Favourite CLASSIC FIGHTER QUOTES

[DBSLM]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned some of James Toney Quotes
"you gotta bring ass to get ass." "I dont turn nothing down but my collar."
" Sam Peter got wobbled by light punching Wladamir Klitschko." "To all the haters come and see me." "I'm mack truck in a 190lb body."

[McGoorty]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned some of James Toney Quotes
"you gotta bring ass to get ass." "I dont turn nothing down but my collar."
" Sam Peter got wobbled by light punching Wladamir Klitschko." "To all the haters come and see me." "I'm mack truck in a 190lb body."

I can see your point there//////////////////////////////////////

[Greatest1942]

One of my favorite quotes. It's amazing how often it's true.

Well actually that was said by Je LOuis...and now its attributed to MIke Tyson.

It was said long before even Mike laced on a pair of gloves.

[Greatest1942]

Well actually that was said by Je LOuis...and now its attributed to MIke Tyson.

It was said long before even Mike laced on a pair of gloves.

Joe Louis quotes :-

"Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good."

"Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime."

"I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves."

"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die."

" Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy..."

"I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.”

"Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime."

"Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling."

"I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money."

[Greatest1942]

Baer complained that in his match with Loughran, "I've been looking at left jabs all night, lefts, lefts, lefts, that's all I've seen." To which Dempsey said, "you could have stopped that lefty in the first round." When Max asked how, Dempsey stood up and told him to take off his coat. By now all activity in the restaurant had come to a stand still. "Now lead with the left," said Jack and as Max shot out his left arm, Dempsey fired his right fist into Baer's left bicep. When Baer cried out "you broke my arm" Jack smiled and said "I'll show you another punch" and as they were dancing around as if in a clinch, Jack punched Max in the side. "That's illegal" said Max. "They'll only warn you the first time" grinned Jack and they sat back down to finish eating.

[McGoorty]

Baer complained that in his match with Loughran, "I've been looking at left jabs all night, lefts, lefts, lefts, that's all I've seen." To which Dempsey said, "you could have stopped that lefty in the first round." When Max asked how, Dempsey stood up and told him to take off his coat. By now all activity in the restaurant had come to a stand still. "Now lead with the left," said Jack and as Max shot out his left arm, Dempsey fired his right fist into Baer's left bicep. When Baer cried out "you broke my arm" Jack smiled and said "I'll show you another punch" and as they were dancing around as if in a clinch, Jack punched Max in the side. "That's illegal" said Max. "They'll only warn you the first time" grinned Jack and they sat back down to finish eating.

Some nice stuff there, good posts.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Well actually that was said by Je LOuis...and now its attributed to MIke Tyson.

It was said long before even Mike laced on a pair of gloves.

I was unaware of that. I did an Internet search to confirm your claim. Looks like you're right. It's interesting how someone's quote can become so closely associated with someone else. It's a great line.

[CubanGuyNYC]

"I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis...and knowing he wants to go home early." -- Max Baer



Max was a larger-than-life kind of guy. He was charismatic and witty. The above line has to be one of his best.

[CubanGuyNYC]

I'm sure that quite a few Mike Tyson quotes will make their way onto this thread. Tyson has been known to say all kinds of alternately silly, profound, shocking and pathetic things. One of my favorite Tyson lines isn't really a quote of his, it's a piece of advice Cus D'Amato once offered him.

As Tyson tells it:

"Cus once told me -- I never forgot that -- he said, 'Hey, there's animals disguised as human beings out here. You're not sophisticated enough to decipher the two.' "

[McGoorty]

"(Boxing) Previous to the days of Broughton, it was downright slaughtering". ;-- PIERCE EGAN.