Boxing Quotes · Page 39

When I was fighting, there was no boxing in Saudi Arabia because it was forbidden.

— Naseem Hamed

Boxing is so easy compared to MMA. I think no one cares.

— Dillon Danis

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

— Larry Holmes

Boxing has lost its glamour and excitement. I'm going to bring it back.

— Naseem Hamed

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

— Carl Froch

I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.

— Mike Tyson

I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history

— Muhammad Ali

Boxing is by far one of the best things to happen to my life.

— Logan Paul

The only thing on my mind is getting into that ring and destroying a boxing myth, someone who has reached a level…

— David Haye

Nate Diaz couldn't box eggs. I'd outwork him in a boxing match until I decided to put his lights out and send…

— Dillon Danis

Pass-rushers with boxing or kickboxing go hand-in-hand. You've got to have fast, sharp hands and be straight down the middle, because linemen…

— Derek Brunson

I think a lot of the media and reporters, they let what I get into and my outside life interfere with my…

— Adrien Broner

I do jiu-jitsu my whole life, so why would I try to stand and bang with Mike Tyson? I'm going to learn…

— Royce Gracie

I never fit into any box, even in my boxing style, and when you try to put a label on me it's…

— Keith Thurman

When we started, it was based on lies. It's changing now. There are no secrets in the business. You've got to come…

— Don King

Politics is a dirty game. We have our rules in boxing. In politics, no rules. Especially a young democracy like Ukraine. It's…

— Vitali Klitschko

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting…

— Frank Bruno

I get really bored really easily, so I'm a big believer and advocate of changing it up. One day, I'll do a…

— Rachele Brooke Smith

At its heart, 'Fat City' is not about boxing. It is a universal story of grim realities and toxic delusions. It is…

— Katherine Dunn

Patience is a part of boxing. After I had missed out on the Olympic gold medal in 1984, a lot of people…

— Lennox Lewis

Mike Tyson fit the American ideal of a boxer. A fighter who jumps out of his corner and hits out fiercely. That’s…

— Lennox Lewis

You cannot let something deter you from giving someone a rematch unless you are going to retire. If you are going to…

— Evander Holyfield

I think I bring a lot of energy and combinations and punches every single round. Even when I'm not throwing I am…

— Chris Algieri

I wanted to be the best street fighter in Houston, Texas. And I thought if I got a trophy or two, I'd…

— George Foreman

In boxing, there's no more secrets today. Technology is such that you know everything about everyone.

— Marvin Hagler

I knew when I was 10 years old that boxing would be my profession.

— Shane Mosley

I've been boxing for a while now, and I probably could fight a little bit if I wanted to.

— Frank Gore

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

— Joe Frazier

Theres 3 things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest

— Manny Pacquiao

I started athletics in 1999, throwing discus and shot put. I didn't tell my family when I started boxing.

— Mary Kom

Boxing is limited fighting with a specific rule set. Fighting is true, where you can do anything.

— Conor McGregor

Sugar Ray wouldn't give me a rematch, and that's the reason I walked away from boxing.

— Marvin Hagler

Listen, you can't just come in to boxing and be a world champion. You've got to be born with it.

— Adrien Broner

I grew up boxing and I loved it, but I realized, 'Man, in baseball, you don't get hit as much.'

— Carlos Correa

I can drown a drink of water. I can kill a dead tree. Don't mess with Muhammad Ali.

— Muhammad Ali

Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove.

— Anonymous

I'm not a hater of MMA. I love watching it, but I want everyone to know boxing's still on top.

— James Toney

Boxing's a funny business and sometimes different fights come along at different times.

— George Groves

My dad had his dream of being a champion boxing trainer. He accomplished that.

— Mikey Garcia

UFC is street fighting in a cage. Boxing is a controlled, skilled talent. There's no comparison.

— Bernard Hopkins