Boxer quotes thread

[JAB5239]

'I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.'
- Muhammad Ali

[supRa]

"i got more knock outs than the kid got fights!" - Zab Judah
1 of my fav quotes

[JAB5239]

'I've been in the ring with the best of all men, some say the best of all time. I gave my all, round after round, and the world knows I tried. I fought with heart, but needed much more - A bridesmaid but never a bride.'

- Jerry Quarry

[Flickergrab98]

I have a feeling some people may have posted this one already, but here’s a quote from Joe Louis immediately fighting Rocky Marciano: “He doesn’t by the book, but I just got hit by a library tonight.”

There’s also this little quip by Archie Moore; I don’t know the whole context behind it, though have a hunch: “I’m like the drunk in the bar who wants just one more for the road.”

[markusmod]

There’s also this little quip by Archie Moore; I don’t know the whole context behind it, though have a hunch: “I’m like the drunk in the bar who wants just one more for the road.”

Sounds like me on my last date.

[JAB5239]

“I want to fight like you and sing like John McCormack,” said Jack Doyle the day he met Jack Dempsey.

“Wouldn’t it be just too bad,” replied Dempsey, “if you could only sing like me and fight like John McCormack.”

[QueensburyRules]

- - Boxing Writer to Joe Louis, "Joe, they say you don't like it to the body."

Joe, "Who do?"

Ali to Joe, "All you ever do is fight your Bum of the Month Club."

Joe, "I'd make you a member of my club too."

[JAB5239]

"I have never met an athlete in baseball, basketball or football who is smarter, more intelligent than Sonny Liston." -Jose Torres

[markusmod]

"I have never met an athlete in baseball, basketball or football who is smarter, more intelligent than Sonny Liston." -Jose Torres

That's a good one!

[Willie Pep 229]

Needs to be added to the archive:

“I’ll fight any living human and most animals, if the price is right,” Ron Stander (RIP)