Stuarty wrote: ↑23 Apr 2020, 14:31
I'll fukk you till you love me faggot
That's what i liked about a peak Mike Tyson,always showed a lot of class in public
Aye he was off his nut
Re: Funniest boxing quotes?
Posted: 24 Apr 2020, 03:57
by banjo
I remember watching Marco Antonio Barreras win over Johnny Tapia and the commentator was wittering on about how MAB had the name Tapia on his shorts as a tribute to Johnny when in fact its because Tapia is MAB's mothers name.
Re: Funniest boxing quotes?
Posted: 24 Apr 2020, 05:25
by bigjack
banjo wrote: ↑24 Apr 2020, 03:57
I remember watching Marco Antonio Barreras win over Johnny Tapia and the commentator was wittering on about how MAB had the name Tapia on his shorts as a tribute to Johnny when in fact its because Tapia is MAB's mothers name.
Larry merchant - Before the fight you called Gatti a paper champion now you have the belt are you a paper champion?
FMJ- you know Larry that's just boxing talk, trying to sell the fight
LM - Well congulations paper champ I hope you enjoy waving that paper belt about
Re: Funniest boxing quotes?
Posted: 21 Nov 2022, 04:42
by fiona grey
"This bloke couldn't stand up in a four-mile-an-hour wind - he'd have more chance against a firing squad!"
- Reg Gutteridge, summing up a Frank Bruno victim
Ref, at end of a very grueling round "Can you tell me where you are?
Vinny Pazienza: "yes, I'm in Madison Square Garden getting the shit beaten out of me"
Re: Funniest boxing quotes?
Posted: 21 Nov 2022, 10:57
by TheLeprechaun
Although those two punches landed on the head, they were the lowest blows I have ever seen in boxing.
- Larry Merchant on the Bowe Donald presser
Bernard... aren't you embarrassed by this? A great fighter having to fight this....
- Larry interviewing Hopkins after the Hakkar fight. He couldn't even find a word to describe Hakkar.
Re: Funniest boxing quotes?
Posted: 22 Nov 2022, 12:19
by Turpinr
Willie Pastrano's line early in his career; after getting decked for the second time in an early round he wobbled to his feet and the ref yelled..."do you know where you are?"
Willie: "Hell yeah I know where I am; I'm in the middle of Madison Square Garden gettin' the shit kicked out of me!"
banjo wrote: ↑24 Apr 2020, 03:57
I remember watching Marco Antonio Barreras win over Johnny Tapia and the commentator was wittering on about how MAB had the name Tapia on his shorts as a tribute to Johnny when in fact its because Tapia is MAB's mothers name.
yes,i noticed that only last week
Jim Neilly had some gems - I remember him constantly referring to Howard Eastman as Eastwood.
Re: Funniest boxing quotes?
Posted: 22 Nov 2022, 17:30
by stujones
"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing but none of them serious" - Alan Minter.