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Stick some of the best boxing quotes in this thread, I have some good ones so I thought I'd share them.
Some of the best come from Randall "Tex" Cobb
"I'd love to fight Gerry Cooney. But I have my price: twenty-five cents and a loose woman"
"Holmes doesn't hit as hard as Shavers. Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him."
"If I wanted to communicate with Larry during the fight, I would have had to send him a letter. Everytime I wanted to say something I found it hard speaking bcause he kept putting his left hand in my mouth"
on being accused of Speaking to Holmes during their fight
"I don't think his hands could take the abuse"
On a rematch with Holmes
"I been knocked down once, by a mexican bantamweight. How come? Six of my pals were swinging him around by the heels at the time"
Sonny Liston
"I'd rather be a lamp post in the middle of Denver than Mayor of Philadelphia"
Rocky Graziano on Jake Lamotta
"Me and Jack LaMotta grew up in the same neighbourhood. You wanna know how popular Jake was? When we played hide n seek, nobody looked for Lamotta"
Sugar Ray Robinson on what he liked least about Boxing
"Getting Hit"
Henry Cooper with a Boxing abolistionist
"Mr Cooper have you looking in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?"
"Well, madam have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxings my excuse. Whats yours?"
Vinny Pazienza
"his legs turned to spaggetti, and I was all over him like the sauce"
Michael Spinks
"I could proberbly scramble around and hit him with something"
on how he planned to tackle Larry Holmes
Some of the best come from Randall "Tex" Cobb
"I'd love to fight Gerry Cooney. But I have my price: twenty-five cents and a loose woman"
"Holmes doesn't hit as hard as Shavers. Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him."
"If I wanted to communicate with Larry during the fight, I would have had to send him a letter. Everytime I wanted to say something I found it hard speaking bcause he kept putting his left hand in my mouth"
on being accused of Speaking to Holmes during their fight
"I don't think his hands could take the abuse"
On a rematch with Holmes
"I been knocked down once, by a mexican bantamweight. How come? Six of my pals were swinging him around by the heels at the time"
Sonny Liston
"I'd rather be a lamp post in the middle of Denver than Mayor of Philadelphia"
Rocky Graziano on Jake Lamotta
"Me and Jack LaMotta grew up in the same neighbourhood. You wanna know how popular Jake was? When we played hide n seek, nobody looked for Lamotta"
Sugar Ray Robinson on what he liked least about Boxing
"Getting Hit"
Henry Cooper with a Boxing abolistionist
"Mr Cooper have you looking in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?"
"Well, madam have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxings my excuse. Whats yours?"
Vinny Pazienza
"his legs turned to spaggetti, and I was all over him like the sauce"
Michael Spinks
"I could proberbly scramble around and hit him with something"
on how he planned to tackle Larry Holmes
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