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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.

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.

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

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

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit.

Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.

The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.

You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living.

If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.

I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

I knew boxing before I knew anything else.

I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan.

I love boxing. I box in a local boxing gym in London. I usually spar. But I've done two fights and I lost both of them admirably. I didn't realize how much it would hurt for them to actually hit me.

In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.

I am the finest defensive player in the game.

It's a punishment game... only two boxers get in the ring. So when we get in the ring and we're not angry, then you're not a real boxer.

We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.

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

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

A lot of people don't really understand boxing.

I'm pretty sure I could beat Tyron Woodley. Nothing against him.

I've competitively boxed. It's definitely Plan B for me, but I know how to box.

I always said as an amateur that I'd want to one day fight and beat Kindelan because he was the best out there.