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Boxing Quotes

Boxing is just a game but unlike other games, assault and physical domination are the hallmark of this sport. Boxing is a physically challenging and intensively pressurizing sport and it is nothing short of a miracle to see players survive through the end of the game. The amount of stamina needed for this game cannot be measured by the bare eyes of a spectator. The grit, determination, and endurance of the players and the techniques of the punches contribute to the allure of the game. A boxer always believes in leading a life of fearlessness, because it is only fear that can keep a boxer from victory. The level of practice they go through is really scary. There is some kind of motivation that keeps them going in such hard conditions. There is a perception about boxing that it is the game of physical strength. I agree that physical strength is an integral part but without proper techniques and responsiveness it’s impossible to win. When it comes to quotes on boxing the task becomes very challenging as there are numerous gems put forward by both boxers and lovers of the game alike. Read below for an eclectic selection of famous boxing quotations & sayings.

George Foreman

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Vasyl Lomachenko

My father taught me boxing and showed me what this beautiful sport means.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.

Emo Philips

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

Tonya Harding

One thing I like about boxing is that I will not have to deal with the same kind of politics that I had to in skating. In boxing, it is not about your appearance, or how your costume looks, what color it is, or how much it costs.

Vasyl Lomachenko

If, in 10 years, or 20 or 30 years, you sit down with your friends and talk about boxing, you need to remember my name.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.'

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

Roy Jones Jr.

I don't care about no boxing legacy. I don't care where they put me on the list of all-time greats - let them put me at the bottom.

Vasyl Lomachenko

My legacy is to put my name in the history books in boxing.

Liam Neeson

I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

When you talking boxing, you talking me.

George Foreman

When I left boxing in 1977 to be a preacher, I couldn't make a fist after I learned about Jesus Christ.

George Foreman

It would be hard to throw a punch to someone who wasn't a boxer, who wasn't in the ring, and who didn't have on a pair of boxing gloves and who hadn't been training.

Vasyl Lomachenko

People understand boxing in the U.K. The fans love it.

Roy Jones Jr.

Boxing has been my life, and it is my life. I've enjoyed every moment of it.

Billy Joel

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.

Vasyl Lomachenko

The life of a boxing athlete is short, so I don't have time to waste or time to take tune-up fights or whatever.

Alicia Keys

And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.

Vasyl Lomachenko

I want the best and to get the most out of my short boxing career by fighting the best I can.

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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.

Vasyl Lomachenko

I want to bring something new to boxing.

Sylvester Stallone

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.

Curtis Jackson

The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport.

Muhammad Ali

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.

I'm in the game of spinning plates. I'm spinning a boxing plate. I'm spinning a Tae Kwon Do plate. I'm spinning a Jujitsu plate. I'm spinning a freestyle wrestling plate. I'm spinning a karate plate. If I was to put all them down and have one boxing plate spinning, it would be like a load off my shoulders.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I'm not here to judge Mike Tyson. I'm not here to judge nobody. I'm not here to monitor no other fighters. I respect him for what he did in the sport of boxing. He was an entertainer.

Morgan Freeman

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.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.

Anderson Silva

Nick Diaz is a guy who walks forward, has great boxing skills.

Muhammad Ali

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

George Foreman

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

Mickey Rourke

In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged.

Liam Hemsworth

When I'm boxing, if my career isn't going well, at least I feel mentally and physically strong.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.

Muhammad Ali

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

Mickey Rourke

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Larry Merchant's just a commentator. He don't know nothing about boxing.

Jon Jones

My opinion, football is the most dangerous sport there is. After that, I'll give it to probably boxing.

Mickey Rourke

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

John Cusack

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.

Muhammad Ali

People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I knew boxing before I knew anything else.

Muhammad Ali

I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I always put my boxing first.

Conor McGregor

People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

George Foreman

But boxing was my profession. I had to go back the second time because I was broke and I couldn't just go and get a college degree and earn it. I had too many bills, too many families.

Pierce Brosnan

My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished.

Muhammad Ali

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Racism still exists in the sport of boxing.

Conor McGregor

I'm already the face of the UFC, plus the face of boxing, WWE, and Hollywood.

Dick Van Dyke

I've always wanted to learn kick boxing.