We need to get more people watching boxing. I love this sport and anything we can do to help it is great.
People say it's a movie about boxing, but. . . I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.
I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.
Why should I pay the bums all that good folding money and then go out and do all the work myself?
To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.
Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills.
Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.
The beauty about boxing fights is that they offer lots of opportunity to really learn something about yourself and your opponent.
There's always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing.
I'd like to thank ma da (dad). . . my mum for doin' aw ma washin'
This boxer is doing what is expected of him, bleeding from his nose.
The fight for survival is the fight
Boxing is a great way to vent. I don't know if there is a better way, I think for women too. There is something so primal about it and it's the best exercise in the world, even if you don't ever get in the ring.
Man, I've been to jail. It was hell in there, but I survived, If they put me back, I'll come out again. I'm one of the world's great survivors. I'll always survive because I've got the right combination of wit, grit and bullshit.
At noon I get to the gym to do my boxing workout. Three hours there. Rest. Once in a while I get a massage, because I need it once in while.
Chess and boxing have a lot in common, as both sports rely on the right strategy.
If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.
After 14 years in boxing, the best decision I could have made was to take the last year off. My mind was not in boxing, but since I got here with Freddie, everything is working perfectly again. Boxing is all I know. Boxing is my life. Through boxing, I raised my family and I work to provide the best future for them. They are the reason I love boxing.
If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.
You got 3 things going against you: you're good, you're left-handed, and you're black