Boxing Quotes
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.
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They say I don't fight guys unless they're on a respirator. That's incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.
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I personally hate to fight, but I love the science of boxing.
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I once fisted two babies and then used the corpses as boxing gloves to fight off the grieving parents.
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Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.
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I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me.
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New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.
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Boxing is a small world where the same thing that goes on, goes on in corporate America.
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Wack job in the back with a black stocking cap/Jacking off to a hockey mask in a boxing match
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UFC is street fighting in a cage. Boxing is a controlled, skilled talent. There's no comparison.
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I used to drink. I didn't like reading, but I discovered the benefits of it. I read that Floyd Mayweather never drinks - and he is the blueprint for boxing.
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Where most kids play stickball and hockey, I'd walk down the streets with two sets of boxing gloves and knock on my friend's door and see if he wanted to box. There were boxing gyms on every corner.
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If I was mentoring a young fighter, I'd tell him to spend more time on boxing. That doesn't mean I would ignore kickboxing - you still need to learn the defenses - but in stand-up, it's hard to beat good, solid boxing.
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Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.
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I have so many things that I want to do with my life. I just don't see myself being a fighter forever. Boxing is my love and passion. It also opens up and sets up other things in my life as well.
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First your legs go. Then you lose your reflexes. Then you lose your friends
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If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.
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I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.
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At its heart, 'Fat City' is not about boxing. It is a universal story of grim realities and toxic delusions. It is awash with awareness of chances blown, dreams stymied, precious time wasted, and all future prospects scorched to ashes by the process.
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Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants to take the message directly on the chin.
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I just did what I did in my era, basically because of my admiration for the guys who came before me. That's how I've always looked at it. I never thought of boxing like, I'm going to be the greatest fighter ever and make a lot of money. Instead, I thought I was going to win because I learned from the best. I carefully studied the videotapes of all the fighters from the past, dissected their styles, and entered the ring with their spirit.
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Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious.
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It is really important that we get more women doing exercise and being active, and those that have taken up boxing or boxing training will definitely find that it has a really positive impact on their health, fitness and well-being.
