Boxing Quotes
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He's like the Muhammad Ali of football. Muhammad Ali was the trash-talker of boxing. It's funny, though. It really is.
Charles Tillman -
America is the mecca of boxing, and they've had some great champions here. It's good to establish your skills and let people know what you're about in the States.
Anthony Joshua
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I was a gorilla boxer. I had a full gorilla suit on with boxing gloves. I had an amateur belt on. No one knew that it was me in the costume and I was going into stores and scaring people and boxing on them. It was fun.
Daniel Jacobs -
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.
Frank Bruno -
The thing about Janis is that she just looked so unique, an ugly duckling dressed as a princess, fearlessly so. Seeing her live was like watching a boxing match. Her performance was so in your face and electrifying that it really put you right there in the moment. There you were living your nice little life in the suburbs and suddenly there was this train wreck, and it was Janis.
Chrissie Hynde Pretenders -
Boxing is not always about standing in the middle going toe to toe. It's about poise and grace under extreme pressure.
Peter Berg -
There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.
George Foreman -
I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.
Liam Neeson
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Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.
Mike Tyson -
Boxing is about hunger.
Diego Luna -
If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such.
Dan Castellaneta -
Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life.
Deontay Wilder -
I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it in the ring through my own boxing ability.
Muhammad Ali -
I'm very physical. I grew up boxing. I've done almost all of my own stunts in movies and in television.
Raymond Cruz
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I started doing MMA and boxing at the same time - I always wanted to try an MMA fight to see what it was like. I had one fight, and I was hooked.
Holly Holm -
In a boxing match, the fighters absorb some vicious blows because they’re ready for them. And usually, the knockout punch is the one they didn’t see coming.
Todd Burpo -
I don't know how my mother did it, but I had boxing gloves on my hands when I was born!
Fabio Gatti -
To me, boxing isn't about the other person. It's about me. My inner struggles. It works for me.
Aleks Paunovic -
A lot of these kids have no fathers, and they want to be gangsters. They don't believe in God and have no faith in anything but their own instincts. Boxing provides a way for them to express themselves in a positive way, and I'm happy to be able to help them.
Bobby Slayton -
It's not all the time, but you get a sense when you're reading something that it's no longer about boxing or the performance. It's personal.
Andre Ward
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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
George Foreman -
A lot of my friends, when I was 14 or 15, they were all up and down, wanting to go out on a Friday night, and my dad had me working really late on Fridays and Saturday mornings and even on Sunday mornings. And when I'd finished all that, we used to spend the rest of the time talking about boxing.
Tyson Fury -
This is boxing, not tennis. Everyone likes a bit of rivalry, it makes for a good fight.
Anthony Joshua -
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.
Leon Spinks