Boxing Quotes · Page 21

If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Thomas Hauser

You can be free. You can be black. Look at me! I'm the Heavyweight Champion! Can't nobody stop me.

— Muhammad Ali

I don't want to be grotesque, but when you're 330 pounds, it's hard to wipe your ass. You know?

— Mike Tyson

Once I walk into the gym I'm all about boxing, but when I'm home, it's about being a dad.

— Rocky Fielding

If you think Barkley was mad before the fight, wait until he sees how many people are taking part of his purse

— Bob Arum

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

— Mika

The boxing public aren't interested in knowing me. They want to know The Hayemaker, the one who gives it big.

— David Haye

I've trained boxing in the past to learn the distance, trained wrestling to understand how he would take me down, but I…

— Royce Gracie

What people don't know is that I'm a blackbelt in jujitsu, which I've been for 20 years, and I've been boxing since…

— Frank Grillo

I will always wonder what might have been if I had faced Manny Pacquiao at my best. But there is no doubt…

— Ricky Hatton

Even though I heard him say he doesn't believe, cuz' that's why from watching Ali gave me the great deal of confidence…

— Mike Tyson

Through Biblical times, there have been great women warriors and now the sport is so populated that these are the women warriors…

— Bonnie Canino

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

— Kostya Tszyu

I've fought everybody without ducking anyone. I have beaten 10 undefeated guys, and I never was comparing myself to the greatest in…

— Wladimir Klitschko

I'm an avid fan of boxing, so the eagerness was there, the desirewas there but I dunno...physically, this was the most I…

— Omar Epps

They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar…

— Evander Holyfield

I was training in Gleason's Gym on 30th and 8th Avenue, where it was the Mecca of boxing, and a guy walked…

— Tony Danza

The level of difficulty in most areas of MMA is very high. It's a high learning curve. The footwork in boxing alone…

— Jake Hager

Ladies and gentlemen of the press, I stand before you a free man. Free in body, free in spiret and free in…

— Don King

It [boxing] helps my hand-eye coordination, my stamina, my footwork, and it gives me that competitive edge and drive. And in the…

— Carmelo Anthony

I don't know that person anymore, that guy in '86, '87. I don't know that guy no more. I don't have no…

— Mike Tyson

An incident that left an impression on me was the 1999 sub-junior national boxing championship held in Calcutta. I had trained extremely…

— Vijender Singh

There's never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You'd take one shot from him and you were sure he'd have seven…

— George Foreman

If you're a boxing referee, it's probably illegal to wear a bow tie that spins or changes colors.

— Jack Handey

For the boxing, Muhammad Ali and the Michael Tyson both Iron Sheik class.

— The Iron Sheik

Once or twice a week, I try to do some kind of boxing. I'm hitting the bags and jumping rope - all…

— Mekhi Phifer

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.

— Barry McGuigan

I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.

— Jack Johnson

Bullfighting can be an art Boxing can be an art Loving can be an art Opening a can of sardines can be…

— Charles Bukowski

I think the whole boxing world was sleeping on me. They were sleeping on me hard.

— Gervonta Davis

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

— George Foreman

On hitting a shaken opponent - His legs turned to spaghetti and I was all over him like the sauce.

— Vinny Paz

A boxing contest is a brain-damage contest. Who can give out more brain damage and who can absorb more of it?

— Jonathan Gottschall

Growing up in Baltimore, there were a lot of distractions. But I was so into boxing, it was like candy to me.

— Gervonta Davis

If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind!

— Muhammad Ali

I make more money with Don King stealing from me than 100 percent from other promoters.

— Jack Newfield

We gon' float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. AH! Rumble, young man rumble! AH!

— Drew Bundini Brown

Sit down, son. It's all over. No-one will ever forget what you did here today

— Eddie Futch

Trainers give of themselves. So, I learned and I projected it with my fighter.

— Angelo Dundee