponent always runs away.
~ Jose Aldo