famous qoutes

[Mimmy]

'Friends don't owe, they do because they wanna do'

[Teddy's Toupee]

"I coulda had class, I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody....instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."

[handsofstone]

Why do i fight? coz i cant sing or dance.

[Datsue]

"It appeared in the interim that someone had taught Harding to box, & he seemed determined to try to dazzle Andries with science."

[TerribleTerry]

"If Wharton wins this fight it will go down in history with the loaves and the fishes"

[Old bones Ian]

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[tear up]

Mine was just a good old fashioned tear up .....

[curtis wood]

He can run but he can't hide - joe Louis

[johnnygreaves]

I get knocked down,but I get up again. Chumbawumba

[Crazyboy]

I get knocked down,but I get up again. Chumbawumba

[Ezzard]

"The bell went ding...so I went dong..."

something like that

[Ezzard]

What the fornicate they want? I took the dive. They want me to fall down too? I don't fall down for nobody. I never went down in my life. Joey, what do I gotta do? Crawl on my hands and knees? I made an asshole of myself in the fuckin' Garden! All the newspaper writers make fun of me. I'm the bum of the year. All I want is a shot. Just a fuckin' shot. What do I gotta do?

I'll do anything.

[rubberneck]

"I have a car business and if I had to do an estimate on my face, I would probably write it off."

Jim Watt, following his defeat to Alexis Arguello.

[banjo]

" you can't practice shitting yourself "


Phil "the power" Taylor

I beg to differ

[banjo]

Not a boxing quote but a favourite of mine anyway - "Second is the first of the losers"

[JimJim2009]

" you can't practice shitting yourself "


Phil "the power" Taylor

I beg to differ

I had to think about that for a moment and spent the next five mins laughing

[Monte Fisto]

If you step into a shower you're gonna get wet

[jessi]

" you can't practice shitting yourself "


Phil "the power" Taylor

I beg to differ

Ha ha, I just remember him saying that after some up and comer was calling him out, he said you can hit 9 darters at home all day long, but when you walk out on to the stage with 8,000 people there and the cameras on you it's a different story, then he basically said "you can't practice shitting yourself"
He has a point.

[Coco]

Top level sport is more emotional than physical, it about dealing with pressure

[reggaereggae]

Henry Cooper, replying to boxing abolitionist, Baroness Edith Summerskill, about the brutalities of his sport. Baroness: "Mr. Cooper, have you looked in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?"

Cooper: "Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?"

[reggaereggae]

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I got this years ago for Christmas; as a boy. It was riveting. The best quotes are from Randall tex Cobb - there's a whole chapter on him. A funny bastard even when he was getting a beating

[JimJim2009]

"If you play with feathers, you get your bum tickled" - Big Vern, Viz comic

[BoxingNutUK]

"it will only be pay per view if its a monster undercard "

[palooka]

'Man he's a great champion, I hit him with punches that's bring down the walls of a city. Lordy, Lordy; he's a great champion' - Joe Frazier talking about Muhammed Ali.

[Teddy's Toupee]

" When you think of a wealth-creator, don't think of the tycoon in a glass tower. Think of the man who gets up and leaves the house before dawn to go out and clean windows." David Cameron talking about palooka.