#boxing

Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#drinking #gives #kept #me #off

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#corruption #full #kinds #world

I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak. ↗

— Brittany Snow

#been #blond #boxing #certain #certain way

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#generally #him #love #might #mike

The same hand that can write a beautiful poem, can knock you out with one punch—that's Poetic Justice. ↗

— "Irish" Wayne Kelly

#boxing #german #irish #wayne-kelly #wayne-l-kelly

Boxers, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers. ↗

— "Irish" Wayne Kelly

#boxing #german #irish #wayne-kelly #wayne-l-kelly

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize ↗

— Mohammed Ali

#confidence #victory #dreams

Boxing’s not that straightforward,” said Eldric. “You can practice and practice, but the real experience will always be different. Lots of things are like that, actually. ↗

— Franny Billingsley

#experiences #practice #experience

One way, he thought, the whole thing of ring fighting was hurting somebody else, deliberately, and particularly when it was not necessary. Two men who have nothing against each other get in a ring and try to hurt each other, to provide vicarious fear for people with less guts than themselves. And to cover it up they called it sports and gambled on it. He had never looked at that way before, and if there was any single thing he could not endure it was to be a dupe. ↗

— James Jones

#gambling #masculinity #men #sports #violence

I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being a cop, being a soldier. There's not a lot of people who are willing to put themselves into those situations. ↗

— Peter Berg

#became #being #boxing #characters #cop