Robert Baden-Powell Quotes

No one is the same after I fought them - Hearns, Duran, Leonard. All of them.

I'm a competitor in anything I do, especially boxing.

Football and boxing helped me immensely. Those sports helped me become dangerous.

I just love boxing. Train to get there and to just fight somebody.

In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.

I think everyone has knockout power. I mean, it's the heavyweight division.

For some reason, I was drawn towards boxing. Or maybe boxing drew me towards it - because once I put those gloves on, after about six months, boxing was my life.

I boxed in Golden Gloves at Oxford and still know how to throw a straight left jab.

I'm a huge boxing fan. I love the strategy and the combat.

I've got a tidy chin and a decent punch. And, for people who think they can fight and are champions, I'll make it extremely hard.

I'm not like a full athlete. But I'm definitely a boxer.

How can someone who has never been slapped in the face talk about the greatest fighter of all times?

Why would I stand there and trade punches and try to knock out George Foreman?

That's boxing - one punch can win a fight.

I don't just rely on my right hand when I'm in the ring. That's the least thing I think about. I think about the preparation I've trained for, and I try to execute. And guys can't stand up to the power. I've been blessed with that, and it's something that can't be taught.

It's boxing. It's about getting people interested. If I didn't say some stupid things from time to time, there wouldn't be that many people interested in me. But I let my fists do the talking when the bell rings.

I don't have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division.

Just my two cents: Even as a Christian, I love boxing because it's the ultimate stand-alone test of a competitor's skill and will. Just two opponents, lightly gloved, and a referee ready to jump in and stop it the moment he believes one opponent can no longer defend himself.

Boxing is your father's sport.

Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night

Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.

As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one.

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.

I love boxing. I like to see the strategizing. Watching the warriors go to work. I like that struggle, going out there and fighting.

I ran into a couple of guys who were boxers. They talked me into working out at their gym. I became obsessed with boxing and the idea of becoming a champion.