Boxing quotes

GForce · 12-10-2004, 10:17 PM

Wondering if any of you have any you particularly enjoy...

I always liked the Max Baer comment when he was fighting Joe Louis...Louis is destroying him early (ended up as a KO 4) and Baer goes back to his corner and his trainer is going on and on "you're doing great, he can't do anything to you, you've got him right where you want him..."

Baer's response: "Well then you better keep your eye on the ref because somebody in there is beating the hell out of me."

GH

CONN CHRIS · 12-10-2004, 10:58 PM

Thanks for the laugh, I needed that. How about this one:

Tex Cobb, responding to a reporter who had called Tex a fat, cocaine snorting , drunk.

"I'm not fat."

CONN CHRIS · 12-10-2004, 11:09 PM

One more:

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other"

Jack Handy of SNL (Deep Thoughts)

mh2365 · 12-10-2004, 11:16 PM

How about Cobb on Carson after losing to Holmes in a fight that made Cosell quit boxing commentary ... "I'll take another 15 round beating if it's get him off Monday Night Football."

maxx · 12-11-2004, 04:36 AM

The notorious Fritzie Zivic on being called a dirty fighter: "Me a dirty fighter? Nah. Every time I hit a guy low I'd say, 'Pardon me.'"

Another Tex Cobb after being asked if he learned anything from the Holmes fight: "Well, it wasn't how to get out of the way."

Max Baer to Primo Carnera during that sequence where Baer trips to the canvas while knocking Carnera down: "The last one up is a sissy."

CONN CHRIS · 12-11-2004, 07:55 AM

"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."

Muhamad Ali

This is good fun, thanks for starting this thread.

darthpb · 12-12-2004, 10:17 AM

Paraphrase...."I want to eat his children."

CONN CHRIS · 12-13-2004, 09:31 AM

"When I got up I stuck to my plan -- stumbling forward and getting hit in the face."

CONN CHRIS · 12-13-2004, 09:35 AM

"I've been training for this fight Confusiously" - Prof. M. Tyson

By the way, when the Iron one got out of prison, he said that he had been reading up on communism and was a diciple of Mao Tse-tung. Anyone know how that's been working for him?

Cap · 12-13-2004, 02:47 PM

That's funny, I thought he was studing Islam.

CONN CHRIS · 12-13-2004, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cap:

That's funny, I thought he was studing Islam.

I believe that he has been studying that as well. He is afterall a renaissance man.

I think one of his arm tattoos is of Mao Tse-tung.

Bam Bam · 12-14-2004, 04:23 PM

"I normally don't do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them. So you shouldn't talk anymore unless you want to, you know."

-Tyson to a female reporter duirng a media session

mrchallenge · 12-19-2004, 11:40 AM

1. You may be a lion, but Lions can't hang with the sharks. And thats what I am.

-Bernard Hopkins towards Oscar De La Hoya at the pre fight presser.
Bernie Hops is a quote machine.

2. ITS MY WORLD!!!!! ALL YOU BITCHES ARE JUST LIVING IN IT!!!!

- James Toney after a sparring session in one of his usual "unfriendly" moods.

3. "Package being delivered Mr. Jeff.""

-Jack Johnson right before delivering one of his patented uppercuts in his fight with James J. Jeffries

4. "Allow me to serve the refreshments!!"

- Johnson before emptying his spit bucket into the crowd, who had been abusing him with racial taunts and cigerette butts throught out the fight.

5. It was so boring, everytime the bell rang it woke up the referee

- Muhammad Ali commentating on a fight that he saw

CONN CHRIS · 12-28-2004, 09:39 AM

I don't know who said it. ESPN Radio frequently runs a sound clip with a guy saying:

"One of these boxers will win the fight tonight while the other most assuredly will not."

dempsonny · 12-29-2004, 02:02 PM

2 quotes relating to fighting Sugar Ray Robinson from Jake LaMotta

"I forgot to duck"

"I fought Sugar so many times, I have diabeties"

dempsonny · 12-29-2004, 02:07 PM

I don't remember who said it. It may have been a clunker by Bob Foster who actually hit the ref (I think it was Mercante Sr.) and he shook it off. The decision went the other way and he was complaining. His trainer said and I'm paraphrasing "don't complain even the ref took your best shot".

Dempsonny

Dempsey had also said "I guess I forgot to duck after his first loss to Tunney".

mrchallenge · 12-29-2004, 03:32 PM

"No welterweight has any business in the ring with me"

-Rubin Carter after his shocking first round KO win over Emile Griffith

"I whip all welterweights, I mush'em like spaghetti mush"

-Kid Gavilan

"How dare they challenge me with their primitive skills. They're as good as dead"

-Mike Tyson

"Whatever you're oppenent wants to do, don't let'em do it"

-Sam Langford on his strategy in the ring.

"George hit me so hard, I thought I saw god"

-Shannon Briggs after fighting George Foreman

"Even when Alexis losis, he'll still be champion. It's over for me if I lose. For me, it's $4.95an hour or world champion"

-Aaron Pryor on his upcoming showdown with Alexis Arguello

"I devoutly hope I didn't happen to hurt you, Jeff"

-Jack Johnson, after landing a combination in his fight with Jeffries.

"I'm through with you, I'll let someone else have you now"
- Harry Greb, to Gene Tunney after their 6th fight together.

Ali: Doen't all that blood bother you?
Eva Shain (female judge): No
Ali: Why not?
Shain: Because it's not mine

"I said I'm the greatest, not the smartest"

-Ali after failing the US Army intelligence test

"Sober or stiff, I belted the guts out of the best of them"j
-Mickey Walker

"I did'nt get him as good as I wanted to, I wanted to murder him, He's no bleeping good"
- Ike Williams after Knockout out Bob Montgomery

"I can still eat. In fact I'm on my way to the buffet right now."
-George Foreman, dispelling thoughts that he might have suffered a broken jaw against Alex Stewart

"I was once on a diet for two weeks. And all I lost was two weeks"
-George Foreman

"I ain't old. Just ugly
-37 year old Champ Jersey Joe Walcott

"I'm sorry. I guess I'm too stupid to be anything but a winner"
-Sugar Ray Robinson turning down a million dollars to take a dive

dempsonny · 12-29-2004, 04:11 PM

Of course the famous Ali quote after being hit by Foreman.
"He hit me so hard, my kin folks back in Africa felt it."

Another quote, don't know who said it.
"I hit him with so many lefts, he was beggin for a right".

LeeSkye · 12-29-2004, 04:42 PM

I mentioned this in another string regarding a George Foreman-George Chuvalo interview.

Chuvalo was telling about a time he was at a show and met up with old boxing foe Doug Jones at the urinal. To paraphrase:

CHUVALO: "Doug, you had a great left hook on the inside."

JONES: "And you had a great right hook to the [nuts]!"

Antonin · 12-29-2004, 09:07 PM

Guys guys guys!

How could you forget this one:

"My name's John L. Sullivan and I can lick any son-of-a-b*tch alive."

12-10-2004, 10:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
GForce Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,464 Warnings: 2	Boxing quotes Wondering if any of you have any you particularly enjoy... I always liked the Max Baer comment when he was fighting Joe Louis...Louis is destroying him early (ended up as a KO 4) and Baer goes back to his corner and his trainer is going on and on "you're doing great, he can't do anything to you, you've got him right where you want him..." Baer's response: "Well then you better keep your eye on the ref because somebody in there is beating the hell out of me." GH

12-10-2004, 10:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 21,322	Thanks for the laugh, I needed that. How about this one: Tex Cobb, responding to a reporter who had called Tex a fat, cocaine snorting , drunk. "I'm not fat." __________________ REC World Prizefighter Rankings

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CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 21,322	One more: "To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other" Jack Handy of SNL (Deep Thoughts) __________________ REC World Prizefighter Rankings Last edited by CONN CHRIS : 12-10-2004 at 11:18 PM.

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CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 21,322	"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up." Muhamad Ali This is good fun, thanks for starting this thread. __________________ REC World Prizefighter Rankings

12-13-2004, 09:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 21,322	Back to the Tex Cobb theme "When I got up I stuck to my plan -- stumbling forward and getting hit in the face." __________________ REC World Prizefighter Rankings

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mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,963 Warnings: 2	How about Cobb on Carson after losing to Holmes in a fight that made Cosell quit boxing commentary ... "I'll take another 15 round beating if it's get him off Monday Night Football."

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maxx All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 711	The notorious Fritzie Zivic on being called a dirty fighter: "Me a dirty fighter? Nah. Every time I hit a guy low I'd say, 'Pardon me.'" Another Tex Cobb after being asked if he learned anything from the Holmes fight: "Well, it wasn't how to get out of the way." Max Baer to Primo Carnera during that sequence where Baer trips to the canvas while knocking Carnera down: "The last one up is a sissy."

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darthpb All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Queens, NY a mile from Shea Posts: 637	Paraphrase...."I want to eat his children."

12-13-2004, 09:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 21,322	"I've been training for this fight Confusiously" - Prof. M. Tyson By the way, when the Iron one got out of prison, he said that he had been reading up on communism and was a diciple of Mao Tse-tung. Anyone know how that's been working for him? __________________ REC World Prizefighter Rankings Last edited by CONN CHRIS : 12-13-2004 at 11:59 AM.

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Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 4,004	That's funny, I thought he was studing Islam. __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."

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Bam Bam All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New York Posts: 983	"I normally don't do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them. So you shouldn't talk anymore unless you want to, you know." -Tyson to a female reporter duirng a media session

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mrchallenge Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 167	1. You may be a lion, but Lions can't hang with the sharks. And thats what I am. -Bernard Hopkins towards Oscar De La Hoya at the pre fight presser. Bernie Hops is a quote machine. 2. ITS MY WORLD!!!!! ALL YOU BITCHES ARE JUST LIVING IN IT!!!! - James Toney after a sparring session in one of his usual "unfriendly" moods. 3. "Package being delivered Mr. Jeff."" -Jack Johnson right before delivering one of his patented uppercuts in his fight with James J. Jeffries 4. "Allow me to serve the refreshments!!" - Johnson before emptying his spit bucket into the crowd, who had been abusing him with racial taunts and cigerette butts throught out the fight. 5. It was so boring, everytime the bell rang it woke up the referee - Muhammad Ali commentating on a fight that he saw

12-28-2004, 09:39 AM	#14 (permalink)
CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 21,322	I don't know who said it. ESPN Radio frequently runs a sound clip with a guy saying: "One of these boxers will win the fight tonight while the other most assuredly will not." __________________ REC World Prizefighter Rankings

12-29-2004, 02:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
dempsonny Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: long island, n.y. Posts: 321	Jake LaMotta 2 quotes relating to fighting Sugar Ray Robinson from Jake LaMotta "I forgot to duck" "I fought Sugar so many times, I have diabeties" __________________ A house without a dog is not a home.

12-29-2004, 02:07 PM	#16 (permalink)
dempsonny Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: long island, n.y. Posts: 321	Here's another I don't remember who said it. It may have been a clunker by Bob Foster who actually hit the ref (I think it was Mercante Sr.) and he shook it off. The decision went the other way and he was complaining. His trainer said and I'm paraphrasing "don't complain even the ref took your best shot". Dempsonny Dempsey had also said "I guess I forgot to duck after his first loss to Tunney". __________________ A house without a dog is not a home.

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12-29-2004, 03:32 PM	#17 (permalink)
mrchallenge Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 167	"No welterweight has any business in the ring with me" -Rubin Carter after his shocking first round KO win over Emile Griffith "I whip all welterweights, I mush'em like spaghetti mush" -Kid Gavilan "How dare they challenge me with their primitive skills. They're as good as dead" -Mike Tyson "Whatever you're oppenent wants to do, don't let'em do it" -Sam Langford on his strategy in the ring. "George hit me so hard, I thought I saw god" -Shannon Briggs after fighting George Foreman "Even when Alexis losis, he'll still be champion. It's over for me if I lose. For me, it's $4.95an hour or world champion" -Aaron Pryor on his upcoming showdown with Alexis Arguello "I devoutly hope I didn't happen to hurt you, Jeff" -Jack Johnson, after landing a combination in his fight with Jeffries. "I'm through with you, I'll let someone else have you now" - Harry Greb, to Gene Tunney after their 6th fight together. Ali: Doen't all that blood bother you? Eva Shain (female judge): No Ali: Why not? Shain: Because it's not mine "I said I'm the greatest, not the smartest" -Ali after failing the US Army intelligence test "Sober or stiff, I belted the guts out of the best of them"j -Mickey Walker "I did'nt get him as good as I wanted to, I wanted to murder him, He's no bleeping good" - Ike Williams after Knockout out Bob Montgomery "I can still eat. In fact I'm on my way to the buffet right now." -George Foreman, dispelling thoughts that he might have suffered a broken jaw against Alex Stewart "I was once on a diet for two weeks. And all I lost was two weeks" -George Foreman "I ain't old. Just ugly -37 year old Champ Jersey Joe Walcott "I'm sorry. I guess I'm too stupid to be anything but a winner" -Sugar Ray Robinson turning down a million dollars to take a dive

12-29-2004, 04:11 PM	#18 (permalink)
dempsonny Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: long island, n.y. Posts: 321	Ali Of course the famous Ali quote after being hit by Foreman. "He hit me so hard, my kin folks back in Africa felt it." Another quote, don't know who said it. "I hit him with so many lefts, he was beggin for a right". __________________ A house without a dog is not a home.

12-29-2004, 04:42 PM	#19 (permalink)
LeeSkye All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Igloo Posts: 1,274	I mentioned this in another string regarding a George Foreman-George Chuvalo interview. Chuvalo was telling about a time he was at a show and met up with old boxing foe Doug Jones at the urinal. To paraphrase: CHUVALO: "Doug, you had a great left hook on the inside." JONES: "And you had a great right hook to the [nuts]!" __________________ What If Championship Boxing

12-29-2004, 09:07 PM	#20 (permalink)
Antonin All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Icy Cold of Space Posts: 857	Guys guys guys! How could you forget this one: "My name's John L. Sullivan and I can lick any son-of-a-b*tch alive."