Boxing Quotes · Page 15

When I came to pro boxing, I had a dream. And I said to my team, 'I want to be one of…

— Dmitry Bivol

People see it [boxing] as a physical contact sport, but it's not. It's really a spiritual one of will against will. Who…

— Mike Tyson

I grew up in Westlake Villiage, a suburb of L.A. There was a guy there who was a fighter and was like,…

— Jonathan Lipnicki

Fernando Vargas may have had a 6-pack in his stomach, but he didn't have a six-pack on his chin.

— Larry Merchant

All boxing experts told Helenius is the next world champion! Chisora beat him.

— Vitali Klitschko

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

— George Foreman

I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the…

— Evander Holyfield

Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of…

— Lennox Lewis

You're damn right I do. I'm in Madison Square Garden getting the s*** knocked out of me

— Willie Pastrano

This thing, boxing, is a mental battle.

— Daniel Jacobs

That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for…

— Muhammad Ali

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came…

— Muhammad Ali

I just really enjoyed all that kind of responsibility, I loved the fact that many people cared. I was doing 4 hours…

— Miles Teller

I want to do the best for boxing.

— James Toney

I started taekwondo at 5 or 6 years old and did a bunch of kick-boxing later, too. Eventually I became a black…

— JWoww

Joe Louis was one of my closest friends.... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American Legion Stadium…

— Mickey Rooney

I'm not the most athletic gal, but because making a movie is very physical, I slow down on the Krispy Kreme and…

— Ava DuVernay

To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by hype and tomfoolery rivalling, at…

— Dan Hill

Say that again, Commonwealth whit? (translation: what?) I'm no used tae hearing that.

— Charlie Flynn

Mental strength is really important because you either win or lose in your mind. And I'm not solely talking about sporting matches,…

— Wladimir Klitschko

I don't really watch much boxing.

— Joe Calzaghe

Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.

— Mike Tyson

One of my all-time favorite workouts is boxing.

— Cassie Scerbo

Wrestling is different than MMA or boxing or really any other contact sport in that you can't really draw along an opponent.

— Jordan Burroughs

I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set…

— Muhammad Ali