John Boyle O'Reilly Quotes

Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion.

Dos Santos just has really good movement. He's really quick with his hands. He throws good combinations, and he has a lot of power. Combining all of that, it makes it really tough for somebody to fight with him.

As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights.

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

I learned a lot from the Holmes fight. I learned about styles and the pressure. I'm more prepared now.

Boxing is not always about standing in the middle going toe to toe. It's about poise and grace under extreme pressure.

It is tougher to control range on a guy who is as tall, lengthy, and busy as Amir Khan, who has a very good jab.

Kell Brook is a strong fighter. He likes to dictate the pace, which most boxers like to do. He likes to use his jab to set up other punches, like the left hook.

I do best when guys come at me. Stylistically, the Ricky Hatton fight is the best fight for me.

I can box, I can bang, I can switch, I can punch, I'm not slow.

One thing for sure is that I am not going to attempt to knock Barrera out. My boxing ability and my speed are the attributes that will get me the win.

With experience in boxing, you learn how to be a scientific boxer and how to fight easy.

It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation.

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.

Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

I watched Ali, studied Ali, and I studied Sugar Ray Robinson. I watched them display showmanship. I watched them use pizzazz, personality, and charisma. I took things from them and borrowed things from them because boxing is entertainment.

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.

Boxing is the sweet science. You hit and not get hit. There's no reward for you to hit me more than I hit you other than on the scorecards.

Speed is something that, in the heavyweight division, we don't have a lot of.

Usyk is less of a puncher than Lomachenko but comes with just as high a work rate, so Usyk has to take some to give some to be exciting, whereas Lomachenko has genuine power, and he can stop fighters with that power.

I tell the guys all the time, 'if you have a good puncher, all the way in or all the way out.' Don't stay there and box.

I can box. I can hit hard. I've got different angles.

I got speed and power. I got two things. And I've all the other aspects of boxing.

I had an exciting style, I was very aggressive, a body puncher, and I attacked all the time.

Roy Jones and Muhammad Ali are the inspiration for my style of fighting.