Careful Quote by Jack Johnson

Bareknuckle, boxing, fighting, MMA, the way that I train, the way that I fight, is to punch.

— Mike Perry

My whole career, I got a lot of credit for not taking punches.

— Bernard Hopkins

There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is born the…

— Cus D'Amato

Being able to train nothing but boxing for a full year made me a much better boxer as I brought in professional boxers helped…

— Artem Lobov

“No-one will dispute the effectiveness of a straight left or a right hook to the jaw or body, but unfortunately it takes months of…

— W.E. Fairbairn

Well, I've shown the art of counter-punching throughout my career.

— Keith Thurman

Coming from a standing background in striking, I couldn't catch up to the guys with 20-plus years of training on the ground. I had…

— Mark Hunt

I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

You can improve your punching power, but only to an extent. If you can punch hard, then it's just god-given, that's just nature, not…

— Carl Froch

I briefly studied martial arts in college and realised that I might not be a great fighter physically, but it gave me mental strength…

— Nushrat Bharucha

I'm the kind of fighter that likes to break people down, mixing in fast kicking and fast punching.

— Dan Hardy

I was blessed with speed and a good punch. Everybody thinks I'm the hardest puncher ever. But I just think I was really fast,…

— Mike Tyson