Boxing Quotes · Page 29

Oh, my gosh! Can you imagine learning boxing from Sylvester Stallone's character? I would die!

— Pom Klementieff

Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing.

— David Lyons

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

— Angelo Dundee

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

— Eddie Futch

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

— Drew Bundini Brown

I told Dana my goal is to hold the heavyweight championship of the UFC and in boxing at the same time.

— James Toney

There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.

— Nelson Mandela

If I'm confident in my ability to do something, I never get nervous about it. If I was to get up and…

— George Groves

I had 33 kickboxing fights, 37 MMA fights, plus 44 amateur boxing fights, which most of them were international. I will keep…

— Mirko Cro Cop

Boxing is the only sport where you have the audience coming right up to you and saying, "You Stink." And you got…

— Sylvester Stallone

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my…

— Larry Holmes

Boxing has taught me to be disciplined, to be respectful to those around me. I am able to travel the world, meet…

— Joseph Parker

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

— Howard Cosell

What really amazed me was when I sent a suit out for cleaning, forgetting that $700 was in the pocket. They sent…

— Mike Tyson

I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to…

— George Foreman

Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to…

— Steven Yeun

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

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

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

— Don King

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

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

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

Kevin Lee is really tough. He has some flaws in his game that we can work with. I think he mixes up…

— Charles Oliveira

I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money

— Mike Tyson

What would I do without boxing? That's the question, isn't it?

— Riddick Bowe

I couldn't believe, I felt as if, like I said, I was going to drap deed y'knaw't a mean?

— Charlie Flynn

Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough.

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Barry McGuigan

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

— Mekhi Phifer

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

— The Iron Sheik

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

— Jack Handey

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

— David Haye

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

— Mika

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

— Bob Arum

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

— Rocky Fielding

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Jack Newfield

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Gervonta Davis