BoxRec

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

"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."

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

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

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

If you love quotations buy this book, its a great read

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

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

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

johnnygreaves wrote:I get knocked down,but I get up again. Chumbawumba

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

something like that

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.

"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.

jessi wrote:" you can't practice shitting yourself "


Phil "the power" Taylor

I beg to differ

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

banjo wrote:

jessi wrote:" 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

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

banjo wrote:

jessi wrote:" 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.

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

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?"

Old bones Ian wrote:If you love quotations buy this book, its a great read

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Boxing-Quo ... 0091737222

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

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

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

'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.

" 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.