Attending Quote by John Boyle O'Reilly

“Boxing is a sport, and nothing more than a contest between two men – a contest of strength, stamina, willingness, and raw talent.”

— Scott Hildreth

Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too…

— John Boyle O'Reilly

Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can…

— F.X. Toole

Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man.

— Howard Cosell

Boxing is a gentleman's sport.

— Dmitry Bivol

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and…

— Robert Baden-Powell

Boxing is an American sport - a 'so-called sport' to many - in which images of incalculable beauty and violence, desperation and ingenuity, are…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Boxing is sport. Is good. Not just for bad guy.

— Gennady Golovkin

Boxing gives you discipline, it helps you physically and mentally.

— Anthony Yarde

Boxing is a poor man's sport. It is. There's no other way around it.

— Trent Williams

Boxing remains an important living metaphor of the struggle for equality.

— George Elliott Clarke

Even though you think boxing is a contact sport, it teaches you not to fight on the street, to behave. It gives you discipline…

— Amir Khan