Larry Holmes Quotes

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.

When I come in throwing shots from different angles and with both hands, I've been knocking people clean out.

All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.

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

I'm an overall sound fighter, a boxer-puncher.

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.

My best weapon is probably my speed. I am faster than most middleweights, and I know how to use it.

Charles Hatley is a good fighter. He comes with pressure and he likes fighting. He's got a good style and he can bob and weave and be slick.

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.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away.

There have been many great fighters like Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, and Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a great inside fighter.

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.

GGG is a great fighter, but he hasn't got the ability that Kell has - Brook is the far superior boxer.

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've been working a lot on my jab.

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.

If I hit anybody with that left hook, they're going down.

Angulo presents a difficult challenge because he's a fighter who can punch and take a great punch.

I'm a boxer by nature, so, obviously, the jab is always key - but it is nice to know you've got a right hand behind it.

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

The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.