Boxer quotes thread

[JAB5239]

'We can't be brave without fear.'

- Muhammad Ali

[JAB5239]

'You know what I call an angry boxer? A lost head. He's lost his head and now he's going to lose the match.'

- Jack Dempsey

[billeau2]

"A boxing ring is the only real estate in the country (world?) where a man can legally kill another man." Cus D'amato

[JAB5239]

"I don't want to say that my era was the best, but it really is true. The '40s were one of the greatest eras in boxing because the kids who were fighting then all grew up in the Depression. Everyone was hungry. That's why there were more fighters fighting at that time than at any time in the history of boxing. The athletes today are bigger, stronger, and faster, but they're not smarter and they're not tougher. Today in boxing, they don't give a guy a chance to develop his trade. They have 10 or 15 fights and they're fighting for the championship. I had almost 100 fights before I fought for a championship. Guys like Robinson, Archie Moore, and Willie Pep had over 200. Today, a guy with 25 or 35 fights is ready to retire." - Jake LaMotta

[JAB5239]

'Never let fear determine who you are. Never let where you came from determine where you are going.'

- Cus D'Amato

[Willie Pep 229]

"I had the best seat in the house, and I failed to show up." – Virgil Hill on why he lost his title to Tommy ‘Hit Man’ Hearns

[NChristo-]

'If I could find a boxer as good as Howard Winstone I would make millions. He's the nearest I have ever seen to the great Willie Pep.'

- Angelo Dundee

I hadn't heard of Winstone before and had to look him up. He had some decent wins going 1-1 with Jose Legra, and 0-3 against the great Vincente Saldivar with their second fight being a close loss.

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He was in a great trilogy with Vicente Saldivar, one of the welsh greats and a guy well worth reading about, lost a finger on his right hand working in a toy factory that affected his style.

[JAB5239]

He was in a great trilogy with Vicente Saldivar, one of the welsh greats and a guy well worth reading about, lost a finger on his right hand working in a toy factory that affected his style.

Im going to find time to look more up about him. Thanks!

[JAB5239]

'I had nothing when I was a kid but a lot of brothers and sisters, a helpless mother and a father who didn't care about any of us. We grew up with few clothes, no shoes, little to eat. My father worked me hard and whupped me hard.'

- Sonny Liston

[billeau2]

"Lyle was one of those guys that hit so hard, when he hit you, you didn't feel anything." George Foreman